And will Monolith Soft's Wii U title make it to North America?
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32028
Without revealing actual numbers, Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku that Xenoblade Chronicles sold "quite well" for Nintendo. The title, a Japanese role-playing game from Monolith Soft, was sold only through GameStop and Nintendo's online store in North America.
As for The Last Story, Xseed's Jessica Chavez said that it continues to sell "really well" and hopes for it to do the same moving forward.
Does North America's response to Xenoblade Chronicles bode well for a Western release of Monolith Soft's upcoming Wii U title? Fils-Aime looks to be taking the same approach Nintendo of America takes to any localization efforts. The title's sales potential will be evaluated, and if it's a "profitable venture," Nintendo of America will release the game.
Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku that Xenoblade Chronicles sold "quite well" for Nintendo.
North America could have had these games back in 2009 just like Europe and Japan did.So North America could magically have gotten the games a year or two before they were actually finished making them?
[size=78%]I hope these games have sold better than the garbageware he likes peddling. Its too bad these games came out too late in the Wii's lifecycle to have made much of a difference, but it would be nice if they showed Reggie that core gamers matter and that he shouldn't neglect them in the future. No one cares about Reggie's garbage waggleware anymore.[/size]
Does it make you feel more manly to insult someone?
Hopefully now Reggie realizes he was wrong all along and will change his ways accordingly.
I'm not insulting someone, I'm insulting the casual waggleware that Reggie has been peddling the last 6 years. That is not someone, that is something. And the reason I insult it is because it is an insult to gamers everywhere. By pushing it on us Reggie was insulting us. He was insulting our intelligence by expecting we would buy into it. But we didn't want that. We wanted REAL games like Xenoblade and Last Story. Hopefully now Reggie realizes he was wrong all along and will change his ways accordingly.
How can Reggie satisfy you when you want games to be released before they are even completed?!
Nobody pushed anything on to you, the games were simply available and you either buy it or don't buy it. It doesn't insult you by merely existing and doesn't insult you by being advertised to you.
You're still making the assumption that Reggie is soley responsible for holding back those games. Where is your source? He may be the head of NoA but he's not the head of Nintendo Japan, you don't even know what this professional responsibilities are.
They came out in 2010 in Europe and Japan, right? If so, then I was wrong about 2009, but my point is still valid. The games came out in other regions 2 years before they came out in North America.Xenoblade was released in June 2010 in Japan and August 2011 in Europe, and The Last Story was released in January 2011 in Japan and February 2012 in Europe. In both cases the games were released in North America six months after the Europe release. That's a far cry from the two/three years that you claimed.
1) Apparently everything is an assumption.
When you associate the words pedlar (as opposed to salesman or advertiser) and garbageware with someone, when is that not insulting? Especially when said person likes to peddle their garbageware?
RPG fans are not mentally trained to be patient due to the massive amounts of hours spent grinding and questing per game. It's a stereotyped point of view but it's true, unfortunately. :-\
At worst, they become download only titles which sucks for people who prefer physical media and don't want to buy extra storage for the game. In either case, we will most likely avoid the clusterfuck as it was on the Wii and will get these games in some way.
At worst, they become download only titles which sucks for people who prefer physical media and don't want to buy extra storage for the game. In either case, we will most likely avoid the clusterfuck as it was on the Wii and will get these games in some way.
Yeah this right here is why people shouldn't be too worried about NOA not releasing games on the Wii U and 3DS. Since DDL is a much cheaper way to release games, anything NOA doesn't feel will sell well in North America will probably get the PAL version put on the eShop. NOA has no problem releasing really niche games online so these games shouldn't be a problem anymore with the eShop. It might take a year and a half but they'll eventually get here.
With simultaneous translation and full retail title eShop releases, I see no reason for Nintendo to not release everything that is produced, at the very least in the eShop.
Meanwhile, I've yet to have time to even OPEN the copies I purchased...That's all right, all these companies care about is that you bought the games, so you're good!
I just don't understand why Reggie doesn't get the whole "bring out different types of games for every type of gamer - which in turn will please your fanbase, causing you to prosper and grow" approach. It boggles my mind.
You can't make advancements if you don't take the risks.
Yeah this right here is why people shouldn't be too worried about NOA not releasing games on the Wii U and 3DS. Since DDL is a much cheaper way to release games, anything NOA doesn't feel will sell well in North America will probably get the PAL version put on the eShop. NOA has no problem releasing really niche games online so these games shouldn't be a problem anymore with the eShop. It might take a year and a half but they'll eventually get here.
