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In the 1UP Yours podcast, 1UP/EGM’s Shane Bettenhausen revealed that Super Smash Bros. Brawl was to be released across Europe in the autumn, indicating that the release date came directly from Nintendo of America president and COO, Reggie Fils-Aime.
It now turns out that this wasn’t entirely accurate. Bettenhausen offered the following clarification on his 1UP blog.
“I implied that the European release of Super Smash Bros. Melee had been moved to the fall of 2008…that’s not quite accurate, as neither NOE nor Reggie has announced any official release date at this time,” explained Bettenhausen. “Reggie did tell me (and the other media present) that the release had been pushed out of the winter/spring time frame due to the amount of localization required to get the game up and running all the various European languages. But Reggie did not say WHEN Europeans will get Smash Bros., just that it would be at a later date than the U.S.”
European Nintendo fans still don’t know when they’ll be playing SSBB, but we do know that Mario Kart Wii will be released on April 11, followed by Wii Fit on April 25. Previous release schedules have suggested we won’t see SSBB until after the second quarter of 2008.
