Super Mario Galaxy 2 Release Date Confirmed

Who knows? Nintendo Australia do but we never will because they are unwilling to explain to us why they delay games here. Other publishers on other platforms can distribute worldwide, so why can't Nintendo get their shit together? For a company that prides themselves on innovation they sure are shit at some things (region locking, online, release dates, transparency)

And anyway, didn't they earn a fuck ton of money from suing that arsehole who pirated the game? And isn't NSMB one of their biggest sellers? Piracy...pffft what a bull shit excuse.

I can't say I'm all that surprised though. Wasn't the first SMG delayed for roughly the same amount of time as well?

Rule number one, keep your fazers on stun...no wait that's not it. It's no customers = no company. And the most important customer is the loyal customer. The one who isn't completely over your uselessness that they import a game thus giving your local branch no profit. It's not the one-game-a-generation gamer Nintendo seem to be targeting these days. But I honestly fail how it would matter whether the game was released a day before the school holidays or two weeks before. In reality, parents find things for their kids to do and they're more inclined to buy some cheap piece of crap game because they know it only needs to hold their attention for two weeks then it's straight back to the closest thing to hell on earth. Does it really matter? Is some parent going to say, "well, this game was released two weeks ago! Dear lord, if only it were released yesterday...I might have bought it for little Billy who probably doesn't even give a shit about that old fart Mario anyway.". Are we that pathetic as a society that a game that is two weeks old is suddenly banished from our conciousness? Is it not still in the 'new releases' section? Is it not being promoted. People are still buying NSMB, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit. Were these released in the holiday period, and is all their success owed to that fact? Does it not depend entirely on a. whether the parent wants to fork out that amount of money, and b. the kid actually wants the game. Mario will sell because it's Mario. And honestly, the only thing Nintendo should be caring about is the overall sales of the game, not whether it sold well for one week because it was released in the school holidays. The game will sell regardless because a. it's Mario, and b. the Wii has nothing else. The Wii needs a great game now. It needs time for people to discuss it, recommend it - it needs to spread around so that people know about the game and want the game. And lastly, all of this is negated by the fact that a lot of the Wii audience probably left school years ago.

Or, maybe you're right.

Few reasons:

1. No profits are going to Nintendo Australia.

2. No profits are going to local Aussie companies whom Nintendo Australia rely on to peddle their products.

3. Less Nintendo sales here, less need for Nintendo Australia.

You can bet your arse if you asked Nintendo Australia whether importing hurts them, they'd say yes.

Yes, looking at the big picture it's about as useless as a person being a vegetarian, but that's not really the point of taking a stand now is it?

I know. I've just had one too many bourbons and feel like ranting about something I pretty much know nothing about. It's not an attack on you.

Video game kids are going to want to get a game to play in the holidays. Now what difference does it make to the kid whether SMG was released two weeks prior, or the day before he went on break? If the kid wants the game he'll get the game. He may have to wait two weeks to get the game, but he'll still get it. And, most importantly, what does it matter to Nintendo whether the kid buys the game two weeks early or during the holidays? Nothing. Nintendo want the sale, whether the game is bought on release date, two weeks after, or two years after. It doesn't matter when. Either Nintendo don't have faith that their product isn't going to be relevant in two weeks, which we both know is a crock of shit, or they're releasing these games during school holidays because they think it makes a difference. I'd like to see the proof that it does. I'm not denying it, I'd just like to see the proof. But I won't because Nintendo Australia are so damn cagey about the issue. It's almost as if Nintendo Australia think first week sales are absolutely important in determining whether the game is going to be hit or not. Or maybe they get a little bonus if they sell x amount of copies. I don't necessarily think that is true, because even today we see people buying some old Wii games and not others.

I know what you are saying, I really do. I just don't think it matters a great deal whether the game is released two weeks earlier than the school holidays instead of right on it. I'm sure I'm wrong, but I'd like to be told why from NAL instead of feeling disappointed in their actions all the time.