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Old January 18th, 2010 (5:01 AM). Edited January 21st, 2010 by bobandbill.
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http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=news&nid=71&pageID=6

I've been fishing through google, and most sites just say "SPRING 2010" or "MARCH 2010" for the release date, which kinda puts us Australians in the dark.

BUT BUT BUT! I did find one site that said March 25th was the release date for Australia. That's 1 day before the UK release and 11 days after the US release. Exciting stuff, huh?

Although, this date is just hearsay and it could change when Nintendo decides to release the official Australian date. Apparently, this date was discovered by a video game retailer on his work computer.

Click me for said site.

NOW DISCUSS! And research.



Today (22nd Jan), HG/SS was officially announced to be released on the 25th March for Australia. Link: http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=news&nid=71&pageID=6 So the above ended up being correct, as you can see. No 'official' news on a preorder bonus yes, but its quite possible and below someone mentioned that the figurines are a preorder bonus.
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Old January 18th, 2010 (5:18 AM).
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I'm not Aussie myself but I have my fingers crossed for all you guys. Australians get shafted on games so much, you deserve this one at the same time as the rest o' the world at least. D:

I did a quick Google for the Australian release date and all I could find were people asking the same question on Wiki/Yahoo! Answers. :x
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Hmm, I have heard this date before (only not from a website but from someone who said he asked someone in the store), but I have heard people claim other dates as well (like the 30th). Obviously not confirmed yet, but the thing helping this date is that it falls on a Thursday, which tends to be when games get released here.
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Well as much us that would be awesome I seriously doubt that they would do that we are always last for games. (Please Be right though!)
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THAT soon?
I thought the game wouldn't come out until at least late April.
At least I know when to get the game. :P
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Well as much us that would be awesome I seriously doubt that they would do that we are always last for games. (Please Be right though!)
Not so - we're usually before Europe even if we tended to get them at least a month after America. Seeing Europe is suddenly within two weeks behind America's release this time around, it's likely we'd be around that time frame as well.
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yeh but i heard from GAME that it comes out 24 march, i ask yesterday but who nows. hope it does come out then and can't wait
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I wouldn't get my hopes up until and official announcement. I've disappointed myself far too many times believing rumors.
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Im expecting it to be released late March or early April. Sooner the better!
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At EB Games I Preorded The HeartGold And They Told Me I Get A Ho-Oh Figure And If I get Both I Get Lugia & Arceus Too. And he Gave me The Date Of March 25th
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At EB Games I Preorded The HeartGold And They Told Me I Get A Ho-Oh Figure And If I get Both I Get Lugia & Arceus Too. And he Gave me The Date Of March 25th
OH GOD REALLY?!?!? Which state do you live in? I gotta pre-order it soon too!

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THAT soon?
I thought the game wouldn't come out until at least late April.
At least I know when to get the game. :P
I thought it would be June, like every other Pokemon game that's been released.

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Well as much us that would be awesome I seriously doubt that they would do that we are always last for games. (Please Be right though!)
Not necessarily, we were first for Super Mario Bros. Wii. Before Japan I think too. Which is really weird.
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Old January 21st, 2010 (10:40 PM). Edited January 21st, 2010 by bobandbill.
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People, March 25th release date has been officially confirmed.

There's also images released as well, including some new ones showing text. The mad-looking Scientists appear to be called...Scientists (probably at least - picture shows only the first few letters), Eusine has the same name (no surprises there) and says Suicune is waiting for you when you are viewing it by Bill's house, and on the Pokegear Mahogany Town is described as 'A town with a suspicious air to it. It's a hiding place for ninjas.' - I suppose it's talking about the TR hideout there. (If memory serves this *may* have been mentioned by someone in the hideout back in GSC...). Follow link above to see them, you may have to register with the site first.

Also cyndquil's dex entry is 'It is timid, and always curls itself up in a ball. If attacked, it flares up its back for protection." Hmm. Sticks to feet/inches and pounds for measurments, gee what a surprise. -_-



Also we get the big boxes as well (not as thick as Europe's though, so it seems) - http://www.vooks.net/story-18817-New-Pokemon-HeartGold--Soul-Silver-boxart-artwork-and-screens.html Pokewalker included as expected, yadda yadda yadda.
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Whoa, why does it say "G"? Usually it says Mild Gambling References....
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So NZ should be getting this like a week after this so I'm quite thrilled.
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Wow, that's good to know
Does anyone have any idea on the price range?
Hopefully they(*cough* EB Games) don't rip us off just because of an extra PokeWalker....
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Wasnt expecting it till 2011, we usally get things ages after the US, Im sure Platinum was 2 months after
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Wow, that's good to know
Does anyone have any idea on the price range?
Hopefully they(*cough* EB Games) don't rip us off just because of an extra PokeWalker....
Im looking at EB's website and it says $68, so thats pretty normal.
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Im looking at EB's website and it says $68, so thats pretty normal.
Thanks for the info
$68.. that does seem normal..
Hopefully JB can beat that price..lol
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$68.. that does seem normal..
Hopefully JB can beat that price..lol
Yeah it would be good if JB lower the price, they're usually good at that. Plus im sick of buying from EB games...
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Neh, I've always liked EB games. Mostly because I kinda know all the people working at the store I shop at. Usually, I just price match from JB and get the $5 game guarantee. c:

But I really hope there's a special something with the preorder!
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One day earlier than us? You lucky Aussies XD

I just wonder if you'll get the EU game corner-less version, or just the American version with some delay.
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It was only a matter of time before confirmation of these dates were released. I can say that I'm at least satisfied the games for Australia aren't being released much farther than that of the EU's, but just a day before them (which isn't irregular). Plus, it falls on a Thursday like expected. Regardless of not living in Australia, I'm glad to hear they're getting their games and it's not two months after the US release :) along with the EU release.

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Wasnt expecting it till 2011, we usally get things ages after the US, Im sure Platinum was 2 months after
Really? With confirmation on the US and Europe release dates being in March of 2010, it was known the Australian release date would have been somewhere near these dates. More so closer to the EU release as the Australian games usually comes out either a littler earlier or a little later than theirs. Being released in 2011 would just be too far off. o_o

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Neh, I've always liked EB games. Mostly because I kinda know all the people working at the store I shop at. Usually, I just price match from JB and get the $5 game guarantee. c:

But I really hope there's a special something with the preorder!
Considering the U.S will be including the pre-order bonus, it is possible for the EU and Australia to include them as well. However, information on this is yet to be revealed. I would suggest asking your nearest game store about any pre-order bonus and if it will be included for your region's game for those who purchase HeartGold and/or SoulSilver beforehand.
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Oh, cool.

I just remembered that these were coming out. I finally have something to spend my $60 EB Games voucher on! Sweet.

I wonder if you can pre-order using a voucher...
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Oh, cool.

I just remembered that these were coming out. I finally have something to spend my $60 EB Games voucher on! Sweet.

I wonder if you can pre-order using a voucher...
I might pre-order from GameTraders, because I don't really feel loyal to any stores, now that Game bought out Games Wizards and closed my favourite store.

I'm curious to see if I get any strange reactions for pre-ordering it, being 17.
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Oh, cool.

I just remembered that these were coming out. I finally have something to spend my $60 EB Games voucher on! Sweet.

I wonder if you can pre-order using a voucher...
I would say so, although there's only one way to find out, is there? XD although I wouldn't be surprised to see it come at the full $70 price-tag. -_-
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One day earlier than us? You lucky Aussies XD

I just wonder if you'll get the EU game corner-less version, or just the American version with some delay.
One and a half if you include time zones. ;P

But there's something interesting on that game corner censoring thing - there's a screenshot on the website that drew attention to me. It was of a PC box, only the box was labelled 'Caja 1'. According to Jake who raised the following points, that's Spanish for Box 1... if they used the same save file for the screen shots than the box names may have stayed with that name (and there's not much reason for them to go naming boxes in Spanish for the Australian version, I believe). So... could that mean that the European version is the same as the Australian version, one wonders? Which is a bit odd as the Australian versions tended to be basically the American versions to a T. Hmm... and all three games have a release within 2 weeks, instead of differing by a few months between each region this time around. Curious.

Factor in that HG/SS in Australia is rated G, unlike Platinum which over here got G 8+ or something due to the 'gambling' in the game corner... well, who knows. Something could be up though - gotta like screenshots that end up revealing some possibilities but no real answers. At the very least though another screenshot showed the Game Corner from the over-world, so at least the building itself exists. XD All we know is that apparently the Game Corner will be altered in some way for Europe. =/

Korea gets it soon though. Maybe that will shed more light about any differences from the Japanese versions? More likely we'll have to wait for the actual release though.
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