Nintendo of Europe wanted to show it at E3, but Nintendo of America didn't want to show products they won't sell.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26928
Europe will be getting a special Classic Controller alongside the release of Xenoblade Chronicles, and North America will likely not get the game at all, according to Mathieu Minel, marketing manager of Nintendo France, who appeared on Nolife, a French television station for "geeks, nerds, and otakus."
He told the station that Nintendo of Europe wanted to show Xenoblade Chronicles at E3 2011, but Nintendo of America wouldn't let them because they didn't want to show products they aren't planning to sell.
If you take that comment at face value, that means the Nintendo of America is not planning to bring Xenoblade Chronicles to North America. It's not a full death knell for Xenoblade Chronicles in the region, but it's certainly not looking good.
And the Sibling Rivalry continues between NoA and NoE. Can we know agree that NoA is the biggest Idiots of the three main Nintendo branches this gen?
Not to mention their compulsive need to play who has the sillier name.And the Sibling Rivalry continues between NoA and NoE. Can we know agree that NoA is the biggest Idiots of the three main Nintendo branches this gen?
Yeah, it's not even close now. Europe may take ages to release certain games, but at least they get them.
And with that, Nintendo of America has officially endorsed piracy. Considering they have literally nothing releasing on Wii outside of Skyward Sword I would even consider buying in the coming year, it seems idiotic to not fill in some software gaps with a game that's already being translated into English by NoE.
Europe may take ages to release certain games, but at least they get them.
You should start an online petition.Wait... Isn't that the Forum?
I was joking. Online petitions don't work since no one pays attention to them.*Shrug* and if this whole Forum and Lurkers started buying games used only or Pirating them would that really make a difference?
How is this not confirmation that the game isn't coming to North America? Sure, it wasn't a public statement, but the game is no longer on the NA release list and was not shown at E3. What more do you need to hear?
What Nintendo fans need to do is petition NOA to get this game over to America. We vote with our money when it comes to Nintendo products, so everyone should start raising hell with them and they might be motivated too release the game here in America.
What's really frustrating about this is that Nintendo just said they wanted to try to get core gamers back with the Wii U, and here NoA is willfully ignoring an opportunity to release a game core gamers might like. Probably three opportunities, like Kytim89 said.
Is NoA too busy giving their critics ammunition to give us games? I don't guess I'll give up all hope unless NoA confirms the story, but I doubt they'll actually do anything more than quietly hope everyone forgets about it.
So how do I install the homebrew channel again?
The core gamer who only owns a Wii has become rare.
We should start a club. Who's with us?The core gamer who only owns a Wii has become rare.
Sweet, I am a rarity.
The core gamer who only owns a Wii has become rare.
Sweet, I am a rarity.
We should start a club. Who's with us?The core gamer who only owns a Wii has become rare.
Sweet, I am a rarity.
We should start a club. Who's with us?The core gamer who only owns a Wii has become rare.
Sweet, I am a rarity.
Well I of course am in.We should start a club. Who's with us?The core gamer who only owns a Wii has become rare.
Sweet, I am a rarity.
I'm in too, of course. Been gaming since Atari and the Wii is my favorite console of all tiiiiiiiiime. Dig it.
Well I of course am in.I'm in too, of course. Been gaming since Atari and the Wii is my favorite console of all tiiiiiiiiime. Dig it.We should start a club. Who's with us?The core gamer who only owns a Wii has become rare.Sweet, I am a rarity.
We should start a club. Who's with us?The core gamer who only owns a Wii has become rare.
Sweet, I am a rarity.
What would be kinda nice is we founded a Harcore Wii Gamers Club and picked a game for each week and all of did a sort of review or some kind of opionated piece about it before moving onto the next week. For example, we all play No More Heroes 2 and give our thoughts about the game.
There is no excuse for Xenoblade to NOT come out here, not to mention Last Story which will likely be localized for Europe. If Nintendo wants to improve their "core" image with the Wii U, they better start with Wii. It is a crime that two wonderful games like these two won't see the light of day here because of NOA
Basically, NCL had to end up forcing NOA to release the Sin and Punishment sequel in America because NCL really thought the game would do well.
QuoteBasically, NCL had to end up forcing NOA to release the Sin and Punishment sequel in America because NCL really thought the game would do well.
Okay, if true, I can't believe Iwata thought Sin and Pun 2 would sell well in America (and for argument's sake, let's just say that sells well means 1-2 million sold during the product's lifetime). That game is brilliant, a great value at $40 when I bought it (thought it probably costs less now), it is Treasure at its best.
QuoteThere is no excuse for Xenoblade to NOT come out here, not to mention Last Story which will likely be localized for Europe. If Nintendo wants to improve their "core" image with the Wii U, they better start with Wii. It is a crime that two wonderful games like these two won't see the light of day here because of NOA
Okay, now don't get me wrong. I LOVE jrpgs. LOVE them.
But, I can think of a few good reasons why NOA would not release Xenoblade, and why NOE is kinda being foolish. Jrpgs on consoles, and especially on the Wii, without exception, pretty much bomb. Since the big craze around FF7 and FF8, sales have been dropping. I haven't found exact figures for FF13, but I've read about less than 6 million? Hell, that's less than what DKC Returns sold, and it was probably a whole lot cheaper to make that than FF13.
And if you look at JRPG's on the Wii so far, like Arc Rise Fantasia, that bombed hugely (though it sucked, let's admit).
And here's a larger issue: are people who play JRPG's "core gamers?" In my mind, 15 year old kids yelling homophobic slurs on Xbox Live aren't going to look at a JRPG and say "Wow, cool, my main character is a guy who's skinny like a girl, no facial hair, and long spikey hair like a Dragon Ball Z reject. Awesome!" Those kids are not going to be picking up a JRPG, I think. And is Nintendo going after those snot nosed brats with the Wii U? I think so. Did you see the Ghost Recon online demo?
And was I the only one who thought all the Xeno games were kinda crappy, not just the ones subtitled in German, but also the original PS1 done in that weird isometric-ey fake 3d with 2d sprites?
Q: So is the Last Story coming out?
A: We're in the US, so we can't speak about The Last Story... We hope it'll be released. We are only allowed to say "hope"... Hope is promising... just like with Pandora's Tower", he said with an enormous smile.
QuoteBasically, NCL had to end up forcing NOA to release the Sin and Punishment sequel in America because NCL really thought the game would do well.
Okay, if true, I can't believe Iwata thought Sin and Pun 2 would sell well in America (and for argument's sake, let's just say that sells well means 1-2 million sold during the product's lifetime). That game is brilliant, a great value at $40 when I bought it (thought it probably costs less now), it is Treasure at its best.
Well on the Virtual Console, the N64 Sin and Punishment sold somewhere over 100k. Iwata probably thought that most of the people who bought the N64 game on the Virtual Console would buy the full price retail sequel. And since it's a retail game, even more people would buy it this time as well since everyone would have access to it. My guess is Iwata probably expected the game to get a few hundred thousand copies from the West and probably didn't quite understand that the type of game it was, combined with who it appeals to is why the Virtual Console release did so well, but a full $50 retail release wouldn't do to hot.
Of course that still doesn't excuse NOA for not releasing an RPG like Xenoblade, because a game in a completely different genre didn't do well. Plus the thing is, Dragon Quest IV and V on the DS when SquareEnix published them did terrible, with both selling below 50K. But last year, when NOA published Dragon Quest IX and actually gave it a huge marketing campaign, it managed to sell several hundred thousand copies and was considered a success in North America which is why NOA is now responsible for publishing all Dragon Quest related titles over here.
This shows that if NOA really wanted to, they could make something like Xenoblade a success. Especially since the game already plays more like a Western RPG then a traditional JRPG anyway which would make advertising Xenoblade much easier then advertising Dragon Quest was.
What is the Neogaf Rumor?
@ leahsdadHonestly because I didn't know the game Existed. Did you start a thread about it? I'm interested only because it reminds me of the Sonic Storybook games and .Hack//Sign . Though whats with the jerky launching in the trailer?
I think your assessment is very smart. Keep being smart.
Side note: I did enjoy the PS1 Xenogears. It's definitely weird and a bit clunky but it was a great game (to me).
@ EVERYONE
Why is no one up in arms about Rodea: The Sky Soldier!?! I want that game in English way more than the JRPGs! ^_^
According to Neo Gaf (who sometimes do have insider info on these things) the rumor of why this game isn't coming to North America is because Sin and Punishment: Star Successor bombed. Apparently, even though the Virtual Console release of Sin and Punishment did well in North America, NOA was never happy with the fact Iwata allowed a sequel to be made because of it. They had no problem releasing an $11 N64 downloadable game that cost nothing, but didn't want to release a full priced sequel in America that would actually cost some money to release because they saw no market for the game.
You missed a few apostrophes and probably meant probably instead of problem.
Check out Nintendo's Facebook post about Sonic's Anniversary.
http://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/posts/162340667167231
It's turned into a massive post about them bringing Xenoblade, The Last Story, over to North America. Posted earlier in the day myself.
Destrouctoid also picked up on the letter writing campaign those at the IGN forums have started. Plan on sending in one myself when the time comes. Sent a few email letters this morning as well... On vacation so I had some time today.
http://www.destructoid.com/letter-writing-campaign-for-last-story-pandora-s-tower-204505.phtml#comment
This might all be a waste of time in the end. It does make me feel a bit better though.
While I can't say I'd get very involved (sorry guys, not my cups of tea... besides, where was all of your support when I wanted Another Code R to get released here?
Funny, when America doesn't get a game there's a massive uproar. I guess we Europeans are already used to getting half the games the US sees.
Didn't Iwata say in a financial report that the North American/European release schedule would be padded with previously import-only titles? Sometime in the last year, no less?He said that about the DS, not the Wii.
Didn't Iwata say in a financial report that the North American/European release schedule would be padded with previously import-only titles? Sometime in the last year, no less?He said that about the DS, not the Wii.