Written by John Scalzo  on April 05, 2007

Special: Time to give the devil his due.

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PlayStation 3 (40 [+1])

Released (8)
Fomula One: Championship Edition
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Genji: Days of the Blade
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
MotorStorm
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ridge Racer 7
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom

Unreleased (32)
Afrika
Angel Rings
Coded Arms: Assault
DC Universe
Driver 5
Eight Days
Eye of Judgment
Eyedentify
Fifth Phantom Saga
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
God of War III *NEW*
Gradius 6 *NEW*
Gran Turismo 5
Heavenly Sword
Hot Shots Golf 5
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
Killzone
L.A. Noire
Lair
LittleBigPlanet *NEW*
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Monster Kingdom
Ni-Oh
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
SingStar
Tekken 6
The Getaway 3
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Warhawk
White Knight Story
WipeOut



Wii (63 [+10])

Released (16)
Cooking Mama: Cook Off
Elebits
Excite Truck
GT Pro Series
Kororinpa: Marble Mania
Monster 4x4 World Circuit
Red Steel
Sonic and the Secret Rings
SSX Blur
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Super Swing Golf
Tramua Center: Second Opinion
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Wii Play
Wii Sports
Wing Island

Unreleased (47)
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None *NEW*
Alien Syndrome
BWii: Battalion Wars 2
Big Brain Academy
Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting
Boogie *NEW*
Bust-A-Move Bash!
Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party
Dave Mirra BMX Challenge *NEW*
Destiny of Zorro *NEW*
Dewy's Adventure
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Donkey Kong Next-Gen
DK Bongo Blast
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
Escape From Bug Island
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers
Final Furlong
Fire Emblem
Forever Blue
Godzilla: Unleashed
Kirby Adventure *NEW*
Line Rider
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games *NEW*
Mario Party 8
Mario Strikers Charged
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
My Sims
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 3
Nights: Journey of Dreams *NEW*
No More Heroes
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure *NEW*
Opoona *NEW*
Orb
Pokemon Battle Revolution
Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
Project Treasure Island Z *NEW*
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Sadness
Samurai Slash
Space Station Tycoon
Super Paper Mario
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Mario Galaxy
Tamagotchi Party On!
Thorn
Wii Music

The biggest mover and shaker from the previous month's list is without a doubt the Wii. Nintendo was able to add ten feathers to their Wii cap including major new support from Sega (Nights 2, Mario & Sonic at the Olympics) and Capcom (Project Treasure Island Z). With so much new support announced from Japanese developers in the last month, it makes the Square-Enix question all the more interesting. Square-Enix has shown with the Dragon Quest IX on the DS announcement that they're not afraid to shake things up. Could this be leading to bigger things beyond the already announced Dragon Quest Swords and Final Fantasy: Chrystal Chronicles?

The Wii's other major victory this month was pulling even with the Xbox 360 in the unreleased exclusives category (until Microsoft Game Studio announced Vampire Rain on Tuesday that is). While the PS3 and Xbox 360 continue to share almost all of the latest graphically intense/online powered announcements (Rock Band, NASCAR 08, Mercenaries 2, etc.), the Wii has snuck up on both of them with its promise of cheaper development costs. The Xbox 360's head start (in both number of consoles sold and number of exclusives) is being chipped away by the Wii every month.

While the PS3 actually added a few exclusives to their total in March, the month could easily be considered a setback for Sony's new console with the biggest blow obviously coming from Capcom's announcement that Devil May Cry 4 would also be coming to the Xbox 360. On top of that, the preceding few months have seen two of Sony's major "killer apps," Warhawk and LittleBigPlanet, are in some limbo where it's unknown if they will be downloadable titles or full retail releases. For now they'll remain on the exclusive list as I wouldn't put it past Sony to release them in both formats. Although the kinda-sorta-maybe announcement of God of War III has to comfort the Sony faithful somewhat.

But with all this talk about Sony and Nintendo, Microsoft still reigns supreme. And while they added only four new exclusives in the last month, the addition by subtraction of Devil May Cry 4 (and to a lesser extent Ace Combat 6) cannot be understated.

More analysis of each respective console's libraries can be found on the next page.