TheBaldEmperor said:
I just don't understand what the hell Wii owners are supposed to be playing while we wait for Zelda.
Its in the OP. Wii Play 2, Mystery Case, Kirby and Fortune Street (if you can figure out what the last one is). Europe is the same just swap out Kirby with Xenoblade (Kirby games sell terribly here so they get low priority in release schedules...though Epic Yarn seems to be doing okay so maybe its the start of a new era) I guess. Though we don't have Mystery Case of Fortune Street confirmed either but I'm just guessing really (NOE like to keep their cards close too).
jjasper said:
Why? There have been plenty of games that have come out in Europe but not the US for the Wii. NOA sucks and it isn't coming from them.
I think the fact that money is going into this localisation (full voice acting is not cheap) would make you think Nintendo would want to get the most out of it (i.e. releasing the game in America).
To give NOA a reason (they can't be that random). All I can think is the dreadful sales of Bomba of Heracles have given NOA cold feet (why does NOA like to give 8-4 cursed projects anyway?) or made the puppet masters at NCL say "no NOA we can not allow you to do this, you have proven that the RPG genre is dead in America unless it is Dragon Quest in which thou must" (if you believe the whole NCL control everything NOE and NOA release line) when they forget nobody asked for that game, had poor Japanese impressions hence why it sold like crap (IIRC either 8-4 or NOA said it was a release schedule filler and nothing more). Here, we've got everybody asking for this game (even its a "I want cos Europe has it") and shining Japanese impressions so I hope they would re-think their decision. But I admit critical acclaim has never equaled sales.
Bel Marduk said:
You said the game should be £44.95 (with shipping) to buy. How much is that in US dollars (they do accept US credit cards right?)? Also, will the game get price drops?
It might be (its a worst case scenario guess, first party Wii games tend to be anywhere from £35-£40). Hard to say how much that'll be in $s due to exchange rates, they take money from the account when they dispatch order for instance today it would be around $75 but say on September 13th 2010 it would have been around $69. Plus your credit card might charge a small premium for currency conversions (either a few % of the total or like a $5 fee). The cards they accept are "VISA, MasterCard credit cards as well as Maestro, Solo and Delta debit cards" and I assume you have those in America.
As for price drops. First party Nintendo titles tend to be immune to them if they are popular but if they are not popular they can drop quickly. The issue is sometimes they also have a fairly low print run as well so it can be hard to catch the price drop before its gone completely. Its a gamble basically. That said I remember Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon seemed to have low print run for UK (retail didn't bother with it...okay GAME like had one copy per store in their bigger stores) and its always been around the £20-£25 range new. So hard to tell I'd say. If moneys an issue and its anything like Another Code R, I'm sure a gaffer (or someone on eBay) will be happy to buy the game off you upon completion.
