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[Tokieda]

Where is the European release date

Looks beautiful, although when I bought my WiiU I didn't expect it to go 8 months without the Pikmins. Oh well, maybe they'll have an ambassador programme....

 

[dragonflys545]

August... Well better than nothing, but still this is not launch window Nintendo!

 

[TheNatural]

Wow. Pushing it to August tells me they really don't have shit together for the holiday. I see them pushing out one Mario game and that's it, and supplementing it with other previously announced games like Wind Waker HD, Wii Fit, and 101.

They're really putting corks in holes of a boat taking water.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

August 4th? WTF wrong with them thats kind of far still! Atleast we got a date but man

 

[metalslimer]

August? Well i guess we know when the price drop is

 

[Anth0ny]

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I mean, I'll have 3DS games for days... but my Wii U is going to be covered in a thick layer of dust by August 4th.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Dat launch window!

Lovely box art and finally Nintendo has a release for it... even if it's still ages away.

 

[Hiltz]

Nintendo, you have killed the first half of the year with Wii U. Bravo. Our only consolation is the game's fantastic box art. I want to hug and punch you at the same time.

 

[Kerub]

Hopefully Wonderful 101 is earlier than that..

 

[Ridley327]

Beautiful boxart (if true). Gotta love that launch window xD

If true? It was shown in the Nintendo Direct!

 

[KennyLinder]

2013?

 

[Tyrant Rave]

Well at least we have a date now. Was hoping for June at the latest, so I'm a little disappointed.

Wonder when Wonderful 101 is coming.

 

[friskykillface]

LOL wow. At least it has a release date

:/ smh nintendo , that late is awful

Should have just waited, I expected pikmin in April/May at the latest


Game better be long , like 15+ hours,

 

[blitzwolf215]

Finally a release date, later than I wanted but oh well.

 

[Aostia]

I love the new Pikmin and the boxart.
I hate the date and Nintendo.

 

[TheDrowningMan]

I'm guessing Christmas for Europe?

 

[iamvin22]

So will gamers that own a wii u/ x360/ PS3 buy picmin in august or wait a month and pick up GTA V the following month, what say you GAF?

 

[XenodudeX]

4 GODDAMN MONTHS

CHRIST

*sigh* Well at least we got something.

 

[noffles]

Where the hell is the EU date?!

Is Nintendo actually trying to make me hate them today?

 

[equippedwithtowel]

WiiU purchase confirmed for August 4th then.

Goddammit Nintendo, you make it so hard for me to love you.

 

[Pie and Beans]

August was the month I thought it would be the absolute earliest 3D Mario or Mario Kart could come.

But... Pikmin 3 for August. 10 months is not launch window. Nope.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Blagh. August.

I can deal it with I guess. Hopefully W101 slots in July.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

So will gamers that own a wii u/ x360/ PS3 buy picmin in august or wait a month and pick up GTA V the following month, what say you GAF?

They'll be buying both?

 

[Hiltz]

Well at least we have a date now. Was hoping for June at the latest, so I'm a little disappointed.

Wonder when Wonderful 101 is coming.

It won't be wonderful news.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

So will gamers that own a wii u/ x360/ PS3 buy picmin in august or wait a month and pick up GTA V the following month, what say you GAF?

Definantely buy pikmin then WWHD lol

 

[XenodudeX]

Iwata should be fired for this.

 

[Drago]

August... ugh. Don't understand why this couldn't come out in July.

Oh well, just glad we have a date now.

 

[Tuck]

Finally a release date. Jeez...

 

[javac]

So nothing much for the Wii U until then right? This game had the most potential to be an earlier Wii U title. Oh well! Earthbound guys!

 

[Bending_Unit_22]

About.

Damn.

Time.

Still need to get a Wii U.

 

[jmizzal]

Aug 4th not bed right before end of the summer

 

[TheChits]

Release is too fucking far off, but at least we have a date

 

[yami4ct]

Why would they leave the date out of the US presentation? Seems crazy to me, but so does most other things about how Nintendo handles their NDs.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

I'd prefer Nintendo release a game when it is ready than one rushed to meet a date.
However, how the fuck did Nintendo not have this ready for the Wii U's launch?
August? Jesus.

 

[Pie and Beans]

So nothing much for the Wii U until then right? This game had the most potential to be an earlier Wii U title. Oh well! Earthbound guys!

Isn't Earthbound on Ouya as well?

 

[Chamber]

So W101 in late August/September perhaps? 4 more months of dust collecting for my Wii U I guess.

 

[javac]

Why would they leave the date out of the US presentation? Seems crazy to me, but so does most other things about how Nintendo handles their NDs.

Want to be as quiet about it as much as possible.

Isn't Earthbound on Ouya as well?

Not legally.

 

[XenodudeX]

There had better be a online mode or something. There no other reason I can think of that would make them push the game that far off.

 

[jmizzal]

Blagh. August.

I can deal it with I guess. Hopefully W101 slots in July.

It should be July

 

[Sandfox]

So now we have:
June: G&W
August: Pikmin

I wonder if we're going to get something in July like Wii Fit or W101.

 

[prwxv3]

I'd prefer Nintendo release a game when it is ready than one rushed to meet a date.
However, how the fuck did Nintendo not have this ready for the Wii U's launch?
August? Jesus.

They probably hit the wall that is HD game development because they did not prepare themselves after watching everyone else in the industry hit that same wall at the beginning of this gen.

 

[BruiserBear]

Wow. Pushing it to August tells me they really don't have shit together for the holiday. I see them pushing out one Mario game and that's it, and supplementing it with other previously announced games like Wind Waker HD, Wii Fit, and 101.

They're really putting corks in holes of a boat taking water.

Yup. This means that Wonderful 101 is probably September/October at this point.


This fall basically looks like Mario Kart U, Wind Waker U, and maybe Wii Fit as well. What a sad year.

 

[FearMyWrench]

So now we have:
June: G&W
August: Pikmin

I wonder if we're going to get something in July like Wii Fit or W101.

Wii Party U? Although it was noticeably absent today.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Official:

Since you guys asked so nicely, here's a release date for Pikmin 3: August 4. pic.twitter.com/h6ceglAiCB

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/324540406622736386

 

[Sandfox]

Wii Party U? Although it was noticeably absent today.

Its a Q3 title so that's entirely possible.

 

[Hiltz]

Here's the current software lineup for Wii U:

Updated

April - Injustice: Gods Among US, free Rayman Legends challenge mode eShop release
May - Resident Evil: Revelations HD, Deus Ex: Director's Cut, Fast & Furious: Showdown, Sniper Elite V2
June - Lego Batman 2, Game & Wario
TBA Spring - Mutant Mudds Deluxe
TBA Summer - Wii U Party, Duck Tales Remastered, Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara, Spin the Bottle
August - Pikmin 3, Splinter Cell: Black List, Disney Infinity, Disney's Planes
TBA Fall - Rayman Legends, Wind Waker Remake, Watch Dogs
September - Shovel Knight
October - Assassin's Creed 4, Batman: Origins

Missing in action: Ghost Recon Online, The Wonderful 101, Wii Fit U, Yoshi's Epic Yarn, Bayonetta 2, Smash Bros 4, X, Fire Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei, Super Mario 3D, Mario Kart, and confirmed but unannounced 2013 titles (planned for late release according to Iwata)

 

[Effect]

This and Game & Wario's release date means we've gone 6 or 7 months since a retail Nintendo developed game release on the Wii U. Last games were NSMBU and Nintendo Land in November 2012. Game & Wario is releasing at the end of May or June I think. That's pure BS in the end. I'll be buying Pikmin 3 but I be doing so with frustration that I had to wait this damn long.

 

[javac]

Here's the current software lineup for Wii U:


April - Injustice: Gods Among US, Rayman Legends challenge mode release
May - Resident Evil: Revelations HD, Fast & Furious: Showdown, Sniper Elite V2
June - Lego Batman 2, Game & Wario
TBA Summer - Wii U Party
August - Pikmin 3, Splinter Cell: Black List, Disney Infinity, Disney's Planes
TBA Fall - Rayman Legends, Wind Waker Remake

Hopefully we get some surprises at E3 with Mario Kart and what not releasing this fall.

 

[Katzii]

Four more months? Ugh.

No release date as of yet? Ugh.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

They probably hit the wall that is HD game development because they did not prepare themselves after watching everyone else in the industry hit that same wall at the beginning of this gen.

Except that Pikmin 3 started development as a Wii game, plus the last two years of the Wii lifecycle was barren (they had plenty of time to rework it)...

Nintendo had better bring some big guns to E3.