thats what i'm not sure ofCygnus X-1 said:Confirmed or rumored?
thats what i'm not sure ofCygnus X-1 said:Confirmed or rumored?
warpaint said:thats what i'm not sure of
From the Xenoblade |OT| thread:Cygnus X-1 said:Confirmed or rumored?
Indyana said:From the Xenoblade |OT| thread:
I don't know french but a Spanish site reported that in this interview:
http://www.gamekyo.com/videofr19217_interview-nintendo-france-e3-2011.html
Mathieu Minel marketing director of Nintendo France confirmed Xenoblade Chronicles September European launch. He was asked about The Last Story and he answered that he couldn't talk about it because he was in America, but he hopes it will get localized and Pandora's Tower too.
Source in Spanish: http://www.revogamers.net/noticias/...rma-xenoblade-chronicles-septiembre-6509.html
[Nintex] said:All NoE and NOA do is handle the localization, marketing and distribution. Every release from Brain Training to Xenoblade is decided by NCL.
charlequin said:Multiple people with direct knowledge on this subject have posted in this thread to disagree with your claim. It is simply factually untrue that NCL decide 100% of the schedules of the American and European branches, even if they do ultimately have oversight approval.
* The number of Japanese titles that don't make it over has been a burning question in a number of folks' minds, so I asked about how that works. Denise told me Nintendo of America actually has very-little-to-no say about which titles escape Japan to go worldwide; NCL makes all decisions when porting games to new regions.
I don't know the situation with America, which I doubt it's very different, but at least for Europe NCL has the last word for the localization or not of a game.charlequin said:Multiple people with direct knowledge on this subject have posted in this thread to disagree with your claim. It is simply factually untrue that NCL decide 100% of the schedules of the American and European branches, even if they do ultimately have oversight approval.
Chris1964 said:I don't know the situation with America, which I doubt it's very different, but at least for Europe NCL has the last word for the localization or not of a game.
AnGeL LiveWii said:Nintendo of France just sent some news screenshots of the game in French. The good point is that the game still have a clear interface and the translation seems quite good. Let's keep fingers crossed it will be the case...
That's what the battle screen looks like even in the Japanese version. It's fine.Sad_Panda said:"Quite good" ? There's at least two typos in the screenshots Nintendo France released, the font sucks, and some of those battle screens look incredibly cluttered. If anything, this looks like a rushed job.
Sad_Panda said:"Quite good" ? There's at least two typos in the screenshots Nintendo France released, the font sucks, and some of those battle screens look incredibly cluttered. If anything, this looks like a rushed job.
Alrus said:Well while the typos are there, you can't really blame NoE for the font or the battlescreen, those are from Monolith.
Enjoy your European video game purchasing experience! Just like the real thingRPGCrazied said:Has Nintendo Power ever announced a game? How else would they for NA? E3 came and went. They won't at TGS, that's a Japanese game show. This game must come out. I do have my Wii hacked, but really hate the fact I'll have to spend $100 just to import., I will if I have to though.
I just want it released in my region. Why NoA would skip this game, specially when the Wii's line-up is pretty fucking dry right now. You got Zelda, maybe Kirby, and thats it.
kenji said:Sharla? :\
Marrshu said:It's technically a correct romanization, and it's a real name, unlike Carna.
I do not know if you're going to like it. I do not know if you all will even understand what it means. But here goes.
First off: LINK to US Patent and Trademark Filing on Monado. This is a mark owned by Nintendo that was filed a good while ago. In fact, Nintendo has gone through a good number of hoops with this trademark filing. If you scroll down, you can see the procedural history. The first thing that stood out to me was this:
Current Status: A third request for extension of time to file a Statement of Use has been granted.
Date of Status: 2011-06-15
Yep, that approval just happened today. In short, Nintendo has filed its trademark and has gotten all of its ducks in a row. There is just one filing missing from having the Trademark enter the principle register. They filed their third request for an extension on the 10th, and it was accepted on the 15th of this month. This is a good thing because Nintendo is not letting this mark die. Failure to file an extension = abandonment of the mark.
What does this mean to me the gamer?
First off, there is no similar filing for the name "Xenoblade." That isn't to say this cannot happen in the future. It does not mean you can go make a filing in the principle register (for $335 plus attorneys fees) for a trademark on Xenoblade -- Nintendo would just laugh at you in court and win because they've had prior use of it for over a year now. But this could mean that the game might actually be released as "Monado, Beginning of the World" here in the USA. It might not be, but the door is still open.
Second, a lot of you are probably wondering what a "Statement of Use" is. Believe it or not, it's actually very simple: the Patent and Trademark office needs to see some use of the mark in commerce (such as advertisements, in stores, etc) before registration for the mark will be complete. So Nintendo is at least keeping the Monado mark alive, and once it is used in commerce it will officially be a part of the principle register with all of the rights etc. that having a trademark allows. Well, that, or Nintendo is enjoying spending the $115 filing fee + attorney fees for each extension just to taunt America.
What else do I need to know?
Just to be debbie downer for a second: anyone needing to file a Statement of Use after after receiving a Notice of Allowance (an acknowledgement by the USPTO that the filant has a "bona-fide good intention to use the mark in commerce" but has not done so yet) may file a maximum of five extensions of time to file a SoU. Each extension is for 6 months. That means Nintendo has a one and a half year window to use Monado in commerce before it abandons the mark by operation of law. So we could be looking at a release as late as December 10, 2012...if at all.
Also, don't read too much into the big bunch of language under "Goods and Services." That's just part of the gamut of language that's required by Nintendo to cover their bases for how they're planning on using the mark.
Finally, if you look around the page and at the documents that have been filed you'll see that ongoing effort is listed as "product or service research or development." That could mean any number of things, but in the video game universe I'd wager that it is Nintendo's way of telling the USPTO that the game is still in development. Notice the "or"s.
TL;DR: So there you have it. This is as good of confirmation as you're going to get that Monado, Beginning of the World/Xenoblade is alive in North America. Of course, that does not necessarily mean that it will be released.
Bel Marduk said:Someone on IGN came across something interesting on Monado's US trademark. Full post:
Also a new Field Map Exploration vid was made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CUNNyNK-4w
Agreed. Done watching NoA move like a snail or not at all.RurouniZel said:Well, too late, NoA. NoE gets my money for being on the ball. ^_^
This, dammit!RPGCrazied said:I don't care what they call it at this point, just release it here!
Bel Marduk said:Someone on IGN came across something interesting on Monado's US trademark. Full post:
Also a new Field Map Exploration vid was made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CUNNyNK-4w
(Most Likely) Theory: Their lawyers are just robo-renewing this stuff.dragonlife29 said:I want to believe...
But, my heart...it doesn't want be toyed with.
"Monado" is a mistranslation FYI. Was kinda hoping they fixed that for the final game - did they not? It's supposed to be Monad.Krev said:NoA are real idiots if they thing it will sell better as "Monado" than it would as "Xenoblade".
Yeah, they could call it "SHULK SMASH!!!", and I wouldn't care.RPGCrazied said:I don't care what they call it at this point, just release it here!
john tv said:"Monado" is a mistranslation FYI. Was kinda hoping they fixed that for the final game - did they not? It's supposed to be Monad.
Monad in Japanese is Monado ;pBel Marduk said:They call it Monado in the JP version too and I doubt they'd overlook something like that so I guess it was intended to be called that way.
PumpkinPie said:While I'm still excited about the game and will definitely still buy, it looks worse than I remember...I guess my expectations were too high and my mind is playing tricks on me, I thought we'd get something in line with FFXII's graphics.
john tv said:Monad in Japanese is Monado ;p
Zero-Crescent said:(Most Likely) Theory: Their lawyers are just robo-renewing this stuff.
If NOA was challenged on it and needed to offer an excuse, they could easily say that they were waiting for the sales results in Europe.
Effect said:NoA still renews Project H.A.M.M.E.R domains and that's a dead project and has been for years. I honestly wouldn't look take this a sign that NoA is doing anything in regard to Xenoblade/Monado. It most likely is just lawyers renewing things just to renew them.
Bel Marduk said:Someone on IGN came across something interesting on Monado's US trademark. Full post:
Also a new Field Map Exploration vid was made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CUNNyNK-4w
Bel Marduk said:Those screens posted above are horrible...there are much better screens out: