Topic: Nintendo Ships Super Mario Galaxy

[Jonnyboy117]

Most retailers will have it on Tuesday.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=14786

 SUPER MARIO GALAXY FOR WII SHOWCASES MARIO'S STAR POWER    

It's the Hottest Game on the Hottest System for the Holidays    

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 12, 2007 - The amazing new Super Mario Galaxy™ game launches for Wii™ in T-minus 3 … 2 … 1. The hottest game for the hottest system fills players and observers with an otherworldly sense of wonder, and demonstrates the skill and imagination of legendary Nintendo video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.    

Video game icon Mario™ launches into space and encounters a multitude of crazy creatures on unbelievable planets. Players master the changing gravities they encounter while exploring each planet and collecting Power Stars. For the first time, Super Mario Galaxy lets a second player lend a hand in "co-star" mode. Using the revolutionary motion-sensitive Wii Remote™, the co-star can point at the screen to collect starbits to shoot at enemies, deflect incoming attacks or stall enemies to help Mario. It's a way for the newcomers that Nintendo has brought into the world of video games to play right alongside their more experienced peers.    

"Super Mario Galaxy is a game that everybody can play, whether you've been a Mario fan for 25 years or you just started playing Wii Sports," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "It's an easy favorite for game of the year and should stand as one of the best - and most beautiful - games of all time."    

In the game, Bowser™ crashes the star festival and carries Princess Peach's castle into space. On a curious new planet, Mario learns a powerful spin move that players pull off by shaking the Wii Remote. Mario also has an arsenal of new transformations at his disposal, including the Boo Mario, which causes him to float and fly through walls, and Bee Mario, which turns him into a beyond-adorable flying bee.    

Super Mario Galaxy is Rated E for Everyone. Once you pick up a copy and you're in the mood to throw a party to show it off to all your friends, you should check out the new Mario-themed Evite at Evite.com. It shows how Mario's look has changed through the years, and it's a great way to rally your friends for a Wii party.    

Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other Wii features, visit Wii.com.

[ShyGuy]

Hey Unclebob, can I pick this up at Midnight in Walmart?

[UncleBob]

There's no street date - you should be able to pick it up as soon as they get it in and stock it - could be today.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Why in the heck doesn't Nintendo do what most companies do with their big games, send them early and have a street date?

[vudu]

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Originally posted by: GoldenPhoenix
Why in the heck doesn't Nintendo do what most companies do with their big games, send them early and have a street date?

Do you really have to ask?

[SkiDragon]

It upsets me a bit that this game comes out right AFTER a three day weekend. It also upsets me that most stores tell me they have it, but can't sell it until Tuesday, or even Wednesday.

[Morari]

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[Neodymium]

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Originally posted by: Morari
Street dates don't benefit the customer at all, it's just a marketing tool.

They're shameful. What's the point?

[that Baby guy]

Well the idea behind street dates, I believe, is so that marketing and advertisement can occur at optimum times for a product.  If something reaches the street before advertising occurs, the product can be tired or worn out.  I think the best solution is to avoid street dates and to attempt to ship the product to all retailers, like Nintendo does.  But really, the best way to go is to ship a little bit of the product a little early, to build extra excitement.  That just seems like it would create extra advertising, to me.

[UncleBob]

Besides, Street Dates don't really mean anything at all.  Either the store that breaks the street date is too small and doesn't get noticed, or they don't have enough money to bother going after (and even if they did, it'd be a horrible story about the big, bad company going after the mom and pop store).  If the store is big enough to bother going after, the company is too afraid to lose them as a customer...

[Caliban]

I could have picked it up today if I was persistent enough, but I will pick it up tomorrow right after I come from school, which hopefully is around noon when I get home...farewell, until next time.  

[Shecky]

So what's with the Toys-R-Us, available after 5... and Circuit City's/Best Buy Available after 2pm, etc.... I always assumed that they were on order from their managers not to sell before that.

[NeoThunder]

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Originally posted by: Neodymium

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Originally posted by: Morari
Street dates don't benefit the customer at all, it's just a marketing tool.

They're shameful. What's the point?

i'd rather be told a date, and know that i can go to any store i want and they will have it.... rather than hear a date, then find out that thats the ship date and some stores will have it the next day, and some the day after next.