Operation Rainfall is not finished in its quest to get Xenoblade, Pandora's Tower and The Last Story released in North America, and has begun phase two of operations. As well as encouraging Europeans to buy Xenoblade and show Reggie that gamers care, phase two consists of an ... odd ... idea.
The group is planning a "mass purchase" of Final Fantasy on the Wii's Virtual Console. They're rallying the troops to buy the NES game on the same day Xenoblade launches in Europe. The idea is to show "intent to buy products," with Final Fantasy presumably used as evidence that Japanese Roleplaying Games still sell.
I get the mentality, but I think buying Final Fantasy -- to date the only truly successful JRPG in the West -- will prove anything. If I'd have come up with this idea (and I wouldn't have), I'd at least pick a more obscure game. Even if they had done that, this is still a very weird direction to take, and not a move I can see yielding fruit.
Anyway, if you want to take part in this stage of the operation, they're buying Final Fantasy on August 19.
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8:00 AM on 08.12.2011 | 
Maybe if they asked everyone to try to push one of the more obscure JRPGs available to the top of the Wii download sales charts for at least a week, it would have the desired effect.
Breath of Fire 2 should do.
I didn't buy a current gen console to play NES games. That's just throwing money at Nintendo. There's so many other things I'd throw at Nintendo before my money.
GameStop would be more than happy to take your money for now, since if Xenoblade doesn't come out you'll spend it on something else anyway.
I would rather give Nintendo the middle finger and hack my Wii than pay for another helping of fucking bullshit. But I guess I'm not a fanboy (delusional).
If nintendo wants to take a big fat dump on my chest by not releasing these games .... I'll simply return the favor and not bother with the WiiU at all.
I'm not going to beg a company to do the right thing for me as a consumer and for them in the long run. I'll just take my business elsewhere*, simple as that.
*Since it is highly likely that I will import the games if they are not released in the US, for all intents and purposes I am counting Nintendo Of Europe as elsewhere. But from there its probably moving to Sony, the Vita is getting Disgaea 3 ^^ Squeeeeeeeee
I'm going to import Xenoblade from Europe, supporting a company that actually cares about gamers.
At least I can import Xenoblade and play it on a modded Wii, but The Last Story still needs a translation!
Phase two is the Wii Vitality Sensor.
Did I get the Nintendo fan mentality right?
I'm not that bitter though, I might have picked this up if I had a Wii looks decent and it would show support for a worldwide release.
Indeed, it may go that way anyway. The longer it looks like the US isn't going to get the game, the more likely people are to import the European copy.
Or, perhaps more likely, the longer the Wii goes without anything worth buying, the more likely people are to mod their Wiis for piracy and just download the games.
The piracy thing is probably what's going to happen. It's a shame, too. But frankly, it's no less than they should expect at this point. I mean really...
Whait what?
Seriously though, love that game, so I'll get it. But why not Fragile Dreams? That game is beyond amazing.
Btw, take the anguish NA fans are feeling over these three titles, multiply it by ten and then you will realise the bullshit that EU SNES and PSOne gamers had to go through in the 90s with shitty localisation refusals and delays.
Also I'll add to the growing sentiment and ask why Final Fantasy?
I plan to aid the cause by buying Xenoblade here in Europe. (one week left, psyched!)
When the game is released, it's going to be a real bitch to import that thing to NA for an affordable price.