Smash Bros. Brawl delayed in US until February 10, 2008

129 Comments by Ross Miller Oct 11th 2007 12:24PM
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Action, Fighting

At 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 brethren's footsteps and be delayed until February 10, 2008.

The loss of this future bestseller during the holiday season will definitely sadden some fans (and Nintendo's profit margin), but then again Mario Galaxy is also coming in November (so far as we know) and it was always uncharacteristic of Nintendo to space AAA-title releases so close together.

No word yet on a delay for PAL territories, though we suspect a similar fate.

Tags: breakingnews, delay, nintendo, smash-bros, smash-bros-brawl, sonic, ssbb

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Dio: Oct 11th 2007; 12:26PM

Sadface =/

FOXHOUND: Oct 11th 2007; 12:28PM

seconded.

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!): Oct 11th 2007; 12:40PM

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring): Oct 11th 2007; 12:45PM

Jacob Patton: Oct 11th 2007; 12:57PM

JJ Rooster: Oct 11th 2007; 1:06PM

;) smirking happy face

Rubang B (NDF - Heart): Oct 11th 2007; 1:41PM

:(, kills JJ Rooster, then :)

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler).: Oct 11th 2007; 2:47PM

>:(

Dammit.

Dio: Oct 11th 2007; 3:52PM

:(
:[
:C
:

ZenGaijin: Oct 11th 2007; 12:28PM

Yay, more time to play other games!!

Now I can give Orange Box, Army of Two, Mario Galaxy, and Assassins Creed the love they need.

and BurnoutParadise

modified: Oct 11th 2007; 12:54PM

Burnout Paradise comes out next year too.

Mr Khan: Oct 11th 2007; 4:24PM

Happy: It gives me room to buy Fire Emblem & NiGHTS 2

Sad: It makes Brawl come dangerously close to No More Heroes

JodyAnthony: Oct 11th 2007; 12:28PM

also sadface

but more time for me to play through galaxy, so it's all good.

3cubed minus 3squared plus1: Oct 11th 2007; 1:36PM

Exactly.
I'll be in Mexico this Christmas anyways so it doesn't bother me much. I can spend my Christmas money elsewhere.

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring): Oct 11th 2007; 12:29PM

speaking of darth vader

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

AgentESPIO7: Oct 11th 2007; 6:58PM

Darth Vader yelling no was the first thing I thought of when I saw the headline.

=(

Wes: Oct 11th 2007; 12:29PM

I guess maybe they are delaying it so it can launch along side FF13 or MGS4 and try to steal some of the steam from one of their competitors?

Though, I am not sure if this game would detract much steam from the hype surrounding any of those two games. Though it does seem more cuasl-game oriented...so maybe.

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING): Oct 11th 2007; 12:51PM

Wow, someone knows nothing about games...

dave: Oct 11th 2007; 12:29PM

That does suck balls like.

Jtenma: Oct 11th 2007; 12:30PM

I cant even express how many bricks I just shat.....

Man....this changes everything.....

lessbiasedthanmost: Oct 11th 2007; 12:30PM

Seems like being on time is last-gen too. Really people, is it that hard to stick to a release date?

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring): Oct 11th 2007; 12:32PM

It actually is.

Jtenma: Oct 11th 2007; 12:34PM

I agree with you fully....

How about not releasing a date in the first place so people dont get their hopes up for "December 3".

They should have done everything in their power to get this game out...

Oh and what a delay too...couldn't they just delay it to like Jan. or something, damn!!!waffles12121syrup!!

lessbiasedthanmost: Oct 11th 2007; 12:36PM

It's only hard to do when you're setting unrealistic dates. If you're going to say the game will be ready by a date, you darn well should have it ready by then; otherwise you get the Duke Nukem Forever problem.

spunkyMP4: Oct 11th 2007; 4:43PM

It's hard for Nintendo to keep a release date. Look how long they delayed LoZ Twilight Princess. Hopefully they won't delay Mario Galaxy.

Rubix42: Oct 11th 2007; 12:30PM

I'm torn, want to play this badly, yet I know that spacing out some of these awesome games will really make things easier on my sanity. Here's to hoping another 1 or 2 AAA titles get delayed!!

Zombie # 23,433: Oct 11th 2007; 1:43PM

That sounds all good and dandy but all of these "AAA" titles are already delayed to Feb or March 08'. So now your going to have the same problem you thought you had now in march...

megaStryke: Oct 11th 2007; 12:31PM

It's Sonic's fault, that blue sonuvabitch.

Martin: Oct 11th 2007; 12:38PM

I agree. That spiky blue nutsack ruined Christmas.

AstroZombie: Oct 11th 2007; 12:45PM

Obviously the delay is due to Sonic's involvement. The devs ran into difficulty configuring the blast processing in such a way that the duct tape doesn't melt. Additional play testing is needed.

Jerk Face: Oct 11th 2007; 1:25PM

Blast Processing LOL..

That's a plus for you.

Jaylati: Oct 11th 2007; 1:38PM

Shouldn't Sonic had sped things up rather than slow things down?

All those damn drugs he did with Tails is catching up to him.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart): Oct 11th 2007; 2:03PM

2 tails? Yeah right. More like 2 tabs of acid.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler).: Oct 11th 2007; 2:52PM

Astrozombie you're winner,Hahaha...Ducktape.

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring): Oct 11th 2007; 12:31PM

February?!?!?!?!

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring): Oct 11th 2007; 12:34PM

valentine's day :)

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring): Oct 11th 2007; 1:13PM

I'm getting married in Feb... How am I going to explain to my fiance that we have to delay it so I can play Smash Bros.?

ThornedVenom: Oct 11th 2007; 1:26PM

Oh right, because getting married or playing SSMB is SUCH a hard choice to make. ;P

I feel sorry for you dude. Life fucked up again. xD

Nushio (NDF - Blue): Oct 11th 2007; 1:40PM

You can play Smash bros on the honeymoon. :P

Rubang B (NDF - Heart): Oct 11th 2007; 2:07PM

Rubang's advice:

Get married in January or don't get married.

Almack64 (NOF - Ultrazord): Oct 11th 2007; 2:42PM

I got married Nov 18 2006, my wedding gift from my wife was a Wii in the form of a Best buy gift card. That night we take a plane to Mexico where I saw no Best Buys. Came back from honeymoon and there where no Wii's in stock ANYWHERE. Did not get Wii until mid Feb... See my wife is very smart

Chyld989: Oct 11th 2007; 12:35PM

I'll agree with the previously mentioned sad faces, although I'm poor enough that I would have had to put the game on my (already almost maxxed) credit card anyway...so maybe this'll be a good thing in that respect. I'm still sad though.

Jtenma: Oct 11th 2007; 12:36PM

agreed, he should be killed...srsly gais!!!!one!11

Mark: Oct 11th 2007; 12:36PM

2007 is M$'s year. The game of the year will be on the 360. Which one, I do not know.

WiNG: Oct 11th 2007; 12:40PM

The game of the year is Orange Box...

...on PC

User made content FTW. It is only a matter of time till PC has Portal guns in TF2.

JodyAnthony: Oct 11th 2007; 12:47PM

what about super mario galaxy?

although my GOTY is already chosen, Zelda Phantom Hourglass.

Crono (NDF - French Taunting from Holy Grail Ring): Oct 11th 2007; 1:09PM

Phantom Hourglass is indeed awesome.

Hirsbrunner: Oct 11th 2007; 1:22PM

Yes it is. Very awesome.

Sean: Oct 11th 2007; 3:51PM

I love Phantom Hourglass as well.

Konny: Oct 11th 2007; 12:37PM

You guys have WiiMusic and that Wii popularity channel to see you through the time... lol

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