We are all too familiar with the unpleasantness that summer brings. You know, besides the unbearable heat, the constant sweating, and the sickening smell of barbecue smoke. It also brings with it the seemingly endless drought. That period of time where publishers refuse to sell any games because people are spending time outdoors or on vacation.
Luckily, Nintendo has historically been one company to ditch the summer doldrums and force people back inside (air conditioning! proximity to the refrigerator! proximity to the toilet! it’s heaven!) to play Nintendo games. They haven’t been shy about releasing titles in May, June, July, or August. Any month is fair game to them. It just means they get more shelf space while more conservative publishers wait until they can duke it out with other properties in the merciless holiday period (which now begins sometime in September, apparently).
But forget the summer drought. That’s old news. Nintendo now has a serious issue with clumping.
Last week, Nintendo announced at a press summit the release dates for Super Mario Galaxy 2, Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, and Metroid: Other M.
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 – May 23rd
- Sin & Punishment: Star Successor – June 7th
- Metroid: Other M – June 27th
Seriously, Nintendo? You have three major titles coming out this summer, and they are all hitting within a single month?! This is beyond ridiculous. How am I supposed to pick up all three of these games released so closely together? You aren’t thinking of the average consumer here, obviously. The one that is essentially flat-ass broke.
And not only that, but Capcom is releasing Monster Hunter 3 — with NO monthly subscription fees, mind you — this April. AND Square Enix is bringing out Dragon Quest IX for the DS at some undefined moment during the summer, as well. And let’s not forget that Arc Rise Fantasia had already been moved to summer 2010.
At this rate, there will be nothing left to purchase come the holidays. Unless Zelda comes out, of course.
Ha! Yeah, I almost wrote that with a straight face.
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You see, I thought Nintendo’s summer problem was that sometimes systems will overheat on particularly warm months, causing a ton of data corruption and a sputtering, coughing hard drive.
Oh, wait, that’s just me. (Almost two years later, my Wii has yet to be repaired/replaced.)