Xenoblade Chronicles coming to the U.S. - April 2012 - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

ChadFL · 04-14-2012, 10:21 PM

Xenoblade Chronicles, despite a limited release, was the 2nd highest selling video game (following Kinect Star Wars) in North America in it's first week at nearly 142,000 copies!

In fact after just one week it's nearly surpassed the total number of copies it's sold in Japan, and it's been out in that country since 2010. Hopefully this encourages more JRPG's to get ported to America. This also bolds well for The Last Story, which was finally announced for U.S. release in a few months.

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41007/USA/

New rumors seem to indicate that another great RPG Pandora's Tower will also be coming to the U.S. for release this summer. Pandora's Tower is the last of the three games Operation Rainfall has been campaigning for a U.S. release.

http://operationrainfall.com/rumor-s...wer-in-system/

West E · 01-11-2013, 05:17 PM

bought this today. I have no clue how i'll play all 20000 hours of this but I saw that Gamestop no longer carries this so I bought the first used copy i found at my local Gamestop.

RaijinUT · 02-17-2013, 03:36 AM

Finally starting this. I went the Dolphin route after attempting to buy it for the past 1+ month on amazon or Ebay... but $150+ is just too much for me to buy it.

ChadFL · 02-17-2013, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by RaijinUT

Finally starting this. I went the Dolphin route after attempting to buy it for the past 1+ month on amazon or Ebay... but $150+ is just too much for me to buy it.

I'm baffled as to why the North American release of Xenoblade Chronicles was so limited. Despite only Nintendo direct online and Gamestop selling it the game sold around 400k, more than double what it sold in Japan despite a wide release there. They really dropped the ball with marketing this great game. There's no excuse for needing to pay $150 to buy a copy. I'm glad I got my copy from Nintendo online when it released for $50.

RaijinUT · 02-17-2013, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChadFL

I'm baffled as to why the North American release of Xenoblade Chronicles was so limited. Despite only Nintendo direct online and Gamestop selling it the game sold around 400k, more than double what it sold in Japan despite a wide release there. They really dropped the ball with marketing this great game. There's no excuse for needing to pay $150 to buy a copy. I'm glad I got my copy from Nintendo online when it released for $50.

I agree and I am speechless on how good this game is. If Nintendo would have marketed this game, and actually made enough copies for the demand, then they would have easily sold a lot more copies.

I am only 5 hours or so in... But I can not tell you how excited I am already for the sequel on the Wii U.

Nintendo better not drop the ball with sequel, or whatever the game is, when it's released.

Talal86 · 11-25-2013, 06:42 AM

I was about to win a bid for $60 on ebay but someone raised a dollar in the last 2 seconds.. so unfair

anyway, hours later, I found a mint, like new copy but paid way for it.. oh well, I heard nothing but great things about the game, so hopefully it's worth it

hayes1516 · 11-30-2013, 05:50 PM

Truly one of the best games on the Wii. Looks great and plays wonderful. This game so reminded me of Final Fantasy...you know, back when it was good.

04-14-2012, 10:21 PM	#21
ChadFL Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Daytona Beach, FL Blu-ray collection:556 DVD collection:5	Xenoblade Chronicles, despite a limited release, was the 2nd highest selling video game (following Kinect Star Wars) in North America in it's first week at nearly 142,000 copies! In fact after just one week it's nearly surpassed the total number of copies it's sold in Japan, and it's been out in that country since 2010. Hopefully this encourages more JRPG's to get ported to America. This also bolds well for The Last Story, which was finally announced for U.S. release in a few months. http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41007/USA/ New rumors seem to indicate that another great RPG Pandora's Tower will also be coming to the U.S. for release this summer. Pandora's Tower is the last of the three games Operation Rainfall has been campaigning for a U.S. release. http://operationrainfall.com/rumor-s...wer-in-system/ Last edited by ChadFL; 04-14-2012 at 10:28 PM.

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01-11-2013, 05:17 PM	#22
West E Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2011	bought this today. I have no clue how i'll play all 20000 hours of this but I saw that Gamestop no longer carries this so I bought the first used copy i found at my local Gamestop.

02-17-2013, 03:36 AM	#23
RaijinUT Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Salt Lake City Blu-ray collection:140	Finally starting this. I went the Dolphin route after attempting to buy it for the past 1+ month on amazon or Ebay... but $150+ is just too much for me to buy it.

11-25-2013, 06:42 AM	#26
Talal86 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Dec 2010 4K collection:101 Blu-ray collection:264 DVD collection:3 Trading Score:72	I was about to win a bid for $60 on ebay but someone raised a dollar in the last 2 seconds.. so unfair anyway, hours later, I found a mint, like new copy but paid way for it.. oh well, I heard nothing but great things about the game, so hopefully it's worth it

11-30-2013, 05:50 PM	#27
hayes1516 Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Perth, Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:146 DVD collection:34 iTunes collection:208 Blu-ray reviews: 25	Truly one of the best games on the Wii. Looks great and plays wonderful. This game so reminded me of Final Fantasy...you know, back when it was good.

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