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Post by luigi on Apr 3, 2008 12:21:42 GMT -5
So when I acquire all of the games in the Chronicle (I only have the VB and N64 lists complete as of today) I was planning on cruising through the US Release Dates section of NinDB and comparing and contrasting.
One discrepancy I've already noticed is the NES Metroid release date. The Chronicle says it came out in 1986; NinDB says '87. Sakurai-Typo or NinDB error?
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Post by TV Eye on Apr 3, 2008 13:38:56 GMT -5
Here are the release dates...
so both are right, I guess...
JP August 6, 1986
NA August 1987
EU January 15, 1988
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Post by kirbychu on Apr 3, 2008 13:50:18 GMT -5
Well, if you want to get technical, '87 is the year it was released for NES, and '86 is the year it was released for Famicom. I'm pretty sure NinDB's NES section just covers NES releases, and not Famicom, and I imagine SSBB covers both. So yeah, both are correct.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 3, 2008 13:51:55 GMT -5
I had this headache when Melee came out. All of the dates for Metroid trophies, etc. in Melee are wrong. Dozens of people wrote to me to tell me that the date I originally used (based on the SSBM dates) were wrong. Sounds like Nintendo still can't get their act together for the Chronicle. I'm not changing it again  What exactly does the Chronicle say? Does it give a month? |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 3, 2008 13:55:03 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure NinDB's NES section just covers NES releases, and not Famicom... What?! Do you even read my website!? I cover everything! In fact, I cover Famicom even better! |
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Post by kirbychu on Apr 3, 2008 14:14:41 GMT -5
That's not what I meant! When I said NES section, I meant specifically the US releases list, since that's what he said he was using. I call the Japanese release list the Famicom section, see. I didn't think Brawl distinguished between regions when it came to release dates. Does it? |
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Post by The Qu on Apr 3, 2008 14:15:58 GMT -5
What exactly does the Chronicle say? Does it give a month? For everything past the Game & Watch, it does. From N64 onward, it also gives days. |
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Post by Manspeed on Apr 3, 2008 15:48:58 GMT -5
That's not what I meant! When I said NES section, I meant specifically the US releases list, since that's what he said he was using. I call the Japanese release list the Famicom section, see. I didn't think Brawl distinguished between regions when it came to release dates. Does it? The US release only has a list of US release dates, so no. I'd wager the EU release will only have EU release dates. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 3, 2008 16:09:06 GMT -5
Which would be nice  I bet that's why we have this big delay... I don't think anyone kept very good records of the PAL release dates pre-N64  |
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Post by luigi on Apr 3, 2008 16:17:12 GMT -5
Well, if you want to get technical, '87 is the year it was released for NES, and '86 is the year it was released for Famicom. I'm pretty sure NinDB's NES section just covers NES releases, and not Famicom, and I imagine SSBB covers both. So yeah, both are correct. Like Man-Frog said, the release dates in the US SSBB Chronicle are for the NES and not the Famicom, which is why I'm mentioning it. So if it has the Famicom release date for the NES version on the Chronicle, then that's not accurate. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 3, 2008 17:04:51 GMT -5
Indeed. The chronicle is incorrect, just as Melee was incorrect. Unless by some bizarre mind-flap, I managed to accidentally not update the Metroid page when I got all those complains many years ago.
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I bet that's why we have this big delay... I don't think anyone kept very good records of the PAL release dates pre-N64 