North American localization
On June 23, 2011, it was reported that Xenoblade had not been at E3 2011 because "Nintendo of America wouldn't let them because they didn't want to show products they aren't planning to sell.", making a North American release seem very unlikely.[18]
In response, on June 24, 2011, users on IGNBoards have started a campaign called "Operation Rainfall" that hopes to shed light to Nintendo of America to localize Xenoblade Chronicles, along with the Japan-only Wii titles The Last Story and Pandora's Tower.[19][20] Fans are encouraged to write letters to Nintendo headquarters as well as preordering the game on Amazon, listed under its original title Monado: Beginning of the World.[21][22]
As of June 25, 2011, the game is currently #5 in Wii game sales overall and #33 in the top 100 video game sales on Amazon.[23]