@gla55jAw:

You read all the posts hahaha. No dude thanks for jumping in, a new opinion is always welcome.

Yeah i agree that theres little harm in trying, but internet petitions and "campaigns" are just plain annoying to people seeing the constant people making threads about the same thing and nintendo doesn't enjoy any of this for the buisness reasons i have stated, but for your argument of keeping us happy, nintendo always goes down the road of keeping people happy with new systems having your zeldas and what not. Look at the history of nintendo and you can see the pros at work when it comes to keeping your customers happy, even the wii which wasn't well recieved when it came sown to the hardcore yet still they kept the peace.

Nintendo is burned from the conduit and madworld (like i said), now they don't really need to keep their customers happy by doing things like this, its not economical history proves these games won't sell, its not needed to keep the fans happy since they're just gonna get offer it, and its just not smart to sell in the states.

Im saying fans will get xenoblade one way or the other while the other games, there is a simple explination, look at the shooter market in japan, its totally non exsistent here and the people that care would just import them. Its not that easy to just subtitle the hell out of these games. Even after all that the games still wouldn't sell like i've said a million times and the same goes for xeno blades, there would be little to no return on their investment. Lets say i produce 500 copies of xenoblade and then i sell it at the local best buy and, best case, 35% well thats the basic situation with retail wii sells.

Maybe im being a bit severe and maybe im just so tired of internet petitions when you know there just annoying and never work..

As of right now, Xenoblade is still at the top of the Amazon sales chart.

@UnrealDP said:

@gla55jAw:

You read all the posts hahaha. No dude thanks for jumping in, a new opinion is always welcome.

Yeah i agree that theres little harm in trying, but internet petitions and "campaigns" are just plain annoying to people seeing the constant people making threads about the same thing and nintendo doesn't enjoy any of this for the buisness reasons i have stated, but for your argument of keeping us happy, nintendo always goes down the road of keeping people happy with new systems having your zeldas and what not. Look at the history of nintendo and you can see the pros at work when it comes to keeping your customers happy, even the wii which wasn't well recieved when it came sown to the hardcore yet still they kept the peace.

Nintendo is burned from the conduit and madworld (like i said), now they don't really need to keep their customers happy by doing things like this, its not economical history proves these games won't sell, its not needed to keep the fans happy since they're just gonna get offer it, and its just not smart to sell in the states.

Im saying fans will get xenoblade one way or the other while the other games, there is a simple explination, look at the shooter market in japan, its totally non exsistent here and the people that care would just import them. Its not that easy to just subtitle the hell out of these games. Even after all that the games still wouldn't sell like i've said a million times and the same goes for xeno blades, there would be little to no return on their investment. Lets say i produce 500 copies of xenoblade and then i sell it at the local best buy and, best case, 35% well thats the basic situation with retail wii sells.

Maybe im being a bit severe and maybe im just so tired of internet petitions when you know there just annoying and never work..

IInternet petitions always are lame and is usually some fans signing some dumb page and leaving their name and e-mail address. This Operation Rainfall seems. actually, pretty cool to me. The amount of people and coverage it's getting and the fact that people are going to actually send physical letters to NoA. Sure there's no guarantee it will work or that the games will sell for a profit, but it's worth a try to the people involved.

I understand it's annoying for you, but you can't just say it's annoying to people in general, because, at least here on Giant Bomb, I don't think I've seen any in the forums. I had to search the actual game forums for this blog. I will say I don't bother with other non Whiskey boards, because I gave up on those a while ago.

I understand what you're saying about the people who really want it will find a way to play the game and import it or download it. But still, the whole reason for this is that people want these games released so they don't have to do that. Plus you can get away with playing a shooter in another language, for an RPG, as fun as the game-play could be, without understanding what's going on, you're not going to be able to know what's going on or be able to advance until the end.

I respect your opinions and will agree to disagree haha.

@gla55jAw:

Come on, theres no guarantee that the games will sell a profit, nintendo knows they won't from the history of the wii and all those pre orders are going to be the only people buying the game besides a small amount who are intrested. Like i've said many times, any buisness man knows how to keep their fans happy and make a profit, nintendo knows this like an art witth the wii being a casual system with no hardcore games and yet they keep the hardcore gamers eating out of the palm of their hand. Its basicly a proven fact that these games won't sell based on the history of every disc sold on the wii ever, with the exception of mario ones, and they don't need fans to like them more, so putting this out will make the people who love them, love them a tiny bit more and they lose tons on localizing and ge no return.

This way some fans are left out and forget about the games in a week while a small amount import, so this way nintendo makes more money without localizing and the fans aren't even upset. These "campaigns" have been annoying because you're going against the grain, you're driven by a desire to play these games and are blinded to the logical buisness side of this industry, so you know the games won't sell and that nintendo will lose tons of money, but hey i got my game even though nintendo had to take a stupid financial hit for my 8 hours of fun but whatever.....

I respect your opinion and will disagree to agree to disagree my opinion, so HURUMPH!!!!

Xenoblade is still holding in at #2 on Amazon. It's also gotten an apparent sales boost in Japan from all of the hullabaloo over here. Further, Nintendo has indicated to IGN that they are intending to make some sort of announcement directly addressing the subject, though there's no indication specifically when it will come or what it will consist of.

Updated with Nintendo's unfortunate, if not unexpected, response. But there's no reason to give up yet. Anyone that's willing to help, please do!

My guess is to why they aren't bringing it over is because they think the game wont sell well in America.

@JJOR64 said:

My guess is to why they aren't bringing it over is because they think the game wont sell well in America.

If they really think that, then they should come out and say it rather than make empty statements on Twitter.

@JJOR64 said:

My guess is to why they aren't bringing it over is because they think the game wont sell well in America.

If they really think that, then they should come out and say it rather than make empty statements on Twitter.

@JJOR64 said:

@Hailinel said:

@JJOR64 said:

My guess is to why they aren't bringing it over is because they think the game wont sell well in America.

If they really think that, then they should come out and say it rather than make empty statements on Twitter.

It would be nice if they did. I would check them out, but I'm just one guy. They probably want to have each game sell a few million to actually make profit off of it.

But what else have they got coming this year? Kirby Wii, and Zelda. After that? Nothing. They have no further releases announced for the Wii. And the Wii U comes out when?

They have three games waiting in the wings for release that could fill in that gap quite nicely, and yet they refuse to do anything with them.

@JJOR64 said:

@Hailinel said:

@JJOR64 said:

My guess is to why they aren't bringing it over is because they think the game wont sell well in America.

If they really think that, then they should come out and say it rather than make empty statements on Twitter.

It would be nice if they did. I would check them out, but I'm just one guy. They probably want to have each game sell a few million to actually make profit off of it.

But what else have they got coming this year? Kirby Wii, and Zelda. After that? Nothing. They have no further releases announced for the Wii. And the Wii U comes out when?

They have three games waiting in the wings for release that could fill in that gap quite nicely, and yet they refuse to do anything with them.

@JJOR64 said:

@Hailinel said:

@JJOR64 said:

@Hailinel said:

@JJOR64 said:

My guess is to why they aren't bringing it over is because they think the game wont sell well in America.

If they really think that, then they should come out and say it rather than make empty statements on Twitter.

It would be nice if they did. I would check them out, but I'm just one guy. They probably want to have each game sell a few million to actually make profit off of it.

But what else have they got coming this year? Kirby Wii, and Zelda. After that? Nothing. They have no further releases announced for the Wii. And the Wii U comes out when?

They have three games waiting in the wings for release that could fill in that gap quite nicely, and yet they refuse to do anything with them.

Kirby Wii and Zelda would sell more then those three games combined worldwide. My guess is that Nintendo will release Kirby and Zelda and switch all focus to Wii U. If they did release those 3 games over hear and they bombed in sales, then it would have been just a big waste of their time.

But what specifically says that they would have? Nintendo has sat on a large number of Japan and Japan/Europe releases and have prevented them from being released here. You don't think that Tecmo would love to put Fatal Frame IV on store shelves in the U.S.? Nintendo has released completely screwball, niche games like Odama in the past, and yet RPGs from the people behind Xenosaga and the creator of Final Fantasy are somehow beyond them?

Remember. They released Odama. Tell me that game was destined to be a million-seller and you'd be lying through your teeth.

@Video_Game_King: Odama doesn't use the bongos.

@JJOR64 said:

@Hailinel said:

@JJOR64 said:

@Hailinel said:

@JJOR64 said:

My guess is to why they aren't bringing it over is because they think the game wont sell well in America.

If they really think that, then they should come out and say it rather than make empty statements on Twitter.

It would be nice if they did. I would check them out, but I'm just one guy. They probably want to have each game sell a few million to actually make profit off of it.

But what else have they got coming this year? Kirby Wii, and Zelda. After that? Nothing. They have no further releases announced for the Wii. And the Wii U comes out when?

They have three games waiting in the wings for release that could fill in that gap quite nicely, and yet they refuse to do anything with them.

Kirby Wii and Zelda would sell more then those three games combined worldwide. My guess is that Nintendo will release Kirby and Zelda and switch all focus to Wii U. If they did release those 3 games over hear and they bombed in sales, then it would have been just a big waste of their time.

But what specifically says that they would have? Nintendo has sat on a large number of Japan and Japan/Europe releases and have prevented them from being released here. You don't think that Tecmo would love to put Fatal Fram IV on store shelves in the U.S.? Nintendo has released completely screwball, niche games like Odama in the past, and yet RPGs from the people behind Xenosaga and the creator of Final Fantasy are somehow beyond them?

Remember. They released Odama. Tell me that game was destined to be a million-seller and you'd be lying through your teeth.

I'll do my part. Contrary to what some may think, stuff like this has worked before. It's no guarantee, of course, but if there's no harm in trying, why not?

@Video_Game_King: Odama doesn't use the bongos.

@Vito_Raliffe said:

I'll do my part. Contrary to what some may think, stuff like this has worked before. It's no guarantee, of course, but if there's no harm in trying, why not?

Thanks! Every little bit helps.

@JJOR64: The first Xenosaga game sold fairly well, as I recall, but Namco sabotaged the sequels with forced changes that made what audience the series did have drop away and cut the series short. They were also the same team responsible for Xenogears back on the original PlayStation and have done some other games for Nintendo as well. Nintendo also published Baten Kaitos II in the U.S. at the end of the GameCube's life when Namco declined.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Hailinel said:

@Video_Game_King: Odama doesn't use the bongos.

Really? Let me check. *does so* It didn't? Is Odama the military pinball game? If so, then X-Play fucking lied to me when they reviewed it.

Yes, it's the voice-controlled military pinball game. It was not designed to use the bongos.

@Vito_Raliffe said:

I'll do my part. Contrary to what some may think, stuff like this has worked before. It's no guarantee, of course, but if there's no harm in trying, why not?

Thanks! Every little bit helps.

@JJOR64: The first Xenosaga game sold fairly well, as I recall, but Namco sabotaged the sequels with forced changes that made what audience the series did have drop away and cut the series short. They were also the same team responsible for Xenogears back on the original PlayStation and have done some other games for Nintendo as well. Nintendo also published Baten Kaitos II in the U.S. at the end of the GameCube's life when Namco declined.

@JJOR64: There are a lot of people that would like to see those games make it over here. It might not happen, but we can at least try to convince them.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Hailinel: Still, it was designed to use a controller that got very little use outside that one instance (Mario Party 7 is the only game I know of that used the microphone), something that Xenoblade/The Last Story/Pandora's Tower doesn't have going for it.

Nintendo's released more games of standard formats than gimmicky ones.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Hailinel: True, but I imagine that if any of these games had Wii Motion + support, Nintendo wouldn't be so reluctant to release them. Speaking of which, why is Nintendo necessary for everything but Xenoblade? The Last Story and Pandora's Tower are third party games, so why not just get XSEED on that shit?

Both Pandora's Tower and The Last Story are Nintendo properties, just like the Ouendan games and Elite Beat Agents, which were developed by Inis. They are IPs owned by Nintendo. And Nintendo has actively prevented other companies from doing just what you suggest. They have no apparent intent of letting any other company release them.

You got my support, I'm every interested in all three of those titles and love to see them come over, especially Xenoblade, that looks like a good time XD I'll be bothering (politely) NoA as well.

Nintendo's response is a huge kick in the balls. They don't even need to localize Xenoblade Chronicles into English; that's being taken care of. They could give the games limited runs too, like some other companies do all the time. But Nintendo of America won't bother releasing a single one of them. Here's the update you've been waiting for: Fat chance! Thanks for being such great fans, have some pins.

Hm. Monado isn't listed on Amazon.ca. But I can get a Xenoblade soundtrack, or a low quality book containing the Xenoblade Wikipedia article as it existed at some point in 2010. That is so not happening.

@LordAndrew: I believe that there's another Canadian online retailer, Video Game Plus, that set up pages for all three games and is taking preorders.

Updated again, this time with news that localization of Xenoblade may have already occurred.

Wait, is that...hope? It is? It is! Oh joyous day! The floodgates sh... wait, I think I figured out Nintendo of America's game: notice how it's just NTSC. Not NTSC-U; just NTSC. Turns out there's another letter to go there: J. That's right: they're gonna retranslate the European localizations back into Japanese and sell them in Japan as Special Editions. Why? Because fuck you, that's why. Nintendo of America doesn't fuck around.

@Video_Game_King: Your humor, it falls flat.

Just a reminder that the campaign is today, guys. Get at it. I'll be in the corner, moping. I even have music prepared for the occasion!