Nintendo Explain Metroid Pinball Delay

via Gameworld Network

We reported yesterday that Nintendo of Europe had finally gotten off of their bottoms and announced a release date for the long overdue DS title; Metroid Prime Pinball.

With the date set for June 22, math fans got to work doing their ‘thing’ and concluded that the game launched in the US and Australia a staggering 18 months ago in comparison!

Surely then, Nintendo must have at least some kind of explanation as to why a game that needs next to no translating, and was in fact developed in the UK in the first place, took so very long to arrive.

Well no, apparently not. Speaking to Kikizo a spokesperson for the company revealed that:

"Nintendo of Europe simply chose to release the game at this time."

Kikizo speculate that the company was perhaps “mired in European regulations related to the rumble pack, a culprit also reportedly responsible for the delay of tilt-sensing Game Boy Advance game Wario Ware Twisted.”

But as of yet Nintendo have not responded to such claims. We’ll keep you posted.