According to the eagle-eyed datehounds at GoNintendo, the North American ship date for Wii Play has just been moved from January 15 to February 12 of next year. Their source? The Nintendo press area, which has in the past been fairly reliable.

Instead of competing with fellow mini-game collection Wario Ware Smooth Moves, the already released in Europe Wii Play with its packed-in Wiimote will keep the "momentum" going, ensuring a steady stream of first party Nintendo releases.

Now if we can just sort out that Metroid Prime 3 ship date confusion, that'll be great. Michael McWhertor

Wii Play delayed in US [GoNintendo]

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