Metroid: Other M, Sin & Punishment: Star Successor delayed

by JC Fletcher on Apr 23rd 2010 2:52PM

If you're a fan of Nintendo-published games about shooting aliens, prepare for disappointment. Nintendo just announced delays for the North American releases of both Sin & Punishment: Star Successor and Metroid: Other M.

Sin & Punishment has been pushed back from June 7 to June 27 -- a brief delay. The Team Ninja/Nintendo Metroid sequel, however, has been bumped more substantially, from June 27 to August 31. We should have known the June date was too good to be true when all Europe got was a vague "Q3" announcement.

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Reader Comments (65)

*cries*

Let's pray that this doesn't foreshadow a 2011 Zelda delay, considering we haven't even seen the game.

I think that prayer better be hoping Zelda doesn't get pushed to 2012.

If a new, full Zelda game comes out this year, I'll eat my hat.

What kind of hat are we talking about?

The big, frilly pimp kind.

@Alexisonfire

Ditto, I want to play new zelda before the apocalypse.

Free hat!

That crushing pain on my chest is joy, right?

*passes over a box of tissue*

Metroid Prime 3 was supposed to be a launch title and showed up 9 months later, let's hope that doesn't happen here.

Why god... why.........?!!!!?!!!!!!!!!!!

Because it was too close to Mario in May.

(why is a satanic flame of doom asking God for answers?)

I personally can wait for Other M. It looks to be a game that is going to need a lot of work and would prefer it to be up to par when it's released.

But Sin & Punishment? That game has been out in Japan for like 9 months. Thankfully it's only a short delay, but I don't think the extra time is really necessary.

Figures...

I'm sorry but in this day and age, delays are just getting tiresome. If your game can't make it's due appointment then I'm sure another one will.

Metroid: Other M looks good, but pushing it into the Holiday season isn't wise as it's not a must-have for me.

Apology not accepted.

August 31 is the holiday season?

Back in my day, August 31 was the start of school, and Santa wasn't poking his jolly old ass in it!

Metroid fans will now grab their Metroid plushies and cry.

*Grabs Metroid plushie

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

. . .

Best website ever.
That blue button should be included in every article... just in case.

*click to en-NOOOO-ble*

Come on, it's a main Nintendo game. And you should always be expecting a Metroid in August.

Now about LoZ coming out this year...

I'm fine with this as I wouldn't have gotten around to playing it until then anyway. I mean, Galaxy 2, Red Dead Redemption and 3D Dot the month before? Come on.

Just replace Red Dead with Alan Wake and agreed.

Not to mention you're always on call, right Coxy?

Right-a-roo, Naomi.

@MLS: I'd rather not.

I love how Joystiq doesn't mention this was said on the NeoGAF forums, not form an official Ninty source. So, rumor and conjecture until Nintendo says otherwise people. Joystiq, please try not to fail at reporting news so much next time? Not saying this won't turn out true, but you just take it as fact even though no official source has said this. Anyone can say "Oh I got an official email saying such and such." At least put down the source as NeoGAF.

The source was an email from Nintendo, which has since been reproduced on their press site (and added as the source on this post):

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=23359

It's always a good idea to push for linkable sources, but NOT necessarily to assume I got something from GAF and didn't attribute it.

Empty promises from Nintendo. You're just like my Step-dad Nick, always delaying your promises! I bet you're never going to actually take me to Disneyland either...

This might be one of the best/saddest/worst/amazing posts, ever

your avatar fits your comment nicely. :( I'd take you to Disney Land if I wasn't on house arrest.

I wonder why you're on house arrest >_>

This is what happens when all your developers and programmers can only afford to buy instant ramen.

Haven't most of the Metroid games released in august.

Wow, f.uck you for the delay's, Nintendo. Hopefully it's for worthwhile reasons.

(Only bitter, cause i pre-ordered Metroid and would prefer it sooner than later... of course).

So, does this mean we'll get a Mario Golf Wii in early June? Come on Nintendo, I know you're sitting on it... bring it out already!

My wallet is crying tears of joy....

And Nintendo fails again.

Zelda Wii will probably be next.

But then what would their holiday game be? Wii Vitality, of course, but i would imagine Nintendo would want something more proven, especially proven as a hardware mover, to be in the pipeline.

Either way, this just makes it look more like 2007 again, with Metroid and then a bigger holiday game in November.

Metroid could be delayed again. I'm sure Nintendo wants to have Zelda out by Christmas, but if Shiggy says it won't be ready, it won't ship.

Besides, they have to be pretty busy on 3DS launch titles, especially if it ships in October as rumored.

Wouldn't be a Nintendo game without at least delay, I suppose.

Goddammit.

A 2 month delay?

Yea, we're not getting our Zelda this year.

While I'm a bit disappointed about Metroid, I'm also a bit relieved. It's one less game I have to purchase this "summer" (yes, I realized it's still coming in the summer) meaning I might finally have time to get through that massive stack of other games that's been growing in the past six months. Then again, Mario Galaxy 2, Red Dead Redemption, and I haven't even gotten Monster Hunter Tri yet... Dammit, stop with all the quality game releases already! I need a breather!

Prime 3 and Prime Trilogy did. Hunters had a very messed up development cycle, and i think that one ended up in February. Prime 1 and 2 and Fusion were all November games.

Damn you, Twee, get that apostrophe out of your name...

Well I'm personally glad that S&P will have a chance to get more sales now. Was wondering that it would have gotten lost with the next to close release of Mario Galaxy 2. Even with Metroid in the same month.

This i can take or leave. That original schedule was a bit cramped, and this leaves me with an ideal birthday game, and lots of time to play Pokemon and Monster Hunter once i'm done with Galaxy 2 this summer.

August 31st is definitely a placeholder, though. Nintendo releases their games either on Sunday or Monday. The ship date is never a Tuesday for them (though delivery times often make them Tuesday releases)

It's a sad day for the franchise when Metroid is considered to be about shooting aliens.

Well to be fair, I don't think Samus has ever shot a human, has she?

Yes, actually. Or at least something that had been human at one point. The Ing-possessed Federation Marines in Metroid Prime 2.

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