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While Operation Rainfall has kicked its campaign to bring Xenoblade — and two other high-profile Wii JRPGs — over to North America (NA), Nintendo has all but laughed in their face. True, The Big N did say that they appreciated the enthusiasm, and that more updates would come soon, but this probably isn’t the kind of update that the rain men had in mind. Xenoblade — previously confirmed for an ambiguous 2011 release in Europe — will be hitting that side of the pond on September 2nd.
Even more insulting to NA gamers, is the fact that Nintendo of Germany has announced a limited edition that comes with a red classic controller pro packed in. Burn. But wait, there’s still more degradation to be had for Rainfall operatives; Nintendo has put out some new footage that contains UK voice work. Yes my fellow [North] Americans, Nintendo hates us.
I’m being facetious, of course, but it would certainly account for them blatantly going out of their way to not bring these hotly-anticipated role playing titles to our shores. Wii owners have probably noticed that they’re getting Zelda and Kirby this holiday season and not a whole lot else. It’s still well within the realm of possibility that the three games will eventually arrive at a retailer near you and I; but if that’s the case, we here at MTB would love to know what the heck is taking them so long.
[Sources: Siliconera, Joystiq and Nintendo of Germany]
[Image via Joystiq.]
