[1][2] Nintendo initially announced the Wii de Asobu Selection range of games for Japan in a presentation on October 2, 2008, confirming Pikmin and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat would launch later in the year,[3] whilst a spokesperson for Nintendo of Europe confirmed days later that the series would also launch in Europe.

launched in Europe, North America and Australia, though not all games were made available worldwide: Pikmin 2 did not launch in North America until June 2012, when it was released as a Nintendo Selects game instead of a New Play Control!

games do not use the Wii's backward compatibility to support GameCube controllers.

An early prototype of the control scheme had already been used with a technical demo version of Metroid Prime 2, first seen when the Wii Remote was initially announced.

[9] Pikmin 2 was not released in North America until June 2012, when it and Mario Power Tennis were released as budget games in the Nintendo Selects range;[5] these versions of the games do not feature reversible cover art or the New Play Control!

moniker, instead being marketed as classic Nintendo GameCube games with enhanced Wii controls.