*gasps* WHAT HAPPENED?!

I didn't know an announcement for a localization could be a bad thing...

Why not just be happy that at least we Europeans get the game? For all we know, it's a first step that you Americans get the game, too...

Just like Disaster Day of Crisis ..... wait we didn't got that one.

Well maybe like Another Code...... we didn't get that one too.

Last window ... yes another game that we didn't get.

Europe even got a Fatal Frame magazine ad before. (well that's better than us we haven't see anything from that game)

:/

The only nice thing about this is it'll step the campaign here up into higher gear

I hear what you're saying, we're not trying to be ungrateful... this is way past that point. Ever since the Wii was launched NoA have been promising games and not releasing them. Besides the ones Alfredo mentioned there is also NPC Pikmin 2 (wtf NoA??) and also some VC games like FF3 and others for the DS as well.

This in addition to the games neither Europe nor America got like the Fatal Frames, NPC Chibi Robo, Zangeki no Reginleiv and more, is by now giving the impression Nintendo care more about selling hardware than software and that if it isn't a 5 million-plus seller, it's not worth having on their console.

This kind of business approach is both anti-creative and self-destructive, because it guarantees a diminishing number of genres, so that eventually everyone will get bored of them, just like what's happening with Guitar games and CoD games.

The focus is on NoA atm because they are the worst offenders (both NoE and NCL do a pretty good job localizing unique games), but  the true issue is in fact that of having a global market which is big enough to support diversity, vs. a compartmentalized market where each part is too small to make a difference.
(If you want to put it in different terms, it's similar to how Al Gore lost the elections to Bush Jr. )

Personally I'm hoping this doesn't end with NoA, but rather continues into the start of the next gen, so that everyone can play whatever games they want. It might even help out some Japanese devs who think nobody outside Japan cares about their style of games anymore...

I agree with everything you said. I mean, even if you don't end up losing features by modding it, you still lose some of the 'magic' that comes from having a cohesive interface. I too am always in favor of supporting devs for their hard work by spending my hard-earned cash on their products, both in order to show appreciation and in order to guarantee I get more of the games I like (not to mention the whole 'stealing = bad' thing )

Anyway, I apologize for dragging you into this debate against your will

Hopefully when this is over we can give peace a chance, as the man said.

You guys still trust reports from France...?

Well, uh, if you guys seriously believe this, :P, I don't see why Americans are complaining. If it's in Europe, it'll be in the UK. If it's in the UK, it'll be in English. If it's in English, it'll be released in the US. Nintendo doesn't hate you, y'know. If there's a game that there's an acceptable level of demand for and they don't even need to translate, Nintendo won't not release it there just because they hate you.

Of course, that may be precedented, in which case you might as well complain.

NPC Pikmin 2 says hi

If a Miyamoto game didn't make it, every release is fair game...

not likely, im not even close to the level cap

Now that its translated we can just download it. NOA blew it.