Nintendo

No, This Is The Right Way To Do A Japanese Game’s Box Art

Just like it did with Europe, Nintendo is giving Xenoblade fans the chance to pick the game’s alternate cover before it’s released in North America.


July 19, 2011
Nintendo

A Letter To Disgruntled Gamers

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.


June 30, 2011
Nintendo

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

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.”


June 25, 2011
Nintendo

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

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.


May 16, 2011
Nintendo

The Right Way To Do Japanese Box Art

The same smart people at Nintendo Europe who thought it was a good idea to localise Wii RPG Xenoblade also know how important box art can be for such a localisation. So they’re letting the game’s fans vote.


April 1, 2011
Nintendo

The Wii’s Xenoblade Finally Being Exported From Japan

Wii role-playing game Xenoblade (aka Monado: Beginning of the World) will no longer be a Japan-exclusive, thanks to Nintendo of Europe. The company is bringing the game to the Wii in Europe as Xenoblade Chronicles.


January 26, 2011
News

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

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?


June 8, 2010
In Real Life

This Is Much Better

AKB48 member Mayu Watanabe was immortalised in Xenoblade CG for a commercial to promote the game. The end result was not so great.


June 1, 2010
In Real Life

This Girl, Immortalized In Xenoblade CG

Mayu Watanabe is a member of uber popular Japanese idol troupe AKB48. The 16-year-old is also in a commercial for upcoming Wii game Xenoblade. It’s here, but something is different.


April 8, 2010

New Xenoblade Trailer

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Our previous look at Monolith Soft’s upcoming Wii role-playing game Xenoblade – formerly known as Monado: Beginning of the World – may not have convinced you that the game is worthy of carrying the Xeno prefix. But what about this new trailer?