GameSpy announced today that it will be providing multiplayer technology for future Wii titles. As part of its partnership with Nintendo, GameSpy has developed middleware technology which will enable future Wii titles to offer community features like friend rosters, advanced matchmaking and comprehensive rankings data. Pokemon Battle Revolution, which launches June 25^th, with be the first Wii game to use the technology, and will have similar features to GameSpy technologies used in previous Nintendo DS titles.

TOMY and D3 Publisher of America are working on a Naruto game for Wii, and they officially announced it today. The game is called Naruto: Clash of Ninja MVZ, and that's a working title so it may change, and is based on episodes from the TV show. Some new additions over the previous Clash of Ninja games will be characters that have not been featured in the franchise and the use of the Wii Remote for the fast paced gameplay. Eighting is currently developing the game to let players use the Wii Remote as best as possible during gameplay, allowing players to execute their attacks with ninja-like motions. The game will also feature special mini-games designed to work specifically for the Wii Remote. No release date has been announced yet.

Releases and shipments

THQ's Drake & Josh for Game Boy Advance - $19.99 USD

EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 for Wii - $49.99 USD/$59.99 CAD

Disney's Spectrobes for Nintendo DS - $29.99