Nintendo is living in the past

[Killiana1a]

Gnizmo said:

infamous23 said:

The GBA wasn't totally dead in 2007 because Final Fantasy VI was on there that year and still they could have made an Earthbound Collection for DS which probably would have sold as well as some of the other games when the retro rpg on DS movement was going on around 2008 to 2009.

Actually, they can't. The game is on extremely shakey legal ground in the US. It is very liberal with its copyright infringement by design, and this makes NoA's legal team nervous, and for good reason. Japan does not have nearly as strict of laws. As a result certain changes need to be made in order for the game to be able to be released in the retail market here. The creator flat out refuses to make, or allow those changes. As such the games will never be localized through the fault of the US legal system.

Not to mention all the pirating of the PSP that is commonplace in Japan. Piracy of media is worse in third world nations in Southeast Asia where in Bangkok, one can get on DVD what is out currently in theatres in the US. Then again, you have to go to a third world country to get it.