Nintendo Has 'No Plans' to Publish Xenoblade In North America, But Hey, Thanks for Asking

Wow they're doing european releases but not north america? They're already fucking translating them to english for Europe. Thats kinda fucked up Nintento.

Fuck you, Nintendo.

Awesome. Xenoblade and Last Story are the only two games I want on the wii right now, and we don't get them. Fuck you Nintendo.  Support your console and give us those jrpgs.

Michael Pachter commented on this and agreed with consumers wanting the games over twitter...that's pretty cool atleast. They literally were just saying he was cool on this past bombcast, guess I agree.

God damn it. I bought the Wii for some of the unique games on it. Enough RPGs never make it out of Japan as it is.

Well, they sure are doing a terrible job of showing that CORE GAMER support they supposedly planned. Even if they've totally abandoned Wii it doesn't matter, these would be a great thing to release at Wii U's launch, since it's totally backward compatible. 
 
COME ON, NINTENDO! I want to believe!

I was waiting for someone on here to cover this. Thanks Alex. Nintendo really sucks. There's not much more to really say about it. I'll continue to try and help out Operation Rainfall since I want these games but I doubt it will happen.

@Zor said:

The only thing more annoying than Nintendo's desire not to release these games in the USA, are the trolls who come into these topics with comments about how they won't buy a Wii because of this (even though, they never plan on getting one in the first place).

I already own a Wii. I don't own either Super Mario Galaxy games or Metroid for it. This makes me (and possibly others) less inclined to get a Wii U if non-Mario exclusives aren't brought over. The possibility of playing ports from the 360/PS3, which I also own, on the WiiPad won't entice me to get one either.

I've been deeply interested in wanting to play both Xenoblade and The Last Story, and this just pisses me off. At this point Nintendo can't keep whining about trying to attract the core and complaining that certain gamers are abandoning their system, when they don't even try to bring out the games that those people actually want. I would buy both of those games in a heartbeat and actually play my Wii for a change. 
 
Nintendo is by far the dumbest of the three gaming companies. They just baffle me and don't seem to understand.. anything.

Well, Nintendo can go fuck off.  If this is their idea of supporting their systems in America, I'm done.

As a fan of JRPGs who would buy these games in an instant, fuck you Nintendo.

@Seppli said:

@Icemael said:

@Seppli said:

Then again, I'm living in Europe and apparently Nintendo Europe will publish these games in the European territories - lucky me RPGs are big in Europe.

As far as I know only Xenoblade has been confirmed for Europe.

Let's hope then Nintendo's only holding back for HD versions at Wii Us release day.

I checked and apparently The Last Story was confirmed just a couple of days ago. It's coming next year.We still don't know about Pandora's Tower, but if they're localizing the other two I think there's a good chance we'll get that as well.

I really don't get it.  
Two of the games are already going to be in English, and the money is literally right there. Nintendo says it wants to win back the core, all they have to do is put the game on US shelves. This is just bad bad service, there are no excuses. Even if they were going to take a loss (which they won't seeing all the pre-orders and obvious demand), they'd be strengthening their ties to the community and getting more Wiis out there.

Project Rainfail.

Let Atlus, Xseed, Ignition, or one of the many other localization publishers take them.

@DrRandle said:

What I don't understand is why Nintendo is responsible for publishing other companies games? Just because it's their system doesn't mean they have the time/resources to go around translating and voicing everybody else's games. I'd rather they focus on getting me some Layton as fast as possible..

These are Nintendo's games. Nintendo owns these IPs and funded their development.

Hell, Monolithsoft, the maker of Xenoblade? Nintendo wholly bought them up years ago. Xenoblade is technically a 1st party Nintendo game.

Also it's ironic you mention Layton, since Layton is Level 5's IP, not Nintendo's, and Level 5 is going to be publishing them from now on, not Nintendo.

loltendo and their fanboys...good for a story.

I guess the Wii stays turned off for a little while longer then.  So remind me what the point of buying a WiiU is if they aren't going to have any hardcore games that the PS3 or 360 doesn't have?  You have basically made a device that is probably too expensive for most casual gamers and yet you constantly go out of your way to alienate core gamers.

The only thing more annoying than Nintendo's desire not to release these games in the USA, are the trolls who come into these topics with comments about how they won't buy a Wii because of this (even though, they never plan on getting one in the first place).

Nintendo's profits are in the hardware. Why fall for the idea of building up a "core" with the long-time fans when they've made SO MUCH MONEY by only focussing on selling their platforms to the casuals, and are trying to sell them and you two new platforms? 
Releasing one Mario and one Zelda is plenty to get the nostalgic "hardcore" to invest in their console, and that jobs was done years ago. Wii owners will get one last Zelda game, and that is all.
"See ya later. Buy our next console 'cause there's some hope of maybe playing good games on it possibly. Did we mention that It also has "Nintendo" printed on it somewhere!? You better grab a 3DS and Wii U before we lock them up in Walt Disney's vault."
 
I agree with the people who think Xenoblade would probably sell well enough here to invest in shipping it. But, again, they want to sell you the next console, not the one you already ponied up for. Just buy a Wii U and play the new Mario and the latest Zelda port while praying for something unexpected (like an interesting new title on a Nintendo platform). 
 
/earned cynicism

@zoner said:

'We want the core gamer back. You want Xenoblade? No, not that core gamer. We want some of those CoDbucks'

in fairness, nobody wants to hang out with the type of guy who is into xenoblade

'We want the core gamer back. You want Xenoblade? No, not that core gamer. We want some of those CoDbucks'

Welp, another reason for me to not buy a Wii.

cue "sad trombone"...

Nintendo: Fuck what the fans want, here is some more Mario!

What I don't understand is why Nintendo is responsible for publishing other companies games? Just because it's their system doesn't mean they have the time/resources to go around translating and voicing everybody else's games. I'd rather they focus on getting me some Layton as fast as possible.

Also this desire for the 'core gamer' doesn't mean spending time on resources on games that I can promise you wouldn't sell more than 100k copies. That just wouldn't be responsible for them.

What I recommend is trying to hit up companies like Atlus, who actually have a history of doing exactly what you want Nintendo to do, because they have the know how and resources to do it.

Sad and disappointing news. Oh well, less Nintendo games to look forward to.

I guess i'm going to have to learn Japanese and start importing these games, I find it sad that game companies like to think there is no market for good Japanese games in america. I mean look at the huge popularity of FF7 and the fanbase it gained here. That's proof enough that a good game has a market anywhere. I'm tired of being drenched in poor first person shooters and lackluster role playing games. :(

lol Nintendo, you so silly

@Icemael said:

@Seppli said:

Then again, I'm living in Europe and apparently Nintendo Europe will publish these games in the European territories - lucky me RPGs are big in Europe.

As far as I know only Xenoblade has been confirmed for Europe.

Let's hope then Nintendo's only holding back for HD versions at Wii Us release day.

May I humbly request a 'shoop of Reggie's head on Never Girl? It can be the afro, I'm not picky.

Alex was good to mention the potential for hope/backpedaling, but I don't expect Nintendo is likely to "pull an Atlus" on this. Remember Catherine was briefly declared NOT coming for North America, and then they're all 'psyche!! you still love us right? dawwww.'

Anyway, my UK copy of Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland still proves NOA won't just throw money unless they expect to see some profit. Maybe they're planning to finally put Quest 64 on Virtual Console? /chokesonvomit

@Seppli said:

Then again, I'm living in Europe and apparently Nintendo Europe will publish these games in the European territories - lucky me RPGs are big in Europe.

As far as I know only Xenoblade has been confirmed for Europe.

Nintendo is so full of shit with their supposed caring for the "core" (fuck you) userbase.

Then again, I'm living in Europe and apparently Nintendo Europe will publish these games in the European territories - lucky me RPGs are big in Europe.

Guys come on, I mean the localization between British-English and American-English would just take forever. Nintendo of America doesn't have the money or the manpower to take on such a task. I mean it's not like they could just release it without localizing it. That would just be crazy.

Oh and on side note. Sega totally did this with Yakuza 3, but that actually released the game.

Nintendo should bring these types of games over to other places besides Japan. They will sell well and they have the resources to do it.

Seeing how 'The Last Story' is kind of a console seller for me personally (as in I might get a Wii U at release to play it), I can't quite grasp their reluctance. Even if they'd see little gains from doing a proper port, it'd still be the right thing to do for the few who care.
 
Then again, I'm living in Europe and apparently Nintendo Europe will publish these games in the European territories - lucky me RPGs are big in Europe. Now I'll just have to snag me one of them Wii U consoles.
 
Hey - maybe they want to publish HD versions of these games at the release of the Wii U and want these games to be fresh and viable when the console hits next year. That'd be nice!

I am sure those kinds of games don't sell that well in the states... so...

And this is why I'm tired of nintendo people telling me "nah, the Wii's alright! And hey, it's Nintendo, what can they do wrong?" This is exactly what. They are driving the platform into the ground all on their own.

WHEN YOUR GAME CONSOLE HAS NO GAMES, PEOPLE DON'T PLAY THEM, NINTENDO.

Well... i guess i'll have to import these titles then... well, i'll check to see if the wii is region lock... and if so, find a way around, then import a few of these titles.

Well, nintendo decided not to lose tons of money by releasing all these games in the dead wii disc market here, so rabid fans shut it!

I am sure those kinds of games don't sell that well in the states... so...

Operation Rainfall

Fans: Shut up and take my money!
Nintendo: No, buy a 3DS instead, come on.
 
Finally it pays of to be european, but man I'm still angry at Nintendo for not releasing Mother 3 anywhere but Japan.
WHY DO YOU DO THIS NINTENDO?

Not enough brown, too unrealistic.

i like how game felt it necessary to tweet to make sure people know that were getting it in the uk and not america XP

Correction to the article -

Not sure regarding Pandora's Tower, but both The Last Story and Xenoblade already released in Japan to good reviews (38/40 and 36/40 on Famitsu, respectively).

Silly consumers, Nintendo tells you what you want, you don't ask for it!

This is actually disgusting....taking great games and never releasing them across the US and Europe....christ this is like Nintendo 15 years ago. There's no excuse at all these days for this type of crap. It's not like they'll be hemorrhaging money with 3 or more game releases, most of the games on the Wii are shit and hardly sell anyway, what have they got to lose? Lazy pricks....well lets face it, the 3DS and the WiiU were released to make up for the Wii's dying sales. I'm really disliking Nintendo as of late...