5th Gen English Release Date Discussion [EU - March 4, US - March 6, AUS - March 10]

[Guy]

I guessed a March release too, what do I win? :]

Earlier than I expected within the month, but who's complaining, right? An official release date for the US...it's about time!

 

[TheGr8]

march 6th is a great release date, just got told by one of my buddies, and then went to gamestop.com and checked. Soooo pumped!

 

[MegaKuriboh]

OMG OMG OMG!!!! March 6th That's SWEEEEEETTTTTT!!!!!
Nintendo is getting a little faster in releasing Pokémon games (DP sometime in April, Pt March 23rd, HGSS March 14)
Love this release date!!! THANK YOU NINTENDO!!!!
Gonna play SS till then ;)

 

[PlatinumDude]

Yes! March 6th is an agreeable day for the release date because it's almost a month after my birthday.

 

[The Red Chain]

I'm ecstatic to hear that the release date is this early! That's freaking amazing!
That is probably the earliest release date I've ever heard of for English releases.

Hehehe, all my friends are gonna be so happy to hear this! I may actually be able to get the English release on the week it's out since it's that early.
Yay for tax time! :D
​

 

[Neptune Vasilias]

It's out in March!!!!!! Way way cool! I can get it for my birthday then, my birthday is in April not too long away. Yippee!!! I'm having Black as my birthday present!!!

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

OMG OMG OMG!!!! March 6th That's SWEEEEEETTTTTT!!!!!
Nintendo is getting a little faster in releasing Pokémon games (DP sometime in April, Pt March 23rd, HGSS March 14)
Love this release date!!! THANK YOU NINTENDO!!!!
Gonna play SS till then ;)

Yeah if this patter continues than we can expect the third version or RS remakes to come out in February of 2011/12 ;)
I'm going to be busy finishing off my Pt and Ss Nat dex's in the mean time :)

 

[blue]

If Europe's release date is somewhere along the lines of May/June (which I highly doubt) then I'll pre-order from US but if it's March 4th or sometime during March then i'll be buying it on the exact date! :D

 

[Yukimi]

Excellent! Even earlier than I expected! :D

 

[Jerpy]

Feels like some sort of belated Christmas present. I'm hoping the UK release will hover around this date. Also, didn't the US get HG & SS before Europe? If it was like that, then maybe that'll happen for Black & White?

 

[might will fate]

So it will be releashed 2 months after in Europe?

 

[Sabrewulf238]

I would not put much stock in the March 4th for Europe speculation - it is plausible but not terribly likely, seeing Europe is traditionally after the US with most games and including Pokemon, and have more to 'do' with Black/White as well (more languages to translate in, etc). The March 4th/6th dates mentioned by that calendar for instance might have been merely two possible dates for the US release instead of a Europe/US thing, and they just went with the 6th - no way we can tell until Nintendo reveal the date.

Isn't there a specific day of the week that video games get released on though? At least where I live it's always a Friday. (Ireland, and probably the uk too) So I don't think your theory works out...

If they wanted to aim for as simultaneous a release as possible then March 4th seems plausible. It might be a cliche, but there really is a first time for everything.

Somehow I can't believe that they would put two possible release dates on an official calender....just seems confusing and unprofessional.

If the March 4th date isn't the europeon release day though, I can't see us waiting any longer than April for the game.

 

[Ho-Oh]

So it will be releashed 2 months after in Europe?

...we don't know yet, but I highly doubt 2 months later.

Anyway, I think that because it's based on NY, they'll make the US wait longer, with Australia getting the games first! wishing...

 

[Legendary Silke]

This? This is pretty much a big YES for me! You know, early release dates make me giddy. Being able to hold it earlier is a blessing!

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

This? This is pretty much a big YES for me! You know, early release dates make me giddy. Being able to hold it earlier is a blessing!

I think they make all of us Giddy :)
I wonder when they will announce the European and Australian dates...

 

[blue]

Yeah, the UK day for video games, is Friday, as it was with Pokemon D/P/PT/HG/SS

 

[Perriechu]

If March 4th is the European release date, I can drag someone into Newcastle the day after and get it.~ Kinda weird if we do get it before North America though. Especially considering the region is based there this time. o_o

Drag me, I live near Newcastle! :|

I hope they did what HG/SS did and release it 1-2 weeks after. Or before... but that would never happen.

I pre-ordered mine already so I'm not bothered, hopefully I can get mine a lil' bit earlier, and rub it in everyone's faces >:D

 

[Masterge77]

This is a LOT earlier than I was expecting.....

 

[Bluemoon]

Totally can't wait people ...
better atart preparing my current team!!
so i can start my dream team!

 

[Air Pichu]

Woah, I thought it'd be released somewhere in April.