RolStoppable said:
Because the Japanese think that Western gamers are stupid. That was the main reason why many JRPGs weren't released outside of Japan and since SRPGs take it one step further, hardly any of them were released in America, much less Europe. It's not like this attitude has changed much since then. For example, the Gamecube Fire Emblem game Path of Radiance was released worldwide, but the hard mode of the Japanese version got removed entirely and an additional easy mode was added. |
Some of the SNES Final Fantasy's also got an Easy Mode released in Japan, which was the standard American version.
It's so lame though, Fire Emblem games sell just as well in Americas as they do in Japan. Radiant Dawn actually sold better in Americas then Japan, and it's likely the GBA/GCN interations also came close.
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