Super Mario Galaxy 2 release date

[GameGuy100]

Majin-Tenshinhan said:

GameGuy100 said:

gamefreak4ever said:
Oh, Nintendo is smart release close to the holidays & sure to dominate in sales...like NSMB...

This is the way I look at it:

Because Super Mario Galaxy 2 is such a big game, it will sell the most during the holidays like you said above. I really doubt that Metroid: Other M will be a holiday game because it's not nearly as big as Mario games in which it might end up being a Q3 2010 release. I know it is in Japan, anyway. I don't think the new Zelda game will even be released this year because 1) It's not guaranteed to be released in 2010, and 2) They don't even have an actual name for it yet. So my guess is that Zelda will get bumped to Holiday 2011. And yeah, because New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold a lot during the holidays, I don't think it will be any different for Super Mario Galaxy 2.

 

Other M: August 2010

Galaxy 2: November 2010

Zelda Wii: November 2011

Why, would you look at that...

You know, I've been thinking...there actually is a possibility that Super Mario Galaxy 2 could be released in August. I partially take back what I said about Zelda.

It is confirmed (at least so far) that the new Zelda game will be released at the end of 2010 in Japan, so there's no way that Nintendo would release Galaxy 2 at the same time in that point of view. So if development for Zelda is far enough by E3 2010, I suppose that could end up being the holiday game for 2010 instead. Wikipedia states that Metroid: Other M is expected to come out Summer 2010. If that's the case, then Galaxy 2 could come out in August if Other M comes out in July because Metroid isn't as big of a title as Mario and Zelda. It is a possibility considering that Super Mario Sunshine came out in August 2002 (in the U.S.). But that is a BIG maybe! It's not something you should really count on, though. That's just the best-case scenario. 

Simply put: It depends on how Zelda goes.