Monday, 25 February 2008

June 6 for European version of Brawl

"June 6 for European version of Brawl
Wiiz.fr is reporting that Super Smash Bros Brawl which was released earlier this month in Japan and will be out next month in America, will be out in Europe on June the 6th.

Apparently Nintendo Europe made the announcement at the Micromania Games Awards. Nintendo Australia still has not revealed a release date for the Australian edition of the game, we'll let you know when they do.

UPDATE: Speaking to VideoGamer.com, Nintendo UK quashed the suggested release date, saying: "This is a rumour and purely speculative. Nintendo is yet to confirm any release dates for Smash Bros." "

This had better not be true. Take note, we are part of the European release cycle. How hard is it to print a CD for crying out loud? Microsoft managed to get Halo 3 out on a world-wide release schedule, make a record profit, and still have LE copies spare. What the hell, Nintendo? Where's Brawl for Australia?

It's been out for nearly a month in Japan, and 1 million copies sold. Heck, mail me an "iso" and I'll do it myself. If my run of the mill DVD burner can burn DVDs within 1/2 hour, surely manufacturers can do better printing the discs?

While this week's "Disney Princess: Rainbow Peach" release has been long anticipated by the gaming community, I doubt this will hold off the tidal wave of annoyed Nintendo customers who have currently paid $400 for a virtual game of tennis.

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In other gaming news, according to palgn (the site linked above), the PS2 is still to see new game releases well into May. That's 14 months after the release of the PS3. Goes to show you can't have everything - "but it's got Bluray & 14 cpu core & replaceable hdd!". Why would game developers bother with that when they can still make more money off a console that has a huge support base?

Wow, just snuck another post in before the end of the month.