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You wouldn't like Smash Brothers fans when they're angry :(


1:20 PM on 01.24.2008
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Fans who couldn't wait until the recently-delayed March North America release date of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and opted to import instead might be getting another swift kick to the vital bits. Japanese game retail store Lepton is reporting that there is going to be a severe shortage of SSBB upon its release in Japan. Nintendo's initial shipment of only 300,000-400,000 units for what is sure to be a million-seller title is going to leave may fans high and dry - the store itself mentions that they're only getting 154 copies of the game in their initial shipment... out of 806 initially preordered units. Yikes! Ad we're sure they're not the only ones getting a mere fraction of their stock.

Canned Dogs has more details:

"Lepton has tried to buy the games at full price from other sources just so they can fill the preorders, but nobody as any stock. They have then managed to secure an additional 100 copies of the game at 7350 yen each, which is at a price that is even higher than the selling price of the game which is 6800 yen (they’ll be losing money with each sale).

They still do not have enough copies of the game to fill preorders."

Import retailer NCSX mentioned something similar in their Monday stock update:

"Last night, vendors in Japan warned us that there might be a shortage of [SSBB] so we're closing preorders today. If the information turns out to be erroneous, we'll accept new preorders again."

In any case, it looks like the shortage is indeed confirmed and is much more severe than we first thought. I wouldn't be surprised to see NCSX update soon to say they've also been short-shipped. Meanwhile, does anyone hanging around Akiba around the time of SSBB's release want to take pictures of hilariously inflated resale prices they see for it?






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Eugh. Hopefully they'll get enough out. As long as I get my pre-ordered copy here in America, I don't care.

Which reminds me--are any of the Jtor staff getting Smash Bros? We'll have to trade Friend Codes and battle each other!
Seif: lmao XD
FALCON PUNCH!
@Brian, heres what I got from some random translator..

About Nintendo Wii software
"large scuffle Super Smash Bros. X"

2008 January 25th follow-up story postscript

When information was collected from the various places, about two degrees there is shipment in sale week, so is. As for number as for certain thing it is not understood, but whether 90 ten thousand are not to be shipped, that there to be also information, at the beginning 30? 40 ten thousand from the information which has been heard, in addition it seems that complete change two revolution is done. We disturb with uncertain information, there is no excuse truly. After all, accurately, it seems that does not know that it does not wait to announcement after the selling. We have asked the fact that even a little many shipments are done. In addition, it is after that circumstance of our company, but it hits against the various traders, the frequency of arrival to sale day may become 300, is. Perhaps, as for arrival to sale day you think that the possibility where above this you cannot desire is high. After that, it corresponds and there is arrival to weekend may reach frequencies of 500 these strongly arrival little by little, at total is. Still, because at all we are not enough, it is the circumstance which continues and endeavors to negotiation. This time, the annoyance which occurs repeatedly, there is no excuse truly.
Brian: From my quick reading of it (don't really have time to do an in-depth translation right now), it seems like they're getting a lot of conflicting reports from sources and other retailers about the shipment numbers of SSBB. There's also the possibility of multiple shipments of the game in the same week - meaning they wouldn't get all their copies on launch day, but likely shortly thereafter.

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