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Wal-Mart has Super Smash Bros. Brawl

February 28, 2008 in News comments 20

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.
Twisted via nintendoworldreport.com »
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  • 0
    tekmosis Feb 28, 08
    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
    GameFreak101 Feb 28, 08
    This is great. They are stocking up on copies, so that nobody who wants one will be left out.
    • 0
      Storm Feb 29, 08
      I'm willing to bet those who get there too late will be left out.

      Great news, nonetheless.
  • 0
    huntyr Feb 28, 08
    its very common for games to be shipped before the ship date, especially to a big distribution network like walmark has
  • 1
    Donnelly Feb 29, 08
    Wow, I can't wait for ASDA to have a pallet in the UK in 6 months.
  • 0
    Twisted Feb 29, 08
    Does anyone else feel like breaking in and stealing some games with me?
    • 2
      Capn Droid Feb 29, 08
      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
    Warsun Feb 29, 08
    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
      Slumpy monkey Feb 29, 08
      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
        Warsun Feb 29, 08
        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
        Twisted Feb 29, 08
        To Amazon I go
  • 0
    Remino52 Mar 1, 08
    I was so mad when I heard this.BTW I use ebay.
    • 0
      Twisted Mar 1, 08
      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
        Warsun Mar 1, 08
        Because it's there and he can't get it
  • 0
    Jesh Mar 1, 08
    I wonder how many people have robbed and only taken Brawl?
    • 0
      Zeon I Mar 1, 08
      None probably. This isn't that epic. Besides, we can wait 8 more days.
  • 2
    Xenctuary Mar 1, 08
    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
      Storm Mar 2, 08
      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
        Twisted Mar 3, 08
        Ya really, I still don't see why they release different times in different areas, besides the language translation.
  • 0
    The New Era Mar 2, 08
    Finally, I've been waiting forever

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