Secondly, I agree with the sentiment that I don't get the whole "This game has to sell 100,000 copies to justify its release." The making of the game and the localization has already been done. How much money would Nintendo be spending on release in the United States? Movies get released all the time that probably see less than 100,000 people see them in the theaters, and video games cost way more than movie tickets. If not I don't see why some smaller company couldn't just release it instead. It's not like you need advertising to release the game. I don't go around seeing advertisements for the DVD of Dogtooth everywhere, but that never stopped someone from releasing it.
Movies and games are very different. The movie industry purposely puts money into artsy movies for the health of the industry. Gaming cuts out those types of things, usually. I would hesitate to compare the two in this way.
How much money do you think it would cost to bring a game over here and market it, how much would Nintendo want to make on it, and how much would they lose sending money back to Japan?
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter?
Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.