Remember how many games the Xbox 360 had on launch day last year? 18, out of which 11 were sports or racing games. And up until now, only 15 titles are said to be confirmed for the launch of Sony's PlayStation 3 (though there's certainly room for more until November). So where does Nintendo stand in this next-gen battle? Well, to tell you the truth, there are already so many games announced as Wii launch titles, that we've lost track of the exact count.

But thankfully Nwizard.com went through that trouble and came up with a list of 27 Wii games, more or less confirmed as launch titles. Ladies, gents and lolicons, behold:

Avatar: The Last Airbender - THQ

Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII - Ubisoft

Blitz: The League - Midway

Call of Duty 3 - Activision

Cars - THQ

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 - Atari

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors - Square Enix

Elebits - Konami

Excite Truck - Nintendo

Far Cry - Ubisoft

GT Pro Series - Ubisoft

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers - Square Enix

Madden NFL 07 - EA

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision

Metal Slug Anthology - SNK

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Nintendo

Monster 4x4 World Circuit - Ubisoft

Need for Speed: Carbon - EA

Open Season - Ubisoft

Rayman Raving Rabbids - Ubisoft

Red Steel - Ubisoft

SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab - THQ

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz - Sega

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo

Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam - Activision

Trauma Center: Second Opinion - Atlus

Wii Sports - Nintendo

While the PS3's launch offering is dominated by first-party games, the Wii is clearly enjoying a lot more support from third-party publishers. Leading in terms of quantity (and maybe even quality) is Ubisoft with 7 games listed above, such as Red Steel, Rayman Raving Rabbids and the recently announced Far Cry for the Wii.

All in all, it's a very diverse list, full of promising titles and Nintendo exclusives. And considering that the Wii might launch with as many as 35 games (according to SPOnG), this is definitely shaping up to be one of the most attractive console launches to date.

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