What really grinds my gears (of war)

"MARIO AND DR. BUZZ ALDRIN CELEBRATE UPCOMING LAUNCH OF SUPER MARIO
GALAXY11/03/07
Mario, Nintendo's iconic video game character, and Dr. Buzz
Aldrin float in zero-gravity atmosphere to train for Mario's upcoming game set
in space, Super Mario Galaxy for Wii on November 03, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The game is available in stores Monday, Nov. 12."

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=13947

http://us.wii.com/soft_smg.jsp

So there you have it, the games SHIP DATE is a load of crap, gamestop and others just need to keep SOMETHING in there warehouse to justify the cost of their warehouse. Hopefully someday we will see game stores once again doing what the were founded for in the first place. Taking pre-orders to guarantee you the game ON RELEASE DAY.

Update: Just called up Best Buy for the hell of it

"Thank you for calling Best Buy how can I help you?"

"Yes I was wondering if you had Mario Galaxy in stock?"

"Actually, the release date isn't until later this week"

Really? News to me, news to Nintendo as well. Must be some fluke of the time space continuum that Nintendo world store sold them at 12:01 this morning...