this is kinda wierd, i looked up little king's story on the nintendo channel, and it said on there the release date is 7/7/09. is this a mistake or something? because everywhere else still seems to say the 21st.

I'm going to call that a mistake.  I'm going to trust Amazon when they say they are not going to ship until the 21st.

Hopefully no one goes looking for it in stores and then loses interest when they can't find it that day.

The waiting hurts so much.

So Europeans! Did you like the game? Did you hate the game? Would you like to tell the game's director your thoughts directly? Now's your chance!

My God, that "You're not the father" thing is the funniest thing on this site.

god, the wait is killing me.

maybe we can all make the pain go away by killing a random troll everyday till the 21st?

The UK Nintendo channel now has some data for the game... give me a minute I will post it.

Remember these figures only include those who agree to let Nintendo take their data for the Nintendo Channel.... there are currently ~470,000 participants for the UK channel. (and of course only some of them will have bought the game)

Total Hours - 20,137
Hours per person - 14:47 (this is quite impressive for a relatively new game... it will still be increasing quite fast for the next couple of months)

Total sessions - 8,992 (1 session is from when you start the game on the disc channel, to when you return to the Wii menu/turn off the console)
Sessions per person - 6.6

If you divide the sessions per person into total sessions, that works out at 1,362 users (the number of people who own the game on the Nintendo Channel) Which isn't hugely impressive, and probably translates to about 5-7k UK owners in total, and 18-25k PAL owners... which is inline with VGC.

Also dividing total sessions into total hours gets you the length of the average session... and it works out just short of 2 hours and 15 minutes. And I can compare that to other games if you wish.

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And from the "What people think about this title" section (the pie charts to those who have seen the Nintendo Channel)

Who would enjoy this title the most?
Overall: Non-Gamers - 11% / Gamers - 89%
Male: Non-Gamers - 10% / Gamers - 90%
Female: Non-Gamers - 22% / Gamers - 78%

(the almost parity with "overall" and "male" sections shows it is a vast majority of males voting)

What Kind of Game is it?
Overall: Casual - 30% / Hardcore - 70%
Male: Casual - 28% / Hardcore - 72%
Female: Casual - 50% / Hardcore - 50%

Is this gamemore fun alone or with friends?
Overall: alone - 95% / with friends - 5%
Male: alone - 95% / with friends - 5%
Female: alone - 94% / with friends - 6%

That's an impressive analysis there, but why did you do that for a game you don't even own?

But you should buy it, the game's amazing.