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Wal-Mart has Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Andrew5 | February 28, 2008 | News | Wii 
A Walmart store in the United States has Brawl eleven days before release, people are wondering why they would ship it so soon. The game is to be released on March 9th 2008 in North America.
Our resident retail mole and NWR Forums regular UncleBob has informed us that his Walmart store has already received shipments of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Nintendo's all-star fighter for Wii. This delivery, and presumably many other deliveries in the Walmart chain of stores, comes eleven days ahead of the official March 9 North American release date of the game.


A pallet full of Super Smash Bros. Brawl,currently residing in
an unidentified Walmart warehouse.

Walmart computers will not allow the sale of the game before the official release date, so anyone hoping to score an early copy (from Walmart, at least) will be out of luck. However, NWR has been seeing unconfirmed reports of North American retail copies of the game floating around the Internet, which could mean other stores that are also receiving the game may be inadvertently breaking street dates.

Furthermore, this news begs the question: Why is Nintendo shipping the game out to retailers this far in advance of the release date? Traditionally, the dates Nintendo lists on its release calendar are when it ships a game off to retailers, with games being available in stores a day or two after that.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    tekmosis | February 28, 2008
    That's awesome. Companies like Walmart do this all the time and it benefits us gamers greatly...well, those who it happen to. But still!
  • 1 thumbs!
    gamefreak101 | February 28, 2008
    This is great. They are stocking up on copies, so that nobody who wants one will be left out.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Storm | February 29, 2008
      I'm willing to bet those who get there too late will be left out.

      Great news, nonetheless.
  • 0 thumbs!
    huntyr | February 28, 2008
    its very common for games to be shipped before the ship date, especially to a big distribution network like walmark has
  • 1 thumbs!
    Donnelly | February 29, 2008
    Wow, I can't wait for ASDA to have a pallet in the UK in 6 months.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Andrew5 | February 29, 2008
    Does anyone else feel like breaking in and stealing some games with me?
    • 2 thumbs!
      Capn Droid | February 29, 2008
      Where and when, mate? I plan on stealing mine with my friend sometime after March 9th. Poor suckers won't even see it coming, and they might not even notice it's gone. So some people leave a little insignia of sorts behind, so people know they've been there. We plan on placing $50 on the counter as that insignia. Perfect plan, right?

      Anyways, smart for Wal-Mart, stocking up before it gets sold. Because, what, all stores stock up on the very day it's sold.

      Edit: lol, had -1 thumb the last I checked. Guess editing my message paid off.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Vito Raliffe | February 29, 2008
    I NEVER get games before their street dates. I always have to look at images from those lucky enough to get foolish employees to sell them their copy.
    • 0 thumbs!
      slumpy monkey | February 29, 2008
      I got mass effect one day beore relase =D

      If you preorder from an online store e.g amazon. There almost guaranteed to send it to you 2 to 3 days earlier than the street release. because they send all their stuff off at once on certain dates, And so if a game is released on a Thursday and they send stuff off on Tuesdays, That means your game will probably reach you by Wednesday
      • 0 thumbs!
        Vito Raliffe | February 29, 2008
        But you would have to pay extra for one-day shipping right? The free option usually takes me 5 days. That means I would have to pay more to get it a day or two before release. I'm too cheap
      • 0 thumbs!
        Andrew5 | February 29, 2008
        To Amazon I go
  • 0 thumbs!
    Remino52 | March 01, 2008
    I was so mad when I heard this.BTW I use ebay.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Andrew5 | March 01, 2008
      How does it make you mad that they are stocking up early, so that they have a less of a chance of running out?
      • 0 thumbs!
        Vito Raliffe | March 01, 2008
        Because it's there and he can't get it
  • 0 thumbs!
    Jesh | March 01, 2008
    I wonder how many people have robbed and only taken Brawl?
    • 0 thumbs!
      Zeon I | March 01, 2008
      None probably. This isn't that epic. Besides, we can wait 8 more days.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Xenctuary | March 01, 2008
    It's only a matter of a few days before it reaches US gamer's Wiis. And a matter of millennia before it reaches the UK.
    • 2 thumbs!
      Storm | March 02, 2008
      Nintendo should follow Kojima/Konami and have a simultaneous release date around the world. Even if it means a good delay, it's more...fair.
      • 2 thumbs!
        Andrew5 | March 03, 2008
        Ya really, I still don't see why they release different times in different areas, besides the language translation.
  • 0 thumbs!
    the new era | March 02, 2008
    Finally, I've been waiting forever

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