aussie-nintendo.com — When asked the big questions about the Australian and New Zealand markets, Nintendo chickens out. Aaron Rex Davies, the vocal Nintendo fan from New Zealand who last month published a report delving into the issue of excessive Wii software delays in his country and Australia, has now received a response from Nintendo Australia.
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bevrigyOct 4, 2007
it is frustrating but i'm over it. i've been buying nintendo products here in New Zealand for the last 15 years or so and its just something we've always had to put up with.gives me more time to enjoy our clean air and un-crowded beaches
lemonmanxOct 5, 2007
Why? They aren't even doing their job properly.
beerduckOct 5, 2007
Ok, that might not be fair, but as an European I have no sympathy for him since I've always had to wait equally long for games to get from US to Europe. I just checked the top 10 most popular Wii games on Gamefaqs and most of the games get to Australia exactly a week later. That's not too bad considering they're not the only ones waiting. And I think the reason for the delay is cost. It's much easier for them to take the US NTSC version and translating it for Europe while at the same time making it PAL. It would be a huge cost waste if they took the NTSC version and had to make 2 different PAL versions out of it. This makes it much easier on them.Now I don't think it's a good thing because I hate having to wait months for a good game that I know is already available on the other side of the ocean. But that's the way it's been for as long as I can remember and probably wont change.