Games that never made it to the USA (Wii 1st party edition)

[gumby_trucker]

Viper1 said:

Soriku said:

Viper1 said:

Check it.
http://www.trademarkia.com/nintendo-the-last-story-77910766.html

Filing date: 1/13/2010
Issue date: 7/12/2011

Notice the dates.  They've been fighting to get the legal rights for The Last Story in the US for 1.5 years. 

If this is true, why has it taken them this long?

Will Xenoblade even be released this year in NA?

Ever try to have something trademarked in the US?  I have.  Get ready to wait a while for it...especially if it's contested or not unique enough.  

Monado was filed on June 2nd of 2009 and was just granted a 3rd extension on June 15 of 2011.  So they fully intend to release the games but if you don't have your legal ducks in a row first, you can have your product yanked from shelves and sued pretty harshly.

Suddenly the situation with the Mother series seems a lot more clear

And just to add more flame to the fire, I'll mention that NCL had Epic Mickey's camera and controls improved for the Japanese release...