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I really, really hope something comes of this. Because I would buy these games to support the developers, if at least, the translators and localizers that took their time to make these games understandable for us.
I cry for The Last Story. What the fuck is NoA doing? Too much sitting on their asses and collecting dust. Quite similar to my Wii since they're not releasing any fucking games.
@Darckcloud723
Because, from what we've been hearing, those from overseas and people who have imported them say they're all amazing games. Great epic games like that deserve to be released in other countries so that everybody can enjoy them. :)
Because, from what we've been hearing, those from overseas and people who have imported them say they're all amazing games. Great epic games like that deserve to be released in other countries so that everybody can enjoy them. :)
I still have hope for these games. It took like a year and a half, but the eventually localized Fragile (to Fragile Dreams in the US)- better late then never I guess.
So, anyone up for doing the same thing but for Earth Seeker? I'm up for it, except it might more logical to send it to someone other than Nintendo, like Xseed or Ignition, or in my case Rising Star games.
It also saddens me a bit that no one seems to care that Solatorobo isn't making it to NA.
It also saddens me a bit that no one seems to care that Solatorobo isn't making it to NA.
I grew up with Nintendo, and one of the reasons I don't have the same sense of ever-flowing reverence and passion for the company that many other older fans seem to have is that Nintendo has always been somewhat indifferent to it's non-Japanese audience.
If you are a Nintendo fan primarily for it's first-party titles (Mario/Zelda/Star Fox/etc.), then they continue to feed that need. But going back to the original NES, Nintendo has always been an overtly domestic-audience focused company. Popular titles outside the territory don't always get sequels, and a lot of great titles stay in Japan.
If you are a Nintendo fan primarily for it's first-party titles (Mario/Zelda/Star Fox/etc.), then they continue to feed that need. But going back to the original NES, Nintendo has always been an overtly domestic-audience focused company. Popular titles outside the territory don't always get sequels, and a lot of great titles stay in Japan.
The audience for those titles is very small, and that audience knows how to pirate...so its a lose lose situation for Nintendo
I been waiting for this games but thinking about it if nintendo wants to surprise why not upgrade them with HD graphics and release them with the Wii U launch? new console bring life to new franchises better than an old console loosing the battle.
I encourage everyone to this. The message will only get through if we send and organized message. Naturally Reggie himself won't get or open these letters. But hopefully some lowly intern will get hundreds of these emails and word will get to the top "these RPG nuts sent all all these letters in the span of one week!". I was extremely disapointed that the gaming press didn't make more of an issue of these games absence at E3. To my knowledge only Kotaku's Stephen Totilo asked Reggie about it.
@ponceturtle
Because they won't do that. If they do that it'll mean they'll have to put in the time and effort to do the same for the rest of the world, not just the US, and thats more man power then they'd be willing to spare (or even could) when they've got their new precious to think about.
Even if it was something they'd do we'd probably still have to wait 2 or more years (leaning towards more) for it because Nintendo would continuously find a reason to work on something else before it.
Because they won't do that. If they do that it'll mean they'll have to put in the time and effort to do the same for the rest of the world, not just the US, and thats more man power then they'd be willing to spare (or even could) when they've got their new precious to think about.
Even if it was something they'd do we'd probably still have to wait 2 or more years (leaning towards more) for it because Nintendo would continuously find a reason to work on something else before it.
This won't work. Earthbound fans have been bombarding NOA for over a decade now with no result, so what chance do these games have?
Why wont it work? Because NOA still thinks that its 1995 and that nobody in america plays rpg's.
Why wont it work? Because NOA still thinks that its 1995 and that nobody in america plays rpg's.
I shall support this cause but not before I make a smart ass comment...
Nintendo should port these over to the Wii U as launch titles. That's an awesome idea, right?
@Patrick Borelli
That is not the situation at all. Yes, the market is niche here in the states but to say that once it get over here it'll just get pirated? That's stupid. Because if we were all going to pirate it we don't need a US launch to do it. And to my knowledge at least one of these games has a (sloppy but useable) English patch already. So if everyone who wants this game was just going to pirate it then they'd start translating an stop petitioning. Which, granted, might be more effective but that doesn't excuse your irrational logic. Have a little faith in your neighbor.
Nintendo should port these over to the Wii U as launch titles. That's an awesome idea, right?
@Patrick Borelli
That is not the situation at all. Yes, the market is niche here in the states but to say that once it get over here it'll just get pirated? That's stupid. Because if we were all going to pirate it we don't need a US launch to do it. And to my knowledge at least one of these games has a (sloppy but useable) English patch already. So if everyone who wants this game was just going to pirate it then they'd start translating an stop petitioning. Which, granted, might be more effective but that doesn't excuse your irrational logic. Have a little faith in your neighbor.
This most likely won't work. If NoA's absolute refusal to release Earthbound on the Virtual Console, or anything Mother related stateside, is indication of anything, it's that NoA believes that no one in America likes RPGs. That attitude will stay with NoA for a very long time...or at least as long as Reggie's in charge.
That being said, I'm going to support this. This is a nice way to send Nintendo a message, but why stop there? If Nintendo's going to be at PAX this year, then bombard them there, too. We should do everything we can to get the message into Reggie's big, meatheaded skull.
That being said, I'm going to support this. This is a nice way to send Nintendo a message, but why stop there? If Nintendo's going to be at PAX this year, then bombard them there, too. We should do everything we can to get the message into Reggie's big, meatheaded skull.
@Xzyliac, here's a list for ya. didn't know dtoid had a post about it. redsteel 2 had more pirated downloads than sold copies at retail :/
www.destructoid.com/here-are-bit-torrent-s-top-pirated-games-of-2010-190459.phtml
www.destructoid.com/here-are-bit-torrent-s-top-pirated-games-of-2010-190459.phtml
You're a saint for posting this, Mister Sterling! Thank you for your help!
As for the rest of you, get those letters done!
As for the rest of you, get those letters done!
Definitely going to be taking part in this. The lack of RPGs at E3 especially made me all the sadder over the genre's slow spiral into irrelevance. JRPGs in particular, I mean, not WRPGs. Anything I can do to get these released over here is a must-do.
Sadly it will probably never happen if they haven't announced it yet, its obvious that Nintendo doesn't want to shell out the money to pay for a localization with translation and voice acting. Its similar to their treatment of Earthbound, except there is probably even less of an audience here for these games then there is for Earthbound games.
Yeah, I REALLY want these games as much as the next guy, but you know what'd happen if they did bring them over here? They'd probably flop, commercially, and sell not nearly as much as the developers need to break even. It's the sad truth. If it's not Mario or Zelda, it'll probably fail, save for a few rare happy incidents(Resident Evil 4).
It's really kind of pathetic that it's come to this, but Nintendo's given us no other choice. I don't understand why, of all things, they brought over Sin & Punishment 2, a game with a very limited audience, yet they refuse to bring these games over, 3 games that are much easier to market provided you let people know they exist. The Wii NEEDS games right now but they act like we're happy to have Zelda, Kirby and nothing else til the Wii U comes out. Even though I gave up hope for these games a long time ago I'll be writing letters this weekend for sure. The saddest part of it all is that even if they do change their minds, by the time they finally get them over here to the states, the opportunity for them to sell decently will have passed because outside of Zelda, nothing else will be coming out so people will just ignore the wii (or continue to) cause they'll be under the impression that games aren't being made for it anymore. Shameful.
I don't think it will work, either. This late in the system's life, Nintendo hardly cares about the Wii at all, and much less about releasing arguable niche games in a different country.
The only chance of getting something to happen is to get some more serious gamer weight on our side. For example, if Gabe and Tycho at Penny Arcade were to jump on the bandwagon with a strip or two about Nintendo, with a call to arms in their news section, and talking directly to Nintendo of America employees, then we *might* get... Well, even then we'd probably only get Reggie to come out and say that Nintendo wasn't releasing the titles in the US.
I can't remember, but didn't Fatal Frame at least get a "We don't think it fits the US Wii demographics"-style comment?
The only chance of getting something to happen is to get some more serious gamer weight on our side. For example, if Gabe and Tycho at Penny Arcade were to jump on the bandwagon with a strip or two about Nintendo, with a call to arms in their news section, and talking directly to Nintendo of America employees, then we *might* get... Well, even then we'd probably only get Reggie to come out and say that Nintendo wasn't releasing the titles in the US.
I can't remember, but didn't Fatal Frame at least get a "We don't think it fits the US Wii demographics"-style comment?
"...there's nothing to be excited about." more like imo.
Nintendo seems intent on messing up their reputation with the core gamers.
Nintendo seems intent on messing up their reputation with the core gamers.
I'm sorry, I just can't do this again. I fought like hell for the Mother series and all we got were middle fingers. I've run out of room for more.
I'm seriously tempted to import the ridiculously cheap Japanese version of The Last Story right now, even if I never get to play it in English. I want that game so badly. At least Europe is getting Xenoblade, so I can import that after the English version releases, but importing shouldn't have to happen in the first place.
Excellent idea, Jim. Does anyone know the Nintendo of Europe address for stuff like this? I know we're getting Xenoblade, but there's no word on Pandora's Tower or Last Story over here either.
I don't think that these games are all that niche. And I also think that if they did come out with the Wii as low in price as it it that they could help push some system sales.
NoA are idiots. Let them rot. Their phone lines have been inundated over very significant time periods with Mother 3 checks in the past. Let them rot.
This is exactly why I'm not on board with wiiu. That they simply don't care about the kind of games that I like. Things that aren't wiimusic or wiifit or wiiwalk or what ever. Until they get their crap together I'm not buying into any more consoles from them.
Doubt this will work. None of those games have sold more than about 150k copies in Japan since they were released there. Considering that, I doubt Nintendo is going to release them in the west. The risk of these games bombing is too high.
I don't know if anything will come from this, but I want Pandora's Tower, at least this way I can say I tried to get it localized versus doing nothing.
Jesus fuck, the bloom on that header image is almost blinding.
As far as the games go: NoA really needs to release these titles in the US. The only game coming out for the Wii this year I can really think of that many people will have interest in is the next Zelda game, which is due out late this year. So there's a huge missing gap of any quality game (that I can think of) till then. Which is what I assume is going to be the same problem with the Wii-U.
As far as the games go: NoA really needs to release these titles in the US. The only game coming out for the Wii this year I can really think of that many people will have interest in is the next Zelda game, which is due out late this year. So there's a huge missing gap of any quality game (that I can think of) till then. Which is what I assume is going to be the same problem with the Wii-U.
@Butternine: "Now THIS is how fans are supposed to act."
See something they don't have and ask for it? I thought all fans acted that way.
All in favor for awesome Wii RPGs. Throw Earth Seeker in there too while we're at it.
See something they don't have and ask for it? I thought all fans acted that way.
All in favor for awesome Wii RPGs. Throw Earth Seeker in there too while we're at it.
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