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Title: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: Raccoon Sam on December 30, 2006, 08:39:11 AM

http://gonintendo.com/?p=11066
No SMRPG for Europeans.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: MaxVance on December 30, 2006, 09:51:09 AM

If they want it badly enough, they can import it.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: Chupperson Weird on December 30, 2006, 11:45:01 AM

And an American SNES, NTSC TV, and power converter. Yeah.
Anyway, while this is probably true, NOE is becoming notorious for making vastly incorrect statements.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: Black Mage on December 30, 2006, 12:03:28 PM

Most European televisions bought within the last 5-10 years are capable of displaying NTSC. However, it is ridiculous to expect Europeans to find a SNES to import when it's more than difficult enough to find one in the States as is.

But wow, MaxVance. That's pretty cold for absolutely no reason. The Virtual Console was initially everyone's chance at seeing games that were not released in their territory, not just Europe's. Though this is not really unexpected or new news, it is a shame.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: The Chef on December 30, 2006, 12:31:02 PM

I guess I can kiss Fire Emblems 1-5, Mother 1, and Mario & Wario goodbye.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on December 30, 2006, 01:05:06 PM

It's not surprising. NOE is notorious for screwing over european gamers and they're even worse on importers.

Hopefully NOA doesn't follow suit.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: BP on December 30, 2006, 01:31:41 PM

Sucks to be European. Why, I wonder... Nintendo would make more money. I guess they'll have to depend on the old-fashioned illegal emulation.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: MaxVance on December 30, 2006, 03:33:43 PM

Perhaps Nintendo thinks localization would cost too much for them to make a profit.

Quote from: Black Mage on December 30, 2006, 12:03:28 PM

But wow, MaxVance. That's pretty cold for absolutely no reason.

I meant that in the sense that importing SMRPG (and the SNES, etc.) would be the only way they could play it. Of course, there is emulation.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: Nintendo Bros. on January 05, 2007, 05:29:54 PM

That's just plain awful. I mean, why should we not get out of country games like Mario and Wario? I really wanted to play that! I spent 249 dollars on a Wii, for now, for nothing.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: BP on January 05, 2007, 07:42:22 PM

For nothing? Try buying a game for it.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: MaxVance on January 05, 2007, 08:11:31 PM

You do have Wii Sports.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: The Chef on January 05, 2007, 08:18:30 PM

...and Zelda, and Rayman, and Super Monkey Ball, and Red Steel, and Excite Truck, and Elebits, and eventually you'll have WarioWare, Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 07, 2007, 12:52:06 PM

And tons of other unknown games. And all the other games that are coming out on Virtual Console.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: Kojinka on January 10, 2007, 05:04:55 PM

Why must they torture European gamers so much?  It's times like this I'm glad I live in America.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: Fwirt on January 10, 2007, 05:21:48 PM

You know, I've actually wondered if it might be possible to hack ROMs for playability on the Wii.  Has anyone tried sticking their SD cards in their computer yet?  If you could make ROMs from the web work on a Wii, there might be a chance of playing out of region games, and prototypes....

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 10, 2007, 06:44:32 PM

The VC ROMs are heavily encrypted. Of course people have tried. Also, each ROM comes with its own emulator right now. Inefficient, but theoretically some VC games might support emulation of chips that other ROMs don't based on what they need to emulate. But really... did you think no one else thought of this before you?

Title: Re: Topic Title
Post by: DeadAwake on January 12, 2007, 10:46:03 AM

Actually, foreign players do get foreign games.  Domestic players don't.

Title: Re: No foreign games for foreign players
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 13, 2007, 06:07:51 AM

Quote from: DeadAwake on January 12, 2007, 10:46:03 AM

Actually, foreign players do get foreign games.  Domestic players don't.

I can't believe no one else thought of this before you.