Golden Sun, FlingSmash, Donkey Kong and more get Q4 release dates in Europe...

An updated release list originating from NoE has confirmed the 2010 release dates for several key Wii and DS titles in Europe.

October will see the third entry in the Professor Layton series hit the shelves, with The Lost Future dated for the 22nd. Meanwhile, WiiWare will have a couple of hits up its sleeve, with Bit.Trip FATE and Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 set to release in the same month, the latter it's been confirmed will cost 1500 Wii Points.

Early November will see GoldenEye 007 launch on Wii and DS on the 5th, alongside Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs. Call of Duty: Black Ops is scheduled to launch four days later, with Sonic Colours due to release on the 12th. Nintendo complements the month with a potential first-party sleeper-hit; the MotionPlus-powered action game FlingSmash releases on November 19th.

December could be the best of all, though, with Donkey Kong Country Returns confirmed for the 3rd, with Golden Sun: Dark Dawn releasing on DS a week later on the 10th. You may want to be saving up those Points too, with December also expecting to see the release of Mario Party 2 on Virtual Console, Nintendo's HydroVenture on WiiWare (thought to be the title earlier revealed as Fluidity), and Nicalis' DSiWare version of Cave Story (though we'll settle for the long-overdue WiiWare iteration).

Let us know what you'll be picking up towards the end of 2010.