A friend on another messageboard said Nintendo decided to just ignore Operation Rainfall. Here was my response:
That's not true. What's going on is that there are certain people who run the FB page (pretty low-level office grunts, probably), and they had to go through channels just to see what the current plans are with those titles. They're just reporting back what they got from their boss. And most likely, Reggie is their boss's boss's boss.
We haven't even scratched the surface of Operation Rainfall yet. It's just that the effects haven't quite reached Reggie, or probably even the people directly below him, yet (and while it's not Reggie singlehandedly responsible for the lack of localization, it IS probably the people directly below him that are responsible). Nintendo's had a system for filtering out the bother for a long time. It'll take a while before it overloads the filter and actually cuts through.
Wait until the flood of letters make their way through. Also, wait until Amazon contacts them about the ridiculous number of preorders. And wait until the Facebook guys' boss finally decides it's a big enough deal to take to their boss. Things will change.
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