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Nintendo dates SSBB, WiiWare for Europe

Nintendo issues its slate of Q2 releases; Super Smash Bros. Brawl coming to Europe on June 27, WiiWare to arrive May 20.

After Super Smash Bros. Brawl made its stateside debut last month, European Nintendo fans were left wondering when they, too, would be able to battle it out with the publisher's mascot. Well, wonder no more...the popular fighting franchise, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, will be tackling Wii consoles across the continent from June 27.

Nintendo's WiiWare channel will also be making a European debut on May 20, which is 12 days after its US release. WiiWare will offer downloads of original first- and third-party games to Wii consoles. In the same manner as Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, it is intended to allow smaller, independent developers access to the console's growing installed base. WiiWare launched in Japan on March 25. Launching just 10 days after WiiWare is the Nintendo Channel, which will allow owners to download DS games to their Wii, and will work in conjunction with WiiWare.

The Nintendo Channel will be available as a free download from the Wii Shopping Channel on May 30. The Japanese version offers streamed video content, including interviews with Nintendo's developers, one of which featured Shigeru Miyamoto with the newly launched Wii Fit. It is unclear whether the European version will have such features.

Nintendo will release both Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii this month in Europe, ahead of the US. In a separate statement, the Mario Factory also released its latest financial figures today.

Nintendo's lineup, listed in full below, also confirms that Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice will be arriving May 9.

Wii
May 9: Legend of Sayuki (505 Games)
May: Top Spin 3 (2K Sports)
May: Monster Truck Jam (Activision)
May: Boom Blox (EA)
May: Speed Racer (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
May: Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Square Enix)
Spring: Hannah Montana--Spotlight World Tour (Disney Interactive Studios)
Spring: Iron Man (Sega)
June 6: Ford Off Road Racing (Empire Interactive)
June 13: Family Ski (Namco Bandai/Nintendo)
June 27: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
June: Lego: Indiana Jones the Original Adventures (LucasArts/Activision)
June: Monster Lab (Eidos)
June: Wacky Races (Eidos)
July: Mummy Tomb of the Emperor (Vivendi Games)
Q2: Blast Works--Build, Trade, Destroy (Majesco/Eidos)
Q2: de Blob (THQ)
Q2: Sports Island (Hudson Soft/Konami)
Q2: Chess Crusade (Zoo Digital Publishing Ltd)
Q2: Garfield Gets Real (Zoo Digital Publishing Ltd)
Q2: Garfield's Fun Fest (Zoo Digital Publishing Ltd)
Q2: Jeep Let's Off Road (Zoo Digital Publishing Ltd)
Q2: Margots Word Brain (Zoo Digital Publishing Ltd)
Summer: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts/Activision)
Summer: We Love Golf (Capcom)
Summer: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney Interactive Studios)
September 14: Pipemania (Empire Interactive)
Q3: Brave: A Warrior's Tale (SouthPeak Games)
October: Crash (tentative title) (Vivendi Games)
October: Spyro (tentative title) (Vivendi Games)
Q4: Bratz Kids (The Game Factory)
Q4: Build-A-Bear Workshop (The Game Factory)
Q4: Rubiks (The Game Factory)

Wii Channels
May 20: WiiWare (Nintendo)
May 30: Nintendo Channel (Nintendo)

Nintendo DS
May 9: Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice (Capcom/Nintendo)
May 30: Subbuteo (505 Games)
May: Monster Truck Jam (Activision)
May: Race Driver GRID (Codemasters)
May: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney Interactive Studios)
May: City Life (Monte Cristo Multimedia)
May: ArchimDS (Rising Star Games)
May: Ecolis (Rising Star Games)
May: Speed Racer (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Spring: Hannah Montana--Music Jam (Disney Interactive Studios)
Spring: Iron Man (Sega)
June 6: Etrian Odyssey (Atlus/Nintendo)
June 9: Code Lyoko 2 (The Game Factory)
June 11: Bratz Ponyz 2 (The Game Factory)
June 20: Pipemania (Empire Interactive)
June: Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? (Nintendo)
June: Lego: Indiana Jones the Original Adventures (LucasArts/Activision)
June: Looney Tunes (Eidos)
June: Monster Lab (Eidos)
June: Wacky Races (Eidos)
Q2: Zoo Hospital (Majesco/Eidos)
Q2: Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams (Empire Interactive)
Q2: New International Track & Field (Konami)
Q2: Nanostray 2 (Majesco)
Q2: Chess Crusade (Zoo Digital Publishing Ltd)
Q2: Margots Word Brain (Zoo Digital Publishing Ltd)
Q2: Shining Star (Zoo Digital Publishing Ltd)
July 4: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (Nintendo)
July 4: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (Nintendo)
July: Mummy Tomb of the Emperor (Vivendi Games)
Summer: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts/Activision)
Q3: Bratz Kidz (The Game Factory)
Q3: Rubiks Classic (tentative title) (The Game Factory)
Q3: Brave: Shaman's Challenge (SouthPeak Games)
October: Ninjatown (SouthPeak Games)
October: Crash (tentative title) (Vivendi Games)
October: Ghostbusters (Vivendi Games)
October: Spyro (tentative title) (Vivendi Games)
Q4: Elements (The Game Factory)

57 Comments

  • Swixer-Swaxer

    Posted Jun 4, 2008 11:36 am GMT

    Nintendo are stupid. Why are they doing this? unacceptable. You cant delay a game so long and then expect people to pay £40. You knnow what nintendo bring this F**king game or dont I dont care either way, after this I may never buy another Nintendo console out of fear of waiting months for it

  • Mortis_Noctem

    Posted May 7, 2008 1:30 pm GMT

    Wow..
    Being somewhat of a Nintendo fan, the release date difference feels like a **** slap"! Do they even care about Europe!?
    I mean..June!?

    So unfair, by then all of Europe is just using a US Brawl that was bought off E-Bay, way to go Nintendo!

  • Absent_Gambler

    Posted Apr 29, 2008 4:51 pm GMT

    *Counts days on fingers, realizes that it doesn't mention Australia. Dies.*

  • Narroo

    Posted Apr 28, 2008 5:43 pm GMT

    A big reason why Europe takes so long is because "Europe" incorporates many countries with multiple languages and laws. So localization does take awhile, and they refuse to release games as they get them done.

  • jakie91

    Posted Apr 28, 2008 1:40 am GMT

    This sucks,

    The companies are only worried that the game won't sell well,

    and that is s***,

    If companies like Square Enix, and nintendo sat down and looked at the pass games sold, Final Fantasy ALWAYS!!! sell well, as well with any Mario Game,

    Just release it the same time, please guys.

  • Tailscoolio

    Posted Apr 26, 2008 6:56 pm GMT

    I'm just glad they have a final release date, but i don't get why they go through the trouble of using different systems for the wii, (e.g. "PAL") why not just make them all the same to start off with? then everything could get done faster...

  • nintendave86

    Posted Apr 25, 2008 8:14 pm GMT

    cool but when is brawl coming to australia?

  • Mii_Wii_and_RPG

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 9:42 pm GMT

    When is brawl coming down under? Is there a date confirmed yet??

    Looking forward to WiiWare and The Nintendo Channel as well!

  • Relativity-1337

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 8:43 pm GMT

    when is brawl coming to Australia!!!

  • Maersyndel

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 7:37 pm GMT

    What does this have to do with GT5 P?

  • Kar3

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 6:44 pm GMT

    why june 27!? why not now?

  • Nintendo_Man

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 5:53 pm GMT

    I expected Mario Kart released ahead of Brawl in PAL regions but not Wii Fit and WIiWare, they really need to get their priorities right.

  • Metroid827

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 5:47 pm GMT

    Man, I feel bad for everyone in europe. June 27???

  • wolf360rev

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 4:59 pm GMT

    Good thing i'm in America *plays brawl* Sorry Europe

    October: Spyro (tentative title) (Vivendi Games)

    darkest hour will be great and chronicles of narnia I'm looking forward to

  • Jebril

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 4:00 pm GMT

    I love how any Europeans who are annoyed at Nintendo and express it in their comments are given a thumbs down, fanboys now a days, if you guys were in a position where this game was released in both Japan and Europe but wouldn't be released in America for another 3 months, you'd be pissed off too!

  • dark_pred

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 2:53 pm GMT

    Finally dated SSBB real shame we have had to wait so long for it but it will be worth it in the end

  • rourkey14

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 2:50 pm GMT

    27 June! This is absolutely ridiculous! Why does it take so long? its not like it needs to be translated, agreeably i know most americans speak a very primitive form of english but im sure we would have coped.

  • Kratos_Cruxis

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 2:37 pm GMT

    Is Phoenix Wright 3 out yet here in the UK? I aint seen it anywhere if not then WTF is going on with Apollo Justice?

  • darknferno12

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 2:20 pm GMT

    Wow a 3 month wait for SSBB i'm not even from/in Europe and i'm pissed

  • tubbablubba

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 2:17 pm GMT

    Nintendo is gonna have a slow Q2,3, and 4 especially after this ridiculous Q1. Looking at the gameslist confirms this I declare a stock and profits freefall.

  • GameOverKayo

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 2:15 pm GMT

    As an European I have very little respect towards Nintendo. They have been having huge delays for the games over here and I will never get a Nintendo platform again after being treated like this during this generation.

  • Alien-Boy

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 1:55 pm GMT

    Wii Wares gonna be well good!
    I like the sound of it!

  • Pete5506

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 1:48 pm GMT

    List of games, nice

  • Ernieboii

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 1:24 pm GMT

    They should include Zelda PhantomGlass for the Nintendo Channel

  • ShadowLaguna

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 1:19 pm GMT

    Yes!!! Finally!!!!

  • Paul_TheGreat

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 1:18 pm GMT

    Nothing on that list excites me.

  • rouguesquadron

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 1:14 pm GMT

    Normally I have nothing but good things to say about Nintendo, but making Europeans wait three months longer to buy SSBB than I had to is a bit ridiculous. I could have excused this because of all of the different languages spoken in Europe compared to America, but the difference between the European and American release dates for Mario Kart Wiii only a few weeks. Nintendo has been great lately but they definitely dropped the ball on this one.

  • leonchamp

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 12:35 pm GMT

    God damn guys, stop moaning, the best stuff always come to those who wait. Nintendo's idea of the Wiiware is good (albeit not original), but the Nintendo channel will steal it (if the DS games are less than £15) and their size is small so it'll be quick. Plus Supersmash bros. GOOD TIMES!!

  • LarSam posted Apr 24, 2008 12:30 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    LarSam

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 12:30 pm GMT (hide)

    Ha lol Nintendo's game lineup is so bad. For a moment I thought Gamespot was playing a joke but then I remembered that NINTENDO SUCKS!

  • star77241

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 12:10 pm GMT

    Is the US getting the Nintendo Channel the same day as Europe or what?

  • exavior17

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:55 am GMT

    @ hathejoker. Nintendo Channel is that channel that Japan got last year that lets you download DS game demos from the internet into your DS via the Wii. I've been wondering when anyone not in Japan was going to get it. Looks likes the answer is May.

  • Saxmachine09

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:52 am GMT

    poor europe

  • madmanjim

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:49 am GMT

    i dnt wana start an arguement but its not translating it its getting through the company that rates the games there anoyingly strict thats y gta4 and halo 3 took so long they were world wide release dates so they spent months just getting them rated it sucks a$$

  • Twili

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:49 am GMT

    I'm happy we finnaly have a release date but 5 months after japan and 3 after US? And EK-andy they do have to translate it to other EU languages for the PAL version. Your wii is probably set to english so the game is in english.

  • Generic_Dude

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:48 am GMT

    Europe still doesn't have Brawl? Jeez... and I was complaining about River City Ransom being released late in the US. Apologies to my friends across the sea.

    That being said, what's the deal with the DS games? Are they going to be playable on Wii or is there going to be a storage device for the DS released?

  • Ek-Andy

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:38 am GMT

    @ Whellock. I dont think Nintendo actually translate the game into several languages. I recently bought Links crossbow training in Germany, and the game was in English. This may be diffrent, but i very much doubt it.

  • Ek-Andy

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:35 am GMT

    June? Im sorry did i hear that right? I thought this game was out in America last month, so its allready in English meaning it dosnt need to be translated. What the hell? No, this is not fair. This is deliberatly holding back a product to avoid the launch of GTA 4, becuase Nintendo know it wont sell, and anything said otherwise is a downright lie. If this is the way Nintendo plan to treat potential European customers then i am, for the first time in ages, glad I bought an Xbox 360.

  • StarFox-Elite

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:23 am GMT

    @Whellock - I just wanna say in the most non-hostile way possible to you that all stuff you hear about translating to PAL and different languages is the biggest pile of **** I have ever heard from Nintendo, they say that but I have an american copy of Brawl that works on my wii when I use a cheat-disc style program called Freeloader.

    The game isn't THAT hard to translate to PAL at all if one disc called Freeloader can be put in, then taken out and a foreign game put in. And Britain at least, speaks the same language as the US, we are not part of Italy or France or Germany, we do not speak their language so its just pathetic that we had to wait so long. Its not surprising me and many others resorted to importing the game.

  • tomivav

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:19 am GMT

    why did i get this news updated on my profile as it is related to gt5 prologue??

  • beedouk

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:19 am GMT

    YEOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Slaughtahouse

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:19 am GMT

    yay nintendo !!!!!!!!!

  • Exu_Idara

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 10:59 am GMT

    People can go on about translations and such as much as they like, explain Mario Kart Wii.

  • VenomRitual

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 10:52 am GMT

    i really think its important to release a game simultaneously in all regions. b4 SSBB even made it to the U.S., all the secrets were out(characters, modes, extras). europe should have gotten it sooner

  • thk123

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 10:45 am GMT

    @Whellock
    While I will admit there are certain things to do, the delays for Europeans are unacceptable, not least because no other publisher has this problem. Halo 3 came out 1 day late in the UK, Super Paper Mario was 8 months late. It isn't like Nintendo is some indie dev of 1 person who is toiling night and day on the translations, the delays Nintendo do for Europe is just unacceptable.

  • Exu_Idara

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 10:40 am GMT

    Sorry Nintendo, too little too late. I'm diverting my money into something else. A nice HD monitor for my 360, perhaps.
    You dropped the ball and lost a customer.

    (I say that, but I know I'll probably end up buying it and a Wii anyway.)

  • prioritymail

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 10:38 am GMT

    Sucks for UK....still no SSBB

  • kid3887

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 10:30 am GMT

    Again........... TOTTALLY awsome!!!!!!!! ^_^

  • pigfish2

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 10:18 am GMT

    you tell em fox lol

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