quite odd esp when EB and a few other stores have the release of ping pals on the 25th, the day after
oh well

Mr. Driller in MAY? Hate you, Namco. ;___; And wow, is Australia the first to get Rayman DS or something? Also, anybody got any idea WHY EA isn't releasing a PAL version of NBA Street 3 for GameCube?

Worst decision ever.

Well, you'll just have to wait an extra day before you can sink your teeth into Ping Pals. Ha ha.

And be happy we're getting Mr. Driller at all - I thought we were going to miss out again, like we did when Europe got Mr. Driller 2. Hopefully this means that the version we get will have a translated Dristone Mode and Single Card Multiplayer like the Japanese version I got does.

O_o wow, I didnt knew Nintendo was so late with their releases... look at the bright side, you are at least getting it in your language, the only spanish Ive seen in a GC game is in RE4, and you are suppose to not understand it... while there's spanish versions of Halo 2.

Winnie the Pooh: Rumbly Tummy Adventure System seller.

What a strange, strange list. Aussies are getting Splinter Cell right around the American release date, but Four Swords is STILL missing in Action? What gives? Lazy/scared publishers who think they won't get good return investments?

I guess this begs for one of my patented dumb questions: Do they tailor-publish these games for the Aussies, or just ship the Euro-Pal versions and say "Come and get it! All 10 copies anyway..."? What's there to localize? English is English is English. It shouldn't matter, if its Canada, England, USA, Or Australia/New Zealand.

Are they not going to understand if say someone uses the word "Band-aid"? Must they input "Plaster?" Instead of Judge, A Barrister? (Imagine Final Fantasy Tatics Advance: Here comes the Barrister!)

Oh well, better late than never....

The games are European. There's the heath and safety screen at the start which is European, and the language options which are European. A lot of the time numbers aren't even converted to the metric system.

Also may want to bring up that Custom Robo isnt on the list
A game myself and a friend are also waiting for
Even if it got bad reviews, I still want it, since I enjoyed Zoids on cube.

Australia is clearly dominated by the PS2 and X-BOX. Most EB stores or any video-game store usually hide all the gamecube games in a small dark corner or behind a poll and some stores have even stopped selling gamecube games all together.

Although Nintendo has virtually been a non-existant force with its Gamecube in australia for some time now, I did notice PULSE has a huge NINTENDO DS advertisment across their main window on the corner of bourke and elizabeth st in Melbourne today. It seems in australia the only nintendo products that sell well are handhelds and the only products the shops actually want to display.

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Although Nintendo has virtually been a non-existant force with its Gamecube in australia for some time now, I did notice PULSE has a huge NINTENDO DS advertisment across their main window on the corner of bourke and elizabeth st in Melbourne today.

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What the hell. You guys get Polarium on March 24th? EBGames.com has it listed as April 18th for a US release. PGC's release schedule still has it as May 31st. It doesn't even show up on Gamestop.com. I am sad.

It's going to be $20-$30 cheaper than the average DS game too, according to DVDCrave. We win! Oh.. every other game..

" Most EB stores or any video-game store usually hide all the gamecube games in a small dark corner or behind a poll and some stores have even stopped selling gamecube games all together"
EB adelaide has put DS straight across from the counter, proberly the most prime place
yet GBA is down the back, and Gamecube is between DS and GBA
In my view EB and Toy r us are proberly the biggest supporters of gamecube, they always get alot of stock (10+ of each game) and on release date, even if there 17year old employee's act like they secretly work for ign.