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spurgeonryan said:
Compared to Japan we have been neglected. Did you use a decent at best download game for one of your examples?

Kid icarus, resident evil and to a lesser degree tennis and MGS were the only bright spots this year so far.


I continue to fail to see how we have been neglected, this year so far there has only been one medium-high profile Nintendo game that has released in Japan and not yet Europe and/or America - Fire Emblem: Awakening.  And even then a PAL release has been confirmed before the end of the year and within the last 24 hours Reggie has confirmed a US localisation.  I'm expecting it to hit Europe in the Autumn, probably October, which will be about 6 months between Japanese and PAL releases; I think that would be pretty good, especially considering that we never got FE games pre-2003, missed out on the final DS remake and have had historically to wait longer, such as 13 months for Sacred Stones(Japan: October 2004, Europe: November 2005).

I don't see what Nintendo could've done to please you, unless everyone at NoE's translation department worked overtime and they hired a fuck load of temporary staff, meaning they could perhaps localise FE: Awakening in a matter of weeks, which would be costly, not giving enough time for press previews and adverts and setting a bad precedent (I'm sure people would demand every RPG, no matter how text heavy to be localised in a matter of weeks).  

I guess alternatively NoE/A could've localised some currently Japan only 3rd party games, but outside of MH3G, none would've made much of a difference.  There is also the fact that with the exception of the previously mentioned MH3G, most unlocalised 3rd party games have been released this year.  Even then wouldn't be ideal for localisations now. for example Europe still needs the third Inazuma Eleven game (and the US hasn't had any), so IE Go is kind of out of the question; equally would there really be a market for Can My Little Sister Really Be This Cute? (or whatever the hell it's called)? 

To summarise, I do not understand your problem?




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It's not that they hate it, it's just they know this is a battle they can't win.

Besides, with the Wii U re-reveal, they had a lot of information to get out there. There was simply no time for 3DS.
Anyway, like you said the 3DS conference only showed old games which means it was a good choice for Nintendo so save the main event for the Wii U only.



spurgeonryan said:
oniyide said:
spurgeonryan said:
Compared to Japan we have been neglected. Did you use a decent at best download game for one of your examples?

Kid icarus, resident evil and to a lesser degree tennis and MGS were the only bright spots this year so far.


WTH is this crap?? Ninty is a Japanese, so their home country will always get the best support. Cause thats kind of where the damn HQ is at, thats been the case pretty much from day 1, Sony's in the same boat too (kinda). You really want a gaming machine where you feel that the the west isnt "negelected" stick to 360 or PC

I am sorry, I forgot that I am American and expect to get more than cow feed whenever someone remenbers to feed me. Sony is a Japanese company as well and they seem to be able to bring games to the west.



No, it's not like that with Sony. In fact, Sony's biggest franchises are for Western Audiences. Just look at their E3 conf.(The Last of Us, God of War Ascension,Beyond...etc) If I was a Japanese gamer, I wouldn't got to a PS3 for 1st party japanese games. I"d go to Nintendo.



VGKing said:
spurgeonryan said:
oniyide said:
spurgeonryan said:
Compared to Japan we have been neglected. Did you use a decent at best download game for one of your examples?

Kid icarus, resident evil and to a lesser degree tennis and MGS were the only bright spots this year so far.


WTH is this crap?? Ninty is a Japanese, so their home country will always get the best support. Cause thats kind of where the damn HQ is at, thats been the case pretty much from day 1, Sony's in the same boat too (kinda). You really want a gaming machine where you feel that the the west isnt "negelected" stick to 360 or PC

I am sorry, I forgot that I am American and expect to get more than cow feed whenever someone remenbers to feed me. Sony is a Japanese company as well and they seem to be able to bring games to the west.



No, it's not like that with Sony. In fact, Sony's biggest franchises are for Western Audiences. Just look at their E3 conf.(The Last of Us, God of War Ascension,Beyond...etc) If I was a Japanese gamer, I wouldn't got to a PS3 for 1st party japanese games. I"d go to Nintendo.

im not talking about just games, im talking about in general. What if your a Japanese gamer but you dont careo about ninty first party?? What would you get then?? Yeah Sony does ok over here, but they still do better in Japan, in terms of attention and coverage. Dont believe check the Japanese PSstore sometime. They've had PS1 classics from day one. Hell look at PSP. SCEA didnt give it anywhere near the attention that SCEJ did



Well... you sure have been proved rightfully wrong, Ryan.

Even without this dedicated Conference I don't know why you would think that? XD Many games have been announced for release this year!



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spurgeonryan said:
amp316 said:
Well, it's better than being Nintendo's bastard child.


Which console was that? The GameCube?


http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=143252&page=1



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spurgeonryan said:
^ proved wrong? Some lady just dropped her pants on cops at mardi gras. Cops have to arrest her now. Anything waistup is a warning. But waist below is jail time. Lol, she said sorry I did not mean to officer.

NINPIE. I have no problem with the 3DS over the next six months to a year, but the last six months have been lame. Sorry. Its the truth.


You KNOW in your heart that I am right.  One of the biggest Wii fans in the world (raises hand) will admit to it.



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spurgeonryan said:
^ proved wrong? Some lady just dropped her pants on cops at mardi gras. Cops have to arrest her now. Anything waistup is a warning. But waist below is jail time. Lol, she said sorry I did not mean to officer.

NINPIE. I have no problem with the 3DS over the next six months to a year, but the last six months have been lame. Sorry. Its the truth.

I never said the last six months weren't lame. They were, we, in America, got almost no games.



spurgeonryan said:
Well what do you think I was complaining about? The future looks great!

Your OP did not sound that way!



spurgeonryan said:
I will not reread my OP. I learned that from morenoingrato. But I will just say that the 3DS should have been part of the main E3 event. We should of had more games, and the future looks bright other than I thought we were getting the pokemon black and white 2 game the same time as japan.

See oniyide...you were wrong :)


wrong about what?? I dont think the last six months were lame. Or I didnt say the future wouldnt be bright. U got an orginal RE game that wasnt a light gun one, a decent port of MGS3 and...um...nevermind, they were kinda lame.