Mario gets a date, StarFox delayed plus other details
by Julius Bautista

Monday, March 25, 2002

Mario, new Mem. Card, and Wave Bird set for release, and Eternal Darkness still on track.

Nintendo of America has given us an update on upcoming first/second-party products set for this summer and fall. Quite a few items many wished had come out already, have now been given 2002 U.S. release dates. In particular:

- Super Mario Sunshine, the next 3D action-adventure in the Mario franchise, will debut on Nintendo GameCube on August 26.
- Rare's StafFox Adventures has indeed been officially delayed in the U.S. indefinitely for a fall 2002 release.
- Silicon Knights' psychological thriller, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, is still on track for a June 24 release, with a retail price of $49.95.
- Memory Card 251, slightly more than 4X the capacity of current Mem.Card 59s, will also go on sale June 24 at a price of $19.95.
- The wireless Wave Bird Controller, using RF technology, for Nintendo GameCube will arrive, too, on June 24 with a price of $39.95.

Mario--good, Eternal Darkness--good, StarFox--BAD. More news as it breaks.

---Julius Bautista, VGLN Staff