According to an e-mail by Ken Berry from XSEED it is. Ben sent a tip (thanks!!) and pointed us to a NeoGAF thread where a forum user by the name of Hero of Legend (the same one here, perhaps?) has been gathering requests and pinging XSEED's director of publishing to see if he's aware of them. In response to Winds of Nostalgio Berry flat out says "this is coming to the US".
No word on the publisher, but it might not be XSEED. It's probably Tecmo considering they have an arm in North America and published Winds of Nostalgio in Japan. At Tokyo Game Show I tested out the airship combat which felt just like regular combat in an RPG. Winds of Nostalgio may not reinvent the RPG wheel, but it has high production values. Matrix Software, the team behind Final Fantasy IV DS, developed Winds of Nostalgio.
Overall, Nostalgia does many things well but nothing that stands out. It's got a good story, fun gameplay, and little details that shows this game was made with attentive care. However, basing its premise in old school gameplay with some stereotypical RPG bits makes hard to call a must-have for all DS owners. All in all, Nostalgia is great for any RPG fan out there looking for a slightly quirky but fun romp on their DS.
Wind of Nostalgio is set in the 19th century. Players take control of main character Eddy, son of a legendary English adventurer. Eddy and a cast of fellow Londoners set off on an adventure that takes them through London and the rest of the world.
A central theme in Nostalgio is flight. Eddy makes use of a dirigible in his travels. When playing, you move about the world through the air rather than walking around on an overworld map. Your air ship also comes into play during battles, as in addition to fighting standard party-based command battles when exploring dungeons, you also engage in air-based battles against other air ships.
Tecmo has released some new screenshots of Wind of Nostalgio for the Nintendo DS in Famitsu magazine. Scheduled for November 6 in Japan, this new RPG developed by Matrix Software was reviewed in Famitsu and scored a 30/40.
