Most fans in Europe who are eagerly awaiting Super Smash Bros. Brawl have most likely come to terms with the fact that it will be months after the US release before they can (legally) play it. Nintendo, however, is happy to compound that misery by refusing to announce any firm release date, and shooting down speculated ones.
It was rumored that we'd finally been granted the date of June 6, but Nintendo has denied any such talk, claiming that "This is pure rumor and speculation - no announcement has been made."
So, when does Europe get Brawl? That's easy -- we get Brawl when Nintendo says we get Brawl, and we're all expected to sit still and shut up until then. As always, Nintendo is quick to tell Europe that it can't have something, not so keen on when we can.
Tough luck, as usual. At least there's Mario Kart and (snigger) Wii Fit in April. It seems there's still a long way to go before Europe gets the game almost everybody's talking about though ... not that half the world will still be talking about it by the time it arrives in the PAL region.
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12:43 PM on 02.20.2008
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In all seriousness... that really sucks for you guys across the pond. Considered moving in with you folks more than once, but with the way game companies treat you...
Film at 11!
Well one can dream right?
I bought Metroid Corruption when it was finally released in germany. And guess what? All the voice overs were in english!! I couldn't care less if a game's in english or german, but if I have to wait 6 fucking months for my game, you could at least record german voice overs....
Fuck you Nintendo!
In fact, the only scenario that I can see where I would be playing the game illegally is if I somehow committed copyright infringement.
Merely not catering to Nintendo's enforcement of pricing and availability differentials by the means of region locking their games, isn't illegal, no matter how much they'd like it to be.
I would expect anyone covering the delay of Brawl to be a bit more wary about towing the Nintendo line of it somehow being 'illegal' to source your games from somewhere with the best prices and availability (i.e. anywhere but Europe). Especially since it's because of region locking that they can get away with stuff like this.
Just... you know. To crack open their Wiis, grab a soldering iron and install a modchip.
Under adult supervision of course.
Ha, of course.
WHY NINTY, WHY?!
It's a beautiful game. Cholo.
Jim, you cholo-puta.
- Instead of Contra we got Probotector (I played Contra on a friends' Famiclone when I was still in preschool, so I was a little disappointed when they didn't release Contra on the European VC, even though it was to be expected)
- Super Paper Mario (it seemed cool when it came out and it got massive amounts of hype, so I bought it) released several freakin' months after the US release
- JAP Super Mario Bros. 2 (aka Lost Levels) removed completely from the EU VC catalog (It was available only for a limited time, but in the States it's there for good. What's the fucking logic behind that? What were they thinking??)
- You can't use Euros in the English mode in Brain Age II (Heh, ok, it's kinda beside the point, but still made me frustrated, since I'm Finnish and don't speak German, Spanish or whatever and don't know anything about UK Pounds)
- Capcom didn't release a ton of newer games in the Megaman -series (most of which are probably crap. Well, at least we got all the classics)
I could come up with more examples if I had the time. If they're going to delay Brawl the way they delayed Super Paper Mario, I'll be mad at Nintendo. I can understand if the game comes out like a month or so later than the US release, but a six month delay will not be acceptable.
The fact that Nintendo has released two useless channels instead of just focusing on Wiiware (or a support for 3rd party usb-drives) and a rather pointless plastic thing they call a Zapper is sorely disappointing. More delays will just make things even worse. Trust me, I'm not a Nintendo fanboy, but I hate to see the potential of the Wii getting thrown away with stupid or, as in most cases with Nintendo, simply risk-free solutions.
Ok, I got a little carried away... No wonder modding and piracy is common these days - European gamers are tired of being treated like this (it'd probably be easier just to import an NTSC Wii).
Btw, huge thanks to Jim for reporting from a Euro perspective and telling the world how much it sucks to be a gamer here. :)
But just because you have to wait isn't a reason to hate the game altogether, I bet you that your friend is gonna be kicking himself in the ass if he tries to force his distaste of it.
Well, they kinda HINTED that they would stop doing it... or something. Yeah, something.