Smash Bros, Mario on for 07

By Tom Bramwell Published 24 May, 2007

Zelda DS, too. Phew.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy and DS title The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass are all still on track for release this year.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told an audience in Seattle that the three games would arrive before 2008, GameSpot reports. The latter duo had been scheduled as such anyway, but it's always nice to get some additional confirmation.

Particularly, for Wii owners, as the news comes just days after Nintendo lined up Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for a 20th August US release.

Fils-Aime was speaking at a Nintendo Summit that also saw the company declare that it's broken to traditional cycle of games only appealing to shoppers during holiday periods. "Games that appeal to a wider audience can stay on the best seller list indefinitely," he explained. Or "boomed", we expect.

Earlier this year, Nintendo revealed that DS title Nintendogs is approaching 14 million sales, while the Brain Age series has racked up over 12 million sales. So that's probably what he was talking about.

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Comments (15) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Rizo #1 5 years ago

    WHAT ABOUT EUROPE!!!

  • AcidSnake #2 5 years ago

    That's 2007 in US and Japan right?
    But come September 2008 I'll kick your asses online with Smash Brothers!

    (Alternatively tomorrow with strikers)

  • Ciaran #3 5 years ago

    /reads

    Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy and DS title The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass are all still on track for release this year.

    Yay!

    Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime...

    ...

    This is nice 'n all, but if you're gonna keep talking about US release dates, could you please mention that in the title? I almost had a happy... :/

  • spongebob #4 5 years ago

    I have a feeling that Reggie did some ass-kicking to get these dates. Guess Nintendo understood how grumpy Wii owners are with the current games drought.

    Now, if we only could get that damn FreeLoader for Wii.
    Edited by 1 at 24/05/07 @ 09:45

  • richardiox #5 5 years ago

    The usual huge disparities between American and European release dates means announcements like this dont consitute news at all. The fact the reggie said to an American crowd that SMG and MP3 will both be out this year means nothing to us.

    Compared to say Halo 3, when i heard the release date for that I knew it would more a less be a global launch on that date. If only we could one day start saying the same things about Nintendo.

  • Killerbee #6 5 years ago

    /meanwhile in Europe:

    Someone at NOE scratches testicles; picks nose.

  • spazmo #7 5 years ago

    On the US and Jap Smash Bros website it says, 'planned for 2007 release'. On the PAL land websites, which are otherwise identical, it does not. No suprise to anyone i guess.

  • asphaltcowboy #8 5 years ago

    This is so bizarre, what the hell are Nintendo playing at? I'd have bought a Wii by now if Paper Mario was out and if SMG was confirmed as coming out this year in Europe!

  • BM #9 5 years ago

    Thanks for letting us know about the US dates.

    Can we have Paper Mario now please?

  • Agent_Llama #10 5 years ago

    Got to agree, this isn't news.

    In fact, it just suggests in my mind that we're not going to see Galaxy OR Smash Bros. this year in Europe. And the usual excuse of translation will be trotted out. And Paper Mario will be released here when Mario Galaxy is released there to 'appease' us.

    Nintendo: You KNOW translating games takes a long time, so START IT EARLIER.

  • The-Bodybuilder #11 5 years ago

    The wii has been selling with crappy games. imagine what's gonna happen with those heavyweights.

  • WillTheSecond #12 5 years ago

    NoE's attitude is making me increasingly annoyed. Sure, we've got Strikers Charged, but after that there's nothing really (or, as far as we know). I may just get a 360...

  • smelly #13 5 years ago

    Why should nintendo care about europe?

    Europe is the only place that the psp and ps3 are half popular..

  • schoozzzmmii #14 5 years ago

    Nintendo deserve to fail in Europe due to their woeful support. And I reckon in a years time when the Wii novelty has worn off, the kids will be into something new, second hand Wii's will be everywhere and fail they will. Europe is repeatedly kicked by Nintendo Europe and has been for years. I've had enough.

  • smelly #15 5 years ago

    @schoozzzmmii:

    What world do you live in, where it's only nintendo which releases things late in the uk?

    I take it you werent aware that the ps3 launched 6 months later in the uk?
    Or maybe you arent aware that movies are released in uk up to 6 months later than us?
    Or maybe you arent aware of the countless 360/ps3 games which havent been launched in uk yet?

    Or indeed - are you not aware that the uk gets some games first? Mercury and strikers (two of the wii's best games - for example)?

    Or that EVERY console has a drought of games this time of year?


    Yeah.. nintendo hate you..