Australia Sales: Mario Strikers #1

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z64dan said:

I'm gonna vote that its taking so long to get to AU because of the translation... there is alot of text.

Wait, they speak english there. Maybe they just have to add in cultural language differences? Hahaha I could say some but I bet some aussies wouldn't be too happy....

Then again I live in Texas so maybe there could be a Texas version of every game so I could understand whats going on.

Look, we (Aust & NZ) get completely screwed on games - and probably worst with Nintendo (hate to say it).

Its because we are a PAL region (even though 100% of the population has NTSC compatible TVs - and that's NO exaguration. All our TVs come from OS, where NTSC is the default. I think all TVs these days support all the common input formats anyway - and have for 10 years or so).

But - unlike Europe - we are a 100% English speaking (main language) country.

So not only do we have to wait for European conversions, we get games AFTER Europe as we are geographically on the other side of the world. And they are MORE expensive as a result!

So we get screwed once, twice... three times! (yaah! :< )

One of the reasons the DS is so cool, is that we can/do import American games all the time. Maybe 1/4 of my DS collection is from the US/imported. Not only do the games arrive sooner, they are about 25% cheaper (if not more - sometimes 50%!).

I just wish that one day, we get lumped in with the US - and we just have NTSC, US versions of everything delivered.

The irony is of course that most people run in 480p anyway - which isn't a PAL format at all (576p would be - but nothing supports that).