Finally the official Pokemon Diamond and Pearl release date of April 22nd, 2007, has been announced by Nintendo on Pokemon.com. Game Freak has been busy translating the two Pokemon RPG’s into English.
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The Wii will cost $250 and will launch in both North & South America on Saturday, November 19th. The Wii will SHIP with a free game, that game being Wii Sports.
What kind of shortages can you expect with only 400,000 PlayStation 3 units at the American launch, and Japan geting a mere 100,000 PS3s, and Europe with 0 will see many importers.
The launch of Sony ’s PlayStation 3 games console in Europe has been delayed until March 2007. Ken Kutaragi, head of Sony’s global computer entertainment division, said the machine would still be launched in November 11th in Japan and November 17th in the US.
A list of this weeks US game releases and links to their official websites. Games that jump out are: Civilization IV: Warlords, Painkiller: Hell Wars, Tekken: Dark Resurrection and you can't go wrong with Galaga.
Last week EA showed a European release date for several versions of Need For Speed: Carbon as November the 3rd. While the PS3 version was left as “To Be Confirmed”, the Wii was included with the rest. What follows is a list of summed up facts hinting at the most likely worlwide release dates for the Nintendo Wii.
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Nintendo of Spain ’s director of marketing Nico Wegnez, revealed that he expects Europe will receive the Wii about 10 days after its Japanese launch! He assured everyone that the Wii will hit European shelves before Christmas 2006. And Zelda: Twilight Princess might arrive in Europe with both the Wii and GameCube games bundled in one package.
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Taken from a game retailer database: October 11th 2006: (available one week before launch?) Chicken Little: Ace in Action (Ubisoft) Metal Slug Anthology (SNK) October 18th 2006: (original US NES launch day) SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab Avatar: The Last Airbender (these last two from THQ)
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