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Super Mario Galaxy 2 for June, Metroid: Other M for August

February 23, 2010 in News comments 7

At Nintendo of Australia's media summit today, IGN AU has confirmed with Nintendo that the publisher's two hotly anticipated titles, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M will actually see early releases this year. The sequel to Mario's galactic adventures will see a release in the land down under in June, and Team Ninja's take on the Metroid series will see an August release.

Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe will have their media summits tomorrow, so we can see if these dates will hold for the rest of the world.

As part of Nintendo Australia's major announcements today, IGN can confirm that two of Nintendo's most anticipated titles are on their way to Wiis much sooner than originally anticipated.

Both Super Mario Galaxy 2, follow-up to 2007's smash platformer, as well as Metroid: Other M (Team Ninja's take on the seminal sci-fi adventure/platformer) are both due for release between June and August this year.

Nintendo Australia's Greg Arthurton reiterated that both titles were most definitely not holiday season releases. This leaves an interesting vacancy for 'other' major releases over this period, we'd speculate.

This news comes ahead of tomorrow's Nintendo press event being held in the US. IGN US will be in attendance to confirm these details.
Akira_EX via uk.wii.ign.com »
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    Symphonic Abyss Feb 24, 10
    June, really? I'm getting Soul Silver soon, and I highly doubt I'll be buying anything else. However, I'll try and get Super Mario Galaxy 2 as soon as possible, since it just looks great overall.
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    Guugley Feb 24, 10
    I LOVED Super Mario Galaxy (Although I only got a really quick playthrough, my brother traded it in :/) so I might get the sequel, but uh, I'll have to do a bit of rummaging to find the Wii Remotes. D:
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    Gotenks* Feb 24, 10
    Well I know what I am playing this summer then. Honestly, I think they should of kept it until the holidays but then again, that may be when they release the new LoZ game for the Wii.

    I had a feeling that we'd be seeing a June release and that makes sense to me anyways. Kick off the summer with a big title like Galaxy 2 and end it with Metroid. Hopefully both games will be good games and not end up disappointments.
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    Storm Feb 24, 10
    I enjoyed SMG, but with the somewhat close release dates between SMG2 and Metroid, I'll wait and get The Other M first. Much more excited for it.
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    Ech0ez Feb 24, 10
    Assuming the NA release is August, then the last three Metroid games will of all been released in NA during August. Starting a trend are they?
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    King X2 Feb 25, 10
    1/3 of me wants to sell my Wii, another 1/3 wants to buy this game, but the last and most troublesome 1/3 is the fact that I don't have tons of money to buy video games. I'm at a standstill here.

    Ah well. I have until June.
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      Gotenks* Feb 25, 10
      May 23rd*

      Better start saving for Galaxy 2 now.

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