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the_dengle on 25 September 2014
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Vena said:


That's 100% Reggie talking out of his ass, though. That fan campaign was not small, and they released the exact same games as per the campaign even though something like Pandora's Tower was utterly unknown outside of Operation Rainfall and had no reason to actually see western release. (Thank god it did, that game was fucking good. Its the only Majora's Mask/Dark Souls-esc IP on Nintendo's consoles.)

I'd put down five bucks on Iwata or Miayamoto flipping a few tables over the phone.

Actually, the campaign was very small. The official petition managed to accumulate fewer than 8,000 signatures. Compare that to, for instance, the Operation Moonfall campaign to convince Nintendo to remake Majora's Mask for no reason, which has amassed over 50,000 signatures.

Also, Xenoblade is the only game Nintendo localized. They did nothing with The Last Story or Pandora's Tower -- those were localized by XSeed, who also claimed Operation Rainfall had no effect on their decision. They didn't really give a direct explanation for their decision regarding Pandora's Tower, but it sounds like the decisive factor was the sales success of The Last Story. I guess both parties are talking out of their asses though, even though it would arguably portray them in a better light to say that they were listening to the fans.

 

curl-6 said:

Well, they did cite Miiverse requests when they brought Earthbound to Eshop.

As for no reason to doubt it will come, Fatal Frame 4 didn't, and the Wii remake of Fatal Frame 2 never made it to NA. I'm not saying it won't come, but I feel I have reason to be concerned.

That's true. They may have changed their tune a bit recently. Anyway, concerned fans used similar reasons to doubt whether Fire Emblem Awakening would be localized, and although Nintendo dilly-dallied on that announcement, I was confident that it would come and in the end it did. You've just got to recognize the difference between a remake late in a console's life and a brand-new installment early in a console's life, especially a struggling console.