| NoirSon said: Part of it comes down to Nintendo can only localize so many games at a time. Platform and party games like Mario and Kirby may not require a lot of work, but Super Smash Bros does, as does their work with Capcom bring over Monster Hunter. Not to mention they have a number of their own games of their own coming down the line you have Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, Xenoblade Chrocnicles X and Yo Kai Watch later this year, plus next year will have Fire Emblem Fates,I can't even imagine the difficulty SMT x FE or whatever it will be called outside of Japan, hopefully Zelda Wii U and possibily Bravely Second as well. I love what Nintendo did for Dragon Quest on the DS, hell they made me a fan of that franchise and I wish they could do the same on the 3DS. However, responsibilty for bringing those games outside of Japan shouldn't fall on them unless Square Enix is willing to sell them the franchise or a major portion of it, guarentee future games are exclusive to Nintendo platforms like the deal they got with Fatal Frame. Square Enix releases games in the West all the time, they could easily do the same with DQ and after the success that was Bravely Default, they themselves implied they had learned the lesson. But instead it is all talk, all their 3DS games that Nintendo doesn't bring over themselves are locked away in Japan meanwhile they show more support for the Vita directly then they do the system that is killing it globablly. A few low budget Rhythm Games does not equal support. |
Oh, I totally agree. I put the blame fully on Square Enix. It's ridiculous how little they support the platform outside of Japan despite its potential. Nintendo can only do so much.
The fact that they're willing to localize two Theatrythm games and not mainline Dragon Quest is disgraceful. Bravely Default selling more in the west than in Japan should tell them something, but it seems Kingdom Hearts 3D will be the only big game we get from them.
