6 Finger Lickin Minutes of Fire Emblem: Awakening. Why are we being punished?

[Mr Khan]

RolStoppable said:

Mr Khan said:

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One of the fair arguments to make is that the EU announcement occurred during the Nintendo Direct, and the EU Nintendo Direct was just a straight subtitling of the JP Nintendo Direct, so they were essentially forced to announce Fire Emblem as TBA, or risk creating the idea that the game definitely wouldn't be released. The American Nintendo Direct was its own production, and was more distinctly focused on games releasing soon, not games of the distant future.

It wasn't announced as TBA though, but TBD in 2012. Unlike other games shown in the same video that were labeled "European plans to be confirmed" which made them uncertain candidates for a European release. Nothing more, nothing less.

Correct, which means it is definite for this year, but my point is that NoE likely wouldn't have announced it by now if they weren't just running a subbed version of Japan's Nintendo Direct. NoA's Nintendo Direct addressed near-future releases, and so didn't address the game.

The whole Rainfall thing, of course, has shaken all confidence in NoA, so all bets are essentially off, but given that this is Fire Emblem, a game with an established sales history, chances are higher. FE12 was a fluke because of 3DS timing, which is why Europe didn't get it either.