As you may know, games such as Pandora’s Tower, The Last Story and Xenoblade shall not be going to the Americas. Nothing unusual in that, they are cult RPGs and they often don’t leave Japan. The strange thing is while they won’t be visiting New York or Los Angeles, they will be coming to Europe. Maybe they like the Eiffel Tower better than the Statue of Liberty.
It has been 10 years since Xenoblade arrived in the US, we look back at how the game almost never showed up if not for a group of dedicated fans.
I wish The Last Story would make a comeback.I played it years before I got around to Xenoblade. Mainly because of the scalping going on because of Xeno's limited run. It took me a few tries to get into it but once I did I couldn't put it down. A Wii hidden gem for sure.
I wish the Last Story get a Switch remaster or remake. That game deserves a second chance
These JRPGs stand up on their own.
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Missing these 3 hurt but losing out on Mother 3 hurts the most. Sometimes I can't understand the decisions a company that supports so much shovelware makes.
Not listening to core gamers
Making poor localization decisions (eShop!)
Refusing to support some of the most standard technologies?
C'mon Nintendo, you were better than that
Just can't can't forgive us for the whole tea in the bay thing, can you?
"C'mon Nintendo, you were better than that"
Given that you're likely using the good old days of the SNES era as a basis for this misconception, what actual recent example do you have? Mad World?
The JRPG is caught up in its own culture of being a JRPG half the time. You just don't see character models in a JRPG without ridiculous swords and hair. American gamers just don't associate with that kind of thing anymore...
Couldn't another company step up and publish these titles?
Well I have a different view on these things. Xenosaga and Xenogears made the fanatic christians in usa raise their swords because of highly religious materials that is not considered ok by christian people.
They were released eventually because it was only a game and games were not as popular then as it is now. Censorship didn`t believe the fanatics that these game could have a impact on peoples minds and faith.
I`m sure Xenoblade will have many intertextual references to christianity in a way that makes the christians in usa roar.
It`s different times now as games have become bigger.
Land of the free and home of the brave, but not land where you can watch and play everything.