nintendo germany: new release dates

the-iek · 04:06 PM

real dates: Nintendo DS Software Release Date2006
Big Brain Academy (Nintendo) 7 July 2006
Electroplankton (Nintendo) 7 July 2006
42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo) 29th Sept 2006
Nintendo DS Browser (Nintendo) 6th Oct 2006
English Training: Have fun improving your skills (Nintendo) 13th Oct 2006
Sudoku Master (Nintendo) (tentative name) 27th Oct 2006
Actionloop (Nintendo) 27th Oct 2006
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (Nintendo) 10th Nov 2006
Mario Slam Basketball (Nintendo) 10th Nov 2006
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (Nintendo) (tentative name) 24th Nov 2006
Yoshi’s Island 2 (Nintendo) (tentative name) 1st Dec 2006
Harvest Moon DS (Rising Star Games/Nintendo) Q4 2006
Game Boy Advance Software Release Date2006
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team 10th Nov 2006
Nintendo GameCube Software Release Date2006
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (Rising Star Games/Nintendo) Q4 2006
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo) (tentative name) Q4 2006

Blackbird · (07-16-2006, 10:03 AM)

They're right. We got the very same info. Pretty odd they've got the very same ordering as I made it though (double XX's and the 'formerly known as').

It's a release schedule which is not definite yet. The official version will be available at the Games Convention.

the-iek · (07-16-2006, 10:07 AM)

so these are all? no word on ff 3, zelda, pokemon ranger / diamond & pearl?

Bo130 · (07-16-2006, 10:12 AM)

5/7 games in september is online enabled, though

SantaC · (07-16-2006, 10:13 AM)

no zelda, wtf?

Infernal Monkey · (07-16-2006, 10:15 AM)

Originally Posted by the-iek:

September:
XX - Contact (Rising Star)

Nice! Rising Star's bloody awesome.

Quote:

24 - Hotel Dusk: Room 215

=o

Pezking · (07-16-2006, 10:30 AM)

Quote:

October:
27 - Yoshi's Island 2

November:
24 - Hotel Dusk: Room 215

Nice! Both come out much earlier than I thought.

There are no definite dates for the US for both these games yet, right?

stalker · (07-16-2006, 10:38 AM)

Only YI2 on that list for me. And that's assuming that the game lives up to its wonderful heritage. Maybe Mario Basketball 3x3 if it turns out very good. I already own PW USA.

Where are FF3, ZPH, Portrait of Ruin, Mario vs. Donkey 2? december?

Rocked · (07-16-2006, 10:40 AM)

No GameCube games? I'm wondering if Super Paper Mario and Zelda will be Wii only in Europe. There would be no shelves left to sell them on GC by then!

Mr.Ressetti · (07-16-2006, 10:44 AM)

Originally Posted by the-iek:

October:
13 - English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills

the-iek · (07-16-2006, 10:49 AM)

Originally Posted by Rocked:

No GameCube games? I'm wondering if Super Paper Mario and Zelda will be Wii only in Europe. There would be no shelves left to sell them on GC by then!

i think these are ds releases.

meppi · (07-16-2006, 10:51 AM)

Aaaarg, still no Metroid Prime Pinball. :(

What happened to this game?

Yoshi · (07-16-2006, 11:07 AM)

Originally Posted by the-iek:

September:
XX - Rayman IV (Ubisoft)

Yay!

Originally Posted by the-iek:

October:
27 - Yoshi's Island 2

OMFG YAYAYAY!!!! YOSHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :). Christmas is at october the 27th!

JonathanEx · 11:18 AM

Don't be suprised if you see English training come out in England. It'd be the best country for it!

Also: I assume Actionloop is Puzzloop/Magnetica/Whatever. Sudoku Grindmaster sounds interesting, always wanted to Grind them Sudokus...
No sign of Zelda, Star Fox, Mario vs Donkey Kong... NoE, I was starting to like you!

One last thing: Cooking Game? It might be Cooking Mama, but it was last mentioned as "Cooking Mama (Digital Bros)" on a release list... and I'd expect the Digital Bros developer/publisher thing to still be there.

Lee N · (07-16-2006, 11:15 AM)

Originally Posted by the-iek:

03 - Phoenix Wright (german!)

Wait.. they finally released a game in english speaking countries in europe instead of letting everyone wait because of the retards in germany, france, etc have to have everything in their own language?

There's still hope in this world.

Bo130 · (07-16-2006, 11:28 AM)

Originally Posted by JonathanEx:

One last thing: Cooking Game? It might be Cooking Mama, but it was last mentioned as "Cooking Mama (Digital Bros)" on a release list... and I'd expect the Digital Bros developer/publisher thing to still be there.

It's the cooking game from Nintendo 'Talking Cooking Navi' is the popular name, the official name is still only in japanese, Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi. The game is like a digital cookingbook, guiding you through receips (sp?) and such :)

Remember the interview with Nintendo of Spain's Nico Wegnez. He mentioned that English Training and Cooking Game would be released in Europe perhaps already this year.

On another note, he also talked about his thoughts of releasing Band Brothers in Europe like Singstar - a songlist for every country. There's hope for a EU-release still

yilmazz · (07-16-2006, 11:28 AM)

Originally Posted by A_Lee_N:

Wait.. they finally released a game in english speaking countries in europe instead of letting everyone wait because of the retards in germany, france, etc have to have everything in their own language?

There's still hope in this world.

Retards? I feel banable offensed!

davepoobond · (07-16-2006, 11:30 AM)

Originally Posted by yilmazz:

Retards? I feel banable offensed!

you must have lots of bane (by the looks of your avatar wtflolkthxbye).

the-iek · (07-16-2006, 11:45 AM)

Originally Posted by Bo130:

It's the cooking game from Nintendo 'Talking Cooking Navi' is the popular name, the official name is still only in japanese, Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi. The game is like a digital cookingbook, guiding you through receips (sp?) and such :)

Remember the interview with Nintendo of Spain's Nico Wegnez. He mentioned that English Training and Cooking Game would be released in Europe perhaps already this year.

On another note, he also talked about his thoughts of releasing Band Brothers in Europe like Singstar - a songlist for every country. There's hope for a EU-release still

this was a fake interview.

JonathanEx · (07-16-2006, 11:47 AM)

Originally Posted by Bo130:

It's the cooking game from Nintendo 'Talking Cooking Navi' is the popular name, the official name is still only in japanese, Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi. The game is like a digital cookingbook, guiding you through receips (sp?) and such :)

Ah yes, I know that game... just confused about the name. Nintendo DS Cookbook or something similar would make much more sense. I'll be picking that one up.

Bo130 · 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by the-iek:

this was a fake interview.

:/ Source? I thought it was a weird interview, but never actually saw it called fake.

EDIT: From the topic,

Quote:

"The interview published with Nicolas Wegnez from Nintendo Spain, has been removed as it was containing misleading information. Nintendo has made no announcements concerning Wii launch dates or any potential software bundles. Nintendo does not comment on rumour and speculation."

But does that really makes it fake? I read it just as if have might have talked about information not yet finally decided at Nintendo, and not a fake interview.

reminder · (07-16-2006, 11:51 AM)

Originally Posted by A_Lee_N:

Wait.. they finally released a game in english speaking countries in europe instead of letting everyone wait because of the retards in germany, france, etc have to have everything in their own language?

There's still hope in this world.

Not just in english speaking countries. PW released in march in many european countries except for germany, because the people from NoE in germany think that their fans cannot speak/understand english

Frankfurter · (07-16-2006, 11:53 AM)

Originally Posted by reminder:

Not just in english speaking countries. PW released in march in many european countries except for germany, because the people from NoE in germany think that their fans cannot speak/understand english

NoG never releases unlocated games, so that was the reason.

Kurosaki Ichigo · (07-16-2006, 11:59 AM)

Originally Posted by the-iek:

this was a fake interview.

No, it wasn't. He mentioned some things he wasn't supposed to do, so Nintendo denied it.

Remember Ubisoft list?

Lee N · 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by yilmazz:

Retards? I feel banable offensed!

I'm of german descent myself, so don't. I'm just pissed off that all of europe have to wait because some countries simply refuse to play unlocalized games. If they want localized games, fine.. but then they can wait for it, don't let everyone wait.

That's all I'm saying.

reminder · (07-16-2006, 12:00 PM)

Originally Posted by Frankfurter:

NoG never releases unlocated games, so that was the reason.

Yep, and this is a shitty reason for all fans who CAN speak/understand english. Nowadays everyone should understand at least the basics.

In the past there were many Gameboy titles without german language and i had no problems playing them, although i hadn't english in school until i was 11 years old.

Lee N · (07-16-2006, 12:03 PM)

Originally Posted by reminder:

Not just in english speaking countries. PW released in march in many european countries except for germany, because the people from NoE in germany think that their fans cannot speak/understand english

By english speaking countries I mean countries that are perfectly fine with playing games in english, countries that doesn't have to have their games spoonfed to them.

Lee N · (07-16-2006, 12:11 PM)

Originally Posted by reminder:

Yep, and this is a shitty reason for all fans who CAN speak/understand english. Nowadays everyone should understand at least the basics.

The thing is, if they keep dubbing television and translating games.. they'll never learn either. They'll keep on living in their isolated bubble of german.

I was staying at a hotel in germany a while ago (NH Rheinhotel) and the hotel personnel didn't understand me when I asked them when they served the breakfast. And I'm talking girls that were around 25 years old. I had to use my rather limited german instead to make myself understood. And that's just sad in my opinion.

Here in Sweden you would never get a job at a hotel if you didn't speak at least english, preferably some other languages too.

Starchaser · (07-16-2006, 12:13 PM)

Originally Posted by Kurosaki Ichigo:

No, it wasn't. He mentioned some things he wasn't supposed to do, so Nintendo denied it.

Remember Ubisoft list?

Nintendo of Spain's Nico Wegnez did not mention anything new.What happened is that some people did a bad translation to English.I read the Spanish version and a English version and there were some mistranslations. In fact he mentioned a couple of times that he had no idea about the release date or price of wii

Furoba · (07-16-2006, 12:13 PM)

Originally Posted by A_Lee_N:

I'm of german descent myself, so don't. I'm just pissed off that all of europe have to wait because some countries simply refuse to play unlocalized games. If they wan't localized games, fine.. but then they can wait for it, don't let everyone wait.

That's all I'm saying.

I have the French/English version of Phoenix Wright, it's bi-langual. I reckon that's because there was a French translation made for the Canadian version?

catfish · (07-16-2006, 12:27 PM)

Originally Posted by A_Lee_N:

The thing is, if they keep dubbing television and translating games.. they'll never learn either. They'll keep on living in their isolated bubble of german.

I was staying at a hotel in germany a while ago (NH Rheinhotel) and the hotel personnel didn't understand me when I asked them when they served the breakfast. And I'm talking girls that were around 25 years old. I had to use my rather limited german instead to make myself understood. And that's just sad in my opinion.

why is it SAD that someone doesn't speak english? You sould pretty intolerant. Maybe they thought it was sad that you don't speak german?

Yoshi · (07-16-2006, 12:30 PM)

Originally Posted by A_Lee_N:

The thing is, if they keep dubbing television and translating games.. they'll never learn either. They'll keep on living in their isolated bubble of german.

I was staying at a hotel in germany a while ago (NH Rheinhotel) and the hotel personnel didn't understand me when I asked them when they served the breakfast. And I'm talking girls that were around 25 years old. I had to use my rather limited german instead to make myself understood. And that's just sad in my opinion.

Here in Sweden you would never get a job at a hotel if you didn't speak at least english, preferably some other languages too.

In Germany everyone has to learn English at School for at least 5 years, so I don't understand why they couldn't understand you, when they were so young. Some 80+ years olds didn't learn English, but everyone else should understand it.

Kurosaki Ichigo · (07-16-2006, 12:38 PM)

Originally Posted by Starchaser:

Nintendo of Spain's Nico Wegnez did not mention anything new.What happened is that some people did a bad translation to English.I read the Spanish version and a English version and there were some mistranslations. In fact he mentioned a couple of times that he had no idea about the release date or price of wii

But he did mention (I just read it in spanish so I don't know about bad translation) some games that were coming (that we didn't know about (cooking thing)), a few nds-gc numbers, band brothers localization petition ...maybe Nintendo didn't like all that to be said.

Anyway, its not fake at all.

Lee N · (07-16-2006, 12:39 PM)

Originally Posted by catfish:

why is it SAD that someone doesn't speak english? You sould pretty intolerant. Maybe they thought it was sad that you don't speak german?

Because they get paid to talk to foreigners, it's a damn hotel.. and quite a fancy one at that.

And I did speak german to them in the end, because I had to. Even though my german is rather rubbish.

Bo130 · (07-16-2006, 12:39 PM)

Exactly, a bad translation of the interview doesn't make the interview itself fake. Not at all.

Lee N · (07-16-2006, 12:41 PM)

Originally Posted by Yoshi:

In Germany everyone has to learn English at School for at least 5 years, so I don't understand why they couldn't understand you, when they were so young. Some 80+ years olds didn't learn English, but everyone else should understand it.

Maybe they did understand me, but they didn't really show it. Maybe they were afraid of using their english, but then they don't belong at a hotel in my opinion.

Gourry · (07-16-2006, 12:53 PM)

Originally Posted by A_Lee_N:

Wait.. they finally released a game in english speaking countries in europe instead of letting everyone wait because of the retards in germany, france, etc have to have everything in their own language?

There's still hope in this world.

Don't forget that the european version has french in it. :P

So this only leaves only a spannish version.

Endgegner · (07-16-2006, 12:53 PM)

Originally Posted by Yoshi:

In Germany everyone has to learn English at School for at least 5 years, so I don't understand why they couldn't understand you, when they were so young. Some 80+ years olds didn't learn English, but everyone else should understand it.

Actually you have to learn at least english for 4 years in school... but that's not the point. A lot of people with low/middle education (compared to high school) I know speak next to no english.

Lee N · (07-16-2006, 12:58 PM)

Originally Posted by Gourry:

Don't forget that the european version has french in it. :P

So this only leaves only a spannish version.

I wouldn't know.. because I imported my copy of phoenix wright from japan. Simply because I don't like waiting for games, and particularly not because because some other countries refuse to play it in english. Not really my problem, I fail to see why I should suffer for it.

Shiggy · (07-16-2006, 01:19 PM)

It looks as if their source was DS-X2.com. Why? They posted them already yesterday and an official press release wasn't given from NoE or Nintendo Germany. [They even use the same things in brackets -> (formerly known as Clubhouse Games) -> (früher bekannt als Clubhouse Games)]

Phoenix Wright was released with English and French language option all over Europe. Only Germany (and probably also CH and A) will get this translated version now.

And as you might have noticed, still no date for neither Metroid Prime Pinball nor Zelda.

Starchaser · (07-16-2006, 01:20 PM)

Originally Posted by Kurosaki Ichigo:

But he did mention (I just read it in spanish so I don't know about bad translation) some games that were coming (that we didn't know about (cooking thing)), a few nds-gc numbers, band brothers localization petition ...maybe Nintendo didn't like all that to be said.

Anyway, its not fake at all.

We knew already that GC did not sell well in Spain but we did not know that Cooking Mama was coming.

So basicly the interview was removed because he said he asked for a band brothers localization and because he said cooking mama was coming?

I think it was removed because the English version said a couple of things he did not say, specially about launch date and price.

Kroole · (07-16-2006, 01:20 PM)

Originally Posted by Gourry:

Don't forget that the european version has french in it. :P

So this only leaves only a spannish version.

Well that's only because of the Canada version has english/french so it's more likely that that's the version that washed up on our shores.

Shiggy · (07-16-2006, 01:35 PM)

Originally Posted by Starchaser:

So basicly the interview was removed because he said he asked for a band brothers localization and because he said cooking mama was coming?

I thought Cooking Mama is a 3rd party product!?

@Band-Bros localisation
Nintendo Germany exhibited it at Games Convention last year ;)

JonathanEx · (07-16-2006, 01:51 PM)

Cooking Mama is 3rd party, and was listed on Nintendo's Summer Line-up (includes third parties) as "Cooking Mama (Digital Bros)" - as I already mentioned.

tanasten · 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by the-iek:

this was a fake interview.

Dude, it wasn't a fake interview. Nintendo asked to Vandal to remove the interview because some unafortunated translations misleads. Some sites couldn't translate from spanish to english correctly and Nintendo decided to remove the interview because it was creating misleading information.

Originally Posted by Shiggy:

Phoenix Wright was released with English and French language option all over Europe. Only Germany (and probably also CH and A) will get this translated version now.

Phoenix Wright hasn't been released in Spain. Nico Wegnez said that they will not launch the game if it isn't in spanish, so if the game is being translated for German, then it may be too being translated in spanish. It's a good time for gaming :)

Originally Posted by Yoshi:

In Germany everyone has to learn English at School for at least 5 years, so I don't understand why they couldn't understand you, when they were so young. Some 80+ years olds didn't learn English, but everyone else should understand it.

Because Nintendo want's EVERYONE to enjoy the game, and everyone doesn't know English. Also, it's a matter of respect for the country.

solarplexus · (07-16-2006, 03:00 PM)

Where does this list come from? Any link?

Originally Posted by the-iek:

September:
XX - Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (THQ)
XX - Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
XX - Rayman IV (Ubisoft)

Some dates sound fishy....

Age Of Empires (Nintendo DS)
Platform: Nintendo DS
October 2006

Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Nintendo DS)
Platform: Nintendo DS
10/20/06

Rayman Raving Rabbids (Nintendo DS)
Platform: Nintendo DS
11/17/06

Bo130 · (07-16-2006, 03:13 PM)

I'm pretty sure the source is PlanetDS.de. I even think it was mentioned in the opening post to begin with. That, and DS-x2 called Hotel Dusk "Room 214" yesterday :P

the-iek · (07-16-2006, 04:41 PM)

yeah, corrected a spelling mistake and deleted the source accidently.

yilmazz · (07-16-2006, 04:59 PM)

Originally Posted by A_Lee_N:

I'm of german descent myself, so don't. I'm just pissed off that all of europe have to wait because some countries simply refuse to play unlocalized games. If they want localized games, fine.. but then they can wait for it, don't let everyone wait.

That's all I'm saying.

It's ok, just don't call the people who can't understand English retards, that's all I'm saying.

Also I think it's fine that people want to play games in their own language. Even if your English is decent, you will miss some humor/information in games with much text. And I'm glad that Phoenix Wright will be released in German, because it's a reason for me to finish it once more. :)

Lee N · (07-16-2006, 06:03 PM)

Originally Posted by yilmazz:

Also I think it's fine that people want to play games in their own language.

It's fine yes, but it's not fine to let all countries in europe wait for a game because a couple of countries have to have their games translated.

People in Sweden have no use of a game in german, spanish, italian, french and whatnot.. so why should they have to wait for the games to get translated into those languages?

Mind you, I'm not saying games shouldn't get translated at all.. but if it causes a delay, it shouldn't affect people that don't care about the translation in the first place. The best way would probably be to start translating games as soon as you have the script ready, then there wouldn't be any delays and the games could get released all over the world at the same time.