BiggerJ

The DS version of Trials and Tribulations was heavily delayed in Europe, to the point that Apollo Justice came out before it there. There were fears that it would never be released in Europe because of a scene in which a character commits suicide. This might be the cause of this new delay, and this time, the old fears might finally come true.

If the last three weeks had alternated as usual instead of being mixed, then this would still have been a WiiWare week. Maybe things are back to normal.

I remember reading somewhere on this very site (before the merge with NintendoLife) that the next Hanabi Festival was revealed by an insider to be on either June or July. The month was actually specifically stated but I don't remember which.

They could get away with localizing Takeshi no Chousenjou by simply giving it a does-what-it-says-on-the-tin title, like The Game Made By Takeshi, Who Hates You.

By my count, there's now seven import titles lined up for us: MUSHA, Smash Ping Pong, Bomberman '94, TwinBee, Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II, Kirby's Dream Land 3 and Pulseman. All of these games being released during one Hanabi Festival isn't unprecedented; the most games ever released during a Hanabi Festival is nine, during Hanabi Festival 2.

North99: PAL regions like Australia get VC and WiiWare releases on alternating weeks, and this was a WiiWare week.

BiggerJ reporting from Australia. According to the freely viewable Operations Guide in the Wii Shop Channel, the DLC packs cost 500 Wii Points each, same as in Japan. Also, it may interest you to know that Wii Points cards (2000 Wii Points each) cost 30 Australian dollars each here, so Lonpos and all its DLC packs cost A$79.50.

Edward J Grug III: I remember reading that World of Goo is being released on a retail disc in Europe instead of on Wiiware. However, I doubt they'd bother releasing it in Australia, which means your best bet is to buy it for PC/Mac, on the World of Goo website, playgreenhouse.com or Steam.

I emailed Aeon Genesis (Cave Story's original translation team) about the Wii translation, and I'll be sure to tell you guys if I get a reply. I seem to recall that Pixel helped them with their original translation, though, so it might be possible that Pixel put the Wii version's developers in touch with them.

Also, that's a nice J.

I really hope Strong Bad Episode 2 doesn't get bumped to next month, because I find it VERY unlikely that Nintendo would release two Strong Bad episodes in the same month. Thus, a whole month would be completely skipped and not corrected for, and it might not be the last time that happens.

Here's the Australian chart:

1 (N) - Strong Bad Episode 1 - Homestar Ruiner
2 (N) - My Aquarium
3 (1) - Defend your Castle
4 (3) - My Pokemon Ranch
5 (2) - Wild West Guns
6 (4) - TV Show King
7 (5) - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
8 (6) - LostWinds
9 (7) - Cocoto Fishing Master
10 (8) - Dr. Mario & Germ Buster
11 (9) - Pirates: The Key of Dreams
12 (10) - Pop
13 (11) - Toki Tori
14 (13) - Block Breaker Deluxe
15 (12) - Star Soldier R
16 (14) - Actionloop Twist

Here's the rankings for Australia.

1 - Defend Your Castle
2 - Wild West Guns
3 - My Pokemon Ranch
4 - TV Show King
5 - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
6 - LostWinds
7 - Cocoto Fishing Master
8 - Dr. Mario & Germ Buster
9 - Pirates: The Key of Dreams
10 - Pop
11 - Toki Tori
12 - Star Soldier R
13 - Block Breaker Deluxe
14 - Actionloop Twist