As of right now, it appears that they only way that North Americans will be able to guarantee themselves copies of the local region release of Xenoblade Chronicles is to either preorder the game from Gamestop (which can be done now), or through Nintendo's website (which can be done starting on December 19th). So, who here has put their money down on this? I've already preordered two copies (one for me, one for a friend as an early birthday present).

well that sucks 
I just wanted to go to a store and get it

That's a bit restricting. So is it safe to assume that this game will run for $270 new after the first week like the rest of the last few, somewhat obscure JRPG releases?

@kingzetta said:

well that sucks I just wanted to go to a store and get it

Same here. I'll call my local GameStop to see if they're getting copies, but I'll pre-order from the site, just in case.

thats one of those three jrpgs right. Tell me when they bring the awesome one to the us, the one by that ex square guy

Just got mine in the mail a few days ago, I live in Norway though so the question wasnt really aimed at me :P

@kingzetta said:

well that sucks I just wanted to go to a store and get it

@Video_Game_King said:

@kingzetta said:

well that sucks I just wanted to go to a store and get it

Same here. I'll call my local GameStop to see if they're getting copies, but I'll pre-order from the site, just in case.

You can preorder from physical Gamestop locations, as well. It's not limited to their website.

@Dagbiker said:

thats one of those three jrpgs right. Tell me when they bring the awesome one to the us, the one by that ex square guy

Xenoblade was also made by an ex-Square guy.

I'm not. As I bought the game two times already.

@Dagbiker: this is the one by the guy who left square

I'm just going to wait until its $20 at Gamestop a few months after it comes out

@slightconfuse said:

@Dagbiker: this is the one by the guy who left square

Also this guy.

thats one of those three jrpgs right. Tell me when they bring the awesome one to the us, the one by that ex square guy

@Commisar123 said:

I'm just going to wait until its $20 at Gamestop a few months after it comes out

I don't know if that's going to necessarily happen. If this game does end up running in limited quantities, you might be hard-pressed to find it lower than the $50 retail price, especially if it goes the insane collector's market route as Beforet suggests and the price gets jacked up to ridiculous levels. Not saying it's going to be that way, but it could.

I'll consider doing that, if I can manage to find a buyer for my PAL copy of the game and matching Wii. It is the kind of game I could see myself purchasing again.

(Yes, I do regret not looking up the simple process of soft-modding a US Wii instead of importing one from Britain, WHY DO YOU ASK)

I'm pre-ordering mine this weekend.

@Hailinel said:

@Commisar123 said:

I'm just going to wait until its $20 at Gamestop a few months after it comes out

I don't know if that's going to necessarily happen. If this game does end up running in limited quantities, you might be hard-pressed to find it lower than the $50 retail price, especially if it goes the insane collector's market route as Beforet suggests and the price gets jacked up to ridiculous levels. Not saying it's going to be that way, but it could.

I suppose that could happen, but I'm only passively interested so I'll let people who want it die hard get a shot first, and if its a crazy price.....well I have too many other games I need to play to get hung up on it.

@Dagbiker said:

@Hailinel I did not know that.

Yep. Monolithsoft was actually founded by members from Squaresoft's old Xenogears team. Their games were published by Namco until Nintendo bought a 90% stake in the developer.

@Hailinel:

I know, but I just want to see if I can walk in, ask for Xenoblade, discover its the wrong day, and then pre-order the game and come in the next day. (I've done it before.)

I pre-ordered mine. I would feel pretty hypocritical if I did not though since I sent two letters to Nintendo saying I would buy this game and The Last Story if there were brought here.

@Dagbiker said:

@Hailinel I did not know that.

Yep. Monolithsoft was actually founded by members from Squaresoft's old Xenogears team. Their games were published by Namco until Nintendo bought a 90% stake in the developer.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Hailinel:

I know, but I just want to see if I can walk in, ask for Xenoblade, discover its the wrong day, and then pre-order the game and come in the next day. (I've done it before.)

As far as I know, there's no deadline by which you have to preorder before the release date.

@Hailinel:

I think that's covered with the phrase "the next day."

Now, the game is already out here so I guess I could just go out and get it (maybe it'll be hard to find at this point, who knows) but I'm just sorta scared of the time commitment at this point. I spent nearly 60 hours with the last game I played and over 200 with the one before that, I don't know if a ~100 hour affair is what I want right now.

Then again I have been looking for excuses to put off playing more FFXIII lately so...

@Video_Game_King said:

@Hailinel:

I think that's covered with the phrase "the next day."

I know that.

@kingzetta said:

@Hailinel said:

@Dagbiker said:

@Hailinel I did not know that.

Yep. Monolithsoft was actually founded by members from Squaresoft's old Xenogears team. Their games were published by Namco until Nintendo bought a 90% stake in the developer.

does this have anything to do with Xenogears? is Xeno just the brand?

Aside from some spiritual ideas, there is no connection to either it or Xenosaga. The game wasn't even originally called Xenoblade; the name change occurred because the lead producer Tetsuya Takahashi felt that a connection was there, in a sense, and so he changed it.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Hailinel:

I think that's covered with the phrase "the next day."

I know that.

@kingzetta said:

@Hailinel said:

@Dagbiker said:

@Hailinel I did not know that.

Yep. Monolithsoft was actually founded by members from Squaresoft's old Xenogears team. Their games were published by Namco until Nintendo bought a 90% stake in the developer.

does this have anything to do with Xenogears? is Xeno just the brand?

Aside from some spiritual ideas, there is no connection to either it or Xenosaga. The game wasn't even originally called Xenoblade; the name change occurred because the lead producer Tetsuya Takahashi felt that a connection was there, in a sense, and so he changed it.

I don't like to pre-order on principle.

If I see it in stores, and I can find my goddamn Wii remote, I'll pick it up though.

I'm kinda bummed out I can't find the damn thing, now that there's two whole Wii games I should try out.

@Oobir said:

I'll consider doing that, if I can manage to find a buyer for my PAL copy of the game and matching Wii. It is the kind of game I could see myself purchasing again.

(Yes, I do regret not looking up the simple process of soft-modding a US Wii instead of importing one from Britain, WHY DO YOU ASK)

I have my PAL machine and copy, but I also have an NTSC Wii, which I soft modded just to play Japanese games (mainly Captain Rainbow). Love Xenoblade ....... hate Region Locking.

I'm going to pre-order soon. I've heard enough about this game to make me think it'll be worth it, plus I don't have an RPG for the Wii.

For those who don't want to pre-order through Gamestop, you can now do pre-orders through Nintendo's store site. 

I preordered the moment it was announced. For reals.

I would definitely prefer to go through Nintendo and avoid Gamestop.

Yep, pre-ordered from Nintendo. And considering I'm not a fan of JRPGs, I'm surprised I committed to this. Hey, I might end up really liking it.

I pre-ordered it from Gamestop. I didn't even realize I could pre-order it from Nintendo though.
 
I can't wait to play it.

I did. I have it already (EU version), but I'm going to keep this sealed for awhile and sell it back when it inevitably reached an insane price.

I did, seen a lot of the reviews from critics in the UK and it looks like something I want to experience.

@Dagbiker said:

thats one of those three jrpgs right. Tell me when they bring the awesome one to the us, the one by that ex square guy

Having played both Xenoblade and The Last Story, I can definitely say that Xenoblade is "the awesome one".

For some reason, when the localized version of this game got announced, it got into my head that it was coming to 3DS instead of Wii. Now I'm bummed that I'm gonna have to dig out my Wii to play (but I'm still going to- 'cause this game looks rad.)

@MikkaQ said:

I don't like to pre-order on principle.

If I see it in stores, and I can find my goddamn Wii remote, I'll pick it up though.

I'm kinda bummed out I can't find the damn thing, now that there's two whole Wii games I should try out.

Dude, fuck that noise.

1. Buy game

2. Install Dolphin

3. Plug in X360 pad

4. Sex

@Fattony12000 said:

@MikkaQ said:

I don't like to pre-order on principle.

If I see it in stores, and I can find my goddamn Wii remote, I'll pick it up though.

I'm kinda bummed out I can't find the damn thing, now that there's two whole Wii games I should try out.

Dude, fuck that noise.

1. Buy game

2. Install Dolphin

3. Plug in X360 pad

4. Sex

@MikkaQ do NOT play this game with a Wiiremote!

there's a reason they had a bundle in Europe with a red Classic Controller Pro.

As loathe as I am to walk into a GameStop I have preordered this game.

I preordered just now. Too bad I won't be able to get the art book because they're out now.

Only a week left :D

But it comes out literally a day before my first exam and I end on the 20'th so there's a good few weeks before this game and I get a bit of alone time.

@DeF said:

@Fattony12000 said:

@MikkaQ said:

I don't like to pre-order on principle.

If I see it in stores, and I can find my goddamn Wii remote, I'll pick it up though.

I'm kinda bummed out I can't find the damn thing, now that there's two whole Wii games I should try out.

Dude, fuck that noise.

1. Buy game

2. Install Dolphin

3. Plug in X360 pad

4. Sex

@MikkaQ do NOT play this game with a Wiiremote!

there's a reason they had a bundle in Europe with a red Classic Controller Pro.

And Nintendo of America has started selling the game in a CCP bundle on their website.

Yup, pre-ordered last week. Have to pick up a CCP as well, but I don't mind too much, this is my only game purchase for April, so a little extra for a controller won't kill me. My real concern is the fact that I bought Tales of Graces F last month and haven't gotten around to playing it yet, so I've got a bit of a backup already for JRPGs with real time combat.

I have it on order from Nintendo. I have the classic controller from Monster Hunter Tri (which is the last Wii game I bought), so I am all set there.

Ugh really wish I had time to play this. I just started Radiant Historia and I know that by the time I finish it Xenoblade is going to be hard to find

Pre-ordered it a month or two ago, can't wait to play it Friday.

Pre-ordered last week, first time I pre-ordered a game. I was going to chance it on Friday but a friend talked me into reserving a copy.