Europe: Wii Fit hits April 25; Mario Kart, April 11; Brawl rumored for June 6

by Kyle Orland { Feb 20th 2008 at 11:00AM }

With Nintendo confirming upcoming American release dates left and right, Europeans would be justified in feeling a little left out of the fun. Luckily, Nintendo was magnanimous enough to let out an official announcement on two major upcoming release dates, and perhaps sloppy enough to leak out rumor of another.

First on the official side, Nintendo of Europe has announced that Wii Fit will hit the continent on April 25, a full month before Americans get the game and balance board on May 12. Mario Kart Wii, meanwhile, will hit Europe on April 11, a much more specific date than the nebulous "Spring" that American gamers currently have to vaguely look forward to.

On the rumor side, Dutch site GamerCC (sketchy Google translation) reports from France's Micromania Game Show that Nintendo let slip a planned June 6 European release date for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Sounds juicy, until you hear that a Nintendo spokesperson told Videogamer.com that the date was "a rumour and purely speculative." That doesn't mean it's false, necessarily, just that Nintendo isn't willing to confirm that it's true just yet.

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Tags: BreakingNews, europe, mario-kart, mario-kart-wii, release-dates, ssbb, super-smash-bros, super-smash-bros-brawl, wii-fit

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Doug Kaplan @ Feb 20th 2008 11:03AM

I don't know why but i'm getting a rushed feeling with Mario Kart Wii. It looks like the online and special features will be great but gameplay I hope is up to snuff with the game coming out rather soon.

Sam @ Feb 20th 2008 11:04AM

BAD DATES

Farseer (GDI) @ Feb 20th 2008 11:38AM

Good catch. ;)

I see what they did there.

eldee @ Feb 20th 2008 11:53AM

argh.. you beat me to the indiana jones reference

+1 to you sir

dvnt @ Feb 20th 2008 12:31PM

Not "bad dates" necessarily. Just dates.

Intentless @ Feb 20th 2008 11:16AM

Not that I mind Nintendo news but wasn't MS supposed to reveal something large by now? The whole curtains with the redish pink light... which I am really hoping is the netflix announcment personally...

Zertoss @ Feb 20th 2008 11:25AM

Wasn't that the disappointing XNA thing from yesterday?

DAK @ Feb 20th 2008 11:32AM

@ Zertoss

That announcement is scheduled for today at 11:30am PST

Intentless @ Feb 20th 2008 12:10PM

Thanks Dax I was wondering about that...

Nigeria @ Feb 20th 2008 11:31AM

So we in Pal-land get the Wii Fit Bored before brawl.

???

That's quite the lousy trade off.

I don't think I'll get Mario Kart anymore. I've got the DS version and I really don't see how they can improve on that. It really is flawless - apart from the boosting, which leads to snaking, which this game has.

*And what food is that in the picture? Dried raisins? I only say this because I knew a boy in Nigeria who was forced to eat matted dust and cockroaches.

Nigeria @ Feb 20th 2008 11:38AM

I meant Wii Fit Board.

Fernando Rocker @ Feb 20th 2008 11:43AM

How can improve the DS version?

12 players online taces, 2 players online from the same system, 4 players offline, online battles, 4 differenet controls, better graphics, you can use Mii's, more weapons.

Mario Kart Channel where you can download ghost data and challengues (like the challengues in the DS version, but with periodically new content), and I hope, a better online experience without a broken snaking system.