Post by ECM on Jun 30, 2011 21:20:36 GMT -5
...to get Xenoblade (awesome), The Last Story (not so much) and Pandora's Tower (kinda cool) localized in the USA:
"We never say never."
So said Nintendo earlier tonight, in a reply to Operation Rainfall that simultaneously applauded our efforts while also informing us that they may likely be in vain.
Fortunately, we never say "never," either. This effort has grown beyond any of us, touching gamers across the world. That's how a relatively unknown Amazon page, displaying a little-known title, was pushed to the top of the largest internet retailer's pre-order list in a matter of days. We've been able to speak in one clear voice to Nintendo, only asking them to provide us with the type of content we expected when we originally purchased our Wii consoles. Thus far, they have respectfully denied our requests, which is why we must respectfully continue to tell them that their answer isn't acceptable.
The letter writing campaign remains ready. If you haven't copied a template below and printed it out, please do so if you have any desire for a deep, engaging game (or three). New ideas are being created all the time for Operation Rainfall, many of them coming directly from strangers who we had never crossed paths with. This is all your work; it has been an ever-shifting, ever-changing, ever-rewarding experience.
And it's not over yet.
Go "Like" the Facebook page and pre-order Xenoblade (aka Monado) on Amazon, at the very least. (You can always deep-six it later but you shouldn't cause it's an awesome game...if most of you ever get the chance to find out.)
And why should you care since "petitions never work"? Probably because Nintendo has *already* acknowledged the existence of this effort, so at least it has their attention, unlike most petitions that are just fapping in the dark...err...well, something like that.
UPDATE:
Amazon is Tweeting about it, too.
"We never say never."
So said Nintendo earlier tonight, in a reply to Operation Rainfall that simultaneously applauded our efforts while also informing us that they may likely be in vain.
Fortunately, we never say "never," either. This effort has grown beyond any of us, touching gamers across the world. That's how a relatively unknown Amazon page, displaying a little-known title, was pushed to the top of the largest internet retailer's pre-order list in a matter of days. We've been able to speak in one clear voice to Nintendo, only asking them to provide us with the type of content we expected when we originally purchased our Wii consoles. Thus far, they have respectfully denied our requests, which is why we must respectfully continue to tell them that their answer isn't acceptable.
The letter writing campaign remains ready. If you haven't copied a template below and printed it out, please do so if you have any desire for a deep, engaging game (or three). New ideas are being created all the time for Operation Rainfall, many of them coming directly from strangers who we had never crossed paths with. This is all your work; it has been an ever-shifting, ever-changing, ever-rewarding experience.
And it's not over yet.
Go "Like" the Facebook page and pre-order Xenoblade (aka Monado) on Amazon, at the very least. (You can always deep-six it later but you shouldn't cause it's an awesome game...if most of you ever get the chance to find out.)
And why should you care since "petitions never work"? Probably because Nintendo has *already* acknowledged the existence of this effort, so at least it has their attention, unlike most petitions that are just fapping in the dark...err...well, something like that.
UPDATE:
Amazon is Tweeting about it, too.
