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Prime Hunter
2007-07-02 02:38:30 pm
Just found out through Gamespot that Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is coming on October 1, and Corruption has been delayed yet again...

...but only to August 27th:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6173442.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0

They don't mention any reason for the delay at all, except that the game was originally coming out at about the same time as Madden 08.
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AngerFist
2007-07-02 08:05:27 pm
Only a week, no biggie. Hope the European release date wont be affected by this delay.
bob-e
2007-07-02 08:56:43 pm
Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!

That's the day classes start for my freshman year in college.
Jerry9
2007-07-02 09:10:11 pm
not evil,just hungry
I bet it was delayed so that they could change the boxart.  :P
arkarian
2007-07-02 09:24:38 pm
red chamber dream
Quote from bob-e:
Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!

That's the day classes start for my freshman year in college.

Hah, same here, man. I'm sure I'll find time for it, though. Maybe it'll be as polished as Twilight Princess!!

Quote from AngerFist:
Only a week, no biggie. Hope the European release date wont be affected by this delay.

If it's only a week in Europe, too, then it should be no problem there either.
UchihaSasuke
2007-07-04 02:48:18 am
my umbrella goes directly to Bankai
OMGZ THEI FOUND A SEKUENZ BRAEK!!!! DEY AR FIXXING IT NAO!!!
Melancholy Spork
2007-07-04 12:31:02 pm
What could they possibly need to do that will only take a week?
RT-55J
2007-07-04 12:52:28 pm
Armor Guardian
Quote from Melancholy Spork:
What could they possibly need to do that will only take a week?

Mass production?
AngerFist
2007-07-04 01:00:11 pm
Why do people automatically think they = Retro always is the source of evil and its theirs fault because of this delay? Perhaps the DHL boys are tired, and need to spend a week with their wives and mistresses, tell their precious children a nice little fairy tale before going out to the sea and deliver those nasty little games to us.
Mr. Aran
2007-07-04 01:16:17 pm
everybody knows it's true
Quote from RT-55J:
Quote from Melancholy Spork:
What could they possibly need to do that will only take a week?

Mass production?
MP2 Multiplayer?
nate
2007-07-04 07:21:39 pm
Quote from Melancholy Spork:
What could they possibly need to do that will only take a week?

Quote from Prime Hunter:
the game was originally coming out at about the same time as Madden 08.
Prime Hunter
2007-07-04 11:48:46 pm
According to the article, Metroid was originally coming out a week after Madden, but now there's going to be a two week gap between them with the delay. Still don't see why that's a big deal for Nintendo, since the games have NOTHING to do with each other in terms of genre and audience.

But if given the choice between one or the other, I have a feeling that most casual gamers would probably go after Madden, since Metroid has never really been targeted towards the majority of the gaming population.
Melancholy Spork
2007-07-06 12:45:57 am
...at least until Prime, which was a huge hit and brought tons of Metroid fans onto the scene?

If Metroid wasn't a complete success, Prime Pinball and Hunters wouldn't exist.

It just doesn't have the same name-recognition as Zelda and Mario, because Nintendo is afraid to market it. That, it's a little less lovable than said titles.
Prime Hunter
2007-07-06 02:23:20 am
Even with the success of Metroid Prime, I still feel that the Metroid series is not targeted towards the main population of gamers, at least to the extent that franchises like Mario, Zelda, and Madden are. Yeah, the series has been gaining a lot of momentum over the last five years, but those three have had A LONG time to gain fanbases. (Yes, Metroid has been around as long as they have, but the series wasn't as well known as it is now back in 1994.)

Either way, if that was the only reason to delay by a week I don't see the point in doing so.
nate
2007-07-06 11:55:42 am
i don't think nintendo thinks of it like that. i think they think that if there is a chance they will sell more, then they will do it, period.
Prime Hunter
2007-07-06 12:22:38 pm
I guess you have a point there.
Melancholy Spork
2007-07-06 01:27:58 pm
Zelda and Mario have a billion spin-offs and crappy games to go along with the good ones, which is part of why they're so popular. People know the names. (That, and it wasn't Metroid that made the best-selling game of all time title that Mario Bros 3 did).  I'm kind of happy with having every reviewer worth his salt pimp the incredibly good but few Metroid games there are, rather than give a bad rap to a lot of them.
arkarian
2007-07-06 10:48:48 pm
red chamber dream
I've only played one Zelda game I didn't like (and I've played all the Zelda games) and one other that was just eh. Would say that Mario has many more misses then Zelda does, but even Mario canon is usually great.
Yoshi348
2007-07-07 02:26:17 pm
PAGE BREAKER
Ready and willing.
Speaking of which, Zelda has exactly ONE spin-off.
rekameohs
2007-07-07 06:55:44 pm
Anywhere, everywhere
Quote from Yoshi348:
Speaking of which, Zelda has exactly ONE spin-off.


CD-i?

TV Show?

EDIT: Page break?
RT-55J
2007-07-07 07:06:34 pm
Armor Guardian
arkarian
2007-07-07 09:38:29 pm
red chamber dream
I would say he was referring to Four Swords or FSA, as Freshly Picked - Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland isn't out in America yet. Plus, there's also Tingle's Balloon Fight, which is also only out in Japan.

The TV show is a spin-off, yes, but it's not a game, and the CD-i games don't even count.
Yoshi348
2007-07-08 01:27:50 pm
PAGE BREAKER
Ready and willing.
FSA. Four Swords itself doesn't totally count since it isn't the only thing on the cart. And yeah, I forgot about Mr. Tingle there.
UchihaSasuke
2007-07-08 07:16:02 pm
my umbrella goes directly to Bankai
i think mario and spin-off are exchangeable words.

btw, the best selling game of all time is still SMB1 for NES. SMB3 is behind SMW and SML1.