Post by: WindyMan on February 27, 2008, 09:02:20 AM
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15423
Our resident retail mole and NWR Forums regular UncleBob has informed us that his Walmart store has already received shipments of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Nintendo's all-star fighter for Wii. This delivery, and presumably many other deliveries in the Walmart chain of stores, comes eleven days ahead of the official March 9 North American release date of the game.
A pallet full of Super Smash Bros. Brawl,currently residing in
an unidentified Walmart warehouse.
Walmart computers will not allow the sale of the game before the official release date, so anyone hoping to score an early copy (from Walmart, at least) will be out of luck. However, NWR has been seeing unconfirmed reports of North American retail copies of the game floating around the Internet, which could mean other stores that are also receiving the game may be inadvertently breaking street dates.
Furthermore, this news begs the question: Why is Nintendo shipping the game out to retailers this far in advance of the release date? Traditionally, the dates Nintendo lists on its release calendar are when it ships a game off to retailers, with games being available in stores a day or two after that.
So why ship the game off more than a week in advance? Might Walmart, Nintendo, and/or other retailers be planning something special around the release date of the game? Or will Nintendo be producing so many copies of Brawl that it will require multiple shipments to fulfill orders? Until we have official confirmation from Nintendo, any reasoning is just speculation.
Nintendo World Report has contacted Nintendo of America for an explanation for Brawl's early ship date. When we hear back, we will update this space with further information.
Post by: UncleBob on February 27, 2008, 05:11:22 PM
More details here (http://nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=24134.0)!
Post by: SeaBass on February 27, 2008, 05:15:34 PM
im gonna bribe some peeps
Post by: ThePerm on February 27, 2008, 05:26:37 PM
Post by: kraken613 on February 27, 2008, 05:35:42 PM
I think close or at 1 million copies.
Post by: WindyMan on February 27, 2008, 05:40:35 PM
Yikes.
Post by: kraken613 on February 27, 2008, 05:44:48 PM
And most stores are doing a midnight release.
Man its hard to wait for this game! Its like trying to wait for Galaxy the week before it came out!
Post by: Crimm on February 27, 2008, 06:03:23 PM
Let's make a deal!
Post by: ShyGuy on February 27, 2008, 06:09:11 PM
Post by: decoyman on February 27, 2008, 06:12:39 PM
squee!
Post by: UncleBob on February 27, 2008, 06:13:00 PM
I'll sell you a copy... for one million dollars!
(http://www.cam.cornell.edu/~gfriend/cdamama/img/800px-Dr_Evil.jpg)
(for any Wal*Mart Asset Protection people who might be reading, I'm kidding - I promise.)
(for anyone who really wants to give me a million dollars for an early copy of the game, I'm not kidding.)
(no, seriously, Wal*Mart AP - I'm kidding.)
Post by: Crimm on February 27, 2008, 06:31:20 PM
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on February 27, 2008, 06:32:05 PM
Post by: stevey on February 27, 2008, 06:39:02 PM
Post by: NeoThunder on February 27, 2008, 07:00:29 PM
Post by: UncleBob on February 27, 2008, 07:03:17 PM
Also, many stores (GameStop, Game Crazy, Sam's Club) are planning midnight release events. Releasing the game early would put a cramp on these events - something which could upset a lot of retailers.
Post by: BeautifulShy on February 27, 2008, 07:13:14 PM
Post by: Ian Sane on February 27, 2008, 07:42:27 PM
I hope I can actually get this on Sunday March 9. A friend of mine who was out of town for like six months is coming home next week and all our friends are going to get together and if we could all play SSB that weekend it would be great. Otherwise I'll have to wait a WHOLE WEEK (oh noes!) to get all my friends over.
Since I'm in Canada though I figure I'll be lucky if stores are even carrying it by Tuesday.
Post by: that Baby guy on February 27, 2008, 09:01:17 PM
Aside from that, Nintendo is shipping the game early so it is at retailers by its street date. They just want to make sure that the game doesn't arrive at retailers a day or two later. Remember that there's several stores offering midnight launch events? They probably wouldn't want to do that unless they could get their hands on the game.
Post by: Bartman3010 on February 27, 2008, 10:34:40 PM
Post by: Berto2K on February 27, 2008, 10:39:57 PM
Post by: Dirk Temporo on February 28, 2008, 12:29:17 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on February 28, 2008, 03:02:50 AM
Nintendo has pulled an Atari and six months from now will bury an undisclosed amount of unsold SSB Brawl discs in a landfill in New Mexico. ;)
Like they did with SSBM you mean? I got that from a store which was SERIOUSLY overstocked.
Post by: Shecky on February 28, 2008, 07:48:17 AM
Post by: Arbok on February 28, 2008, 09:38:53 AM
Nintendo has pulled an Atari and six months from now will bury an undisclosed amount of unsold SSB Brawl discs in a landfill in New Mexico. ;)
Like they did with SSBM you mean? I got that from a store which was SERIOUSLY overstocked.
Yeah, but you live in some anti-consumer haven where Wiis are always in stock...
Post by: KDR_11k on February 28, 2008, 12:33:07 PM
Post by: vudu on February 28, 2008, 01:44:39 PM
Hey, our favorite site has picked up this story! Including the picture with the watermark! Any guess who I'm talking about?
And they didn't even give UncleBob credit! Instead they thanked some fruit named Kraken.
Post by: Berto2K on February 28, 2008, 01:52:03 PM
So, how can I break the region crap on my Wii so I can play SSBB this year?Easy...buy a Wii freeloader!
http://uk.codejunkies.com/Products/Wii-FreeLoader__EF000595.aspx
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on February 28, 2008, 02:07:43 PM
Post by: ThePerm on February 28, 2008, 02:10:05 PM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on February 28, 2008, 07:43:45 PM
Hey, our favorite site has picked up this story! Including the picture with the watermark! Any guess who I'm talking about?
And they didn't even give UncleBob credit! Instead they thanked some fruit named Kraken.
You mean this kraken?
http://nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=10468
Post by: kraken613 on February 28, 2008, 07:50:31 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on February 29, 2008, 02:44:14 AM
Does that work if the game includes a firmware update like pretty much every Nintendo game does?So, how can I break the region crap on my Wii so I can play SSBB this year?Easy...buy a Wii freeloader!
http://uk.codejunkies.com/Products/Wii-FreeLoader__EF000595.aspx
Post by: mantidor on February 29, 2008, 10:24:01 AM
Does that work if the game includes a firmware update like pretty much every Nintendo game does?So, how can I break the region crap on my Wii so I can play SSBB this year?Easy...buy a Wii freeloader!
http://uk.codejunkies.com/Products/Wii-FreeLoader__EF000595.aspx
your only hope is if Nintendo lets this slip under the radar, after all freeloaders aren't exactly "non-gamer" stuff and maybe they won't care.
Post by: Ceric on February 29, 2008, 03:19:41 PM
Post by: walkingdead2 on February 29, 2008, 07:59:22 PM
