By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Procrastinato on 05 March 2009
Edit Thread
nordlead said:
Procrastinato said:
NoA is really behind the casual market. They don't think classic genres, like RPGs, appeal to Americans. We (meaning Americans) will be lucky to see alot of the great JRPGs coming to the Japanese and EU Wiis at all, I think. NoA just won't bite on many of them, unless their title starts with "Final" and "Fantasy".

*face palm*

NoA has nothing to do with which RPGs come to America, 3rd parties do. In fact, NoA has brought more hardcore SRPGs over than any other company (yes, fire emblem destroys them all). So far NoA has failed to bring over Disaster: Day of Crisis, Professor Layton (2 & 3, which is my biggest complaint), Captain Rainbow, and other 1st party software.

 

So... anyone is just free to print and distribute Wii games in America?  And there are no special licensing contracts written up for Japanese publishers making Japanese market-centric games in Japan?  Its all the same here, Japan, anywhere?

Awesome.  Bring those JRPGs on over, 3rd parties!  Sounds like NoA has practically paved the road with gold for those little Japanese publishers wanting to do business over here.  If you're a little Japanese publisher, and have made a sweet licensing deal with NoJ, and cleared their technical prereqs, your way with NoA is clear and free.

 

Do you really believe that NoA has nothing to do with it?  I will agree that the 3rd parties need to show interest, meaning be willing to bear some financial risk, before the ball gets rolling.  How much financial risk is significantly impacted by their relationship with NoA, however, especially when the publisher is small, and the market is of questionable size.