Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, in a recent Financial Results Briefing question session, indicated strongly that Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption would all be released between now and the end of the year.

Despite Nintendo's traditional refusal to pinpoint specific release dates as demonstrated earlier this year, and their longstanding tradition of spreading out their "big gun" titles, Iwata responded to a question about the release dates of "hard-core gamer" titles in a rather surprising way:

"A1: Back to your question of when we will fulfill the hard-core gamers' titles lineup: It will be from around the end of this summer to the end of this year. We will then launch a new title of Super Mario (Super Mario Galaxy), Smash Brothers (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) and Metroid Prime (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption) although the last one is primarily for the overseas markets. These will be the key titles for the period ranging from the summer until the holiday sales season of this year, and I think we will be able to cater to the specific needs you mentioned."

Will Wii really see the release of all three of Nintendo's current "big-gun" titles by Christmas '07? Have Nintendo got a few more aces up their sleeve for 2008 and onwards? Only time will tell...

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