Inazuma Eleven Strikers for the Wii was originally scheduled to release in Japan late next month, but today, Level-5 announced that the game will miss its initial release date and launch sometime this summer.

While many Japanese games are being delayed due to the recent earthquake, Level-5 stated that the reason for the delay has more to do with the quality of the title. According to Andriasang, Level-5 released the following statement:

"We were progressing with development in aim of releasing on the already announced release date an Inazuma Eleven that can be enjoyed with family and friends. However, we decided that a bit more time was necessary to make it into a game that can be enjoyed by the whole family. In order to not drop the quality and produce a title that can also be enjoyed by players who haven't played a soccer game before, we've changed the release date to Summer 2011."

The pricing for Inazuma Eleven Strikers will remain at ¥5,980.