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BenVTrigger on 01 July 2011
Conegamer said:
There are loads on the DS, PSP and (in Japan) Wii.

It's just a lot of them never get localised. For example, Xenoblade is EU only, and Earth Seeker, The Last Story, Tales Of Graces (Wii) AND Pandora's Tower are all stuck in Japan for the Wii.

JRPG's are out there. But they won't be coming to a Wii anywhere near you anytime soon, sadly.

That honestly really is sad for all the Wii owners, all those JRPG's looked pretty awesome and they aren't bringing any of them to the West.  I just don't get why Ninty would do that.

Granted they aren't exactly gonna burn up the sales charts but given how few and far between the core games have been for the Wii that would have certainly helped keep that demographic healthy.



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Conegamer on 01 July 2011
BenVTrigger said:
Conegamer said:
There are loads on the DS, PSP and (in Japan) Wii.

It's just a lot of them never get localised. For example, Xenoblade is EU only, and Earth Seeker, The Last Story, Tales Of Graces (Wii) AND Pandora's Tower are all stuck in Japan for the Wii.

JRPG's are out there. But they won't be coming to a Wii anywhere near you anytime soon, sadly.

That honestly really is sad for all the Wii owners, all those JRPG's looked pretty awesome and they aren't bringing any of them to the West.  I just don't get why Ninty would do that.

Granted they aren't exactly gonna burn up the sales charts but given how few and far between the core games have been for the Wii that would have certainly helped keep that demographic healthy.

It would have been a great way to send out the Wii, yes. But Nintendo don't want to look 'weird' in front of their demographic, sadly. And they want to be 'hardcore', but they think that's the 13 year old guys who have only ever played COD swearing down the mic every 5 minutes, the group who'll never be seen dead on Nintendo consoles, and the dudes who I don't want on Nintendo consoles...

I could swear I saw a thread about this...

 

EDIT**

I did! 

http://www.destructoid.com/-10-games-to-help-the-wii-go-out-with-a-bang-204604.phtml



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

Lyrikalstylez on 01 July 2011

What are you guys talking about Mass Effect series, Oblivion, Fallout, Dragon Age have/will come out this gen
and have been great..........Lack of RPG's???



MrT-Tar on 01 July 2011

Utilise your 3DS' backwards compatibility to play RPGs like Pokemon B/W, TWEWY, DQIX, Mario & Luigi, Inazuma Eleven, Solatorobo and FFTA2, and that's not including the ports/remakes.




Ssenkahdavic on 01 July 2011

Blame the handhelds. They have almost monopolized them this gen.



Good thing I love my PSP and DS!



 

  

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ThePS3News on 01 July 2011

Well compared to last gen and the gen before that. Yea RPG's have been lacking alot lately but its not like the genre is competly dead. Company's like Nis-america, Atlus, Mistwalker, and Bethesda have really been pushing the RPG genre alot this gen. :)



ThePS3News on 01 July 2011
Ssenkahdavic said:
Blame the handhelds. They have almost monopolized them this gen.



Good thing I love my PSP and DS!


True. Infact now that i think of it. There are more Quality RPG's (Especially JRPG's) on handhelds then on consoles.



Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 on 01 July 2011

They're all on the portable systems now. However the best RPG this gen (according to many who have already played it) is coming out this September. It's gonna be sweet.



Moren on 01 July 2011

No because Nintendo doesn't feel like localizing them



brendude13 on 01 July 2011

Japan just don't seem to be pumping games out as fast as they should, and sometimes they don't bother localising them at all, it's pretty disappointing.

If there is no demand, there is no supply, as much as I hate to say this, the majority of "gamers" wouldn't care for an RPG, it's all about the shooters.

Hopefully developers focus on making a masterpiece, the game they want to make, if it is good, it will sell.