E3 2007: Nintendo reveals PAL release dates, Brawl in 2008

Wii News | Metroid in October, Mario this year. Advance Wars DS sequel also coming

While it was revealed in Nintendo's E3 conference that the final two of the 'big three' Nintendo Wii games (Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl) would all be released in the US this year, we still had no dates for the PAL release of any of the three. On top of this, the delay of Super Paper Mario in PAL land had left Nintendo's release list looking a bit cluttered in the fourth quarter, which is never a good idea since sales of each title would cannibalise sales of the others. Well, Nintendo have finally revealed their PAL schedule on their EU press site, and it seems Super Smash Bros. Brawl will take the fall, and has been bumped into 2008. On the up side, Metroid has been dated for an October release, and Super Mario Galaxy has been confirmed for 2007.

Another notable element of the update is the revelation that a new Advance Wars game will be coming for DS this year.

Here's the full list for Wii

Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo) - 20th July 2007
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Nintendo / Atlus) - 10th August 2007
Super Paper Mario (Nintendo) - 14th September 2007
Metroid Prime 3 Corruption (Nintendo) - 26 October 2007
Forever Blue (tentative title) (Nintendo) (US title: Endless Ocean) - Q4 2007
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - Q4 2007
Battalion Wars 2 (Nintendo) - Q4 2007
Resident Evil The Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom) - Q4 2007
Pokémon Battle Revolution (Nintendo) - Q4 2007
Wii Fitness (Nintendo) - 2008
Mario Kart Wii (tentative title) (Nintendo) - 2008
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 2008

And for DS

Elite Beat Agents (Nintendo) - 13th July 2007
Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl (Nintendo) - 27thJuly 2007
Freshly Picked - Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland (Nintendo) - 14th September 2007
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo) - 19 October 2007
Donkey Kong Jungle Climber (Nintendo) - October 2007
Naruto DS (Nintendo) - October 2007
English Training 2 (tentative title) (Nintendo) - October 2007
Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - Q4 2007
Vision Training (tentative title) (Nintendo) (US title: Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day) - Q4 2007
Advance Wars 2 (Nintendo) - Q4 2007

All dates listed are for Europe, but they're usually pretty similar in Australia and New Zealand.

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27 Comments

arbok

4 years ago

Not too fussed about brawl either way.

But Wii Fitness 2008? How hard would that be to complete? Its just mini games. And does anyone think they've semi-ripped off DDR?

Capoeira

4 years ago

ittekimasu wrote

isn't the wii reigon free though, there's nothing stopping people from importing from US like how ps3 users do right

Careful now, the Wii is NOT region free. Importing isn't going to help anyone.

I was never interested in Brawl so it's delay doesn't piss me off. Everyone should have seen it coming anyway. Reggie did say that it's December 3rd release date was for America only. It's only natural for it pushed back for the rest of us. You can only hope now that it isn't something like a Q2 or even worse delay.

Surprised to see that all the other big games managed a Q4 release.

Jellyfish

4 years ago

The Wii isn't region free and it's neigh impossible to find an American console as well.

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