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Japanese Wii RPGs Get Fancy Reversible Covers

9:20PM November 16, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

As if to Lord it over American Wii owners, Europe is not only getting Japanese role-playing games The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower, they’re getting them with fancy reversible covers. More »

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Australians: Bask In The Glory Of The Last Story’s Local Release

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11:45AM October 10, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Being a gamer in Australia has plenty of low points, on that point we can all agree. Local prices, staggered release dates — it seems like the entire world wants to step on our fragile hearts. It is for this reason that we should look upon the local release of The Last Story and rejoice. More »

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Nintendo Of America, You Are Really Smart (Or Mean!)

4:40AM August 18, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

The games some American Wii owners have been pleading with Nintendo to release in the United States are finally being translated to English and released… in Europe. More »

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A Letter To Disgruntled Gamers

9:30PM July 19, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Operation Rainfall is, among other things, a letter-writing campaign hoping to bring Japanese Wii games like The Last Story, Pandora’s Tower and Xenoblade to the US. Nintendo already politely declined on its Facebook page. That’s not the only nice way it’s saying no. More »

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Nintendo Of America Hears You, But You’re Still Not Getting Those Games You Want

11:00AM June 30, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Last week, Wii owners in North America desperate to play games like Xenoblade, The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower, games already released in Japan, pleaded with Nintendo of America to bring those games stateside. Today, Nintendo has responded with a resounding, “Eh, probably not gonna happen.” More »

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How Badly Do You Want The Last Story, Pandora’s Tower And Xenoblade For Wii?

11:30AM June 25, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Bad enough to write Nintendo a letter? On actual paper? That’s what some passionate North American Nintendo fans have resorted to, pleading with paper and ink for Nintendo of America to bring more Wii games stateside, including The Last Story, Pandora’s Tower and Xenoblade. More »

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Is Final Fantasy’s Creator Ripping Off New Final Fantasy Games?

7:20PM April 18, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Nintendo-published role-playing game The Last Story was developed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy. Sakaguchi stopped doing FF games years ago, but you wouldn’t know that by the cover of his latest game. More »

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The Last Story Finishes First In Japan

9:40AM February 3, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

The creator of Final Fantasy brought his latest adventure, Mistwalker’s The Last Story, to Japan this past week, with the Wii game debuting at the top of the country’s bestseller list. But this week’s chart definitely belongs to the PSP. More »

In Real Life

How Japanese Gamers Express Nerd Rage

12:00AM January 27, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Let’s say you don’t like a game. It pisses you off. If you nerd rage, you might do something to the game. Something bad. In Japan, that typically involves scissors. More »

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Why Don’t Foreigners Like Japanese Role-Playing Games?

12:30AM January 26, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

For decades, Japanese role-playing games ruled gaming. These days, they don’t. Now, Western role-playing games get all the attention and praise. What gives? More »