Video games affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks

On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked two planes and crashed them into the two World Trade Center buildings in New York City, New York. The horrific event caused dramatic effects across the globe and across all fields of interest, though seeing that this is a video gaming website, we'll focus on the affects it caused on the video gaming industry.

Advance Wars series
The attacks caused many dramatic affects on the Nintendo/Advance Wars series. First of all, the first two Advance Wars video games - Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising weren't released in Japan until November of 2004 because of the attacks. It was released in America just two days prior to the attacks, and the game was delayed until January in Europe because of the event.

GameCube sales
The GameCube was released on September, 14th of 2001 in Japan and four days later in America. The attacks on the World Trade Center drastically affected the sales of the GameCube (as well as the Xbox).