Current Events > I can't believe Nintendo originally didn't want to release Xenoblade in the US

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Punished_Blinx
10/11/22 8:06:25 PM
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I finally played through the Definitive Edition on the Switch. The scale of this game on the Switch still impresses now. Must have been mindblowing on the Wii. Feels like a more epic game than FFXIII did.

And yet Nintendo of America didn't want to bother to localize it and it took Nintendo of Europe responding to a petition to make it happen. At least this lead to the unique English accents I guess.

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StarSpangled
10/11/22 8:08:08 PM
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iirc this was when JRPGs were in a huge slump.

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BigHentaiBoobie
10/11/22 8:08:46 PM
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Now it's Reyn time

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Solar_Crimson
10/11/22 8:09:26 PM
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StarSpangled posted...
iirc this was when JRPGs were in a huge slump.
This. Moreso, Nintendo of America was not releasing a ton of titles over here at the time.

Aside from the intended titles of Operation Rainfall, we also didn't get Disaster: Day of Crisis (which is basically an American disaster film in video game form), nor the sequels to Trace Memory or Hotel Dusk.

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Shishiwakamaru
10/11/22 8:10:00 PM
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StarSpangled posted...
iirc this was when JRPGs were in a huge slump.

this seems like circular logic for not releasing a good game

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Prismsblade
10/11/22 8:10:04 PM
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Heard they did have plans and the petition wasn't a factor in their decision.

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Solar_Crimson
10/11/22 8:12:59 PM
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Prismsblade posted...
Heard they did have plans and the petition wasn't a factor in their decision.
I feel like if they did, they wouldn't have had GameStop release Xenoblade or XSeed release the other two games up to two years later.

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Punished_Blinx
10/11/22 8:16:08 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
I feel like if they did, they wouldn't have had GameStop release Xenoblade or XSeed release the other two games up to two years later.

And even if it was true the plans would be from Nintendo of Europe. Which is unusual.

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