61 Frames Per Second

Disaster: Day of Crisis Comes Out in October. Right. Sure.

Posted by John Constantine



According to a press release Nintendo Europe dropped today, Disaster: Day of Crisis will be hitting the EU’s finest videogame mongers on October 24th. In 2008. I swear, that’s what they said. Now, despite my previously expressed skepticism concerning Disaster’s existence, it’s hard to ignore a press release. Then again, back in April, Nintendo Japan told Famitsu magazine that it would be shipping on July 3rd, 2008. Then it was “delayed indefinitely” in May. E3 came and went with absolutely no mention of the game either. Is Disaster: Day of Crisis actually going to ship in October? Who knows. More importantly, does anyone care? Yes, every other person on Earth with even a passing interest in videogames has verbally taken Nintendo out behind the proverbial shed for not releasing any traditional videogames on Wii but is Disaster what people want? Is a game no one has seen in motion for almost two years, an action game developed by a Japanese studio who has only ever made RPGs, a game no one has actually played the answer to hardcore prayers?

I don’t know. It might be. Frankly, a press release doesn’t even prove it exists at this point.

Many thanks to NeoGAFfer Shiggy for spreading the word.

Related links:

Where is Wii’s Disaster: Day of Crisis?

Many Colors in the Hardcore Rainbow
WiiWare: Nintendo, Babe, It Just Isn’t Working Out
Shut It, Old Man: The Absurd Extent of Nintendo’s Secrecy


Comments

LBD "Nytetrayn" said:

Heck, I've been eager for Disaster since Day 1, and am no less so now.

September 3, 2008 3:44 AM

Demaar said:

I'm not aching to play it, but I'm really interested to see how it turns out. I mean, the Xenosaga series is SO ridiculously far from perfect it's not funny, and though I've heard good things about Baten Kaitos I've yet to play it, so there's no reason for me to be optimistic. I'm still interested to see what happens.

September 4, 2008 10:51 AM

in

Archives

  • April 2009 (110)
  • March 2009 (186)
  • July 2008 (143)
  • June 2008 (108)
  • May 2008 (92)
  • about the blogger

    John Constantine, our superhero, was raised by birds and then attended Penn State University. He is currently working on a novel about a fictional city that exists only in his mind. John has an astonishingly extensive knowledge of Scientology. Ultimately he would like to learn how to effectively use his brain. He continues to keep Wu-Tang's secret to himself.

    Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Nerve, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.

    Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.

    Nadia Oxford is a housekeeping robot who was refurbished into a warrior when the world's need for justice was great. Now that the galaxy is at peace (give or take a conflict here or there), she works as a freelance writer for various sites and magazines. Based in Toronto, Nadia prizes the certificate from the Ministry of Health declaring her tick and rabies-free.

    Bob Mackey is a grad student, writer, and cyborg, who uses the powerful girl-repelling nanomachines mad science grafted onto his body to allocate time towards interests of the nerd persuasion. He believes that complaining about things on the Internet is akin to the fine art of wine tasting, but with more spitting into buckets.

    Joe Keiser has a programming degree from Johns Hopkins University, a tiny apartment in Brooklyn, and a fake toy guitar built in the hollowed-out shell of a real guitar. He writes about games and technology for a variety of outlets. One day he will stop doing this. The day after that, police will find his body under a collapsed pile of (formerly neatly alphabetized) collector's edition tchotchkes.

    Cole Stryker is an American freelance writer living in York, England, where he resides with his archeologist wife. He writes for a travel company by day and argues about pop culture on the internet by night. Find him writing regularly here and here.

    Peter Smith is like the lead character of Irwin Shaw's The 80-Yard Run, except less athletic. He considers himself very lucky to have this job. But it's a little premature to take "jack-off of all trades" off his resume. Besides writing, travelling, and painting houses, Pete plays guitar in a rock trio called The Aye-Ayes. He calls them a 'power pop' band, but they generally sound more like Motorhead on a drinking binge.


    Send tips to 61fps@nerve.com