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BREAKING NEWS! Disaster: Day of Crisis has no release date!!! photo

Quick, somebody get me CNN on the phone, because I have a red hot tip that will shake the entire foundations of America as we know it. Disaster: Day of Crisis, an IP as old as time itself, has NO release date and won't hit store shelves in May, contrary to rumors!  SHOCK!

The game, which has been in development since the day Charles Darwin was born, is a survival title which charges players with the task of escaping a variety of natural disasters. The game was due for release in mid-2007, but very much like that other unreleased IP, Sadness, it seems that the game has been developed with pixie wishes and goblin tears.

Okay, to be fair, developer Monolith Soft has proven that it can make actual, existing games in the past, and Disaster is to be published by Nintendo, so it has a far greater air of legitimacy than Sadness ever did. Still, with Nintendo shooting down the May 30 release date and there still being no firm details after all this time, I wonder if this thing will make a 2008 release, or indeed, a release at all.

Only time will tell. It feels like it could be nothing less than a disaster in its own right at the moment, though.


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king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:29
king3vbo
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

O wait, I thought this was cancelled
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:29
Cheeburga
The day after tomorrow.
The video game.
kusarigama's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:37
kusarigama
Nintendo actually showed a screen shot or something a few months ago, to prove this game was still in existence.
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:40
CelicaCrazed
Haha Sadness. I never understood people's obsession with the "game".
drMario1337's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:50
drMario1337
I really want this game. It better come out soon.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:53
MechaMonkey
So "no release date" could be taken to mean that it either it will never be released, or it's always being released. Each and every second is bringing us both closer to and further from the release of this game.

Disaster: Day of Crisis is a paradox!
Spykron's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:54
Spykron
incredible crisis will always be better anyway.
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:00
Mabec
lol @ topic
ironmanrules1333's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:13
ironmanrules1333
My life is meaningless without this. I think I'll go shoot myself in the head or something.


I'm sorry I can't help it
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:14
GuitarAtomik
Why were people excited about this game again?
JDUB X's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:36
JDUB X
Disaster ,Project Hammer, Eight Days,Sadness

All the same. Console launches get people excited for games that will never see the light of day.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:40
Rockvillian
Jdub's got it.
DanGale's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:45
DanGale
I heard the engine was created using the Manchester earthquake.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 18:26
Wedge
I love the Irem disaster games, so I was REALLY excited about this. I'm sure market research has shown a poor investment/return ratio on this, compared to everything else on the Wii though. =<.
Hiltz's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 18:32
Hiltz
Chances are, Nintendo isn't willing to reveal more about Disaster until at least E3 2008. Perhaps Disaster is planned for a Q3 or Q4 release. Besides, why talk more about a big new game that clearly won't be coming out in Q2 when Nintendo already has big games like Brawl, Mario Kart and Wii Fit to deal with for now. Anyway, Monolith Soft probably asked for more development time.

The concept of Sadness is cool and exciting. It's just unfortunate that Nibris continues to screw with everyone. You would think that a developer that is serious about making an innovative game like that would be quick to respond to rumors and claims that the developer and its games don't exist. Funny how Nibris has no physical evidence that the game exists despite having some pieces of concept art, in-game details and a song sample.

I also find it strange how Nibris was able to get a live action concept trailer for Sadness into Nintendo's E3 2006 Wii conference trailer but back in late 2007, Nintendo said that Nibris is not an official developer for the Wii despite the developer claiming to be one. Nibris also failed on multiple occassions to keep its promise to show off the game at certain game event shows and provide a new trailer.
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 18:53
Rosseh
OMG I love how anything related to Nintendo trickles out miniscule pieces of information over a period of 10 years. It gets me so psyched! I can hardly contain myself...nuaaaaaaaargh
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 19:24
SWE3tMadness
TO tell the truth, I completely forgot about this game, and currently don't have much hope for Nintendo releasing it soon. Or at all for that matter.

It will probably wind up in that infamous nether-world we like to call "vaporware", if it's not considered to reside there already. Is there a statute of limitations on these things?
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 19:25
Cowboy TTop
I expect Nintendo has seen the potential in Disaster, and with not many developers stepping up to the Wii plate, have perhaps indeed held it back to get it right. Nothing worng with time for more tweaks.

What's clear is that Wii needs new IP to drive it next to long established IP.

As for Sadness, who knows, but I really hope it does deliver in the end. It has potential and looks original.

Hey, if 3d Realms can push Duke Nukem onto consoles, after a 10 year stretch, anything is possible. Sadness still has a chance.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 20:14
Sharpless
THE COAST IS TOAST.
Ichigo Style's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 21:45
Ichigo Style
Nintendo's publishing it? I'm sorry Jim :( Europe won't be getting it for 2 years after the rest of the world... okay, maybe they'll give it to Australia, but the rest of the PAL region is Nintendo's bitch.
delriego's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 23:08
delriego
Maybe they just thought "who needs new IP's!, let's focus on a new zelda game"
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 23:28
Necros
I still want this to be good, but I'm losing faith in the developer.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 23:40
mistic
Damn this game looked so amazing in the trailers... I sure hope they get it finished!
TNTv's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 04:38
TNTv
The sad thing is that the two Wii games that I was most looking forward to were Sadness and Disaster (great names) and neither hav shown any gameplay footage. Project H.A.M.M.E.R. even got as far as being playable by the public and look where that is now!!!
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 08:45
BlindsideDork
Sadness = real. Sorry, believe it.
zibbyzib's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 14:55
zibbyzib
Where are all those good games that the Revolution had promissed SADNESS, Project H.A.M.M.E.R, Disaster: Day of Crisis. Those are all good games that were going to be released with the Nintendo Revolution.
THEN THEY SWITCHED REVOLUTION TO Wii
and all those games are forgotten by Nintendo. :(
THIS SUX!!!
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 20:50
HarassmentPanda
I forgot about this game! Jdub is exactly right though: A lot of companies talk up game sin conjunction with console launches tht never see the light of day.
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