Nintendo yanks Monado from their public game list

Still holding out hope that Nintendo was going to release Xenoblade here in the states? Well, now you might have reason to worry. Nintendo has had their generic 'Monado' listing on their public game list for awhile, but just recently that name was pulled. That could mean one of two things...

[jc48573]

f-cking hate nintendo at times, but I also blame it on the consumers who play nothing but Mario and Halo.

[darkcharizard]

Don't forget Call of Duty!

[Neckbear]

Indeed, although honestly, this isn't the first time something like this has happened.

I mean, look at Mother 3.

[jc48573]

People need to expand on their tastes for video games and not to self contain within one genre. Sooner or later, these games are going to be controlling our minds and create a world in which it dictate us. We must rebel against Activision's evil schemes. j/k...but it won't be a joke if it was true. Just imagine that in reality, Activision is actually supervised by the military to create games that will control our minds.

[Kamikaze135]

I see, but cmon....Microsoft and Sony release off the wall RPG games ALL of the time and they're not the ones selling the most consoles. Nintendo is being greedy and not supporting their smaller fanbase. Nintendo only cares about casual gamers and from time to time release games of their older franchises to BS hardcore gamers and show them that they "care" for their support.

[NeoBasch]

Um... if they don't release this, I'm seriously considering boycotting Nintendo for good. And people say they support new IPs, I find that hard to believe... at least here in the west. :(

[Dravidian]

This is potentially upsetting. [sigh] Is it really that hard for people to invest in good games? I understand that many prefer "casual" games, but for christ sake, dont kill the industry. Buy outside your box.

[christheredhead]

i really hope they localize this game. id be let down tremendously if they didnt.

[Godmars290]

Put this out in the West, I buy a Wii. And I know how badly you want that.

Also, put out an artbook!

[BillOreilly]

They would be sooooooo stupid not to release this. The game is done all they do is dub it or at least add subtitles idc as long as i get it. I got a wii for this and the last story(and dk). The wii is lacking these type games and this and the last story could sell wiis.

[SeraphimBlade]

seriously, this series is cursed. I've heard xenogears second disc is seen as "incomplete" (haven't actually reached that far yet myself) and xenosaga was supposed to be six games long, but they cut it down to three so the last one had to cram in four games worth of story.

[K92]

This is'nt part of the Xeno series.

[Godmars290]

Not to spoil things, but there's a like a 45 minute sideshow/movie that covers about six months worth of plot before it lets you play again.

If its ever remade, that part definitely needs to be filled out.

@K92: Monolith made those and many of the same people worked on this as well, so at the very least its a spiritual squeal. More so because it has Xeno in the title.

[SeraphimBlade]

That's pretty much what I heard. Thanks. Now I know to order some pizza before I pop in disc 2.

[MasterOfThe12Blades]

too bad...I was really looking forward to this one...

[Stealth20k]

yeah all they listed was monado(temp)

the games name was going to change to xenoblade so they were going to pull it

its still coming

And 3 wii games were just rated by the australian board today

coincedence? I think not

[Tuxedo_Mask]

I agree, not to get anyone's hopes up, but I doubt if they'd keep the Monado name considering everyone pretty much knows it as Xenoblade now. If they release it as Monado in the west some people might not realize what game it is.

[Redempteur]

starting translation project in 3 .... 2.... 1....

[SpoonyRedMage]

It'd take forever... Xenoblade/Monado has a ton of text... if Nintendo is localising it(which I still think they are, at least NOE anyway) it would be their biggest localisation ever.

[Redempteur]

You mean , aside when they translated Tales of symphonia for gamecube , right ?

[SpoonyRedMage]

No, Xenoblade has much, much more text than Symphonia. It's not just because it's an RPG(Nintendo has localised loads but it still takes a while).

[Swiftfox]

I don't know.

It could also mean that Nintendo isn't publishing it in the states. Which could mean 2 things: Either it won't see the light of day in the states under any means or the previously rumored artical about the game being ported to the PS3 has some merit.

[jc48573]

very unlikely that it will get ported because Monolith is partially owned by Nintendo.

[Swiftfox]

Correct. Nintendo does hold majority over the studio but Namco Bandai (I believe) is still partial owner.

This may be a similar situation that occured with Ninja Gaiden 2. Produced by Microsoft but due to the alterations in the port it was allowed to be produced as a new title for the PS3.

If the studio owns the IP than it's more likely a chance to see it on other consoles. If Nintendo owns the IP then yes, I don't see the port happening.

[Romeoisburning]

Yo seriously Nintendo, this game is money and I know you guys love money! I will buy two copies just bring the U.S. this game!

[Mahr]

It will hurt if this never comes to the states, but I would just like to point out that people who did not buy Sin and Punishment 2 have no right to complain about Nintendo's awful, awful localization record.