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Nintendo Power: NoA a step ahead again; NPC Pikmin 2 to reach the US in June already
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JoshuaJSlone
Member
You can't blame Nintendo for all the third party bungles, too.
Mockingbird
Member
New Play Control! Chibi Robo next please.
And Disaster and Reginleiv too!!!!
And Disaster and Reginleiv too!!!!
I came to post this, DAMMIT!!!
But we can blame NoA for not releasing Xenoblade and Pandoras Tower as soon as NoE. Sure. NoE definitely played a role in the FFVI and Chrono Disaster- If NoA and NoJ(?) got these games, then why didn't NOE get them?
Thunder Monkey
Banned
The sad thing is... I'm going to reward their dickish behavior.
I didn't buy Pikmin 2 on the Cube.
I didn't buy Pikmin 2 on the Cube.
Square owns the rights to those games, and Square brought them to America. Nintendo owns the rights to Xenoblade and The Last Story, and Nintendo of America chose not to pass on both in America (until a combination of bad PR and decent sales in Europe caused them to reconsider).
It's not comparable at all.
BassForever
Member
At least you eventually did get those games, I'm still waiting for my official US release of Terranigma :'(
I'd say that NoE could've done something to get these games to Europe. We got Secret Of Mana, but not FFVI and CT? It seems that NoE didn't really care enough about these games back then to get them translated for Europe.
A better example might be Mother 2 (Earthbound), which was also published by Nintendo and never released in Europe.
We are still waiting for Earthbound, Mother 2. In fact, every Earthbound game, you had at least Mother 2. And Sony is even worse for that. There are so many RPGs for the PS2 that were never released in Europe.
IrishNinja
Member
haha, yeah - now would really be a perfect time to dump those titles out too. like a reverse launch year: the well's dried up, so here's that stuff we slept on.
WTF Pikmin 2 is out tomorrow!
Why doesn't Nintendo bother advertising their games at E3
Maybe a note after the Pikmin 3 presentation: "For those of you waiting in anticipation NPC Pikmin 2 hits next Sunday." But yeah it's going to sell shit just like the other 2 times they released it.
MidnightScott
Banned
I believe all of the Nintendo Selects/New Play Control boxes have reverse cover art but I could be wrong. Someone chime in.
Night_Trekker
Member
Guess I'm going to GameStop/Amazon tomorrow. Noice.
NPC do, but I believe Nintendo Selects do not.
So there are techniques that you can't do in the Wii version with the absence of the c-stick? Should I bother with this one if I have the gamecube version?
stuminus3
Member
That actually wasn't a third party bungle, the atrocious state of Nintendo sofware in Europe in the late 1980s/early-mid 1990s was completely because of Nintendo. There wasn't even an NoE until 1990-ish and it wasn't anything of worth until the N64 was released. Nintendo had some seriously funny ideas about what would and would not be worth releasing or letting others release, and they were a lot more strict on what 3rd parties could release then (more so than even in the US). "I was there", as they say. This is why FFVII was released on PlayStation in Europe just the same as everywhere else in the world.
Diddy Kong
Banned
Most likely.
Eek, I hope they didn't remove it. It was really charming. Probably the only instance of product placement I would fight for :lol
There was product placement in Pikmin 1 too, right?
I honestly don't remember. It was so long ago that I borrowed my friend's copy, and my NPC copy is still sitting on the shelf unplayed :/
Not that I remember beyond nintendo stuff, but it's been quite a while.
In Pikmin 1 you are just searching for Olimar's ship parts.
Which is way better than the stupid shit they put in 2.
WiiRevolution1
Member
Yea, I tried to preorder this at gs but they don't even know the game exists. My gs is usually pretty good too... i ordered at amazon about a hour ago. Don't wanna take any chances.
1st time playing it. Played NPC Pikmin late last year and can't wait to play this, and Pikmin 3 soon. Fell in love with this franchise! Too bad 2, and apparantly 3 has no time limit...
Anyone doing a OT for this game? It deserves it! Poor negelected NPC Pikmin 2. I'm just glad we are somehow getting it.
1st time playing it. Played NPC Pikmin late last year and can't wait to play this, and Pikmin 3 soon. Fell in love with this franchise! Too bad 2, and apparantly 3 has no time limit...
Anyone doing a OT for this game? It deserves it! Poor negelected NPC Pikmin 2. I'm just glad we are somehow getting it.
Chet Rippo
Member
No.
There is still a time limit every day where you must return to your ship. The counter stops in caves though.
Old thread I guess, but I noticed on CAG that at Toys R Us any Wii game ($19.99) has a deal running when you buy two of them you get it for 30 dollars instead of the normal 40 dollar price point. Great way to pick this up tomorrow if you have a buddy doing the same (or if you just want to try and flip one somewhere).
Having not played the second game I figure it's a good time to jump back into it.
Having not played the second game I figure it's a good time to jump back into it.