N-Europe writes: "It’s not always easy in living Europe. As well as the tornadoes and bi-annual smallpox epidemics, Europeans tend to suffer also in terms of being on the tail-end of Nintendo’s release plans; at least compared to Japan and North America (our Australian readers have our sympathy). Despite Nintendo’s oceans of cash, you’d be surprised just how many Wii and DS games don’t actually release on our shores. The Brain Training generation may have made Europe a video game market to be reckoned with, but it looks like the days of shafting are far from over. These are all recent, first-party Wii and DS titles that, for one reason or another, just weren’t worth localising."
Alex S. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "..Nintendo revealed that they are fully localizing the original Famicom title, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & The Blade of Light and releasing it on the Switch eShop. This got us thinking – what other games could Nintendo localize for the first time and take out of the vault? Well here’s our list of the top 10 games Nintendo should localize."
The regular season of Major League Baseballis over. Washington took the cup, and the boys of summer are off to hibernate until spring. For the baseball superfan, this means many long months without their sport of choice, so they've turned to the virtual world. And rather than the super-sims or manager games, a Mario spin-off baseball series seems to have captured people's attention.
Mario Superstar Baseball hit the GameCube in 2005, and its sequel Mario Super Sluggers landed on the Wii in 2008. There hasn't been a new baseball spinoff since developer Now Production's closure, unless you count Super Mario Party's baseball toybox, but the decline in Mario sports games hasn't deterred the dejected baseball fans of the r/baseball subreddit from picking the game apart.
Will there ever be an official release of Mother 3 in the West? That's... possible, but also a question that more than enough people out there are constantly asking. The late-life GBA game has been a looming shadow over Nintendo of America, but perhaps more importantly, it's one that's blocked fans from talking so much about the other games Nintendo hasn't released over here. And those are good too! Let's break down the best prospects.
