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Xenoblade coming to the U.S. via Gamestop Exclusive (also avail on Nintendo.com)
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Xilium
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Other than selling out its admittedly small first shipment (though we don't know that exact number either. ~60k in France and ~30k in the UK with every other country most likely getting fewer than the UK), NoE hasn't said a peep about its sales (which typically isn't a good thing). I imagine it did better than expected but still not great.
Booooo!
Xilium
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Well I was wrong about it coming over stateside so I could be wrong about that too. I suppose there has to be some legitimate reason as to why it's not coming out till April.
April 1st is the start of the new fiscal year.
If the alternative was a Photoshop collage like, say, many of the recent DQ covers here then I'd rather just keep it the same. Using one of those alternative European covers that was voted on would've been nice though.
Rare doesn't work for Nintendo anymore
From that Nintendo site that starts with GO.
MAYBE you should advertise the fucking game, Nintendo, don't you think!?
They have so much faith for this game, GameStop has to pay for the publishing, for God's sake. Which is most likely why they have exclusive distribution rights. (WHICH WON'T HELP AT ALL, BTW, NINTENDO!)
And if the pre-orders are so bad, it's either because, like I said, you're not advertising shit, or everybody is waiting to pre-order on YOUR site, but we can't until the 19th.
JESUS CHRIST.
It's way too late for wii for a game like this. First half of 2011 would have seen the game sell double.
I'll still pick it up.
All according to their plan.
I sort of get it. There's a huge financial risk already to put your money behind publishing the game - advertising it further when there might be diminishing returns on your investment means Nintendo wants to cut any potential losses and rely only on word of mouth. It was thanks to word of mouth that the game outperformed expectations in Europe, and only in those last few days when reviews started to come out did preorders hit their stride. I'm not sure if the same thing will happen in America, but the game is good. It'll get good word of mouth regardless.
Then again, there's a reason the Nintendo going site is banned.
EDIT: HAH EVEN GOING NINTENDO THINKS THE SOURCE MIGHT BE FALSE. Jesus.
It would be convenient for them if it fails. The game's failure justifies their reluctance to release the game in America to begin with and gives them a reason to pass on The Last Story and any other game they don't want to localize.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I love the fact that someone within NoA clearly agrees that the "Chronicles" bit was unnecessary.
I think they're married to the title because it's on the title screen of the NoE version, and that's the name under which it received buzz.... but this tiny font on "Chronicles" demotes its importance quite a bit.
By the way: Note the french on the ESRB rating. Definitely coming to Canada. (I know Nintendo of Canada confirmed it, but it seems some doubt was introduced on the last page?)
I think they're married to the title because it's on the title screen of the NoE version, and that's the name under which it received buzz.... but this tiny font on "Chronicles" demotes its importance quite a bit.
By the way: Note the french on the ESRB rating. Definitely coming to Canada. (I know Nintendo of Canada confirmed it, but it seems some doubt was introduced on the last page?)
The logo is better. So. Much. Better.
Holy shit, I almost want to re-buy it for that cover alone.
lol nope NOE gets my money
I imagine some marketting exec thought Xenoblade was too plain or something. In that case I would've been clever and called it "Xenoblade: Beginning of the World". Throw the old subtitle on the new name, and it leaves more of an impression than throwing a fairly generic Chronicles on there.
Thank you my fine friend, exactly what I was looking to know.
Chronicles probably tested well in terms of sounding more epic in some focus group.
It's also a fairly easy game to market if Nintendo wanted to, especially with Skyrimania going on in the States. But again, financial risk and potential diminishing returns. Oh, Nintendo, you so safe!
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Of course Gamestop Canada might be out of the loop still.... who knows. But Nintendo of Canada's site will definitely carry it, or I'll eat my hat. It's already up on the store, saying you can pre-order on Dec 19. (technically the US and Canadian online store are kind of merged at this point, but you'd think they'd block the listing on the Canadian site if they were really unsure about coming here).
Oh hey, didn't see that. Nice.
ShockingAlberto
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drtomoe123
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In other news, my PAL copy finally arrived today.
...see you in April.
...see you in April.
Dead Prince
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"is this a White Knight Chronicles Sequel on Wii?"
Rush2thestart
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I doubt the validity of that source, because it completely ignores the fact that nobody can preorder from Nintendo yet.
Quadrangulum
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I'd be willing to slightly alter my opinion of Gamestop if they actually played a pivotal role in bringing this to America.
I hope this does well less for The Last Story and more for the localization of Monolithsoft's Wii U game.
I hope this does well less for The Last Story and more for the localization of Monolithsoft's Wii U game.
ShockingAlberto
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Gamestop isn't going to bend over backwards for a JRPG for a system that can't really move niche software anymore, if it ever did.
Final Xenoblade: Monado Crystal Chronicles
Square Enix is doing the publishing?
Final Xenoblade: Monado Crystal Chronicles International Edition
Needs more Latin-ish words.
PixyJunket
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This is clearly bogus as GameStop is not in the business of selling new games and I'm pretty sure they're not in the business of publishing games.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
North American logo is super sexay.
Yeah, it just looks much better because it's matching the framing of the original Japanese logo (with the Chronicles where the Japanese writing was in the original logo).
creid
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First, maybe get a more solid source than a doubtful rumor on a banned site before getting worked up? This rumor just sounds like message board speculation collected into one post.
Second, who the hell advertises a game 4 months before release?
Shirley, you can't be serious.
HammerOfThor
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Wait I can preorder this? Where at? Oh nvm lol ^ Is there a release date? Sorry the OP has no info at all.
Edit: NVM the whole post...
Edit: NVM the whole post...
Starwolf_UK
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There are some minor composition differences (I think the European one added more clouds or something) but the assests are the same, I've not looked at which the America box resembles more. DQVI is another example (talking EU and JP here) or DQIX (US and EU).
You are asking me to be reasonable. Begone!
I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.
Hero of Legend
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Yep, the NA logo definitely is better to me as well.
Also to note, remember HM Magical Melody for Wii? That was a GS-exclusive in the US, but in Canada it popped up in most stores, like Walmart, Zellers, Futureshop, Sears, etc.
Should be the same for Xenoblade.
Also to note, remember HM Magical Melody for Wii? That was a GS-exclusive in the US, but in Canada it popped up in most stores, like Walmart, Zellers, Futureshop, Sears, etc.
Should be the same for Xenoblade.
Ah, first time I've noticed this. Good eye. Indeed, there is a difference in the clouds between the JP and EU covers (a bit whiter along the horizon with the latter, and indeed, more of them added along the top; generally, the colors in the EU one seem brighter). Based on this, the US cover is definitely based on the modifications made with the EU cover.
Now that I think about it, I kind of prefer the more subdued look of the landscape on the JP cover.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
It won't tank. There's no localization cost (already done) and they're not even shipping it out to every retailer out there. This is not a case where you can point at a number and shit a lame BOMBA meme out, because it's being treated as a niche release and pretty much whatever they sell should be okay for their expectations. The only thing that can happens is that their (low) expectations are shattered.
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