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[Neki]

Guess what takes about 5 seconds?

Inserting a NTSC released disc into my Wii.

buuuut gamestop

don't want to give GAMESTOP my hard earnｅｄ MONEY　ｏｎ　ａ　ＧＡＭＩＮＧ　ｈｏｂｂｙ．

（ｐｏｉｎｔ　ｉｓ　ｍｏｏｔ　ｎｏｗ　ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ　ｉｔ＇ｓ　ａｖａｉｌａｂｌｅ　ｏｎ　Ｎｉｎｔｅｎｄｏ．ｃｏｍ）

 

[chaosblade]

NoA: We are not looking at a Xenoblade release for the next while but who knows maybe later.

Retards: FUCK YOU NINTENDO, I HATE ALL THAT YOU ARE AND EVERYHING THAT YOU DO. YOU LOST A CUSTOMER TODAY. I'M NEVER BUYING ANOTHER NINTENDO GAME! RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! * pre-orders Xenoblade from NoE *

NoA: To our loyal fans: W're releasing a limited run of Xenoblade via specialty stores just for you.

Retards: AUGHHHHHHH FUUUUUCKKKKK YOU NINTENDO. YOU MADE ME GET THIS GAME ELSEWHERE, YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!THIS IS GONNA FAIL SO BAD, I HATE YOU!!!! AUGHHHJEKRJEHWK

To be fair, there aren't very many people with a negative reaction like that. IMO the bigger problem is people taking the opportunity to beg for more games instead of being thankful for the (extremely great) one that we're getting.

A bit like Tales fans in that regard, but not as bad.

Guess what takes about 5 seconds?

Inserting a NTSC released disc into my Wii.

Takes you that long to put a disc in? Something wrong with your Wii?

 

[Wichu]

Guess what takes about 5 seconds?

Inserting a NTSC released disc into my Wii.

Guess what takes about four months?

Waiting for the US version rather than importing.

Just sayin'

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Mario Party 9

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

I guess bringing this over kinda confirms they have nothing else for Wii left.

Fortune Street
Rhythm Heaven Fever
Xenoblade Chronicles
Mario Party 9
The Last Story
Pandora's Tower
Poképark 2: Beyond the World
Fatal Frame IIR
Donkey Kong Country Returns 2
Dragon Quest X Online: Awakening of the Five Tribes

 

[Princess Skittles]

Hopefully the demand for this is bigger than what they're expecting (which is probably low to begin with).

I'd love to see a repeat of the instant sellout of the game Europe had.

 

[Kusagari]

Gamestop or Nintendo, but no Amazon?

Nintendo probably, falsely, assumes that most hardcore gamers shop at Gamestop so they were fine with it being Gamestop exclusive.

 

[mjc]

Well, looks like I'm getting another copy to go with my imported one.

 

[Freyjadour]

NoA: We are not looking at a Xenoblade release for the next while but who knows maybe later.

Retards: FUCK YOU NINTENDO, I HATE ALL THAT YOU ARE AND EVERYHING THAT YOU DO. YOU LOST A CUSTOMER TODAY. I'M NEVER BUYING ANOTHER NINTENDO GAME! RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! * pre-orders Xenoblade from NoE *

NoA: To our loyal fans: We're releasing a limited run of Xenoblade via specialty stores just for you.

Retards: AUGHHHHHHH FUUUUUCKKKKK YOU NINTENDO. YOU MADE ME GET THIS GAME ELSEWHERE, YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!THIS IS GONNA FAIL SO BAD, I HATE YOU!!!! AUGHHHJEKRJEHWK

Yep that's how it went.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Guess what takes about 5 seconds?

Inserting a NTSC released disc into my Wii.

Not if plastic wrap is involved!

 

[Curufinwe]

I buy almost all my games from Amazon and Best Buy, but if this is GS-exclusive maybe I'll trade in a bunch of old Wii games soon to get credit I can use to buy Xenoblade in April.

 

[Foffy]

Fortune Street
Rhythm Heaven Fever
Xenoblade Chronicles
Mario Party 9
The Last Story
Pandora's Tower
Poképark 2: Beyond the World
Fatal Frame IIR
Donkey Kong Country Returns 2
Dragon Quest X Online: Awakening of the Five Tribes

I caught you! Sneaking in games...

 

[Kaizer]

Guess what takes about four months?

Waiting for the US version rather than importing.

Just sayin'

With no indication that the game was ever coming, leading some to believe it was a lost effort.

 

[codhand]

 

[AbsoluteZero]

Five months and five seconds, yeah.

Guess what takes about four months?

Waiting for the US version rather than importing.

Just sayin'

So you're saying a game that's five months old is somehow a worse game than it would have been five months earlier?

Takes you that long to put a disc in? Something wrong with your Wii?

Well I'm including time it takes to pop the disc out of the case, obviously.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Awesome. I'll definitely buy it (when it drops in price a month later).

 

[qq more]

Fortune Street
Rhythm Heaven Fever
Xenoblade Chronicles
Mario Party 9
The Last Story
Pandora's Tower
Poképark 2: Beyond the World
Fatal Frame IIR
Donkey Kong Country Returns 2
Dragon Quest X Online: Awakening of the Five Tribes

You mean Donkey Kong Trooper Challenge

 

[Huff]

Fortune Street
Rhythm Heaven Fever
Xenoblade Chronicles
Mario Party 9
The Last Story
Pandora's Tower
Poképark 2: Beyond the World
Fatal Frame IIR
Donkey Kong Country Returns 2
Dragon Quest X Online: Awakening of the Five Tribes

As in Nintendo currently making more games for the wii. Which isn't happening.

 

[Emitan]

So you're saying a game that's five months old is somehow a worse game than it would have been five months earlier?

No, he's saying unless it takes you months to hack your Wii, importing is faster.

 

[MisterHero]

Nintendo probably, falsely, assumes that most hardcore gamers shop at Gamestop so they were fine with it being Gamestop exclusive.

I suppose one of the big retailers like Wal-mart specialize in games of varying degrees of obscurity

 

[Neki]

Yep that's how it went.

your one liners are really adding content to this discussion

glad you're willing to contribute

 

[Phenomic]

Awesome. I'll definitely buy it (when it drops in price a month later).

You might not get the chance. If they actually do this like Metroid Prime Trilogy and have only a single print run and it blows up. Could easily make this a rare title in the states if Nintendo wanted to.

 

[King Boo]

i am actually more interested in that pandora game. saw a clip where the main character is whipping everyone and has a spear.

but i guess i gotta buy this for any hope of getting that.

 

[SecretMoblin]

So you're saying a game that's five months old is somehow a worse game than it would have been five months earlier?

No, they're simply saying that it takes longer to put the NTSC disc in your Wii.

Because it doesn't exist yet.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

I caught you! Sneaking in games...

Dragon Quest Collection: Legends of Loto

 

[Sagitario]

Hopefully more [online] retailers will be added in the future. I can't order from GS or Nintendo

Nintendo also says NORTH AMERICA, not U.S. So it's not US only.

Us Canadian are not left behind!

BUT WHAT ABOUT MEXICO?! D:

 

[Chuckpebble]

Life after Skyward Sword. Cool.

Hopefully more [online] retailers will be added in the future. I can't order from GS or Nintendo

I'm sure someone here will help you out in a pinch.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/09LPao0thCWTobgndPH5UTuz4zsz63F4

BTW, the official US trailer there still has the (amazing) British voices. That's a very good sign (FUCK OFF JYB!)

 

[Auron_Kale]

Awesome news. My import copy that my friend in Europe bought for me should be arriving today so I might hold off on playing to wait for the NA version (yes, my Wii is already capable of playing the import copy right now).

I'll probably go pre-order at my GS once I'm home.

 

[SecretMoblin]

Life after Skyward Sword. Cool.

How dare you talk about Rhythm Heaven like that.

For shame!

 

[Zwei]

Five months and five seconds, yeah.

 

[qq more]

buuuut gamestop

don't want to give GAMESTOP my hard earnｅｄ MONEY　ｏｎ　ａ　ＧＡＭＩＮＧ　ｈｏｂｂｙ．

（ｐｏｉｎｔ　ｉｓ　ｍｏｏｔ　ｎｏｗ　ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ　ｉｔ＇ｓ　ａｖａｉｌａｂｌｅ　ｏｎ　Ｎｉｎｔｅｎｄｏ．ｃｏｍ）

Wait, what happened to the 2nd half of your post? The font is all weird looking, even when I'm quoting it...

 

[LiK]

Hopefully more [online] retailers will be added in the future. I can't order from GS or Nintendo



BUT WHAT ABOUT MEXICO?! D:

Nintendo opening preorders 12/19. Guess that's when it starts.

 

[Rahxephon91]

Wow. I really can't belive how poorly NoA handled this game. With an actual push, it could have done decently, but this is just basicly throwing it out there. I'm happy for gamers getting a chance to play it, but Jesus.

 

[Jarlaxle]

You might not get the chance. If they actually do this like Metroid Prime Trilogy and have only a single print run and it blows up. Could easily make this a rare title in the states if Nintendo wanted to.

Fair enough. I rarely buy games at full price and never buy used games but I could make an exception here and pony up the money for this one. Now we just need them to bring over The Last Story and then I can say goodbye to my Wii.

 

[Phenomic]

Fair enough. I rarely buy games at full price and never buy used games but I could make an exception here and pony up the money for this one. Now we just need them to bring over The Last Story and then I can say goodbye to my Wii.

Right.. of course that's just speculation there could be a ton of copies that float around. MPT was a rare occurrence and I think a lot of people panicked initially because they wanted a copy, but just didn't wanna pay much for it having already owned all three games.

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/09LPao0thCWTobgndPH5UTuz4zsz63F4

BTW, the official US trailer there still has the (amazing) British voices. That's a very good sign (FUCK OFF JYB!)

Good to see... I hope this also means that the rumors that NOA was handling the Last Story dub are actually true. Maybe they will announce that not long after Xenoblade and release it in February. I mean preorders go up if they have a good number of initial preorders that could help that cause.

 

[Azure Dream]

NoA: We are not looking at a Xenoblade release for the next while but who knows maybe later.

Retards: FUCK YOU NINTENDO, I HATE ALL THAT YOU ARE AND EVERYHING THAT YOU DO. YOU LOST A CUSTOMER TODAY. I'M NEVER BUYING ANOTHER NINTENDO GAME! RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! * pre-orders Xenoblade from NoE *

Oh, cool, "Retards."

By the way, here's not the first response, but the "big" response to Operation Rainfall, the one they told people to wait for:

Thank you for your enthusiasm. We promised an update, so here it is. We never say “never,” but we can confirm that there are no plans to bring these three games to the Americas at this time. Thanks so much for your passion, and for being such great fans!

They literally say "We can't actually tell you we won't do it." This was their big "update." "At this time" you point out? Yeah, that's not a completely meaningless phrase tacked on to every single corporate statement that has even the slimmest chance of changing in the future.

It was pretty discouraging to the people who were ready to give Nintendo of America money for a product.

NoA: To our loyal fans: We're releasing a limited run of Xenoblade via specialty stores just for you.

Retards: AUGHHHHHHH FUUUUUCKKKKK YOU NINTENDO. YOU MADE ME GET THIS GAME ELSEWHERE, YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!THIS IS GONNA FAIL SO BAD, I HATE YOU!!!! AUGHHHJEKRJEHWK

That is true, that is exactly how every single person who disagreed with Nintendo of America's actions reacted. It is uncanny how you reproduce it so faithfully.

 

[Neki]

Wait, what happened to the 2nd half of your post? The font is all weird looking, even when I'm quoting it...

I have no idea, using a public computer right now, lol.

 

[Emitan]

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/09LPao0thCWTobgndPH5UTuz4zsz63F4

BTW, the official US trailer there still has the (amazing) British voices. That's a very good sign (FUCK OFF JYB!)

I don't see a trailer

 

[Kusagari]

I haven't even started playing my import yet, but I'll still buy this day one. Anyone who cares somewhat needs to so we can get Last Story.

 

[AbsoluteZero]

No, he's saying unless it takes you months to hack your Wii, importing is faster.

What if I said I wasn't interested in hacking or importing and was only going to bother playing the game if it made its way stateside?

It's not like I'm hurting for software to play exactly.

 

[ivysaur12]

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/09LPao0thCWTobgndPH5UTuz4zsz63F4

BTW, the official US trailer there still has the (amazing) British voices. That's a very good sign (FUCK OFF JYB!)

I don't see the trailer?

 

[fernoca]

I'd love to see a repeat of the instant sellout of the game Europe had.

Would be nice if the game sold good anyway.
Though "instant sellout" didn't meant much over there when the shipment was quite low to begin with.

Sin & Punishment 2 did like 20-30k when it debuted in the US and was considered as a big bomb. Xenoblade did like less than that in the UK-charts (estimates) and "instant sellouts" and "huge hit" were the words flying around.

I don't see a trailer

First "image" that loads, click play.

It ends with a link to www.xenoblade.com, which re-directs to that site.

 

[Zwei]

BUT WHAT ABOUT MEXICO?! D:

The discs are made in Mexico, I think.

 

[The Technomancer]

I paid $30 extra to play the game a little under a year in advance.

I am not too terribly broken up about this.

 

[BY2K]

What trailer?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Anyone who actually wanted this imported it. Operation Rainfall is dead, the hype is gone, its gonna sell like shit in a can, Nintendo will blame the fans and will announce Mother 4 exclusively for limited Japan release.

 

[AbsoluteZero]

<3

Do you mean to tell me that I'm the only NeoGAF user that isn't down with the whole hacking their Wii thing?

I thought I was alone.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Wow. I really can't belive how poorly NoA handled this game. With an actual push, it could have done decently, but this is just basicly throwing it out there. I'm happy for gamers getting a chance to play it, but Jesus.

After how it's all gone, I think we should be happy it's coming at all. At least there's nothing really riding on the performance of this, which is abundantly clear with how it's being handled.

Limited releases > No releases

 

[SecretMoblin]

Sin & Punishment 2 did like 20-30k when it debuted in the US and was considered as a big bomb. Xenoblade did like less than that in the UK-charts (estimates) and "instant sellouts" and "huge hit" were the words flying around.

Let's leave S&P 2 out of this...

;_;