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Xenoblade coming to the U.S. via Gamestop Exclusive (also avail on Nintendo.com)
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AtomskEater
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Chet Rippo
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You got MK7 to play during the holidays, let Xenoblade wait.
Satorl, the Shimmering Marsh / Night
StickSoldier
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Damn I'll just buy this with the WiiU when it comes out.
IF it is a Gamestop exclusive, then it may be so limited that you won't be able to find it when the Wii U is released.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Whaaat, this is amazing!
Poor Amazon
When I was talking to the people who run GAME, they specifically mentioned that the title was a big surprise for them in how well it did. It was actually fairly notable even that high up the chain. That probably had something to do with this.
Poor Amazon
When I was talking to the people who run GAME, they specifically mentioned that the title was a big surprise for them in how well it did. It was actually fairly notable even that high up the chain. That probably had something to do with this.
CrunchyFrog
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Sweet merciful christ, youtube related videos strikes again.
In other news, this is fucking awesome. I'm about 20-30 hours in on my Dolphin playthrough, though. If it's a new dub, however, I think I'll start over.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Now I just have find out who I know with April/May birthdays that I'd be willing to spend $50 on to grab a few more copies.
My Club Nintendo surveys on this game are just going to be hearts and loves and kisses.
My Club Nintendo surveys on this game are just going to be hearts and loves and kisses.
Nora Kisaragi
Banned
Whaaat, this is amazing!
Poor Amazon
Holy biscuits I forgot about this, all this Op Rainfall people who preordered this game on amazon will never get it shipped; and they're the reason this game is even coming here.
Hahaha.
Splash Wave
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I was so close to importing this. Praise Gamestop?
rollingstart
Banned
glad I had faith and never imported it
Mother 3 2012. ya heard it here first.
Mother 3 2012. ya heard it here first.
Mother 3, exclusive the Ambassador program.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
You're trying way too hard.
The people who preordered it because of OpRainfall will have no issue swapping orders once it's confirmed just what "GameStop Exclusive" means.
There won't be an American dub. Nintendo will want to do the game as quickly and cheaply as they can. They'll just use the European dub. It's already done, so all they'll have to do is pay loyalties to the actors.
XANDER CAGE
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So many magazine racks will be knocked over on the way to preorder this.
Freyjadour
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Meanwhile there's always one or two hundred on GAF that see these announcements as anything more than a nail in the coffin, despite people buying multiple copies in some misguided attempt to "support" JRPGs. The financial success of JRPGs in the 90s and early 00s was due to more people being interested in them, not because everyone on GAF bought 5 copies.
If you didn't import it, great news I guess.
Having the game in english from UK doesn't mean that the game "is localized" is that was the case, UK would get many games from the US the same day; which is why there's the old joke about "taking too much time to translate the game from english...to english" [on top of they adding other languages for PAL regions].
In this case, until the game's out we won't know if they just changed 1 word..or 500; or none. Voice-acting I expect would be left the same since the "british english" is not as pronounced as other cases.
There's also Final Fantasy XIII-2 been released in January, so I doubt that releasing earlier than April would do any other favors (and Nintendo has Rhythm Heaven for February).
In the end , I guess they went the GameStop exclusive route, because it might've worked in the past.Plus Gamestop is usually the first one to carry "niche" games; which is an easier sell than other stores.
In this case, until the game's out we won't know if they just changed 1 word..or 500; or none. Voice-acting I expect would be left the same since the "british english" is not as pronounced as other cases.
There's also Final Fantasy XIII-2 been released in January, so I doubt that releasing earlier than April would do any other favors (and Nintendo has Rhythm Heaven for February).
In the end , I guess they went the GameStop exclusive route, because it might've worked in the past.Plus Gamestop is usually the first one to carry "niche" games; which is an easier sell than other stores.
Unconditional
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good stuff if it actually happens
-WindYoshi-
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It was only a matter of time...
The Hermit
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I really hope it gets the sales it deserves... clocked 120 hours yesterday and I still a lot to do!
demolitiongc1
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Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Wal*Mart? Realistically? Probably zero. And that's a high estimate.
I would definitely prefer Amazon myself, but I just want the game. If I had to eat a Jack in the Box taco to get it, I would.
Freyjadour
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I do believe he's just pointing out the irony of the suitation. You're awful defensive.
hardcastlemccormick
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They better not resub the game. I liked the voice acting of the PAL version.
I'm not happy about having to go to Gamestop, but I'll suffer through it.
I'm not happy about having to go to Gamestop, but I'll suffer through it.
Fix? Isn't the lip-syncing like that because the game offers a Japanese audio track?
Which is fine, because chances are the European dub will be better than anything NOA scrapes together. (see: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn)
djplaeskool
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Imported from Japan in 2010.
There is no reason, and no excuse for this game to have taken two years to get to NA.
None.
There is no reason, and no excuse for this game to have taken two years to get to NA.
None.
The Hermit
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I really hope it gets the sales it deserves... clocked 120 hours yesterday and I still a lot to do!
Good luck with that!
Also I barely noticed that and people said they lip sync with the Japanese audio, if it bothers you that much...
Good luck with that!
Also I barely noticed that and people said they lip sync with the Japanese audio, if it bothers you that much...
Crumpet Trumpet
Banned
Yeah that's cool where is Mother 3 tho
In a nutshell? Many of the tropes people bemoan about with Japanese-developed RPGs are streamlined and moved forward in the game. The whole game is a spit in the face to those who assume RPGs from Japan are all stagnating.
No. Thank God no.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
You can play the whole thing with a CC if you so desire.
What is awesome:
1) It's huge.
2) it's got tons of side quests.
3) A great story with likable characters that don't grate on you.
4) It has a really awesome sense of place, no matter where you are.
5) It borrows elements from MMOs (like discovery EXP and enemy spawns tied to weather and time of day) that make it a far more fleshed out experience.
It's just a fucking baller game.
No motion controls, and it's so good because it's simultaneously a grand-scale jRPG in a generation that's seen precious few AND it's brimming with new ideas and a willingness to reject some of the creakiest of the jRPG conventions. It's like the last great PS2-era jRPG got lost in time.
Paracelsus
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Yeah that's cool where is Mother 3 tho
They are waiting for both Brownie Brown and Level-5 to develop a proper Mother 3D
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