Bel Marduk
Banned
shadyspace said:
If I end up deciding to import, I'm not going to be agonizing every day it doesn't come lol. It'll come when it comes. I can do other stuff.
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If I end up deciding to import, I'm not going to be agonizing every day it doesn't come lol. It'll come when it comes. I can do other stuff.
IAmtheFMan
Member
Hiltz said:
This is the EXACT same response I got with the name literally the only difference.
chaostrophy
Member
Bel Marduk said:
End up deciding? It's a no-brainer. I was expecting to pay US$75 or more for the game but it was less than $50 from ASDA. No reason to not get the import if you're at all interested in the game.
ShockingAlberto
Member
My friend's flight is two days after it comes out and he'll be here later that day. I'll be getting it kind of stupid early.shadyspace said:
A Human Becoming
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chaostrophy said:
Isn't ASDA a grocery store?
EDIT: Nevermind, I found it.
EDIT 2: Any coupons you used?
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Well, not like we haven't already been waiting about 800 days.shadyspace said:
Don't know whether this gives any hope, but Nintendo allowed German publisher ak tronik to publish and print new copies of Mario Power Tennis and Super Smash Bros Brawl in future.
They even chose a new cover, the American one...
It's not impossible for a 3rd party publisher to publish Nintendo games.
They even chose a new cover, the American one...
It's not impossible for a 3rd party publisher to publish Nintendo games.
NeededSleep
Member
Anyone hear anything if the Nintendo booth was hammered with Xenoblade questions?
PixyJunket
Member
I just know that once I pay to import this, it'll just get released over here.
And discredited. The most likely explanation I read was that OpRainfall's inside source was probably dazed and confused about what NoA was actually doing (which was probably helping NoE test the European release, which they've done for other titles in the past).GameE said:
Edit: As lunchwithyuzo points out in a later post, the report has not been discredited. I chose the wrong word. Many people are skeptical about the likelihood of an American release but nothing has been discredited yet.
SpaceBridge
Member
NeededSleep said:
Apparently, Nintendos booth was invite only, regular fans were not allowed to approach. This was according to post at Ops Rainfalls PB page, so Im not sure if this was true.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Buzzati said:
If they do release these games in the US after all, the real problem is Nintendo's super secretive, customer unfriendly public relations style.
They refuse to talk about any plans. They'll outright lie and deny they're doing something the day before they do it. They leave customers hanging, believing that a given platform has been totally abandoned. When they do make statements they're usually vague and full of weasel terms.
They seem to be determined to utterly control the mindscape of their market, but in a much more clumsy and crude way than say, a company like Apple. Perhaps it can be pinned on being "very Japanese" but even by Japanese standards, Nintendo seems like a black cube that absorbs all radiation with ne're a single photon spilt.
They seem 100% oblivious to the concept of starving a userbase and driving them to not care in the rare instance they actually release something.
SpaceBridge
Member
Kaijima said:
Hey Kaijima, Im a junior, and while I was lurking, your posts made so much sense to me. I agree 100% with your criticisms on the way Nintendo has behaved in relation to this localization matter. Just wanted to say that.
I mailed my letters, bombed their FB page and twitter, but I'm done now. I don't even care anymore. I just play GameCube game on my Wii now. I wont be buying a WiiU though when it launches. Ive never witnessed a company with the #1 selling home console in North America by a large margin not release significant software for weeks if not months. Compare the output of the Wii to the PS2. What a waste of plastic.
They're bizarrely tight-lipped. It's a one-way road with Nintendo; there's never a dialogue. It's almost like they're afraid they're going to get a disease from their customers!Kaijima said:
And I think being "very Japanese" is a silly excuse. I could name a few Japanese companies that don't have any problem having a few words with their customers (i.e. blog/twitter interaction) in a form other than a prescribed statement for the appropriate situation.
And it's a deluded view, too! Controlling PR output does not necessarily control the perception of the company or the information they're trying to shepherd.
NeededSleep
Member
SpaceBridge said:
invite only? =/ wow thats fucked up if true. Guess people had to give Reggie a H.J. to play fortune street demo.
Hero of Legend
Member
Shiggy said:
???
It came out in Europe and NA, I've seen boxes of the PAL release. Unless you mean in a specific place in the PAL regions?
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
It hasn't been discredited? There's a lot of speculation, in all directions, but OR's source hasn't been revealed (or discredited) yetadroit said:
HammerOfThor
Member
Okay, so I've been out of the loop, whats going on now?
NoA pretty much shot down any hopes of it coming to NA, so we are all importing in from Europe?
What are the best places to order from?
How so I play it on my NA Wii?
NoA pretty much shot down any hopes of it coming to NA, so we are all importing in from Europe?
What are the best places to order from?
How so I play it on my NA Wii?
You are absolutely correct. "Discredited" was the wrong word to use. Sorry about that. What I really meant was many people are skeptical and/or don't have much hope that it's actually going to be released despite what OR's inside source reported. "Questioned" or "discounted" would have been more appropriate.lunchwithyuzo said:
ShockingAlberto
Member
I did ask around and the rumors of an NTSC Xenoblade (that was definitely different from NOA testing Euroblade) that the OPRainfall source talked about do appear to have some basis in reality.adroit said:
No one get excited, though, because I have no idea when it was thrown about or if it even went anywhere. But I brought up the OP Rainfall thing to a few people and they sort of went "Yeah, that's not entirely made up."
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Yeah, I'm leaning more towards the source getting their wires crosssed if anything. NOA having a" fully localized for Americans" release they instead sit on and shelve wouldn't be surprising either given that's what happened with Disaster, ASH and who knows how many other titles.adroit said:
I cannot believe this game isn't coming to North America. I would seriously consider buying a Wii just to play this game.
Have JRPG's really become that irrelevant here in the face of endless uninspired FPS clones, am I dreaming, or is Nintendo just being lazy?
They have the money and resources to bring these games over here, there's no reason why they can't.
Have JRPG's really become that irrelevant here in the face of endless uninspired FPS clones, am I dreaming, or is Nintendo just being lazy?
They have the money and resources to bring these games over here, there's no reason why they can't.
BanditKing
Banned
We need moar FPS clones.
I guess we need to importz.
I guess we need to importz.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
creid said:
It is true that the job of PR is to stay on message, but when the message sucks, the blame starts with PR and goes all the way back to the people making the decisions.
ak tronic are the publisher of the so-called "Software Pyramide", a German budget label that is present in literally every small super market. If a publisher wants their old games to be part of the "Software Pyramide" they have to go with ak tronic -- according to ak tronic they are the ones who are selling the most games in the Germany period, so there's little reason why a publisher wouldn't want to be part of the pyramide.Gravijah said:
CruxisMana
Member
When is Xenoblade Chronicles' release date?
19th of August, 2011.
How can I play this game on my US Wii?
Guide 1 l Guide 2 l NeoGAF Homebrew Thread
Where can I order this for delivery to the US?
Zavvi £29.85 l GAME (Collectors Edition) £49.99 l GAME (Regular Edition) £37.99 l 365games £31.99 l ASDA £29.91
Is the Collectors Edition available to order from anywhere else/for cheaper?
Unfortunately, no. The Collectors Edition is exclusive to GAME.
What does the Collectors Edition include?
A copy of the game, a red Classic Controller Pro, and in some countries (including the UK, which all of the above order links are) 3 A1 sized posters electronically signed by the Tetsuya Takahashi. Large versions of the posters can be found below;
If I order this from a European country that does not speak English, will I be stuck playing the game in French/Spanish/Italian/German?
No. The game's voice acting will only be available in English and Japanese, whilst only subtitles will be available to encompass other European languages.
19th of August, 2011.
How can I play this game on my US Wii?
Guide 1 l Guide 2 l NeoGAF Homebrew Thread
Where can I order this for delivery to the US?
Zavvi £29.85 l GAME (Collectors Edition) £49.99 l GAME (Regular Edition) £37.99 l 365games £31.99 l ASDA £29.91
Is the Collectors Edition available to order from anywhere else/for cheaper?
Unfortunately, no. The Collectors Edition is exclusive to GAME.
What does the Collectors Edition include?
A copy of the game, a red Classic Controller Pro, and in some countries (including the UK, which all of the above order links are) 3 A1 sized posters electronically signed by the Tetsuya Takahashi. Large versions of the posters can be found below;
If I order this from a European country that does not speak English, will I be stuck playing the game in French/Spanish/Italian/German?
No. The game's voice acting will only be available in English and Japanese, whilst only subtitles will be available to encompass other European languages.