Massive Letter Writing Campaign for Pandora's Tower, Xenoblade, Etc

[joshnickerson]

A big group of Nintendo fans are planning a three week letter writing campaign on Nintendo of America next month to try and get Pandora's Tower, Xenoblade and The Last Story released on the Wii in the states. The difference here is that instead of starting online petitions or email, they are encouraging people to send in polite, hand written letters via snail mail.

Destructoid Article, along with sample letters and the time frames for each mailing campaign are here: http://www.destructoid.com/letter-wr...r-204505.phtml

And while some (I can think of a few here in particular) may scoff and say that these kinds of campaigns rarely work, it's certainly a lot more productive that posting whiny messages on message boards.

[Kellhus]

Isn't Xenoblade coming to the states for sure? The Last Story is confirmed for localization in Europe right now so a stateside release seems likely, at very least possible. Pandora's Tower may be a lost cause though.

[incubus421]

I'd enjoy a few reasons to start playing my wii again.

[Gameguy]

If that Trace Memory/Another Code sequel or Fatal Frame 4 would get a North American release I might consider getting a Wii. Why aren't people writting letters for those games?

[RP2A03]

Isn't Xenoblade coming to the states for sure? The Last Story is confirmed for localization in Europe right now so a stateside release seems likely, at very least possible. Pandora's Tower may be a lost cause though.

Nope. Despite getting an English release in Europe, NOA has no plans for releasing it here.

From http://wii.nintendolife.com/news/201...s_take_a_knock

"Minel appeared on French TV show Nolife to discuss the game and revealed that although Nintendo of Europe wanted to show off Xenoblade Chronicles at E3, Nintendo of America denied it as it didn't want to show off products it would not be selling."

This is, of course, entirely unacceptable and Reggie needs to have his name taken and his ass kicked. Anyone who wants these games needs to send a letter to Reggie. We will be heard. We are unignorable for Xenoblade is now the number one bestselling game on Amazon.

[Tron 2.0]

I like to see the last story here when nothing was announced at E3 i was very bitter at noa.Realy what's there problem to begin with !? The last story has been a huge sucess in japan yet noa are just sitting there and doing nothing,shesh.I wounder if reggie is just 'being ignorant again like what happen with mother 3 and thinks the last story isn't good enough for the u.s.

Btw i'll probably sign the petition though i doubt it will do any good.

[MrNelson]

http://twitter.com/#!/NintendoAmerica

And so begins the backlash. Hopefully the letter campaign will have a positive effect on this, if most of the participants haven't been deterred yet.

[joshnickerson]

I forsee Reggie's desk (or more likely, some intern's desk) being buried in piles of letters this month.

Now is NOT the time to give in, now is the time to fight HARDER. Get them pens and paper ready, it's time to go old school.

[Sailorneorune]

Short version: Capcom still idiots, Nintendo joins them. Film at 11.

[MrNelson]

I forsee Reggie's desk (or more likely, some intern's desk) being buried in piles of letters this month.

Now is NOT the time to give in, now is the time to fight HARDER. Get them pens and paper ready, it's time to go old school.

Agreed, I'll be sure to deliver more than my share of the good ol' paper spam along with some OpRainfall propaganda.

Today Xenoblade!
Tomorrow, Mother 3!!

[Tupin]

I'll send in a letter.

[NayusDante]

Something tells me that Reggie isn't the one to talk to about this. He's not head of marketing anymore...


Xenoblade - I put in my preorder on Amazon today. When I looked, it was still ranked #1 in game sales.

The Last Story - This campaign was the first I'd heard anything about it not coming to the US. The only response I can muster is, "WHAT THE CRAP IS WRONG WITH NOA???"

Pandora's Tower - This is the first I've heard of this game, period.


There is no excuse for not releasing these games. If a thousand crappy games can get high print runs, they can satisfy fan demand for these. Make them mail-order only if they must. It's not like there's any real JRPGs coming out they would have to compete with...

[joshnickerson]

For some reason, Bluto's speech from Animal House keeps running through my head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1...eature=related

[Icarus Moonsight]

Short version: Capcom still idiots, Nintendo joins them. Film at 11.

Maybe Nintendo software dept can borrow hardware depts giant nut sack for a while? Might get something done.

I personally would like Fatal Frame, Disaster Day of Crisis and more freakin' shmups, but whatever.

[Swamperon]

I think their Facebook response was pretty condescending. Basically saying "Awwww, aren't you all cute? But no".

The fact that all 3 are coming to EU and even AUS (which surely must be more of a financial risk than NA?) is a further smack in the face. The translations exsists. And is the Wii region free? No of course not. The PS3 and 360 have that option.

Nintendo said they wanted to bring back the core. This is hardly a good first step. I guess core to them just means the FPS crowd. The worse thing is Nintendo won't even let a company like Atlus or NIS bring them over instead.

I live in UK so it's not a problem for me but I've seen the situation reversed plenty of times.

[Sailorneorune]

Yes, the mind does indeed boggle at how North America is being passed over for games that are (say it with me now) ALREADY IN ENGLISH! Or will be as of this fall.

Between NoA's stupid shit and Capcom's stupid shit, I'm about ready to fling my Wii and DS out the window and back over them with a big red truck. The "No. Now go away, kid, you bother me" tone we received with their official responses regarding the Wii RPGs and Ace Attorney Investigations 2 respectively is certainly not helping.

And to those who plan to import the Wii games from Europe and break the region locks on your Wii consoles, how much do you want to bet that your shiny new Zelda game will require a system update that will either A) relock your Wii console or B) leave you with a $100 brick?

[Icarus Moonsight]

Either wait for the relevant CFW update or run two Wiis. That's about it.

Business as usual being a gamer these days. Just do it yourself. Stop begging.

"Awwww, aren't you all cute? But no"

This is what goes through my head when I look at the Wii/DS retail shelf for the last year or so.

[Cryomancer]

Why no love for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zangeki_no_Reginleiv ?

[wingzrow]

I don't think nintendo is really to blame here. The wii is pretty much dead as far as the american core gamers are concerned. Really, why bother when 98% of the amican wii owners are content with shovelware anyway.

Sad but true. As long as I can import though I really don't care. As long as i can play en english.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Why no love for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zangeki_no_Reginleiv ?

I don't think I'll ever get tired of Norse or Greek mythology games.

NOA is seriously lame. WTF do they actually do there in Redmond, hang out at coffee shops and facebook all day?