Just caught wind of this on Nintendo's official Facebook page:
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!
The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).
Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.
Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.
Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.
Xenoblade Chronicles series composer Manami Kiyota has possibly finished the final orchestra recording for the next Monolith Soft title.
Makes sense. It's been nearly 3 years since the DLC for 3 came out. The next Xenoblade or whatever they end up calling it will probably come out next year.
Wow did anyone of you guys read the comments in the article. Some of those guys only owned a wii this generation. Wow they are missing out on so much. Anyway Nintendo needs to see if these game sell well. There isn't exactly a hardcore market on the wii and i don't blame them for not bringing it to america.
At this point it isn't about whether or not it can sell or not. I'm sure they can localize at the very least one of the three titles and not hurt their bottom line that much considering their already getting localized for europe ( in terms of zenoblade and last story ) and the fact that they've a ton of money this gen. Nintendo says it wants to get core gamers back with the wii u. If want to show that, they should start by filling an currently abysmal lineup with the only games to play being zelda and kirby. At this point in the wii's lineup, this is about given a token of gratitude to your existing fans that are left whom bought the system.
These so called journalists might want to investigate and find out whether Nintendo of America has the licensing to publish them in America before going on a goddamn crusade.
Believe it or not, just because you publish a game in Japan doesn't mean you automatically can do it in North America.
That's why Demon's Soul was published by Sony in Japan, Atlus in America and Namco Bandai in Europe.
It's not even asking for common sense, it's asking for goddamn investigative journalism.
I love how Nintendo treats they core fan-base. /s
But don't worry because someday someone is gonna make a fan translation. I hope...
Will it be coming to Europe?, Well I feel bad for you guys in the US Nintendo hasn't been treating you well when it comes to localisation. You cant blame them to much though a lot of people shun and bad mouth these games it was bound to happen eventually, Anyway I hope you guys do get these games.