Coglestop on 27 February 2008
Two weeks in advance is rare, but Nintendo's other street dated games often come up to a week before they are slated to come out.(Most recent one was the NA localization of the first Professor Layton game).
I have a feeling that the extra month tacked on to the NA release was to ensure they had enough units available for the game's launch. This IS Nintendo's biggest Wii release yet, after all.
