Software library

Games representing Nintendo's flagship franchises, including The Legend of Zelda,


Metroid, Mario, Animal Crossing, Pokémon, Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart and Fire Emblem, have been announced for the console. Likewise, there are original titles for it as well as expected third party games.
Ubisoft announced eight titles for release over the launch period, and have stated that they have a further six currently in development while Midway Games has announced six titles.
EA has declared their '100%' support for the system and has since gone on to purchase long-time partner Headgate Studios, which now develops exclusively for Nintendo's console.
Namco Bandai also announced that they are developing 37 games for the Wii for their fiscal year ending March 2008.
On April 27, 2007, Satoru Iwata stated that 45 out of Nintendo's 124 first-party games are being developed for the console. The other 79 titles are being developed for the Nintendo DS.
Perrin Kaplan had originally stated that the system would be region-free.
However, corrections from Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe concurred that the console does support regional lockout.

Retail copies of Wii games are supplied on DVD-like optical discs. Wii Optical Discs are packaged in a keep case along with instruction information. On European releases, these retail boxes have a triangle printed at the bottom corner of the paper insert sleeve side. The hue of the triangle can be used to identify which region the particular title is intended for and which manual languages are included.