Masahiro Sakurai
Twenty-one games were announced for launch day in North and South America, with another twelve announced for release later in 2006. Among the system's launch titles in all regions included "Wii Sports", which was bundled in all Wii packages except in Japan and South Korea, ', Sega's ', and Ubisoft's "Red Steel". "" had been slated as a Wii launch title, but was pushed into 2007 a few months before the Wii's launch. Nintendo had also planned to release "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" as a launch title, but its director Masahiro Sakurai stated there were difficulties in adapting the format to the Wii's motion controls to require more time for the game's development.