Nintendo responds to Xenoblade's localization efforts (along with Monolithsoft, Mistwalker)

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menx64 said:
Damn, I love nintendo games and all but this is just BS, big BS, I am going to keep posting my messages on facebook but still, this is just BS... And now, well I am preordering xenoblade from game and modding my wii of course...

The thing that gets me is, even though I want the game, I'm not asking for it "just to say I want it". I would have actually bought it.

Usually when I promise to buy a game, I can't afford to get it immediately, but I eventually do get it.

Outside of Mass Effect 1 and Demon Souls, I have not played a single RPG this entire generation, especially JRPG. When I was younger, JRPG was arguably my favorite genre. I poured a lot of time into Final Fantasy VII, VIII, X, Azure Dreams, Baten Kaitos 1, & Legend of Dragoon. I dabbled in Suikoden and Xenogears.

This gen, I got nothing. Right when two decent ones show up (Xenoblade and Last Story, both of which seem original), they are relegated to Japan only. It isn't like the Wii is strong there either; neither title passed 200k there. I would feel confident that if Nintendo bothered to promote them here, they would at least double that in Western regions. FF7 did not sell nearly 10 million of some prayers and unicorn sparkles; Sony pushed it hard and it paid dividends.

Gaming was already  getting stale to me. Shoot, even my faith in the newest Zelda is shaken, and that series has always completely captivated me. When Wii Ultra comes out... I'll wait a few years before buying it. Nintendo wants me to wait, so can they.