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Super Smash Bros. Brawl Delayed

Posted by Zonk on from the omgsonic dept.

Dr. Eggman writes "As feared when it was announced that the Japanese launch was being pushed back to January 24, Nintendo has announced that Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been delayed in North America as well. 1up.com cites the new launch date as February 10th. On the bright side, however, 16-bit era fan's prayers have been answered: Sonic the Hedgehog is officially in the game."

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  1. 16-bit era fan's prayers... by Tetsujin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently there's just one fan of the 16-bit era??

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    1. Re:16-bit era fan's prayers... by Tetsujin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, my son was very happy that Sonic is now included. He's a big fan of Sonic. I guess we found out who the 16-bit era fan is, then...
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  2. It's upsetting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But I'd really rather prefer a late game to a bugged game.

  3. Missing the Holidays by SlashdotOgre · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I can't believe they're allowing that game to slip past the holiday season. I'm sure the Wii will still sell out, but that's a major title that a lot of people were expecting. I wonder whether this was caused by development issues or to boost their sales numbers in the retail slump between Christmas & Easter. On a side note the article lists a 2/10 US release date (only mentioning it since it's not in the summary).

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    Sadly, PS/2 was yet another victim of USB, which doesn't care what you plug into it, the electrical slut.
  4. Success? by Fex303 · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the article:

    The delay "in no way affects the success of the Wii," said George Harrison, Nintendo's Senior VP of Marketing and Corporate Communication.
    It doesn't affect the success of the Wii as a paperweight, no. But I was actually hoping to play some fucking games on mine.

    Also, I can't help but notice that the old release date announcement has been quietly taken off the official Smash Bros site.

    1. Re:Success? by pokerdad · · Score: 4, Funny

      Also, I can't help but notice that the old release date announcement has been quietly taken off the official Smash Bros site.

      Yeah I hate it when inaccurate information is taken off of websites to prevent confusion.

  5. Re:It's not upsetting by trdrstv · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But I'd really rather prefer a late game to a bugged game.

    Not only that, but I wouldn't mind if they spaced out their "tent pole" games through out the year, and not just the 3-4 months at the end. I realize Quarter 4 is when they do most of their business, but games like Smash Bros, Mario, Zelda, Halo, Final Fantasy, MGS... don't need to come out for Christmas to sell. They will sell in the millions no matter when they release, so why not spread them out a little more?