EB Games and Nintendo of Canada Ltd. has sent word of a Canadian tournament for Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. Qualifying rounds will be head at various EB Games stores in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
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GoNintendo reader PRC902 says he picked up Super Smash Bros. Brawl from Sears on February 27th, nearly two weeks before the game's official North American release date.
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On the latest 1-up podcast, listeners were given the impression that Super Smash Bros. Brawl would be launching in the fall, according to a statement NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime said. However, it appears to be that Shane Bettenhausen, the one who had made the remarks about Reggie's words did not provide completely accurate information. The game will not necessarily be releasing in fall, but it will be released after the American version, due to localization processes.

"While recounting some of the info that I learned from Nintendo of America's President & COO, Reggie Fils-Aime, I implied that the European release of Super Smash Bros. Melee had been moved to the fall of 2008¿that's not quite accurate, as neither NOE nor Reggie has announced any official release date at this time. Reggie did tell me (and the other media present) that the release had been pushed out of the winter/spring time frame due to the amount of localization required to get the game up and running all the various European languages. But Reggie did not say WHEN Europeans will get Smash Bros., just that it would be at a later date than the U.S." - Shane Bettenhausen
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Europe has been known for receiving Nintendo games rather late. This bit of information led to the questioning of why Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit will be releasing in Europe before America. A discussion on the latest 1-up podcast talks about how Reggie replied to the Mario Kart Wii/Wii Fit release date confusion with "because they won't get Brawl until Fall (Autumn)."
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl designer Masahiro Sakurai took the stage at GDC to discuss the all-star character roster in his game, and how they turned a motley crew of Nintendo characters into a polished, finessed, cohesive experience.
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At a surprisingly sparsely attended Friday morning session (relatively speaking), Masahiro Sakurai detailed the development processes behind upcoming super smash hit, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. First, he apologized for the game's North American delay, saying "Reggie said he would make a whole lot of extra copies to make up for that." Well, thanks Joytiq guesses?
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For those of you who have been tuned into the new Smash Bros game for the Wii, you probably have heard the rumors swirling around that some characters who were not originally in this game would be offered as downloadable content. Today, Sakurai deconfirmed this rumor along with others.
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"Seeing the success that Brawl has had with the Wii remote being playing sideways, I don't think that there are control limitations that keep it from being ported to the DS. But I personally have no plans to do this myself," Sakurai said.

This doesn't mean the idea is dead in the water. DS games often have completely different development teams, but Sakurai does not plan to have any part in it.

"If, in the future, such a thing was to be planned, it would be up to Nintendo to decide how and when and in what way they would like to create that sort of game," Sakurai said.
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl will be released on 6 june in Europe.
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Following NPD's release of January hardware and software sales figures, analysts from Wedbush Morgan and simExchange have said lower than expected Wii sales likely were part of a plan to support Japan's Smash Bros and Wii Fit launches, and that Sony's Blu-ray support may be turning the tides in the PS3's favor.
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Nintendo Europe has told Eurogamer that running regional tournaments for Super Smash Bros. Brawl then giving out lots of juicy prizes is something it is "looking at" doing.

The American arm of the platform holder revealed plans to stage regional tournaments across the USA earlier this week, in order to drum up some excitement for the game leading up to its 9th March launch.
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Developers for recent and upcoming Nintendo products will be addressing Game Developers Conference 2008 attendees this month, specifically speaking about Wii Fit, WiiWare and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.Wii Balance Board producer Takao Sawano will be leading the charge on February 20 around 4pm. We predict he'll give a retrospective on exactly how he made the first game controller to grace the cover of Cosmo.On February 22, Takashi Aoyama will ... » Read More

With over 800,000 units sold in its first week of availability in Japan, it was a given that Smash Bros. Brawl would cross the million sold mark faster than any Wii game before it. Sure enough, the game managed just that, as Famitsu.com, citing sales data from its publisher Enterbrain, reports today that Brawl sales reached the 1,082,344 mark on the 10th.
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As if Nintendo hasn't packed enough into Super Smash. Bros Brawl already, rumour has it that a new WiiWare channel will soon be launching to provide players with a host of downloadable extras.
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Sam's Club (a retail chain of membership-only discount/warehouse club in the US) will be begin taking pre-orders for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. They will also be hosting midnight Super Smash Bros. Brawl launch events at every Sam's Club store. In addition, each store will have around twenty Wii's in store at the launch as well. The game will retail there for under $44.
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VGChartz reports via Famitsu that the Game Sales for the week of Jan 28th, to Feb 3rd, 2008 was as follows:

Top 10 Software

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii): more than 800k (sell-through rate 95%)
2. Devil May Cry (PS3): about 210k
3. Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi (PS2): about 113k
4. Tales of Destiny Directors Cut (PS2): about 97k
5. Wii Fit (Wii)
6. Desgaea 3 (PS3)L about 56k
7. Devil May Cry (360): about 40k
8. Assasin's Creed (PS3): about 37k
9. Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (DS)
10. Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (PSP)

Console Sales:

Wii : abuot 100k
PS3 : about 36k
360 : about 5.8k
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Kotaku claims to have spoken with insider sources at Nintendo, who attribute the lost exclusivity of Resident Evil 4 to Nintendo reconsidering the inclusion of Capcom characters in Brawl. RE4 was originally meant to be exclusive to the Gamecube, but concerns over sales led Capcom to release the title on PS2, and later on PC, with additional content.
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According to the statement, Nintendo has received complaints from Smash Bros. Brawl buyers of the Wii being unable to read their newly bought disc, or of videos chopping up during playback. These users claim to have had no such problems with past games.

Nintendo has come to the conclusion that the problem has to do with dust and tobacco building up on Wii laser units. This effects Smash Bros. Brawl while leaving other titles unaffected because the new fighter uses a dual layer DVD, which is apparently more sensitive to a dirty lens.
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Yesterday in Japan, Nintendos blissfully over-the-top canonical fighter, Super Smash Bros. Brawl graced retail shelves leaving all of us here in the States frothing at the maw. But while we wait for our imported copy, secrets are being uncovered and characters unlocked, leaving us disheveled and scouring internet forums for any morsel of spoiler goodness. Today we bring you what has been confirmed thus far: hidden characters, brand-new levels and a crapload of awesome gameplay footage. If ... » Read More

As Super Smash Bros. Brawl (SSBB) fans in North America anxiously await the March 9 launch of the highly anticipated title, the wait in Japan is over. Japanese gamers came by the masses throughout Tokyo today to pick up a copy of the game, with shortages now appearing evident in the region. With that, like some distributors in Japan, at least one eBay seller is looking to profit over the huge demand for SSBB that Nintendo simply cannot meet.
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