Disaster DoC, Another Code: R, Fatal Frame... Said hello.

The Disaster and Another Code: R cases were worse 'cause they were translated and dubbed and even then weren't released.

They can't say hello, they weren't even there. ROFFLE.

The only one that was at E3 was Disaster and it disappeared ages ago.

Disaster was showcased as one of the BIGGEST promises of Wii at 2k6 E3.

Another Code R have media "hidden" inside the Nintendo Press website, the same as Monado and others.

Fatal Frame (E3 Trailer): http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2008-fatal-frame/36708

Well, I made a prediction in June 2008 saying that 2009 was going to be the year with the least releases for the Wii, and so far I'm correct, just 3 new games and only 1 more coming, so it's only 4 new games in the USA for 2009. At the same time I predicted 2010 to be the greatest year for the Wii, both in terms of quality and number of releases, so I do hope at least 12 games make it, the I will stand correct.

At least half of my prediction is OK.

But I'm afraid that NoA would not want to localize 70% or more of those games showcased at last October conference, so if there are any more games shwon this year, they may suffer the same fate. NoA needs to disappear and NCL take their place as a Global company headed in Japan. They make the best decisions, NoA is by far the worst aspect of Nintendo (Marketing, events, release schedules, localizations, PR statements, etc)

They are. Always have been.

But whaen has facts and logic ever stopped anyone on the internet?

are you only including the first party titles?

@Soriku: Not really, the marketing decisions, their speeches at events, their PR statements aren't controlled totally by NCL, NoA has even decided not to release some games (Like Disaster or Mother 3) and also put up restrictions for content in their games to 3rd parties. I say remove everyone from NoA and bring a team of people from there. It has been truly pathetic this gen, I was very satisfied with NoA before 2008, but they have gone downhill pretty quickly.

BTW I think someone should read aileon's post, but running away from facts and logic is always a better option.

As Soriku already mentionned, NoA has nothing to say: all the big decisions are made by NCL, the best ones and the worst ones...

NoA and NoE are just there for the distribution and the promotion, nothing else... they have no power, they're just employees, and they have to deal with all the decisions made in Japan...

And in Japan nowadays, Nintendo thinks a 1st party game has to have at least a 500k potential to be worth commercialised overseas...

A game with 100k-200k sales? Thats good for X-Seed/Rising Star, but not for Nintendo: why would they spend  money on translation/distribution of "niche" or "hardcore" games when their mass market titles are selling so good?

Mario Kart Wii already equals the sales of at least 50 games like Disaster: Day of Crisis: they don't need that money anymore...

The same "niche" titles would have been localised during the GC days, for the "prestige" amongst gamers and fans, but now? Nintendon't care, and we all should know why, as we're all very well informed...

Sometimes, i miss the days when Nintendo was not N°1... if all that money don't go to more and more quality games on Nintendo consoles, and producing more powerful consoles, why should i feel happy with their new politics? I'm not a shareholder, i don't give a f*** if Nintendo makes tons of money... and you, trestres, should not have such an admiration for NCL: they can be real ass****s, and they've proved it many, many times before... and will (sadly) continue so in a near future...

I don't think so, not really. NoA has a lot of say on what comes out or not at the USA. They are the ones that make all the promotions and advertising for games. They decided that games like MPTrilogy, Excitebots or Metroid Prime 3 were released with barely any ad campaign if at all.

NCL may give them many options and resources, but I think they are the ones in charge of localizing and planning the release schedules, events, PR statements and technical repairs in the USA and Latin America. They even make the manuals and can remove content from games if they feel it necessary, as well as put restrictions to 3rd parties.

I'm sure they decide which game gets localized and which doesn't.

NCL has always been the ones who decided what games go where. Nintendo of America just determines how those are handled.

Yes, Mother had a lot of copyright issues. We're probably never going to see a legal release of a Mother game on this side of the Pacific again.