Aussie Nintendo Store: No Shantae And It Sucks

This week’s update was supposed to be a celebration; it was suppose be a joyous occasion filled with booze and hookers. No wait, that was last weekend. This update was supposed to be the release of Shantae Risky’s Revenge on DSiWare.

It’s still coming out, it hasn’t been canned – it’s still coming out in Europe, it’s out in Europe as you read this; where it’s not out is here in Australia. Yes, the best game on DSi, a solid reason to even pick up DSi or 3DS (it’s that good) will not be coming to Australia – possibly ever.

Your next question will be why. That’s easy to answer – it’s because… no wait, we don’t even know that either. WayForward, the guys and girls behind Shantae Risky’s Revenge, have said that ‘We don’t have a lot to say about an AU release at this point.’ When poked back on Twitter by myself, they continued to say they didn’t know why they couldn’t release it in Australia.

My suspicion? The reason we miss out on most games week in and week out? WayForward doesn’t believe they can sell enough copies of the game here in Australia in order to cover the huge costs of classification. The irony is if they released it on iOS or Android, they wouldn’t have to pay. You know who loses out in all of this? Australians. That’s you.

There’s some other stuff out this week, I’ve written this on Friday night when Nintendo Europe announce what they’re releasing. Let’s see how many of these games we get below.

DSiWare
Hip Hop King: Rytmik Edition (Cinemax Games, 800 points)
Model Academy (Tivola, 500 points)
101 Dolphin Pets (Teyon, 500 points)

WiiWare
Cosy Fire (dtp Entertainment, 500 points)
Viral Survival (NIS America, 500 points)

We got Hip Hop King: Rytmik Edition and that’s it. For Shame.

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