Current
as of last night, the complete listing of Gameboy Advance
release software, acknowledged and confirmed by three
distribution houses in Japan is listed to the right. Sega's Chu
Chu Rocket does not make an appearance and there is only
one Mario on the list. There was some confusion earlier
in the week concerning Mario's appearance on March 21 and we
can now propose that only Super Mario Kart Advance
will make it at launch. Our original update was correct and
we'll revise pre-orders back to their original state.
Mario Advance, the side scrolling platform
game based on the FC/NES "Mario" variant does not
appear to be a debut title. As such, NCS' mailing update from
Tuesday morning stands and all pre-orders which chose Mario
Kart will be filled. If you subsequently chose Mario Advance,
we will by default, switch you over to Mario Kart unless you
inform us otherwise. Online store details have been revised as
of this morning to reflect this reversal and a message will be
issued to all members of the GBA mailing list.
If anything changes from this point forth, we
will update accordingly but pre-orders for the GBA (and
everything else) via Japanese vendors have finalized last week
and this usually signifies a closed book for March. Note the
word "usually" since last minute movements may still
occur, especially with Sega's recent announcements and forays.
The titles that NCS will be able to package with
our GBA offer are highlighted in blue. All of the other games,
in black background, will be stocked at launch and will be
available for general sales. Doraemon and Mr Driller are
likely candidates for additional inclusion by our customers
but everything else is niche fare...
Now that GBA preorders are done, the next
Nintendo project would be the Gamecube. However, there is no
news and no all-important buzz from Japanese distribution which is
uncharacteristic. This may mean GC is still months and months,
perhaps a year away from release in Japan. Only an observation
that may be refuted soon. We'll see. |
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| Akumajou
Dracula: Circle o/t Moon |
| All
Japan GT Tournament |
| Dodge
Ball Fighters |
| Doraemon:
Escape Green Planet |
| F-Zero
Advance |
| Fire
Pro Wrestling Ace |
| Hearty
Party |
| J-League
Pocket |
| Japan
Golf Tour |
| Kuru
Kuru Kururin |
| Mail
de Cute |
| Momotaro
Festival |
| Monster
Guardians |
| Mr
Driller |
| Napolean |
| Play
Novel Silent Hill |
| Powerful
Pro Pocket 3 |
| Rockman
EXE |
| Super
Mario Kart Advance |
| Wai
Wai Racing |
| Winning
Post Advance |
| Yu-Gi-Oh
Dungeon Dice Monsters |
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