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TalkBack / Re: PAX '08: The Home Stretch
« on: September 03, 2008, 05:58:21 AM »It definitely didn't come out in Australia and if it did no one cared.I should mention one troubling thing I overheard while playing Wario Land.
An attendee went up to one of the Nintendo reps and asked when we'll be seeing Earthbound on the VC. The rep said that Nintendo of America needs clearance from Nintendo of Japan to do that, and NoJ isn't gonna give us Earthbound. Sorry, kids. Why? Because when it was originally released on the SNES, Earthbound sold well in Asia and Europe, but NOT in North America.
Thus, Nintendo of Japan doesn't think that enough gamers will buy it over here to cover the costs of porting it to the VC. That seems stupid to me. How much can it possibly cost to port an existing North American version of a Super Nintendo game to the VC? The rep eventually said that while Earthbound may be released here in the future, it won't see the light of day "at least this year."
Screw you, Nintendo of Japan.
I may not be an expert on the subject, but didn't Earthbound not come out in Europe? Wouldn't that make it rather hard for it to sell better there than in North America? Isn't it conceivable that this guy has no idea what the hell he's talking about?

