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Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M Coming This Summer

Posted Wed, 24 Feb 2010 by Jonathan Wahlgren

It's-a me, June through August

It's-a me, June through August

Nintendo Australia reveals release window

We knew Nintendo was all set to have a big Wii year with a line-up that includes Super Mario Galaxy 2, the Team Ninja collaboration Metroid: Other M and possibly a new Zelda game. What we didn't know was when, but thanks to Nintendo Australia we've a stronger idea for at least two of these.

Greg Arthurton, Nintendo Australia's marketing director, confirmed to IGN that both Mario and Metroid will be arriving between June and August.

Nintendo of America will be holding a media summit tomorrow, with the European arm hosting one on Thursday. Hopefully the summits will bring more solid release dates, more surprises and maybe an answer or two. We'll be in attendance on Thursday, so keep your eyes locked to Nintendo Life for all the juicy tidbits.

Well, that frees up the holiday season nicely, doesn't it?

Source: wii.ign.com.

Tags: Wii, Upcoming Games.

User Comments

supermegaman

1. Supermegaman United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:14 GMT

Waaaaa-Hoooooooo!
Color me excited! (light blue)

pixelman

2. pixelman United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:14 GMT

Yup, saw this earlier. Major awesomesauce! :D

aronos

3. Aronos United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:14 GMT

Sounds good to me lol.
The suspense is rather evil.

metakirbyknight

4. metakirbyknight United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:16 GMT

Gah! Nintendo is plotting against me. Whenever I get close to a PS3 they send a barrage of amazing titles I have to buy.

retrobuttons

5. retrobuttons United Kingdom 24 Feb 2010, 02:18 GMT

Great!!! Looking forward to some new gameplay footage.

irken004

6. irken004 United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:19 GMT

Whoa whoa whoa, SONIC? In mah GALAXY? No wai :P

hardy83

7. Hardy83 Canada 24 Feb 2010, 02:24 GMT

Hmm... Well IGN said not to expect any new hardware at this event (which they could be wrong about but I believe them) and their biggest games are coming out at the lastest August.
With little AAA third party support after June I wonder what they have up their sleeve for a holiday title (I'm sure it'll be just one not more than that)
I'd get excited but I'm sure their holiday will focus on casual gaming and have another Wii Fit game or focus on the vitality sensor with some lame puzzle game whose only focus is to move more systems.

yosher

8. Yosher Netherlands 24 Feb 2010, 02:24 GMT

That's pretty neat! I was almost sure they'd get a release around Christmas, but it's nice to see them coming earlier. As long as it doesn't drain on their quality, though!

tails86

9. Tails United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:24 GMT

I pray to god i will have enough money in my wallet to get this beauty or at least put down a pre-order for it when I go to get HeartGold on the 13 of march. It's gonna be epic.

v8_ninja

10. V8 Ninja United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:27 GMT

I thought the story (at first) was speculation, but I guess it's happening! But then again that's probably an Australian/Japanese release date and not an American or European release date, so I guess everything's in the air.

mushroomer

11. mushroomer United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:29 GMT

I hope galaxy is more platforming and less story..
i hope metroid goes back to its roots and introduces something really different

irken004

12. irken004 United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:32 GMT

I thought Galaxy had a great story. According to Miyamoto, this new one will have less story though.

zezhyrule96

13. zezhyrule United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:54 GMT

Guess I'll pre-order Metroid: Other M. I hope it's going to be good. :)

coffeewithgames

14. CoffeewithGames United States 24 Feb 2010, 02:57 GMT

I'm not excited about SMG2, but Metroid: Other M has my interest.

objection_blaster

15. Objection_Blaster United States 24 Feb 2010, 03:00 GMT

Wow, earlier than expected. I'm really excited about Other M, not as much Galaxy 2 (sequelitis, I'll get over it.)

mark_m

16. Mark_M United States 24 Feb 2010, 03:07 GMT

OH YES.

jave

17. Jave Chile 24 Feb 2010, 03:09 GMT

Great news. This mid-year is gonna be awesome.

twilightv

18. TwilightV United States 24 Feb 2010, 03:11 GMT

Big day tomorrow. I'm so pumped for this! >XD

kid_a

19. Kid_A United States 24 Feb 2010, 03:38 GMT

Best news I've heard all week

token_girl

20. Token Girl United States 24 Feb 2010, 04:07 GMT

Two words: Win Sauce.

This is about when I get home. Will I be able to complete Galaxy and Prime Trilogy before I bust into these? (Fairly likely, unfortunately, given that it will probably be a while before getting home and getting a paycheck).

thaantman

21. thaantman United States 24 Feb 2010, 04:11 GMT

Not too surprise about metro possibly coming in august, but didn't think we get galaxy 2 till close to the holidays. Man this is great mm10 march 1, mario & sonic & metroid coming out in the summer. gotta get savin now

supersonic1990

22. Hyper Knuckles United States 24 Feb 2010, 04:21 GMT

OH SWEET! :D

objection_blaster

23. Objection_Blaster United States 24 Feb 2010, 04:32 GMT

I find it hard to believe (with the rumors of Zelda at the end of the year) we might get a new title of all three franchises on Wii this year.

radixxs

24. Radixxs United States 24 Feb 2010, 04:40 GMT

Hopefully these aren't Japanese release dates, as I need some gaming action over summer.

corbie_dillard

25. Corbie United States 24 Feb 2010, 05:42 GMT

Well you'd better believe it. :D

metroid_fan

26. Metroid_Fan United States 24 Feb 2010, 05:45 GMT

Awww, hell yeah! I can't wait for more concrete information tomorrow! Come on, NOA, say you're getting these titles first and (specifically) when...

snoopy

27. Snoopy United States 24 Feb 2010, 05:58 GMT

very promising. wonder what news will come tommarow......

bellgoriiing

28. BellGoRiiing United States 24 Feb 2010, 06:24 GMT

Can't wait for all three...this summer release goes for USA too right? I hope so. XD

jakobg

29. JakobG Austria 24 Feb 2010, 06:30 GMT

Hooray!
I need money.

retrowarrior

30. RetroWarrior Germany 24 Feb 2010, 07:28 GMT

Great news! I guess that Zelda will come in November or December.

radixxs

31. Radixxs United States 24 Feb 2010, 07:41 GMT

@JakobG: Amen.

mario_party_fan_999

32. Mario Party Fan 999 Australia 24 Feb 2010, 08:35 GMT

So how many hours is it until the US summit? Sorry but when you say tomorrow in the US it already is in Australia!

acidfoxdyi831

33. Acidfoxdyi831 United States 24 Feb 2010, 10:14 GMT

metroid other M is my focus for the summer now 8)

timp29

34. timp29 Australia 24 Feb 2010, 10:34 GMT

Looking forward to these, especially mario galaxy 2. However, I have no idea how I will find time to play these around med school :(

ryanknight717

35. Dragoon United States 24 Feb 2010, 10:56 GMT

Finally!

fuzzy1

36. Fuzzy Australia 24 Feb 2010, 11:05 GMT

Sounds great. Hopefully we get to see some more trailers as well!

kevin

37. Kevin United States 24 Feb 2010, 11:51 GMT

Heard yesterday about this. Awesome!

raylax

38. Raylax United Kingdom 24 Feb 2010, 12:10 GMT

Rock on the summer. And rock on tommorow's media summit. Woot~

warioswoods

39. warioswoods United States 24 Feb 2010, 12:42 GMT

If true, this certainly does raise questions about the holiday season. They wouldn't be putting these out in Summer without something very big planned for the holidays... but what could it be?

yoshdude64

40. yoshdude64 Canada 24 Feb 2010, 12:53 GMT

I hope that the rumor #2 is answered.. :D 3G DSi FTW! :D

jimlad

41. JimLad United Kingdom 24 Feb 2010, 13:16 GMT

Mario > Metroid :D
Good news for fans of both though.

machu

42. Machu United Kingdom 24 Feb 2010, 13:19 GMT

I was planning on getting lots of sun over the summer. I think that plan just changed. :D

suburban_sensei1

43. suburban_sensei United States 24 Feb 2010, 13:33 GMT

Looks like soon I will need to get to pre-ordering these puppies! I am taking next semester off of school, so these AAA titles couldn't have hit at a better time.

motang

44. motang United States 24 Feb 2010, 13:56 GMT

Awesome news, I have had my reservation for SMG 2 since last year need to reserve Metroid Other M soon. :D

bigdog

45. Bigdog United States 24 Feb 2010, 14:00 GMT

These games coming out over the summer doesn't necessarily mean a big release Christmas time. It could be a casual gamer focused game coming out later in the year, something that is a big seller. SMBW is a great game, but also one that mom-and-pops would pick up. I think that's the focus, a big seller, not necessarily a big game.

But one can hope, right? Something like Zelda and an unconfirmed title coming out over Christmas would be awesome. (S&P2, Starfox, F-Zero, etc)

110percent

46. 110percentful United States 24 Feb 2010, 16:03 GMT

Today's the US media summit, so hopefully we will get some more exact release dates! :D

objection_blaster

47. Objection_Blaster United States 24 Feb 2010, 16:18 GMT

@Corbie- Oh I don't mind believing at all. ;)
"BELIEVE IT!"
Now that I've annoyed fans of a certain anime, I'm going to slink off...

georgethecow

48. Georgethecow United States 24 Feb 2010, 16:23 GMT

<i>So how many hours is it until the US summit? Sorry but when you say tomorrow in the US it already is in Australia!</i>

It's at 11 Central.

georgethecow

49. Georgethecow United States 24 Feb 2010, 16:24 GMT

Oh, and to Objection_Blaster:
Nice picture. I need one of Feenie instead of me putting my leg behind my head.

fjojr

50. FJOJR United States 24 Feb 2010, 16:53 GMT

That is unless someone pirates it a week before then "No Games for you!!!"

meloman

51. MeloMan United States 24 Feb 2010, 18:11 GMT

My year is just... done. The possibility of 3 AAA 1st party titles, and all other releases like Fragile Dreams, Arc Rise Fantasia, Sin and Punishment 2, Monado, and Golden Sun 3?! Even if I play them all, I don't have the cash. C'mon Gamefly, I need ya...

zss_shadow

52. zss_shadow Canada 25 Feb 2010, 00:58 GMT

I'm with MeloMan, this is...o_o Sin and Punishment, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Metroid Other M all within about a month? Wallets will bleed this summer, and that's surprising considering summer usually has slow, shallow releases.

timp29

53. timp29 Australia 25 Feb 2010, 06:22 GMT

Dattebayo!

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