Well folks, I have something very hard for me to admit, and I'm sure it'll lead to endless amounts of jeering down the line.
Over the last few months I've been very angry at Nintendo of America for how they've handled the Wii this year, especially in light of the Operation Rainfall situation with NoE. As such, I had every intention to impose my own personal boycott on Nintendo of America for the foreseeable future, as I don't think they've earned anyone's money this year.
However, I have Xenoblade now, and it is very good. My Wii is region-free now, and Nintendo of America has no more control over it. As much as I dislike NoA, I just can't muster up the energy to be eternally angry at them now that I'm no longer dependent on them. It's just getting increasingly impractical for me to deny myself a new game in my favorite Nintendo franchise, Zelda, when Nintendo really doesn't care either way and the reviews are looking good.
As such, I ended my little Cold War with NoA today by using trade-in credit to completely pay off a pre-order on Skyward Sword. I don't like the message it sends to NoA, but I no longer care. If they don't want to support the Wii, I'll buy games from a Nintendo division that still does. Besides, it was either use that credit on Skyward Sword or use it on the new Assassin's Creed or Modern Warfare 3, and those games can easily wait until they're discounted.
So yeah, I'm looking forward now to getting the game when it releases next week and discussing it with you folks.