@Joe80, I would expect this to do better in Europe and North America due to the nature of the game. In addition, the release date for this game was announced just a few weeks before actual release in Japan with little advertising. It seems Nintendo has again failed to back one of their more "hardcore" titles.
@lstormy10, The rumored release date for Japan has been confirmed by the release of Nintendo's fiscal year results. See the citation for the Wiki Date for the source.
In an interview with Advanced Media Network, Nintendo's Beth Llewelyn confirmed that Disaster: Day of Crisis is still in development and "coming along nicely."
In the latest Nintendo Power (arriving in my mail today), Disaster: Day of Crisis is still listed as being in development and going to be published by Nintendo - this reaffirms that the game is most likely not cancelled.
Apparently there were rumors going around back in April that both this and Project Hammer were cancelled. Right after that more info came out on Crisis, nothing came from Project Hammer.
It was back in April when both titles disappeared off Nintendo's site which is what started the Rumor.
The rumor about Project Hammer now is much more credible because it comes from a reliable source, not just speculation because a game was removed from the list of upcoming games, possibly indicating this game was delayed but not cancelled?
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I would expect this to do better in Europe and North America due to the nature of the game. In addition, the release date for this game was announced just a few weeks before actual release in Japan with little advertising. It seems Nintendo has again failed to back one of their more "hardcore" titles.