Wii Fit Delayed Ever So Slightly

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Nintendo has slightly delayed this week's release of Wii Fit, nudging the title from two days past its announced debut on Monday, May 19.

Though Nintendo launched the game at New York's Nintendo World Store yesterday (pictured left), the rest of the North America has to wait until Wednesday, May 21 to get its hands and feet on the $89.99 fitness game and its weight-sensitive balance board.

No reason was provided for the delay, though Shacknews can confirm that many retailers already have the much-anticipated fitness title sitting in their backrooms.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    May 20, 2008 9:04 AM

    It's always been shown as May 21st on our system... I know Gamestop and Bestbuy online always showed that too

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      May 20, 2008 9:06 AM

      It's weird that Nintendo would announce a May 19 launch and then street-date it for May 21.

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        May 20, 2008 9:28 AM

        yes all the news sites said Today(as in yesterday the 19th) then you go to the store and it says 21.

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        May 20, 2008 10:42 AM

        more like shitty! I wanna play now!

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      May 20, 2008 9:12 AM

      EB and Gamestop online both said the 19th for a long time, even last week.

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      May 20, 2008 9:24 AM

      I purchased my pre-order from Best Buy. The card I took to the check out clearly has May 19th written on it. I went to pick it up yesterday and was quite pissed when I was told it was a "misprint" and I needed to come back on Wednesday.

      With the cost of gas these days, two round trips to Best Buy really sucks. I just wish someone somewhere would have mentioned this yesterday :-(

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        May 20, 2008 9:52 AM

        weird, I've always been saying the 21st. I think a lot of the confusion comes from it being Nintendo, who usually releases on Sundays

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