Mr. Sterling, shouldn't you be working?

Then again, shouldn't I?

...this game you claim to hate.

"THOSE ASSHOLE WONT LET ME INTO THEIR STUPID CLUB FOR JERKS."

"I don't see why anyone has a God-given right to be given a fucking video game by a company in their region as early as all the others. Like you and Nintendo made some contract where they'd promise they'd come and sell you this game."

Nintendo has a right to release what it want, when it wants.

I have a right to call Nintendo cunts for its choices.

That's how freedom works.

freedom?

you're european!!! :P

That was a pretty well-reasoned responce.

Just to make this clear: I have no pre-set hatred of Nintendo and my post history shows that I am just as likely to praise them when they do something good, as I am to blast them when they do something bad.

The issue here is that I don't think Europe will be treated any better if its people just roll over and beg for more like abused puppies. Nintendo does this shit because it knows it can. That's why I want to encourage Europeans who are sick of this shit to say "you're being assholes, stop being assholes please."

I want to see a better environment for gamers in Europe, and Australia as well. I want us to have timely releases and not be taxed out the ear. We will NEVER have that if we just keep quiet whenever we feel shafted. Am I really so fucking wrong for trying to voice the frustration a lot of my fellow gamers feel?

I say no.

June 27th is earlier than I expected, but it's too late. The damage is done. I guess it's just a casual date though.

FLAMEWARTOID - JOURNALISM BITCHES

Mario and Squirtle are about to have a masturbation fight in that picture.

Import that shit.

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR FAMILY?!?!?!

"ZING! Oh wait, no. That's a tired meme that doesn't hold any water...my mistake."

Name me more than two Wii games that were subject that a high level of must-have anticipation. I can only think of Galaxy and Brawl. Kart hasn't been subjected to that level of hype, it's just ... been there.

Show me where the other highly anticipated, ***** games are. It wasn't so much a slur on the Wii, as a comment to say "Europe isn't getting one of the two must-haves for ages, and that is shit."

"citing "page views" as evidence of your blog's worth is like citing album sales as a metric for record quality."

Not exactly. That douchebubble said that I sucked. Obviously a lot of people disagree with him, otherwise I wouldn't be the most widely read editor of the largest indie games blog in the world. S'all I was saying -- I must be doing something right.

"Its hard not to look at some of your posts as just trolling for hits when you, well, kind of admit that you're just trolling for hits."

Never admitted that -- see above.

But even if I *was* trolling (and believe me, I write this shit from the heart, regardless of who gets angry or not) could you blame me? Some of these fucking morons just hand me hits and money by being angry bitches who are angry because they think I am an angry bitch and ironically decide to bitch about it angrily. Maybe they should stop it -- I'm not going to stop writing how I write, so they may as well stop me benefiting as much from it.

But they can't do that. They have no self-control.

Sorry, normally I'm 100% with what yousay, Jim, but some of the nonsense here kind of pisses me off.

Brawl is a really good game. Maybe you disagree with the hype, but a lot of people (myself included) feel it was well deserved. They packed that disc to the fucking brim with great content and blew Melee out of the water. For someone who likes Dynasty Warriors (or whatever the fuck), which is essentially the same fucking game over and over and over again, it seems pretty strange for you to call Brawl a "stupid overhyped game" and (paraphrasing) "woth the wait... NOT! LOLOL!".

It is fucking ridiculous and nonsensical that they delayed it so long, but this article didn't need to bring up your opinions of the game's quality. But I know how much you love stating your opinions, even in a context where they really don't matter.

But you're smarter than a fucking stupid Nintendo fan like me, so I expect you to call me a "dumb cunt" or some such. OH DEAR ME, NOT THAT.

"But you're smarter than a fucking stupid Nintendo fan like me, so I expect you to call me a "dumb cunt" or some such. OH DEAR ME, NOT THAT."

Way to make it sound like I attacked the dumb cunt for no reason. Please re-read what he said before doing the exact same thing you accuse me of.

Why the hell is everyone getting after Jim about this? I don't mean to take sides but it's pretty obvious that Jim is only stating facts. If I lived in Europe I would be pissed as hell... As i assume a lot of Gamers are. Let Sterling voice his opinion-- he has the facts to back it up so I don't see any problem with it whatsoever.

Psh.

I live in Europe and I'm not getting it...

I was pretty stoked about it, but after all this time, its fucking useless, barely anybody outside of europe is still gonna wanna play that game... its like with rockband, we'll be getting it somewhere in june as well i heard, by that time you guys'll all be bored with it as well :p

I'm getting the kart-crap though, just to be able to finally try out the 'online capabilities' of that white dustbin next to my TV...

Hmmm... how about a simple solution for all you dumbasses wasting his time insulting Jim in the comments. Whenever you see a post made by Jim Sterling, don't read it, don't comment on it, just ignore it and move on with your life. If you really want to be mad your whole entire life then just shoot yourself in the crotch so you can have something to complain about the rest of your life without bothering other people.

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right Jim, because the same exact circumstances occur every single time every single product is ever released ever. come on ol' chap, the lack of a finite release date for a long period of time suggests uncertainty regarding something somewhere.

Just because I find Kyousuke Nanbu annoying:

Jim, stop whining about PAL release dates. I'm sure Nintendo knows what's best for you. You'll get Brawl when they decide you're ready for it.

Incidentally, out of the people implying that Jim is wrong or out of line here, how many of them actually live in Europe? You can act like Jim doesn't have a point here, but fact is, you're the ones who already have your copy of Brawl and have had it for weeks, and will proceed to have it for a couple of months before we get it. It's VERY easy to say "stop whining" from that side of the fence, but here's the thing - it just makes you look like an ignorant bitch. Jim's 100% correct, and the people who he's actually trying to stick up for appreciate that.

Yeah but you're getting Wii Fit before us.
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Oh well. These shitstorms always happen with you, Jim. Even so, I fully support your viewpoint.

I was born and raised in America, and moved to Ireland about five years ago. I didn't realise how bad European people had it for a while, since I had NTSC consoles, and imported. But now, owning a Wii and having to endure these waits, I now believe that this is a fucking outrage.

I've waited long enough already for Brawl. I think I'm not going to purchase it when it comes out. First I'll see how it sells, then buy it later. I just don't really care anymore.

Maybe they did that so they wouldn't get the same fate as GTA IV. Looks like it's too late.