curl-6 said:
If true, then that is a huge plus in his favour; Xenoblade's greatness and the acquisition of Monolith were two of the best things Nintendo has done in recent years. |
I sadly no longer remember WHERE I read it, because it was years ago when the Wii was still new, but yes, I have heard for a long time that one of Iwata's priorities when becoming president, was that he wanted Nintendo to have a big RPG franchise, and to make more rpg's in general. Considering he was the main man behind Mother 2 (Earthbound), that's not surprising. Yes, Mother 3 didn't come to the US and that's BS, but that wasn't really on him, that was NOA's call. However it has always been my understanding that it WAS he who pushed for Fire Emblem to finally start getting localized, as part of his desire for Nintendo rpgs. Similar deal with the Mario & Luigi series starting, as well as the Paper Mario series continuing.
As a matter of fact, it's my understanding that he courted Sakaguchi and directly helped make The Last Blade happen on Wii as well.
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Yeah that would be pretty cool. Especially seeing as how "Square-Enix" has been trash for a long, long time. But at the very least, I hope Mystwalker sticks around and is secretly working on a new rpg for Wii U. That would be swell.
