Nintendo told us that the omission of Smash Bros in the schedule does not confirm the game's delay, and yesterdays confirmation otherwise was simply a mistake.
"The Nintendo 1st & 3rd party Software lineup release schedule which was distributed by Nintendo on Thursday 6th December confirmed launch dates for Nintendo titles launching in Q1 2008," Nintendo told us.
"Nintendo also included some titles which were fixed for release beyond Q1 2008 such as Mario Kart Wii. All Nintendo software titles launching in Q2 2008 have not been finalised or confirmed to date."
So Mario Kart's still a goer (phew), but that means the Smash Bros. release is still very much up in the air.
"Nintendo will communicate on all software titles launching in Q2 2008 for Wii and Nintendo DS at a later date."
When a release date is announced, we should just add an extra few months onto it. The more anticipated games hardly ever meet their deadlines these days, it seems.
I'm not that fussed about either to be honest. Mario Kart looks like a clone of every other Mario Kart out there (especially the graphics) and will probably only have 20 tracks as-per-usual. As for Brawl, how much different can it be to the first two?
at least their not rushing what quiet possibly be the best game (brawl that is!)
Yes, but if it's out in Feb in the US they're unlikely to actually change anything besides additional languages in the EU version At most it'll be the odd bugfix which the US will have to get somehow anyway to keep the online versions identical.
il put money on mario kart not making it out till next autumn-xmas, this is nintendo after all, wasnt galaxy ment to be a launch game? and they will need another killer title next xmas with zelda, galaxy ect out the way for the next five years
il put money on mario kart not making it out till next autumn-xmas, this is nintendo after all, wasnt galaxy ment to be a launch game? and they will need another killer title next xmas with zelda, galaxy ect out the way for the next five years
Cynical, but my thoughts exactly. Nintendo simply don't have enough IP to keep the big guns rolling out every month or two.
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at least their not rushing what quiet possibly be the best game (brawl that is!)
At most it'll be the odd bugfix which the US will have to get somehow anyway to keep the online versions identical.
