At the Nintendo media summit in San Francisco this morning, Nintendo’s outgoing Senior V.P. of Marketing George Harrison confirmed that “Super Smash Brothers Brawl” for the Wii will be delayed “a few weeks” beyond its initial December 3rd date.
The game is now set for release on Sunday February 10th.
Hey, at least it’s now going to also include Sonic.
But releasing the game on a Sunday? Odd.
Harrison confirmed that the game will be Wi-Fi compatible. He added that, as per a speech delivered by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata earlier this week, the game will offer “a unique way of sharing between users even online.” Harrison confessed he had no idea what that means.
UPDATE:
Nate Bihldorff, a writer at Nintendo’s Treehouse demonstrated “Super Smash Bros. Brawl” at the event. He staged a two-minute battle between Samus and Mario. Bihldorff shot Samus’ canon at Mario, and then opened an assist trophy that sent sprite-based soldiers and tanks from the ”Advance Wars” series after Mario. Then he fought as “Zelda”’s Link vs Sonic the Hedgehog, on the back of a spaceship from the Star Fox universe. “Sonic is really hard to control. He’s really, really fast.” The battle took a bad turn for Bihldorff when Sonic picked up an item that turned him into the yellow Super Sonic. Super Sonic went on a blitz and wiped Link out.
Bihldorff also broke down control schemes, explaining how the game can be controlled with just the Wii remote. The D-pad handles movement; double-tap to dash. The 2 button is attack, 1 is for specials. B is shield. And minus is grab.
October 11th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
And on the seventh day, God releases “Smash Bros.”
October 11th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
it’ll probably be delayed again a couple weeks and that’s just a placeholder date
October 11th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Delayed?? Oh man, Mr. Jason is gonna pissed.
October 11th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
If memory serves me correctly, it’s a fairly regular occurance for Nintendo to release consoles on a Sunday. Pretty sure both the Wii and DS came out on Sundays. But as for a games, Sundays are a bit of a weird release date, maybe they did that to create a kind of weekend long launch event at the Nintendo World Store maybe.
October 11th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
I find myself wondering if yesterday’s announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog’s presence in the game was timed to help take the sting out of the delay. Either way, let us hope that this is the last footwear to fall.
October 11th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
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October 11th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
@ MattG
I’m pretty sure that was a pretty conscious descision on Nintendo’s behalf. It does make the sting hurt a little less … but doesn’t make it stop completely.
October 11th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
[...] of the most anticipated Wii titles Smash Brothers Brawl has been officially delayed until February 2008. Featuring beloved Nintendo characters mixed with newcomers such as Snake and Sonic, it promises [...]
October 11th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
the only way nintendo will make up for their delay is if the following characters are included ……..LuIGI, CAPTAIN FALCON, ganondorf’and last but not least the character that needs to make a debut …is no other then co-star FROM SUPER MARIO RPG…..GENO!
October 11th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
[...] a media summit this morning in San Francisco, Nintendo of America’s George Harrison (via MTV Multiplayer) has confirmed that the US version of Smash Bros. Brawl will follow in its Japanese [...]
October 11th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
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October 11th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
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October 11th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
[...] (sorry George, but that’s more than a few weeks … that’s several weeks). Like Stephen over at Multiplayer Blog, I too have to wonder why the release is set for a Sunday. In any case, the news is not surprising [...]
October 12th, 2007 at 12:30 am
[...] (sorry George, but that’s more than a few weeks … that’s several weeks). Like Stephen over at Multiplayer Blog, I too have to wonder why the release is set for a Sunday. In any case, the news is not surprising [...]
October 12th, 2007 at 10:53 am
eu me amo muito mais amo mais o jeferson
October 17th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
HUH?
October 27th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
[...] a media summit this morning in San Francisco, Nintendo of America’s George Harrison (via MTV Multiplayer) has confirmed that the US version of Smash Bros. Brawl will follow in its Japanese [...]
October 30th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
I don’t doubt that it will be delayed atleast another month over the next few weeks. Like Blooh said. Its just a placeholder.
November 27th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
They sed it wud be released on Dec 3rd, but then they sed it wil ~~% out at Feb 10, an’ now they say they r releasin it at Jan 16, Goddd!!! Make ur Fu - - in mind up wil ya
December 19th, 2007 at 11:44 am
they should put naruto on smash bros brawl.
December 25th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
oh……. man, I REALLY hope they’ll let Geno in. “Everyone’s favorite fighting doll”…. please Nintendo, let Geno in!!!! *crosses fingers and prays*