No sense in dicking around. Nintendo just announced the full list of games that will release alongside the company's new Wii U console this November 18, as well as a list of games that will come after, during that crater-sized "launch window." First, the list of launch day games.

November 18

• Assassin's Creed III
• Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• Darksiders II
• Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
• ESPN Sports Connection
• FIFA Soccer 13
• Game Party Champions
• Just Dance 4
• New Super Mario Bros. U
• Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
• Nintendo Land
• Rabbids Land
• Scribblenauts Unlimited
• SiNG Party
• Skylanders Giants
• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2
• Transformers Prime
• Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper
• Wipeout 3
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
• ZombiU

Now, here are all the games currently slated for "November," without a specific date.

November ??

• Chasing Aurora
• Cloudberry Kingdom
• Little Inferno
• Madden NFL 13
• Mighty Switch Force HD
• Nano Assault Neo
• TANK! TANK! TANK!
• Toki Tori 2
• Trine 2: Director's Cut

And finally, here are all the games with unnamed dates that are planned to ship sometime between December 1, and March whenever.

Launch Window

• 007 Legends
• Aliens: Colonial Marines
• Ben 10 Omniverse
• Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013
• Family Party: 30 Great Games: Obstacle Arcade
• Funky Barn
• Game & Wario
• Jeopardy
• LEGO City Undercover
• Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth
• Mass Effect 3
• NBA 2K13
• Pikmin 3
• Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
• Rayman Legends
• Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game
• Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (January)
• Wheel of Fortune
• Wii Fit U
• The Wonderful 101

So, let's talk about all this for a minute. Looking at launch day, there are definitely some big games there, including NSMBU, Black Ops II, AC III, and oh hell let's be nice and put ZombiU on there too. I do still question how many people are going to go out of their way to get these big multiplatform games specifically on the Wii U, but having them there day one certainly won't hurt.

More of a bummer for me personally is the lack of Rayman, Pikmin 3, and The Wonderful 101 at launch. None of those exactly seemed like they were destined for November 18, but I'd had hope that at least one of them would make it. Hell, I don't even get Funky Barn as a consolation prize. Oh well.

Also, what in tarnation is a Family Party: 30 Great Games: Obstacle Arcade and how do we prevent that from actually happening?