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Annnnnnd Xenoblade Chronicles is on the endangered list.....



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 02.19.2013 5:02am
Thread Creator

Scribe
The Taru



So finally had the money to toss at some Wii games, was hoping to pick up The Last Story and Xenoblade. Turns out Xenoblade has went the way of Xenogears going on ebay for over 100 bucks. Son of a bitch the game hasn't been localized for that long has it?







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 02.19.2013 6:23am


Ashilyn
Career GM



How long it's been localised is irrelevent - it's the size of the print runs that matters. If I'm not mistaken, Xenoblade only got one print run, and it was a moderate sized one at best. It's been drying up for a while now. Thankfully, The Last Story had a bigger print run, but it's likely to start becoming rare soon too.







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 02.19.2013 7:45am


Testament
Shamshot



I have a sealed copy I would be willing to part with.  Unfortunately, it's PAL region...








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 02.19.2013 8:11am


Jiro
Registered Member



I've got neither The Last Story nor Xenoblade Chronicles and suddenly I am really fucking worried :( Time to start hunting for it at my local stores and buy it no matter the cost, I guess.




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 02.19.2013 9:59am


Coolsetzer
Formerly Furysetzer



Damn. I keep hearing about XC and how it's better than sliced bread. I hate those money grubbing scalpers with a passion. Makes me want to strangle them.




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 02.19.2013 4:35pm


Onyx
Butts
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The thing with Xenoblade is that it was ONLY sold at Gamestop stores and online at Nintendo's site. The best way to avoid ebay is to investigate your local Gamestops (or use the .com to do that for you) and see if any of them have any copies left.

Last Story was published by a different company in the US, XSEED, and also sold at other stores besides Gamestop so it's a little easier to come by at least. I was able to get it recently on Amazon for $30. Pandora's Tower will likely be the same way.




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 02.19.2013 5:23pm


Catastrophe
I'm Catbug!



Is Pandora's Tower even getting a NA release?




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 02.19.2013 5:31pm


Crono
Crono can cross dimensions too!



Yes it is.



Currently Playing: Dark Cloud 2: 3 hours.
Also Playing: CT, FF VI, Solatorobo, Secret of Mana, Halo 4.
Just Finished: Fable II: 7 hours.




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 02.19.2013 6:18pm


amaron
No answer, must be that deaf bitch.



Catastrophe said:

Is Pandora's Tower even getting a NA release?

March 26th.




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 02.19.2013 7:51pm
Thread Creator

Scribe
The Taru



Testament said:

I have a sealed copy I would be willing to part with.  Unfortunately, it's PAL region...

I'm guessing that means it won't play on my NA Wii?




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 02.19.2013 8:38pm


Testament
Shamshot



Not out of the box.

Quick softmod and you're good, though.  =)




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 02.19.2013 9:15pm


Onyx
Butts
Administrator



The NA version of Xenoblade is identical to the UK version anyway. Just softmod your Wii to play PAL region games and it'll basically be the same experience.

And yeah, Pandora's Tower is getting an NA release. XSEED is bringing over the UK version just like they did with Last Story and NOA did with Xenoblade.




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 02.19.2013 11:11pm


Darth Howie
Darthpool
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Nintendo needs to do a better job of anticipating demand for "niche" titles. We had to kick down a lot of doors to get a physical copy of Fire Emblem Awakening, and unlike Awakening, there's no (official) method of getting a digital copy of Xenoblade. Xenoblade probably could have sold twice as many copies as it did if Nintendo bothered to promote the game and print enough copies. Meanwhile, Fire Emblem's the best reviewed game of the year thus far and is nigh impossible to find unless you want to deal with a 1gb download.



Woe unto he who tries to be helpful, for upon him shall be lain the burdens of all.

- Squall 15:11




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 02.19.2013 11:31pm


Coolsetzer
Formerly Furysetzer



Went to Gamestop today to inquire about XC. Got told that it was an GS exclusive and only saw a 5 month print run. They looked it up for me and there are no new copies anywhere at a GS in the U.S. So now it's at the mercy of the second hand market. All I have to say is, way to screw the pooch guys. Another reason that they suck.

Good news on FE is that Best Buy got new stock for that game this week. They had plenty of copies at the store when I went. GS is telling me that they only get a few copies in at a time, and it could be months before another print run.




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 02.19.2013 11:38pm


Darth Howie
Darthpool
Administrator



I hope Nintendo does at least a digital rerelease of Xenoblade for the WiiU. It's criminal that that game is so hard to find. It really does deserve to be played.




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