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Xenoblade coming to the U.S. via Gamestop Exclusive (also avail on Nintendo.com)
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This. I can already see a big, fat "GameStop Exclusive" label on the box too.
El Pescado
Member
Oh my goodness! You've gotta be kidding me!
It lives up to Bebpo's review and the impressions in the Japanese OT, but professional reviews oversell games they like they usually do.
nincompoop
Banned
Gamecube Hut exclusive IMO
wouldnt surprise me.
I'm not a huge fan of JRPGs but maybe I'll grab this in the summer drought
AtomskEater
Member
Neato. I was putting off importing a copy.
I'm fine with buying from GameStop if I have no other choice in respect to retail options (i.e., most Atlus and Aksys releases). I'll get over being pissy at NoA soon enough.
TLS wishes it was half as good as Xenoblade.
SuperSonic1305
Member
At Gamestop what's the difference?
UltimateIke
Member
I already imported the PAL version and sank 125 hours into it. No chance of me supporting it here. Not buying it again. :/
NoE sales: +1
NoA sales: -1
NoE sales: +1
NoA sales: -1
RPGCrazied
Member
A little to late. Unless its gets some sort of CE, I'll stay with my EU copy. I guess Nintendo saw the sells in EU and freaked, now they want a piece of the pie. Can't say the sells will be as good as if they didn't wait, an released it with the EU version.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Just slap a scrotum on the cover and call it good then why don't you!
And the game is pretty damn good. I don't import anything anymore and I procrastinate and haven't played it a lot (recently) but it's damn good. Probably the best JRPG this gen and that's not hyperbole.
famousmortimer
Banned
Not to be outdone, Modern Warfare 4 to be ground up, distributed in our water supply.
Cosmonaut X
Member
Nah, make it Wal-Mart just to torment every Sales-Ager ;-)
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Amazon must be pissed, lol!
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
As long as it comes out, it can be a Taco Bell exclsuive for all I care.
I was holding off on the import just to see what would be release the first half of 2012. Figured after Zelda something would be said. If not then I was going to finally import after I was done with Skyward Sword. Glad I did wait if this is true. While easy I just didn't want to brew my system for an import. My birthday is in April so this will be a great present for myself. 
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
Kinda mad. I wanted it to stay a EU/JP exclusive. Now give us Excitebots.
I don't care if it's my local videogame store exclusive,I will buy that one also day one if it comes to N.A. hehe
Saint Gregory
Member
Fuck, I want this game but I don't like this trend. We've gone from horrible exclusive pre-order content to now exclusive whole games? What's next, Xbox Infinity Gamestop exclusive?
TheMan
Member
waaahh i don't want to give gamestop money, waaaahhh
It's not like gamestop gets its goods from sweatshops staffed by asian 5 year olds who work 15 hours a day. We're talking about the US release of one of the most acclaimed JRPGS of the last few years. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when no release was annouced before, and now this? Just be happy it's coming!
It's not like gamestop gets its goods from sweatshops staffed by asian 5 year olds who work 15 hours a day. We're talking about the US release of one of the most acclaimed JRPGS of the last few years. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when no release was annouced before, and now this? Just be happy it's coming!
Pretty awesome, but probably a band-aid on a bullet wound.
NOA's reaction to Project Rainfall basically boiled down to "No, now stop bugging us" and then they went into total radio silence. Many of those who were most interested in it understandably wrote off a US release and imported it and/or hacked their Wiis.
Now it won't sell worth a damn and NOA will only be emboldened in their lust for refusing localizations. "See, people said they wanted it, and we gave it to them, and then no one bought it! We can't trust what the fans say they want!"
NOA's reaction to Project Rainfall basically boiled down to "No, now stop bugging us" and then they went into total radio silence. Many of those who were most interested in it understandably wrote off a US release and imported it and/or hacked their Wiis.
Now it won't sell worth a damn and NOA will only be emboldened in their lust for refusing localizations. "See, people said they wanted it, and we gave it to them, and then no one bought it! We can't trust what the fans say they want!"
The best speculation is the controller bundle will be GS exclusive.
Omegasquash
Member
Yeah, if they slather the case with branding I don't really care, so long as I don't have to go to the stores in game.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Same here, even with the stubbornness of NoA, I had a good feeling.
Well it says $50 MSRP so it doesn't sound like a bundle.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
I'm okay with this.
At first I thought this may have been an unofficial import type situation (like what JB HiFi did with S&P2 here in Australia) but then I remembered that the Wii is region locked and realised that would prevent such an event from happening (GS can't exactly tell people how to hack their systems).
Looks like your bitching has paid off America. I'm guessing PAL sales would have had an influence on the decision too (the decision being made that late would fit nicely with the April release date).
I'm guessing from the fact that it's a GS exclusive means it's going to be a very low budget localisation with a limited release, so I assume it'll just be the PAL version with the region encoding changed and some minor spelling changes made for the English, Spanish, French text.
Anyway, I just completed the game earlier this weak, myself. I highly recommend it to pretty much anyone with a passing interest in Japanese games and RPGs.
Looks like your bitching has paid off America. I'm guessing PAL sales would have had an influence on the decision too (the decision being made that late would fit nicely with the April release date).
I'm guessing from the fact that it's a GS exclusive means it's going to be a very low budget localisation with a limited release, so I assume it'll just be the PAL version with the region encoding changed and some minor spelling changes made for the English, Spanish, French text.
Anyway, I just completed the game earlier this weak, myself. I highly recommend it to pretty much anyone with a passing interest in Japanese games and RPGs.
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
LOL I just ordered the import yesterday. Classic timing
GitarooMan
Member
I think "trend" is a strong word. It's one game that's exclusive (maybe, could just be an exclusive bundle for all we know) and it's a game that stores like Target, Wal-Mart, etc. would likely balk at carrying anyway (or at least NOA is their vast wisdom thinks won't sell at traditional big box retailers).
If it's a game never coming out or a retailer probably ponying up some cash to help incentivize its release, what would you choose? There's no way Gamestop is doing this out of the good of their heart.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
LOL BRILLIANT, SHIP THAT SON OF BITCH NOW
And is there anything unique for the US? I know we only see a listing but I hope the VA is redone or we get dual audio. Or at last something that will make a double dip worthwhile.
IAmtheFMan
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RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
GO RAINFALL!!!!! ＼(^o^)／
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