| Khuutra said: Well, in fairness, the Mother series is a niche JRPG title, which practically redefines what it is to be niche without being completely unloved like, say, a Clover Studios game that isn't Viewtiful Joe. Anyway... Wait, ASH was fully translated? Are you serious? |
The Mother series is not niche. Only one game in the series has been released in the West and that was on the SNES. Who knows how popular that series would be if it was fully supported by Nintendo.
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Nintendo determines what they think will sell in North America and what they believe will not. I disagree with this policy because I would localize all games. You never know what will become popular. But I do not have to look at the company's balance sheet at the end of the day. This is a reason why digital distirbution is so important. Developers and publishers do not have to worry about the cost of promotion and distribution of games. Release the games on Wii ware/PSN/XBLA and if the game does do well then their might not be a market for the game. Japanese love sims might prove to be a popular casusal genre in the West.
If Nintendo is successful at the moment, it’s because they are good, and I cannot blame them for that. What we should do is try to be just as good.----Laurent Benadiba
