While Nintendo stressed that Twilight Princess and Metroid Prime 3 would be launch titles for the Wii, many were curious when Super Mario Bros. Galaxy would be out. It's not quite a Nintendo console launch without a day one appearance by everyone's favorite drugged-out, gnomish Italian stereotype, after all.

Asked about Super Mario Bros. Galaxy release date, Shigeru Miyamoto responded:

[Galaxy] is progressing along quite well, but it's often said that when I get involved in a project I upend the tea table. I don't want to promise anything yet. But if it's not a launch title it will definitely be there within the first six months.

That sounds to us like a very cautious way of saying that Super Mario Bros. Galaxy isn't nearly as far along as games that were already in the pipeline for the Gamecube and are merely being ported over to the Wii late in development. Is this the first Nintendo console launch without a Mario game?

Miyamoto on Super Mario Bros. Galaxy Release [IGN]

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