After announcing at its monthly conference that Japanese gamers would be forced to use Nintendo's own online shop to purchase the GameCube version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Nintendo UK has confirmed to GamesRadar that European gamers will be able to grab a copy from shops as per usual.

"Nintendo has no online store in Europe to buy products, therefore The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be available in the UK via the usual retail channels," our Nintendo contact has assured us.

Nintendo was unable to provide us with a confirmed UK launch date for the GameCube version of Twilight Princess, although we expect it to appear before Christmas, after the launch of the motion-sensitive Wii version.