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[MidnightScott]

NINTENDO's Localization Record

This contains release dates for pretty much almost all Nintendo Wii & DS games published by Nintendo around the world. As you can see, there are many games that were unreleased around the world.

Update: Nintendo has recently announced that they are localizing Japan-only DS games for western markets in order to sustain the large install base of the Nintendo DS platform next year. (11/07/2010)

For Japanese/North American Game Imports: Play-Asia.com

For PAL Game Imports: Game.co.uk
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Nintendo Wii Games

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
NA: 11/19/2006
JP: 12/02/2006
AU: 12/07/2006
EU: 12/08/2006

Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
JP: 12/02/2006
EU: 01/12/2007
NA: 01/15/2007
AU: 01/25/2007

Wii Play
JP: 12/02/2006
AU: 12/07/2006
EU: 12/08/2006
NA: 02/12/2007

Pokémon Battle Revolution
JP: 12/14/2006
NA: 06/25/2007
AU: 11/22/2007
EU: 12/07/2007

Excite Truck
NA: 11/19/2006
JP: 01/18/2007
EU: 02/16/2007
AU: 02/22/2007

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
JP: 02/22/2007
NA: 11/11/2007
EU: 03/14/2008
AU: 04/10/2008

Eyeshield 21 (Japan Only)
JP: 03/08/2007

Super Paper Mario
JP: 04/09/2007
NA: 04/19/2007
EU: 09/14/2007
AU: 09/20/2007

Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
JP: 04/26/2007
NA: 06/11/2007
EU: 07/20/2007
AU: 11/08/2007

Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast
JP: 06/28/2007
NA: 10/08/2007
EU: 01/25/2008
AU: 02/07/2008

Mario Party 8
NA: 05/29/2007
EU: 06/22/2007
AU: 07/19/2007
JP: 07/26/2007

Endless Ocean
JP: 08/02/2007
EU: 11/09/2007
AU: 01/17/2008
NA: 01/21/2008

Mario Strikers Charged
EU: 05/25/2007
AU: 06/07/2007
NA: 07/30/2007
JP: 09/20/2007

Super Mario Galaxy
JP: 11/01/2007
NA: 11/12/2007
EU: 11/16/2007
AU: 11/29/2007

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
NA: 11/06/2007
AU: 11/22/2007
JP: 11/22/2007
EU: 11/23/2007

Wii Fit
JP: 12/01/2007
EU: 04/25/2008
AU: 05/08/2008
NA: 05/21/2008

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
JP: 01/31/2008
NA: 03/09/2008
AU: 06/26/2008
EU: 06/27/2008

Common Sense Training (Japan Only)
JP: 03/06/2008

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
NA: 08/27/2007
EU: 10/26/2007
AU: 11/08/2007
JP: 03/06/2008

Mario Kart Wii
JP: 04/10/2008
EU: 04/11/2008
AU: 04/24/2008
NA: 04/27/2008

Link's Crossbow Training
NA: 11/19/2007
EU: 11/07/2007
AU: 12/13/2007
JP: 05/01/2008

Battalion Wars Wii
NA: 10/29/2007
EU: 02/15/2008
AU: 03/20/2008
JP: 05/15/2008

This is where they start choosing not to localize stuff...

Mario Super Sluggers (Japan & North America Only)
JP: 06/19/2008
NA: 08/25/2008

Wario Land: Shake It/The Shake Dimension
JP: 07/24/2008
NA: 09/22/2008
AU: 09/25/2008
EU: 09/26/2008

Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Fatal Frame 4) (Japan Only, EU release cancelled)
JP: 07/31/2008

Captain Rainbow (Japan Only)
JP: 08/28/2008

Disaster: Day of Crisis (Japan, Europe, Australia Only) (Game is set in the US wtf?)
JP: 09/25/2008
EU: 10/24/2008
AU: 11/13/2008

Wii Music
JP: 10/16/2008
NA: 10/20/2008
AU: 11/13/2008
EU: 11/14/2008

Animal Crossing: City Folk/Let's Go to the City
NA: 11/16/2008
JP: 11/20/2008
AU: 12/04/2008
EU: 12/05/2008

New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
JP: 12/11/2008
NA: 05/04/2009
EU: 06/05/2009
AU: 06/18/2009

New Play Control! Pikmin
JP: 12/25/2008
EU: 02/06/2009
AU: 02/26/2009
NA: 03/09/2009

New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis/Mario Tennis GC
JP: 01/15/2009
EU: 03/06/2009
NA: 03/09/2009
AU: 03/26/2009

Another Code R: A Journey into Lost Memories (Japan & Europe Only)
JP: 02/05/2009
EU: 06/26/2009

New Play Control! Metroid Prime (JP Only, In Trilogy in NA, EU, AU)
JP: 02/19/2009

New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (Japan, Europe, Australia Only)
JP: 03/15/2009
EU: 04/24/2009
AU: 05/14/2009

Excitebots: Trick Racing (North America Only)
NA: 04/20/2009

Tact of Magic (Japan Only)
JP: 05/21/2009

New Play Control! Chibi-Robo (Japan Only)
JP: 06/11/2009

New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes (JP Only, In Trilogy NA, EU, AU)
JP: 06/11/2009

Wii Sports Resort
JP: 06/25/2009
AU: 07/23/2009
EU: 07/24/2009
NA: 07/26/2009

Punch-Out!!
NA: 05/18/2009
EU: 05/22/2009
JP: 07/23/2009
AU: 08/27/2009

Metroid Prime Trilogy (NA, EU, AU Only)
NA: 08/24/2009
EU: 09/04/2009
AU: 10/15/2009

Endless Ocean 2
JP: 09/17/2009
EU: 02/05/2010
NA: 02/22/2010
AU: 02/25/2010

Wii Fit Plus
JP: 10/01/2009
NA: 10/04/2009
AU: 10/15/2009
EU: 10/30/2009

Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies/Star Successor (JP, EU, NA Only)
JP: 10/29/2009
EU: 05/07/2010
NA: 06/27/2010

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
NA: 10/13/2009
AU: 10/15/2009
EU: 10/16/2009
JP: 11/05/2009

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
AU: 11/12/2009
NA: 11/15/2009
EU: 11/20/2009
JP: 12/03/2009

Samurai Warriors 3
JP: 12/03/2009
EU: 05/28/2010
AU: 06/10/2010
NA: 09/27/2010

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
JP: 12/05/2009
EU: 07/09/2010
AU: 09/23/2010
NA: 11/01/2010

NHK Kohaku Quiz Kassen​ (Japan Only)
JP: 12/17/2009

Zangeki no REGINLEIV (Japan Only)
JP: 02/11/2010

Ando Kensaku (Japan Only)
JP: 04/29/2010

Super Mario Galaxy 2
NA: 05/23/2010
JP: 05/27/2010
EU: 06/11/2010
AU: 07/01/2010

Xenoblade/Monado: Beginning of the World (Still no announcement as of 09/29/2010)
JP: 06/10/2010
NA: TBA (still appeared on the most recent release schedule)

Wii Party
JP: 07/08/2010
NA: 10/03/2010
AU: 10/07/2010
EU: 10/08/2010

METROID: Other M
NA: 08/31/2010
JP: 09/02/2010
AU: 09/02/2010
EU: 09/03/2010

Kirby's Epic Yarn
JP: 10/14/2010
NA: 10/17/2010
AU: Q1 2011
EU: Q1 2011

Super Mario Collection/Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary
JP: 10/21/2010
AU: 12/02/2010
EU: 12/03/2010
NA: 12/12/2010

FlingSmash
NA: 11/07/2010
JP: 11/18/2010
EU: 11/19/2010
AU: TBA

Donkey Kong Country Returns
NA: 11/21/2010
EU: 12/03/2010
JP: TBA
AU: TBA

Mario Sports Mix
JP: 11/25/2010
NA: Q1 2011
AU: Q1 2011
EU: Q1 2011

The Last Story
JP: 01/27/2011

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
NA: 2011
JP: 2011
AU: 2011
EU: 2011

Fatal Frame 2 Remake
JP: 2011

Rhythm Heaven
JP: 2011

Nintendo DS Games (Not every game is listed)

Daigasso! Band Brothers (JPN Only, Jam with the Band US Release Canceled)
JP: 12/02/2004

Pokémon Dash
JP: 12/02/2004
EU: 03/11/2005
NA: 03/13/2005
AU: 04/07/2005

Electroplankton (JPN, NA, EU Only. Australia Release Canceled)
JP: 04/07/2005
NA: 01/09/2006 (Limited Release Only Online & at Nintendo World Store)
EU: 07/07/2006

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (JPN Only, Hot Import, Spiritual Sequel EBA released)
JP: 07/28/2005

JUMP SUPER STARS (JPN Only, Hot Import, Licensing Nightmare)
JP: 08/08/2005

Band Brothers Request Selection Cartridge (JPN Only, GBA expansion pak)
JP: 09/26/2005

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
JP: 11/17/2005
NA: 09/18/2006
AU: 09/28/2006
EU: 11/10/2006

Hamtaro (JPN Only, Probably due to the license being expired)
JP: 12/01/2005

English Training (JPN, EU Only...could've worked for all the immigrants to the US)
JP: 01/26/2006
EU: 10/27/2006

Eyeshield 21 MAX DEVIL POWER (JPN Only, Licensing)
JP: 02/02/2006

Magnetica/Action Loop (JPN, NA, EU Only)
JP: 03/02/2006
NA: 06/05/2006
EU: 01/06/2007

Pokémon Ranger
JP: 03/23/2006
NA: 10/30/2006
AU: 12/07/2006
EU: 04/13/2007

The Legend of Starfy 4 (JPN Only)
JP: 04/13/2006

Touch Panic (JPN Only)
JP: 05/25/2006

Magical Starsign (JPN, NA, EU Only - Australia Release Never Happening)
JP: 06/22/2006
NA: 10/23/2006
EU: 02/09/2007

Project Hacker: Kakusei (JPN Only, Would've been a good game Nintendo...)
JP: 07/13/2006

Chōsōjū Mecha MG (JPN Only, I heard JGAF liked this one)
JP: 09/02/2006

Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland (JPN, EU Only, NA Survey of Gamers says we hate Tingle)
JP: 09/02/2006
EU: 09/14/2007

Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl
JP: 09/28/2006
NA: 04/22/2007
AU: 06/21/2007
EU: 07/27/2007

Jump Ultimate Stars (JPN Only, Licensing Nightmare)
JP: 11/23/2006

Elite Beat Agents (NA, EU, AU Only)
NA: 11/06/2006
AU: 05/03/2007
EU: 07/13/2007

Jet Impulse/DS Air (JPN Only, NA Release Cancelled)
JP: 02/08/2007

Planet/Puzzle League DS (JP, NA, EU Only)
JP: 04/26/2007
NA: 06/04/2007
EU: 06/29/2007

Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (JP Only)
JP: 05/17/2007

Kurikin Nano Island Story (JP Only)
JP: 05/24/2007

Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol (JP, NA, AU Only)
JP: 07/05/2007
NA: 10/02/2007 (Walmart Only at Launch)
AU: 03/20/2008

Face Training (JP Only)
JP: 08/02/2007

Slide Adventure: Mag Kid (JP Only - I imported it, it's neat)
JP: 08/02/2007

Theta (JP Only)
JP: 09/06/2007

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness
JP: 09/13/2007
NA: 04/20/2008
AU: 06/19/2008
EU: 07/04/2008

ASH - Archaic Sealed Heat (JP Only, NA Release Canceled)
JP: 10/04/2007

DS TV Tuner (JP Only)
JP: 11/20/2007

Card Hero (JP Only, NA Trademark though)
JP: 12/20/2007

Soma Bringer (JP Only)
JP: 02/28/2008

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
JP: 03/20/2008
NA: 11/10/2008
AU: 11/13/2008
EU: 11/21/2008

Fossil Fighters (JP, NA, AU Only)
JP: 04/17/2008
NA: 08/10/2009
AU: 09/19/2009

Daigasso! Band Brothers DX/Jam with the Band (JP Only, EU Only)
JP: 06/26/2008
EU: 05/21/2010

The Legendary Starfy/Starfy 5 (JP, NA, AU Only)
JP: 07/10/2008
NA: 06/08/2009
AU: 10/10/2009

Pokémon Platinum
JP: 09/13/2008
NA: 03/22/2009
AU: 05/14/2009
EU: 05/14/2009

Glory of Heracles (JP, NA Only)
JP: 11/22/2008
NA: 01/18/2010

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
JP: 04/18/2009
NA: 10/12/2009
AU: 11/12/2009
EU: 11/20/2009

Tomadachi Collection (JP Only, Impossible because of the Coding)
JP: 06/18/2009

Welcome Home Chibi-Robo! Happy, Rich Big Sweep! (JP Only, Chibi is dead outside JPN)
JP: 07/23/2009

Ripening Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love (JP Only)
JP: 08/06/2009

Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver
JP: 09/12/2009
NA: 03/14/2010
AU: 03/25/2010
EU: 03/26/2010

Last Window: Midnight Promise/The Secret of Cape West (JP, EU Only for now...)
JP: 01/14/2010
EU: 09/17/2010

Pokémon Ranger: Tracks of Light/Guardian Signs
JP: 03/06/2010
NA: 10/04/2010
EU: 11/05/2010
AU: TBA

Art Academy
JP: 06/19/2010
EU: 08/06/2010
NA: 10/25/2010
AU: TBA

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (JP Only for now, Hasn't been announced)
JP: 07/15/2010

Professor Layton and the Unwound/Lost Future
JP: 11/27/2008
NA: 09/12/2010
AU: 10/21/2010
EU: 10/22/2010

Pokémon Black & Pokémon White
JP: 09/18/2010
NA: Spring 2011
EU: Spring 2011
AU: Spring 2011

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
JP: 10/28/2010
NA: 11/29/2010
AU: 12/02/2010
EU: 12/10/2010


Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem
NA: 11/14/2010
JP: 12/02/2010
EU: TBA
AU: TBA

Fossil Fighters 2
JP: 11/18/2010

Inazuma Eleven (Level 5 in Japan, Nintendo in Europe)
JP: 10/22/2008
EU: 01/28/2011

Kirby (No name yet)
JP: 2011
NA: 2011
EU: 2011
AU: 2011

Battle & Get! Pokémon Typing DS (JPN Only as it's a Romaji game)
JP: 2011

Nintendo 3DS Games

System Release Date/Price
JP: 02/27/2011 - ¥25,000 (US $300)
US: March - $
CA: March - $
UK: March - £
EU: March - €
AU: March - $
SK: ??? - ₩
CN: ??? - 元
TW: ??? - NT$

Animal Crossing
JP:
NA:
EU:
AU:

Kid Icarus Uprising
JP:
NA:
EU:
AU:

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
JP:
NA:
EU:
AU:

Mario Kart 3DS
JP:
NA:
EU:
AU:

Nintendogs + Cats
JP:
NA:
EU:
AU:

Paper Mario 3DS
JP:
NA:
EU:
AU:

Pilotwings Resort
JP:
NA:
EU:
AU:

Star Fox 64 3D
JP:
NA:
EU:
AU:

Steel Diver
JP:
NA:
EU:
AU:

 

[GCX]

Well, at least Last Window is supposedly coming to Europe so there will be an English version.

 

[MattyGrovesOrMe]

Well, at least Last Window is supposedly coming to Europe so there will be an English version.

Importation is immanent

 

[Hours Left]

No Last Window, Xenoblade, Last Story, Chibi Robo, Reginleiv or Another Code R.

I'm hoping they just really wanted to focus on the 3DS titles as almost everything they showed was brand new. They still have to fill the time between now and the 3DS launch.

But this is NoA we're talking about. With all the great stuff they showed today, they still leave a lot to be desired when it comes to niche games. There's eight or nine months before the 3DS drops, so I guess we'll see. :/

 

[MidnightScott]

I don't know what team of people translated Trace Memory & Hotel Dusk. But I heard that Trace Memory & Another Code had two different translations, just like Advance Wars DS 2.

I thought maybe Cing made the English versions too, but I'm probably wrong. Because Cing is down the drain right now.

I bought Another Code R here on GAF last year. We need a translation patch ala Fatal Frame 4 (which I also imported).

I hope nothing I want on 3DS gets released in Japan and not in the US, because it's more than likely region restricted. -_-;

There's eight or nine months before the 3DS drops, so I guess we'll see. :/

Are you crazy? They are gonna release it before Black Friday more than likely. Nintendo seems to love launching their systems in November. I wish it was out now to be honest!

Chibi Robo is a totally dead franchise outside of Japan. They didn't even bother localizing the NPC version of it.

 

[vocab]

Mother 3 still isn't localized. So they get a big 0/10 from me.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Is there a Wii schedule somewhere?

 

[MidnightScott]

See I don't really know much about last generation. But I think we got most of the games Nintendo published in Japan save for a few. I mean Nintendo is on top and now they don't want to bring over squat.

I still have faith in Xenoblade & Line Attack Heroes as they appeared on the release list back in January. Although it was under the Monado name still.

Makes me wish I knew Japanese, but that takes years and I'm impatient.

Also, why the hell is Poké Park Wii not coming out until Winter? The game came out in Japan back in December of last year, and is heading to Europe & (I assume) Australia next month...wtf?

 

[Hours Left]

Are you crazy? They are gonna release it before Black Friday more than likely. Nintendo seems to love launching their systems in November. I wish it was out now to be honest!

Chibi Robo is a totally dead franchise outside of Japan. They didn't even bother localizing the NPC version of it.

I forgot they said it was gonna be released this year, did they re-confirm that during the conference?

Chibi Robo.....

 

[Instro]

Yeah Last Window is getting Euro release, so at the very worst it will be an import. But we might as well relax for now though, the Nintendo e3 site is going to getting updates and such all week, who knows XenoBlade might show up there.

No Last Story was surprising, but Im assuming its just not ready or whatever. I mean there hasnt been video at all yet.

 

[Lijik]

I was really hoping Friend Collection would be coming to the US, I was interested in that game. Guess I'll have to import it somewhere down the road along with Capn Rainbow and Disaster

Also, why the hell is Poké Park Wii not coming out until Winter? The game came out in Japan back in December of last year, and is heading to Europe & (I assume) Australia next month...wtf?

This is crazy but not as crazy as the photodojo localization where they had the NA version of the game done and finished and then didnt release it for like two-three months for some weird reason

 

[donny2112]

Is there a Wii schedule somewhere?

Press site. Nintendo's listed games are below.

METROID™: Other M - Aug. 31
Samurai Warriors™ 3 - Sept. 27
Kirby’s Epic Yarn™ - Fall
Wii Party™ - Fall
Donkey Kong Country™ Returns - Holiday
FlingSmash™ - Holiday
PokéPark™ Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure - Holiday
The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword - 2011
Mario™ Sports Mix - 2011

With Zelda's delay, Fall 2010 is almost as open for third-parties as 2008 was. However unlike 2008, third-parties are actually releasing stuff like Epic Mickey, Goldeneye (new), and NBA Jam. Will be interesting to see how it does. Can't wait for the "YOY decline in December shows Wii on the way out" talk in January. :lol

 

[Tiktaalik]

I could see Zangeki no Reginleiv coming a while after Zelda, since many people will pick up MotionPluses for Zelda and then the install base will be larger.

 

[BorkBork]

Last Window is coming out in Europe?

EXCELLENT.

 

[donny2112]

I could see Zangeki no Reginleiv coming a while after Zelda, since many people will pick up MotionPluses for Zelda and then the install base will be larger.

The problem is this makes sense. Nintendo doesn't often make sense. At least something good out of this E3 is that the Vitality Sensor/Pulse-Ox Monitor seems to have been quietly put on the back-burner. :lol

 

[Metallix87]

I could see Zangeki no Reginleiv coming a while after Zelda, since many people will pick up MotionPluses for Zelda and then the install base will be larger.

That would be logical, though I do think Nintendo needs to find a solid name for the game to do well in North America.

 

[GhaleonQ]

Blemished, to say the least.

 

[Night_Trekker]

Well, at least Last Window is supposedly coming to Europe so there will be an English version.

I might actually cry if I don't get to play that in English. Seriously. Hotel Dusk is one of the most well-written, truly mature games I've played. Ever.

R.I.P., Cing I'm loving Little King's Story so far.

Chibi Robo is a totally dead franchise outside of Japan. They didn't even bother localizing the NPC version of it.

This makes me so fucking sad

 

[Gravijah]

Nintendo's Localization Record

"Hey guys, you like Mario right?"

 

[DogWelder]

Well, at least Last Window is supposedly coming to Europe so there will be an English version.

 

[farnham]

reginleiv is a simple game to localize i believe

its not that text or story heavy

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Hm, disappointing.

I hope Kohler or someone busts Cammy for this. Xenoblade at least needs to be acknowledged.

 

[Gameboy415]

See I don't really know much about last generation.

In terms of GBA games, there's a BUNCH of stuff that never made it out of Japan.
Most of them were fantastic games, to add insult to injury.
Some notable examples being the original Starfy trilogy and the Bit Generations series.

Spoiler

Luckily I bought ALL of them while living in Japan for the past 5 years.

 

[Night_Trekker]

In terms of GBA games, there's a BUNCH of stuff that never made it out of Japan.
Most of them were fantastic games, to add insult to injury.
Some notable examples being the original Starfy trilogy and the Bit Generations series.

Spoiler

Luckily I bought ALL of them while living in Japan for the past 5 years.

*very jealous*

 

[GhaleonQ]

R.I.P., Cing I'm loving Little King's Story so far.

Night Trekker, you of all people should have jumped on it right away. *raps knuckles*

Also, Chibi-Robo: Welcome Home is fantastic, as is Ripening Tingle's Balloon Trip Of Love. Yes, I checked the Love-De-Lic companies' weblogs and Twitter feeds to see if they posted. Kenichi Nishi's going to make a 3DS game next (return to real systems!), and that's it.

And, yeah, the Game Boy Advance was great fun, too. The Kururin series is tops.

 

[Night_Trekker]

Night Trekker, you of all people should have jumped on it right away. *raps knuckles*

I know, I know. Had I been aware the same designer behind Chulip created it, I would have grabbed it sooner. It's an amazing game.

I'm gonna have a lot of "hidden gems" to catch up on this generation, as in all generations. It's a good problem to have, I suppose.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Hm, disappointing.

I hope Kohler or someone busts Cammy for this. Xenoblade at least needs to be acknowledged.

I'd like to bust Cammy, if you know what I mean.

Edit- Ha, they both work well.

 

[MidnightScott]

Well they did add a few more videos. I just find it odd how Xenoblade was revealed at last years E3 (on the press site no less) and it isn't here this time. But then again RPGs take a while to localize. I guess there might be a Fall conference that we can look forward to as well.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

There is still plenty of time for them to announce Xenoblade for US.

What im curious about is whether Treehouse themselves will take on the task or give it to someone like 8-4.

 

[pakkit]

Nintendo's been on a roll this generation, but if there is one thing I want to beat their asses for it's their archaic views regarding localization and global markets. Seriously, Nintendo, this small annoyance to pirates is a huge annoyance to legitimate customers who want to buy your products. Cut it out.

 

[Stumpokapow]

The Last Story is 2011 in Japanand shouldn't be included on any list of games that have been given up on.

 

[trinest]

Last Window is coming out in Europe?

EXCELLENT.

Has that moved on from just been a registared IP to something more detailed?

 

[Negator]

So how about that Tales of Graces...

No show at E3, confirmed for never.

 

[ivysaur12]

The Last Story is 2011 in Japanand shouldn't be included on any list of games that have been given up on.

I also think that people need to chill on Xenoblade. It came out in Japan less than a week ago.

 

[Stumpokapow]

So how about that Tales of Graces...

No show at E3, confirmed for never.

Not Nintendo

 

[Negator]

Not Nintendo

I know, but it not being at E3 pretty much nails Tales of Graces in the coffin for now.

Seeing as I haven't seen any Namco threads and only a thread about Nintendo localizations, I figured this would be the most appropriate place, considering it is on the Wii.

Don't mean to derail the thread, just making an observation.

I'm really hoping The Last Story makes it over, It looks really, really good.

 

[Scythesurge]

I'm extremely thankful that we are getting Sin & Punishment 2! Finally in a couple of weeks!!

 

[Baconbitz]

I'm extremely thankful that we are getting Sin & Punishment 2! Finally in a couple of weeks!!

That's kinda a surprise coming from nintendo which makes me think of how I don't understand there localization strategy either.

 

[thefro]

I'll give them through 2011 before I get really mad about Xenoblade. I guess there is a ton of voice acting.

The Last Story got delayed, so it's a 2011 release in Japan.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

reginleiv is a simple game to localize i believe

its not that text or story heavy

Not text heavy maybe, but it has a TON of voice acting and story. It would actually be quite the undertaking to localize from what I've seen of it.

 

[ivysaur12]

That's kinda a surprise coming from nintendo which makes me think of how I don't understand there localization strategy either.

S&P on the VC sold extremely well. S&P2 requires very little localization effort. Even with the amount that it costs to print the game and send to retailers, they probably had concluded that they will almost definitely make that up even if it only sells a little.

Xenoblade is a huge game requiring a lot of time and resources. At most, Xenosaga III sold around 150k in America.

There is little barometer to how Xenoblade would do in America. The Tales games have sold well, but is that the same audience? And is it worth it to localize? I'm sure that's what Nintendo is looking at right now. As much as we might hate them for not localizing their products, there's business model is that if it probably won't turn a profit, don't localize it. They're a very conservative company.

 

[DDayton]

Someone tell PressGAF to pester Reggie & Co to release titles like Disaster, Another Code (Wii), etc. etc. as Club Nintendo prizes.

 

[Bluth54]

Someone tell PressGAF to pester Reggie & Co to release titles like Disaster, Another Code (Wii), etc. etc. as Club Nintendo prizes.

And everyone else request them as prizes with the Club Nintendo surveys.

 

[MidnightScott]

All I know is that the shit storm of Nintendo deciding to not localize games started in Summer 2008... -_-;

Someone tell PressGAF to pester Reggie & Co to release titles like Disaster, Another Code (Wii), etc. etc. as Club Nintendo prizes.

I imported Captain Rainbow, Fatal Frame 4, Disaster, and Another Code R. Don't think I'll import Reginleiv because it seems too complicated to play in Japanese (since I don't know the language after all)

We still have the possible Fall Conference to look forward to for more game announcements though, Regileiv & Xenoblade could appear. Like someone else said, Reginleiv could come out next year after Zelda since it will help move Wii Motion Plus.

 

[Allan Holdsworth]

With the 3DS coming, many Nintendo DS games will remain Japan only until 10-15 years when someone decides to do a fan translation.

etc

EDIT: forgot Soma Bringer has a 99% done translation, someone do Chibi Robooooo

 

[Nemesis_]

I want Square Enix to bring over their horror series for the DS. Looks awesome. =(

Also, for what it's worth, Pokepark will be releasing in Australia sometime in September.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

After playing Disaster & Excitebots, I think Disaster would've done way better in the US...

I kind of get where you're going with this (since one came out everywhere but America and the other came out only in America), but I think Excitebots is a bit of a special case considering it was a NoA initiated game (I'm assuming because Excite Truck probably did well here) that ended up being a massive failure to the point that they had no faith in its ability to perform elsewhere. Same with Captain Rainbow and Soma Bringer, I'd imagine.

Though I'm kind of baffled that they never gave Disaster, Another Code or Tingle even a modicum of a chance in the US. They could've even used the PAL localizations and just removed the extra Us and changed the "res" to "ers." :\

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Last Window confirmed in english? Source?

Spoiler

Shiggy?

Also, Xenoblade just launched and we have yet to see a direct feed screen from The Last Story, so... chill man.

We should start bitching about Tales of Graces!

 

[Tiktaalik]

from the cover alone I want to play this

 

[OMG Aero]

Night Trekker, you of all people should have jumped on it right away. *raps knuckles*

Also, Chibi-Robo: Welcome Home is fantastic, as is Ripening Tingle's Balloon Trip Of Love. Yes, I checked the Love-De-Lic companies' weblogs and Twitter feeds to see if they posted. Kenichi Nishi's going to make a 3DS game next (return to real systems!), and that's it.

And, yeah, the Game Boy Advance was great fun, too. The Kururin series is tops.

How easy is it to play through Chibi Robo 3 without knowing Japanese? With it not being announced at E3 I think it's pretty much confirmed to be staying in Japan so I might end up importing it.