Gamecube in September?
March 7, 2001

In a report filed by Reuters today, Nintendo of Japan's Vice President Atsushi Asada gave some new release dates for the Gamecube in both Japan, Europe and North America.  Asada is quoted as stating that the Gamecube is "on track for a July launch at home [Japan] and a September release in the United States, followed by Europe next spring."

Assuming he isn't misinformed, this changes two things.  First, no release date for Europe had been confirmed (to my knowledge) until now.  Conventional wisdom suggested that the Gamecube would arrive in Europe early next year, but now apparently that is definitely the case.  Secondly, a September release date is actually a month ahead of the previous release date of October 2001 in North America.  Nintendo as a company has always been known for delaying its products, but if this proves true then both the GBA (moved from July to June 11th) and the NGC have actually been pushed ahead a month.  As soon as we hear more about it we'll pass it along.