TheStirMan
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Routine lurker using his first post to say, "Preordered with full intent to buy!" Come on, NoA. Do us right.
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Xenoblade Chronicles announced for Europe (dual language voice)
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I really don't think the same way. I think you plunk down the money when you actually lose the money. Gamers are fickle and can change up by the day. I wish the best for you guys though.Phoenix_Apollo said:
Well, everyone who preorders is not going to necessarily buy the game, especially when there's no charge. Some people just like to keep their options open, so if it sells out in one place they have a backup. Preorders from Amazon don't really equate to sales in my opinion.EDarkness said:
edit: also Amazon isn't the only retailer of games.
Cow Mengde
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Mockingbird said:
Sounds good to me. The other thread was too general. A much catchier title that gets to the point would also attract more attention.
perfectnight
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FTH said:
Thanks. I'm liking everything I hear and see so far so I think I'll buy a Wii and import this game once it's out.
Be sure to mention the facebook/twitter/letter writing campaigns too
http://oprainfall.blogspot.com/ is the guy's site from the IGN boards who is sorta organizing things.
http://oprainfall.blogspot.com/ is the guy's site from the IGN boards who is sorta organizing things.
Phoenix_Apollo
Member
It just jumped to #16 on Amazon.
slaughterking
Member
Haha, not bad. I would really like to pre-order it, too.Phoenix_Apollo said:
Too bad I'm a European.
Phoenix_Apollo
Member
Relix said:
Unfortunately, no.
creid
Member
Mockingbird said:
New topic sounds good to me. About the timeline:
- Consider striking the 2008 item. I feel like people are just going to start the "what does casual even mean?" argument all over again
- Add in the original announcement of Monado at E3 2009
- The NWR link is directly quoting a gaffer, maybe link to that post instead? (as a side note, it doesn't sound like English is said gaffer's first language, and the translation might not be precise?)
slaughterking said:Haha, not bad. I would really like to pre-order it, too.
Too bad I'm a European.
By the way, I just realized that it's not possible to pre-order the game anywhere in Europe. The game's missing from every european retailers' listing that I checked, japanese imports aside.
slaughterking
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Yeah, we may get the game, but NoE is certainly not getting carried away with their promotion for the game. We haven't even seen a localized trailer.blacky_am said:
fabricated backlash
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Even if this is going to work, Nintendo will spin this in a heartwarming PR bullshit telling people how dedicated they are to their loyal fans, instead of admitting that they fucked up from the get go.
AceBandage
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boris feinbrand said:
If it gets them to reconsider localizing a lot of Wii/DS games, then who the hell cares?
You underestimate the game. I'm not trying to sell it, it's absolutely possible that you might not like it in the end, but the videos really don't do it justice. Yes, traversing a huge world and exploring is a huge factor, but comparing it to GTA or Oblivion is selling it short. The world is a lot more varied and interesting, there's a lot more to see, and you're almost constantly fighting something, getting loot and items to fill your album (you'll understand that part if you ever decide to give it a try) or to complete the insane amount of sidequests. There are tons of optional bosses, hidden shortcuts, or just plain cool or funny things to see. Xenoblade honestly has the most interesting world of any game I've ever played. I spent about 40 or 50 hours playing the game not knowing what was going on, but the world alone really motivated me to continue and push forward.Cow Mengde said:
The problem with the two exploration videos is that the characters are horribly overleveled. The enemies in Xenoblade don't have a death wish. They usually won't attack you if you're several levels above them, let alone several dozens of levels.
Starwolf_UK
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Red CC Pro...well its plain thankfully so I might skip the controller SKU...that aside.
Like typical NOE its the JP boxart with a slight difference:
Zoomed in slightly. Then again the might just be the controller edition outer packaging.
Like typical NOE its the JP boxart with a slight difference:
Zoomed in slightly. Then again the might just be the controller edition outer packaging.
Starwolf_UK
Member
For sending out of Europe? Just wait. You will be able to pre-order off game.co.uk sometime before the 2nd September. They're probably waiting on the supplier to give a wholesale price (so they can set their price...its been a bad year so far so they can't take risks of guessing and eating the loss)Lard said:
As for the boxart. Looking at the German solos one, its the same as the Japanese one except...added clouds.
CruxisMana
Member
Lard said:
Aside from GAME, I can't find anywhere to pre-order it, and I'm in the UK.
I find it amazing that 365gamers.co.uk only charged me around $52 for the game and included free shipping. The game is almost as cheap as US.
Even all the problems that Europeans have to go through to import, they are kind enough to allow us Americans to import for cheap.
I love Europeans.
Even all the problems that Europeans have to go through to import, they are kind enough to allow us Americans to import for cheap.
I love Europeans.
If people consider that NoA tried a more casual approach then there's not 2 ways about it :
- NoA is moronicly mismanaged for going totally against what NoE and Ncl were doing at the moment
- people have a misconception of NoA not localising MonolithSoft products (after all they WERE burned by Baten Kaitos 1&O)
That's now the extent of what I know of the game (seriously I only knew that it was a gigantic game ala FFXII with lots to explore on a strange world with a draw huge draw distance and fantastic artstyle, I don't even know anything about the music!).
If it's 1% what is described here I think I did the good thing in preordering the metal box version.
- NoA is moronicly mismanaged for going totally against what NoE and Ncl were doing at the moment
- people have a misconception of NoA not localising MonolithSoft products (after all they WERE burned by Baten Kaitos 1&O)
wsippel said:
That's now the extent of what I know of the game (seriously I only knew that it was a gigantic game ala FFXII with lots to explore on a strange world with a draw huge draw distance and fantastic artstyle, I don't even know anything about the music!).
If it's 1% what is described here I think I did the good thing in preordering the metal box version.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Actually it was Namco burned by the first Baten Kaitos (the only Nintendo to publish was NOE and Australia). As for Origins, anyone could tell you a JRPG on a system where the genre is basically Tales of Symphonia and Dreamcast ports (though from what said by Shinji Noguchi that was the reason they made Baten Kaitos for Gamecube to begin with) and said system is on life support (aka, can Zelda come out already?) wasn't going to get many sales. Throw in bad reviews for Baten Kaitos Origins (most of it seemed like lol PS1 background, talking headers and battle system that make no sense it got no win button) and well that's your lot really.Mael said:
Wait a sec if we, replace Dreamcast ports with nothing and Gamecube with Wii its basically the same argument (except with an inferior Tales of Symphonia)...I didn't mean to justify NOAs skipping of the game but that would make the most sense.
It's a review copy. Here's a quote from the preview:dwu8991 said:
http://www.1up.com/previews/why-you-should-want-xenoblade-america
BorndatascalP
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Really looking forward to this game, but I can't play it. My Wii is broken, but I still pre-ordered it via Game.co.uk. Something tells me this game will be awesome. Maybe I'll play this one day on the Wii-U. It should be backwards compatible. In any case,... can't hurt to pre-order right ?
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