Princess Skittles
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Okay, I would like this thread to illustrate Nintendo's haphazard distribution practices this generation in regard to English releases of games. I know GAF has a lot of industry people.. and once this list is near complete, maybe it can be used as a reference to any of you that would like to press Nintendo on why they are leaving so many games out of certain regions.
I need YOUR help. Please help me fill in the blanks. I will be updating this thread regularly. This is for Nintendo developed/published games ONLY. I've started off with what I had just off the top of my head.. and will be filling blanks in as they come to me (or as they are pointed out in this thread).
Check out these Twitter/Facebook campaigns to help get Xenoblade, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower released in the US.
Wii:
Excitebots
Super Mario Sluggers
DS:
Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol
Fossil Fighters
Glory of Heracles
The Legendary Starfy
Released (or releasing) in Europe, Not in America
Wii:
Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories
Disaster: Day of Crisis
The Last Story
NPC! Pikmin 2
Pandora's Tower
Xenoblade Chronicles
DS:
Face Training: Facial Exercises to Strengthen and Relax from Fumiko Inudo
Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
Jam with the Band
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Make 10: A Journey of Numbers
Released (or releasing) in Japan, Not in America OR Europe
Wii:
Captain Rainbow
Fatal Frame 4
NPC! Chibi-Robo!
Takt of Magic
Zangeki no Regenleiv
DS:
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat
Chōsōjū Mecha MG
Daigasso! Band Bros (sequel released in Europe as Jam with the Band)
Densetsu no Stafy 4 (aka Starfy 4)
DS Fortune Teller
Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyū
Irozuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip (aka Tingle 2)
Jet Impulse
Kanshū Nippon Jōshikiryoku Kentei Kyōkai: Imasara Hito ni wa Kikenai Otona no Jōshikiryoku Training DS (aka Common Sense Training)
Kurikin Nano Island Story
Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Ōsōji!
Pokémon Typing DS
Project Hacker
Slide Adventure MAGKID
Soma Bringer
Suujin Taisen (DSiWare version released in US/EU as Number Battle)
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Tingle's Balloon Fight (Club Nintendo only)
Tomodachi Collection
Touch Panic
Zekkyō Senshi Sakeburein (aka Exclamation Warriors)
DS: (these are more licensing issues over Nintendo incompetence)
Jump Super Stars
Jump Ultimate Stars
Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (although Elite Beat Agents, a region specific version, WAS released in the US/EU).
How to Softmod your US Wii for the first time to play EU Games from the disc.
I need YOUR help. Please help me fill in the blanks. I will be updating this thread regularly. This is for Nintendo developed/published games ONLY. I've started off with what I had just off the top of my head.. and will be filling blanks in as they come to me (or as they are pointed out in this thread).
Check out these Twitter/Facebook campaigns to help get Xenoblade, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower released in the US.
Big thank you for helping fill this list:creid said:
Released (or releasing) in America, Not in Europedallow_bg
Boerseun
wrowa
Stumpokapow
Shiggy
Foffy
AbsoluteZero
izakq
Gameboy415
Wii:
Excitebots
Super Mario Sluggers
DS:
Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol
Fossil Fighters
Glory of Heracles
The Legendary Starfy
Released (or releasing) in Europe, Not in America
Wii:
Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories
Disaster: Day of Crisis
The Last Story
NPC! Pikmin 2
Pandora's Tower
Xenoblade Chronicles
DS:
Face Training: Facial Exercises to Strengthen and Relax from Fumiko Inudo
Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
Jam with the Band
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Make 10: A Journey of Numbers
Released (or releasing) in Japan, Not in America OR Europe
Wii:
Captain Rainbow
Fatal Frame 4
NPC! Chibi-Robo!
Takt of Magic
Zangeki no Regenleiv
DS:
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat
Chōsōjū Mecha MG
Daigasso! Band Bros (sequel released in Europe as Jam with the Band)
Densetsu no Stafy 4 (aka Starfy 4)
DS Fortune Teller
Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyū
Irozuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip (aka Tingle 2)
Jet Impulse
Kanshū Nippon Jōshikiryoku Kentei Kyōkai: Imasara Hito ni wa Kikenai Otona no Jōshikiryoku Training DS (aka Common Sense Training)
Kurikin Nano Island Story
Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Ōsōji!
Pokémon Typing DS
Project Hacker
Slide Adventure MAGKID
Soma Bringer
Suujin Taisen (DSiWare version released in US/EU as Number Battle)
theta
Tingle's Balloon Fight (Club Nintendo only)
Tomodachi Collection
Touch Panic
Zekkyō Senshi Sakeburein (aka Exclamation Warriors)
DS: (these are more licensing issues over Nintendo incompetence)
Jump Super Stars
Jump Ultimate Stars
Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (although Elite Beat Agents, a region specific version, WAS released in the US/EU).
How to Softmod your US Wii for the first time to play EU Games from the disc.
What you need:
- A US Wii, updated to the current official firmware, and with no homebrew installed.
- A US Copy of Super Smash Bros Brawl or Lego Indiana Jones for Wii.
- An SD card less than or equal to 2GB in size that you can format.
FAQ Part 1:
Q: Is this safe?
A: Yes.
Q: My Wii is not on current firmware, can I still go region-free?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: My Wii is not a US Wii, can I still go region-free?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: I already have some level of homebrew stuff installed, where do I go from here?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: I do not have access to SSBB or Lego Indiana Jones. Are there other games I can use?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: I do not have an SD card available.
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: I want to do anything other than play EU games on a US Wii from the disc
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: Can I install Wii games to a hard drive?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: Did you know that you can also do this with Lego Star Wars or Lego Batman?
A: This guide is not for you.
Guide, using Indiana Jones:
- Delete any Indiana Jones save games you have on your SD card or Wii.
- Plug your SD card into your computer.
- Download this: http://static.hackmii.com/indiana-pwns.zip
- Unzip the zip, drag the private folder onto your SD card.
- Download this: http://bootmii.org/download/
- Unzip the zip, drag boot.elf to your SD card. Do not put it inside any folder. Just drag the boot.elf file and have it on your SD card.
- Plug your SD card into your Wii.
- Boot Wii
- Wii Options > Data Management > Save Data > Wii
- SD Card > Indiana Pwns US Save > Copy to Wii's memory.
- Boot Lego Indiana Jones
- Load the save game.
- You will be in the college. Walk to the Art Room (through the courtyard). Inside the art room, approach the left character standing on a podium.
- When it zooms in on the character, choose the "Switch to" option.
- Lego Indiana Jones will now launch the Homebrew Channel installer.
- Wait while the installer runs tests.
- Press 1 when you are told to press 1 to continue.
- Your Wii will reboot, and you will see a "Homebrew Channel"
- Continue to Guide Part 2 below.
Guide, using Super Smash Bros Brawl:
- Plug SD card into Wii.
- Boot Super Smash Bros Brawl
- Go to Save Builder
- Delete any custom stages or move them to your SD card.
- This includes any sample stages for new save files.
- This includes stages downloaded from the Smash stage service.
- Wait at least 24 hours.
- Plug SD card into computer.
- Rename the folder named "private" to privateold
- Download this: http://wiibrew.org/w/images/4/4e/Smashstack.zip
- Unzip the zip, copy the private folder to your SD card.
- Download this: http://bootmii.org/download/
- Unzip the zip, drag boot.elf to your SD card. Do not put it inside any folder. Just drag the boot.elf file and have it on your SD card.
- Plug your SD card into your Wii.
- Boot Wii
- Boot Super Smash Bros Brawl
- Go to Stage Builder
- Super Smash Bros Brawl will now launch the Homebrew Channel installer.
- Wait while the installer runs tests.
- Press 1 when you are told to press 1 to continue.
- Your Wii will reboot, and you will see a "Homebrew Channel"
- You can now plug your SD card into your PC, delete the private folder, and rename privateold to private if you want your Wii data back.
- Continue to Guide Part 2 below.
Guide, part 2:
- Turn off Wii
- Plug SD card into computer
- Make a directory called "apps" on your SD card if one does not already exist.
- Download this: http://geckodownloads.googlecode.com/files/gecko1931.zip
- Unzip the zip.
- Go into Gecko1931 > Gecko1931 > HBC
- There is a folder called Gecko1931 here. Drag the folder to your SD card's apps folder.
- So your SD card will look like (as an example using drive letter J): J:\apps\gecko1931\
- Inside that folder, there should be three files. Boot.elf, icon.png, meta.xml
- Plug SD card into Wii
- Boot Wii, Homebrew Channel.
- You will see Gecko OS. Click on it. Load it.
- Use "Launch Game" to play the import game
- If you have video trouble, you might need to select the "Force NTSC Mode" option in Gecko OS.
FAQ, part 2:
Q: What are some other options I can use while playing my game?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: Can I use cheats while playing a game?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: What else can I do with homebrew?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: Are there other methods for launching PAL games?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: Can I put Gecko OS on my main Wii menu instead of inside homebrew channel.
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: How do I update Gecko OS in the future?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: I ran into trouble or don't have experience using SD cards with my computer.
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: I don't want to delete or deal with copying my Smash Bros or Lego Indiana Jones saves. Do I have an alternative?
A: This guide is not for you.
Q: Can I copy/paste this guide somewhere else? Do you need credit?
A: This guide is not for you. Do not republish it, it would take you ten minutes to write a better guide. Do not link to it. Do not credit me.
Q: I have some further questions, can I contact you for support or help or anything else
A: No.