"My thoughts exactly. Nintendo needs games like Tales of Symphonia. If the GameCube would have launched in Japan with a game like Symphonia then the situation would be much better for the GameCube."
It needs games like GTA AND Tales of Symphonia- as of now, the Gamecube is severely lacking in a strong western title, but it's quite a few strong eastern titles. If Nintendo wants to move forward any they're going to need strong dominions in both markets.