Why waste space for that game why you can put wii fit on it!

It is sad, if you could order it in the store it would have been okay already :s.

What i find the most interesting though is that apparently they enjoy the US and Japanese sales.

Just goes to show the cheap margins on wii games.

yesh, this is a scary precedent, the UK already has long waits for some games and for stock of less well known titles, given the sizable gaming market here, someone needs to tell the industry here to get its act together

Nah, you only think they are.

I think you are being too cerebral right now Ken. And by too cerebral, I mean you're hurting my feelings.

This is the kind of news that keep frightin' me: the smaller teams struggle to make little gems, they know right from the start that their games won't please millions and millions of gamers...

But they are courageous, and decide to release them anyway, and sometimes to release them on Wii (thanks!)... but it's a though decision, as the Wii market is unpredictable, and they are takin' real risks...

And then you have a kind of "sabotage" from the retailers: if these games have no chance to shine, and can't afford any promotionnal costs anyway, these small teams may go down easily, just as the guys who also took risks with the distribution: in this case, the awesome guys at Rising Star...

It's bad, really bad... and what makes me sad is that Nintendo, with all their billions in the bank, don't do ANYTHING: they could offer promotion and distribution deals for such quality titles... if the game is distributed by Nintendo, NO big retailer in this world will say: no thanks, we won't sell your game...

But Nintendo doesn't even do the distribution of some of their own "niche" games, like it happened not too long ago with Disaster in the US, Excitebots in PAL, or Fatal Frame 4, everywhere: they don't seem to care anymore, because it doesn't bring tens and tens of millions easily, just like any "Wii Fit plus" or most of their "safe" blockbusters...

So, we have guys like Rising Star to do that risky job, and they're not even respected by anyone in the business... the small japanese teams are too far away and can't do the job themselves, Nintendo doesn't move, the retailers don't care, most gaming journalists don't even notice anything... and anyway, most gamers are too busy playing their PS360 FPS on one side, and their Wii 1st party on the other side: and "niche lovers" like us are screwed...

If that's what left for us on the gaming scene, with Edge doin' that kind of frontpage... well, no, i'm not a "happy gamer" then...

http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=101435

It's not a bright future in Japan right now, that's for sure: but don't tell me Nintendo is the gaming's scene savior, cos honestly, the billions they're makin' are just their own and the ones of the shareholders, they don't promote creativity and originality...

You could say it's not their job: but i think they should care... and at least take some small risks from time to time, for games that really, really deserve a little bit of extra support...

I hope i don't sound too bitter... even if i am... :(

Yeah its' true, but it has been happening to smaller PC game releases too. Especially the more obscure titles for the PC, they just aren't available readily at the shops. I'm sure they will be available online through Amazon or Play etc..

If shops are worried about selling a specific game, don't stock many of it.. I don't see the problem. Seems unfair not to stock it at all though, whatever the game.

This is a very destructive behaviour for the entire industry. This attitude if becomes standard will bring the gaming industry to it's knees. It may not seem like it, but you can find other industries where it happens. YEARS ago in the RPG(Pencil & Paper) industry the retailers started cutting down on stock of games they would carry in favour of bigger brands. This over the years pretty much was destructive across many game companies. Companies wouldn't carry stock and as such the games don't sell. This is movement that cuases the big to get bigger(only big companies in stock) and the little companies to go out of business. Of course this movement cuts down on shoppers who just come in to look and come back later. Only people who know what they want and can get it from just that store will come and purchase. This reduces sales to retailer. It's a short sighted action that's going to bring European gaming stores to it's knees if they keep this up.

These days when it's comes to RPG there are less and less stores carrying and many after the first wave of gaming stores shutting down it's now a slow trickle. The DD model of game delivery is more like a medical equipment to sustain life.