Can I just be the first to say "Why did that many people care about Mario Sports Mix?" It's not like it was bad, but... a million downloads? And SS didn't even crack the top five? Pirates are a curious lot.
I almost want to make a joke about "not even pirates care about Skyward Sword..." but that only makes sense in the context of the UK performance of the game.
And didn't know Wii was so pirated. As bad or worse than 360.
I guess thinking about it, makes sense. The main deterrent to piracy on 360 is probably online, and Wii barely has online.
I'd say the fact the 360 requires you to purchase hardware and solder it into the system vs the Wii needing an SD card and following a step-by a step guide is as important as the online point.
Anyone else feel the Xenoblade #'s are somewhat morally justified. Now that I think about it, it's the only case of piracy being morally justified in recent memory. NoA basically said fuck you to Wii customers, who even petitioned and got tons of media coverage about wanting the game...so what other real avenues were available other than import?
My roommate did import Xeno, but I can completely understand anyone who decided to take this avenue. Just me though.
It is difficult to read fully into it. I mean how many downloads would Xenoblade have gotten in the first place? That in itself is an unknown number.
On the other hand you can't help but feel that NOAs behavior helped create this problem. NCL will have to decide some time weather they want NOE and NOA to act independently, leading to wildly different game releases which seems like a waste of localisation resources (then again NOE having the policy of FIGS or bust will further strain their teams leading to more instances of no London life).
On the other hand, I would be curious how many downloads Mother 3 has garnered since release and translation.
Over 100,000 downloads of the patch (
source) from the official site (tomato thinks it was at least double).
Is there supposed to be anything changed or added at all for the NA version?
If you're lucky they might Americanise the spellings. I personally hope they do not so you can feel what we usually have to put up with. Oh, I love how inconsistent NOE can be about it too.