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

[NayusDante]

Nintendo's response to Operation Rainfall has seriously changed my perception of what the Wii U is going to be. This is extremely depressing, now that I understand what's going on. They'd rather focus on shooters and casual titles. Hopefully, the Japanese studios will see this as well, and port their titles to platforms that actually support variety. There's something really wrong when the Xbox gets more JRPGs than the Wii.

Unless something happens with Dragon Quest X and it's a US launch title, I have no reason to buy a Wii U, and probably won't for quite a while. I'll probably skip Skyward Sword too, until I can get it used for cheap.

A lot of people have been crying Dreamcast in response to the Wii U, but they're still wrong. With the message they're sending now about the kind of games they will and won't localize, the Wii U is going to be another Saturn!

[NayusDante]

http://oprainfall.blogspot.com/2011/...ast-story.html

American localization of Xenoblade is complete, The Last Story is currently being translated to English for an American release, but there is no word on Pandora’s Tower localization. This information was disclosed to Operation Rainfall today from a source within Nintendo who wishes to remain anonymous. There is currently no indication of when Nintendo of America plans to formally announce these titles.

Not official confirmation, but it's somewhat hopeful.

[Baloo]

A lot of people have been crying Dreamcast in response to the Wii U, but they're still wrong. With the message they're sending now about the kind of games they will and won't localize, the Wii U is going to be another Saturn!

The Sega Saturn was the greatest system ever. Nothing will EVER be like the Saturn. Wii U will be fun, but there's no way in hell the games will be as good between the Japan and US libraries.

As for the inside source, I'm skeptical as the Facebook page has already announced that they wouldn't release the titles here. Why would they suddenly change their minds?

Also you guys fail to realize that sales are what dictate if a game gets localized here or not. If it's not going to sell as well as another game, why spend the money? It's expensive for all that translating and extra programming, and for a genre that's STILL Niche! It's not really worth it!

[joshnickerson]

@NayusDante - If it's true, yeah, it's hopeful, but Nintendo has translated many games that were never released in the US... i.e. Earthbound NES. Still, keeping my fingers crossed.

@Baloo - Nintendo never explicitly said they would NOT release the games here, they just said "no plans to bring these three games to the Americas at this time", which you know is pretty much a bullshit PR non-answer.

[Kyle15]

I'm ready to write a letter and send it off. I missed those other "bring games our way" campaigns, but I won't be missing this one.

[Cobra Commander]

Famicom Dojo Podcast interviewing Chris Ward from Operation Rainfall.
http://famicomdojo.tv/podcast/8

[dystopian]

Famicom Dojo Podcast interviewing Chris Ward from Operation Rainfall.
http://famicomdojo.tv/podcast/8

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26966

The Last Story Confirmed for Europe...

Hopefully this means they'll do a NA release. If not, homebrew channel, here we come.