If a delay didn't hurt enough, reports of a shortage of copies of Super Smash Bros. Brawl should have Japanese gamers clutching their chest and their reserve tickets.
Our sister site Japanator points to a couple of shortage issues that have already arisen in the island country. Japanese game retailer Lepton says that they are only getting 154 copies. We wish them luck in filling their 800+ preorders. Yikes! J-blog Canned Dogs says that the store is going as far as to purchase copies from other outlets at full price to satisfy demand. They managed to secure an additional 100 copies of the game at 7,350 yen each, which would cause them to lose money on the 6,800 yen game. I'm sweating for them.
Importer National Console Report also recently said that they've closed preorders due to the shortage:
Last night, vendors in Japan warned us that there might be a shortage of [SSBB] so we're closing preorders today. If the information turns out to be erroneous, we'll accept new preorders again.
We haven't seen any confirmed release numbers, but we've heard that shipments could be as low as 300,000 for launch. Next week's release might get a bit scary. Do you forsee any real brawls from the shortage of Super Smash Bros. Brawl?
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2:19 PM on 01.24.2008
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...Enter the conspiracy theorists
Otherwise, everyone will be having a good time.
It's a DVD they should be able to pump out a thousands upon thousands.
I bet it takes more time to make the packaging and instruction manuals. They should just let people buy the disks with vouchers for the rest.
I thought that only happened here in America, where people are actually stupid enough to start it. >.>
Yeah I think someone should take that idea & call them on it!
154 Copies available @ Lepto w/
800 Pre-Orders....................... YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't see a shortage happening in the US, because if anything about this rumor is true........ it's that Nintendo is using resources to make more copies for the US, where there's more people.
this is not the first time there was a shortage for wii software. just look at the UK and mario + sonic at the olympics.
Seriously though, how many times have they delayed this game? And they still don't have enough? They should tell us what's going on at least before we all gang up and send them flying into the screen.
I've got my copy reserved so I'm not too concerned.
A hangover and inexplicable UTI/pregnancy?
Don't these people of japan have the torrential bits?
From the second the final game was done they should have been making discs, and before it was done they should been printing manuals and everything else, what the fuck is wrong with them?
Also, I think you'll find that the UK is the Queen of Queues!
"Nintendo needs to stop using the "TEASE" technique. I about ready to get Nintendo drunk and take what I want. Thats what you get you dumb teasing bitch Nintendo.
Major lulz.
Anyway, wow, dude harsh joke. Gawd. That is baaad man. Anyway, NINTENDO.
Do you hear me, Nintendo?? YOUR CONSOLE IS A LITTLE BIT POPULAR!! GO FIGURE! THE 10 TRILLION CONSOLES PRINTING MONEY FOR YOU ARE ACTUALLY BEING USED BY REAL PEOPLE.
Ok I fixed my Caps Lock lol... but seriously, do you guys get where I am coming from? They know how big SSB is and they know how many consoles they have sold. They need to straighten up and giv me teh supar smazh bruters i want nd i want now. u guys bettar nut hav shortiges 4 america i get mad if u do.
Plz, nentendoo? MOAR COPIES.
Is a multiplayer beat-em-up just 500x times more popular than a "real" Mario game or what?
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