Booo for nintendo and the classic controller

[nordlead]

Procrastinato said:

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 Japanese publisher, and have made a 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.

 

NoA may convince someone to bring a game over, but they won't stop you unless you can't meet the minimum requirements of

1) it is rated by the ESRB and is not AO
2) it runs, and has no major bugs (must be at least playable)
3) you have a Nintendo publishing liscense, which can be easily attained if you have a real company trying to make real games.

They used to have the "Official Nintendo Seal of Qaulity" which meant you could only publish like 5 games per year, and they had to be of a certain Nintendo quality. Now it is just the "Official Nintendo Seal", which means they bought a liscense.

NoA does not stop a game from being released unless the company themselves can not afford basic operations in America, in which case it isn't NoA it is the fact that they aren't profitable in America and left, can't find an American publisher, or refuse to take out a loan to start a business.

NoA is not responsible for the lack of games coming from Japan or anywhere else unless it is 1st party or NoJ paid for the game to be made, and then NoA refused to pay for localization.