Topic: Mistwalker's "The Last Story" out in NA via XSEED!

[broodwars]

Smite me all you want but what exactly does the J stand for in JRPG? I don't even know when that term started popping up.

Japanese
Role-
Playing
Game

[Stogi]

JAPANESE

[Caliban]

I loved how in that first group the lady "died".

[Fatty_The_Hutt]

re the 3D Japanese gag video


meh, Just For Laughs Gags is much cleverer and funnier than that show. Its out of Quebec.

[ejamer]

FYI: Import versions of the collector's edition of The Last Story have dropped in price, at least a Zavvi. Used to be 45 GBP, now 38.  With the exchange rate being roughly 1.5, that's a reasonable drop and makes the extras included cost about $14 over the basic release.


I finally bit the bullet and preordered today, grabbing Disaster at the same time. RFN jokes about how it rips of The Rock line-by-line was good enough to justify the 10 GBP price.  Pikmin 2 NPC also found it's way into my cart since NoA obviously has no intention of bringing that game over... but Another Code R seemed too expensive and got skipped.  Maybe next time.

[ejamer]

FYI: Import versions of the collector's edition of The Last Story have dropped in price, at least a Zavvi. Used to be 45 GBP, now 38.  With the exchange rate being roughly 1.5, that's a reasonable drop and makes the extras included cost about $14 over the basic release.
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Heads-up notice:


On another website, I noticed that a guy who preordered at Zavvi was charged the original price when the game dispatched earlier today.  The price drop mentioned above is part of Zavvi's current "Mega Monday"... so it might or might not count towards the pre-order price protection offer.


What does this mean?  If you've preordered with Zavvi, check your order and see what it looks like now. If the price isn't dropped and the package isn't dispatched, then consider cancelling and reordering now just in case.


Or just wait and see what happens.  Hey, it's only money right?

Price is still the same today, so it wasn't a one-day sale.  Looks like the other guy got screwed over. He's working with customer support to confirm why the price drop wasn't applied, but in the meantime you still might want to double-check your Zavvi order if getting the game from there.

[Maxi]

Okay people The Last Story is Coming out on the 24th of February. If you can change the title Broodwars for the Europe part that would be great.

For the rest of the world OPRainfall is going to do some things on the 24th of February that it would be great for you guys to do if you guys want it over here as well.

I'll link and copy paste it here.

http://www.facebook.com/notes/operation-rainfall/instructions-the-last-story-launch-party-contact-noa-day-february-24-2012/331424240226460


IT ALL GOES DOWN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012!!
IF YOU LIVE IN EUROPE, OCEANIA, OR SOUTH AFRICA:

• BUY THE GAME!!
• Post unboxing videos and Let's Play videos and share them with us
• Post your own user reviews and leave comments on the reviews of others
• After spending one hour or more, go to the Nintendo Channel and rate the game
• Be sure to thank Nintendo of Europe by sending an email to customer-support@nintendo.co.uk or if you use Twitter, you can send a tweet to @NintendoUK and/or @NintendoEurope

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IF YOU LIVE IN NORTH OR SOUTH AMERICA:1. Call Nintendo of America Customer Service Please be extremely polite when calling Customer Service. The representatives do not have release date information that does not already exist on the website. Simply mention that you are a huge fan of RPGs and would like to let Nintendo of America know that you are interested in The Last Story and Pandora's Tower coming to America. You can even say that you saw these games on a website and you are wondering when they are coming out in America. ANYTHING to let them know you are INTERESTED in the games. STAY CLASSY!
 
Please use one of these numbers to reach NoA customer service:

• 1-800-633-3236 (General Office)
• 1-800-255-3700 (Customer Service)

2. EMAIL Nintendo of AmericaThere are two methods to email Nintendo of America:

• Use their webform: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/webform.jsp
• Email them directly: nintendo@noa.nintendo.com

PLEASE NOTE: If you have already sent emails to Nintendo of America regarding Xenoblade, The Last Story, and/or Pandora's Tower, YOU MAY BE ON AN EMAIL BLACKLIST BY NINTENDO.
YOU WILL NEED TO SET UP AN ALTERNATE EMAIL ACCOUNT.
Doing so is very simple and only requires a few minutes of your time.
A few sites that provide free, web-based email services that you can use for this campaign are:
Gmail (by Google)
Yahoo Mail
Microsoft Live Mail
and more!
 3. COMMENT & TWEET Nintendo of AmericaNintendo of America has several social media pages that they use to communicate with fans. Keep your posts polite, and remember that Operation Rainfall does not promote piracy or boycott of Nintendo products. Remember, we are doing this because of our enthusiasm for the titles, not to show off how whiny or angry you can be.
We will be focusing on TWO sites run by Nintendo of America

• Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Nintendo
• Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/NintendoAmerica (tweet @NintendoAmerica)

Full list of social media sites run by Nintendo of America:
http://oprainfall.freeforums.org/twitter-facebook-youtube-t154.html

[ejamer]

PLEASE NOTE: If you have already sent emails to Nintendo of America regarding Xenoblade, The Last Story, and/or Pandora's Tower, YOU MAY BE ON AN EMAIL BLACKLIST BY NINTENDO.
YOU WILL NEED TO SET UP AN ALTERNATE EMAIL ACCOUNT.

With all due respect, if I could be blacklisted for asking (politely) about a game that interests me then I know how much my feedback is desired/appreciated.  My scepticism about NoA reacting to this campaign aside, this bolded statement kills any interest I have in joining the crusade.


I am importing the special edition however, and will post photos if anyone wants to see them.

[Mop it up]

I doubt that they blacklisted anyone who sent a single email. Judging from how much they stress being polite, I have a feeling that some people took it way too far and sent a lot of letters.

[Maxi]

ejamer if not for yourself at least do it for your fellow gamers.

[ejamer]

I doubt that they blacklisted anyone who sent a single email. Judging from how much they stress being polite, I have a feeling that some people took it way too far and sent a lot of letters.

Probably true.

ejamer if not for yourself at least do it for your fellow gamers.

Fair enough.  I might have lost faith in NoA to supply games that I want on Wii... but sending an email doesn't hurt and I would rather have a North American version if it gets released (even if that means selling/replacing my import copy).

[Enner]

Huzzah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLD50D631C1566B340&feature=player_detailpage&v=klxMQ-O44Hc#t=616s

The Last Story coming to North America courtesy of XSEED Games.

[Kairon]

Score!

[ejamer]

Huzzah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLD50D631C1566B340&feature=player_detailpage&v=klxMQ-O44Hc#t=616s

The Last Story coming to North America courtesy of XSEED Games.

Yay!  Three cheers for Xseed Games, who stepped in to bring this game out in North America!

[Fatty_The_Hutt]

Huzzah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLD50D631C1566B340&feature=player_detailpage&v=klxMQ-O44Hc#t=616s

The Last Story coming to North America courtesy of XSEED Games.

Yay!  Three cheers for Xseed Games, who stepped in to bring this game out in North America!

Hip Hip
hooray
hooray
hooray

[Maxi]

Huzzah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLD50D631C1566B340&feature=player_detailpage&v=klxMQ-O44Hc#t=616s

The Last Story coming to North America courtesy of XSEED Games.

Yay!  Three cheers for Xseed Games, who stepped in to bring this game out in North America!

Hip Hip
hooray
hooray
hooray

YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!

[Maxi]

Okay I was just checking my twitter timeline and it seems OPRainfall will still be doing the above but it will be thanking them instead so just contact them via the above means but thank them and also if you use twitter or Facebook thank XSeed games that way too.

http://www.facebook.com/OperationRainfall/posts/116778191781958

Earlier this week we announced plans to contact Nintendo of America. We are still following through with those plans, except NOW, we'll be saying "thank you!"
 ALSO Be sure to let XSEED Games know how happy you are as well:
 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/XSEEDGames
 Twitter: @XSEEDGames

[broodwars]

Damn, I really wish that XSEED had given a release date, and that that date would be sometime in April.  I asked for the import copy of this game for my birthday in April, which has likely shipped by now.  I really want to reward XSEED for picking this game up, but I'm not buying this game twice.  I hope it works out well for them.  Thanks to whatever mod fixed the topic heading while I was away from the forums.

[Maxi]

I could probably find out for you Broodwars. I mean it is kinda what I do.

[broodwars]

OK, scratch that.  I just spoke to the person who was going to gift me the game, and it turns out she never ordered it.  I'll ask for something else for my birthday (there are at least 3 games released in March I can pick), as I can wait until Summer for the NA release.

[Maxi]

Looked around a little for some info for someone on Twitter and I came across this link.

http://andriasang.com/comtdd/last_story_questions/


Basically the important info to take from this is that it is Classic Controller compatible. It doesn't have wiimote shake controls.16 save slots.Dolby Pro Logic II compatible.

Oh XSeed just put up a Last Story Facebook page. Here it is. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Last-Story-The-Official-Page/184256625011414

Summer 2012 seems to be the ball park for the release date.

They also have a section on their forum for The Last Story http://xseedgames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?39-The-Last-Story

[Caterkiller]

Thanks Broodwars and Stogi. What are none JRPG's called? Are they labeled in such a way that describes their open ended design like WoW or that new Star Wars? Or like Skyrim? I'm super out of the modern loop.

And hooray for the good news!

[NWR_insanolord]

Something like Skyrim or Fallout is generally referred to as a Western RPG. WoW or Star Wars: The Old Republic are MMOs, which should probably be treated as their own separate category.

[ejamer]

Now I only have two questions:

• Will XSEED release a special edition?  (I'm guessing yes, but have absolutely nothing to back that up.)
• How will online work between regions?  (Presumably it won't.)

I know it's a long way off before we'll know, but I'm still curious.

[Maxi]

Now I only have two questions:

• Will XSEED release a special edition?  (I'm guessing yes, but have absolutely nothing to back that up.)
• How will online work between regions?  (Presumably it won't.)

I know it's a long way off before we'll know, but I'm still curious.

I have no idea ejamer. There is that forum I linked to though...