Zelda: Minish Cap to hit Europe before US

Earlier this week, Nintendo of Europe announced that The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, the all-new GBA Zelda adventure that debuted at this year's E3, will launch across the continent on November 12 of this year. But while the European market is usually the last to receive games, in this case it'll be a close second, because the Japanese release of the game is set for November 4, while the North American release is scheduled for January 10, 2005. Industry buzz speculates that the delay in America is to keep holiday dollars flowing to the Nintendo DS system, which will release this year in America…but not in Europe.