Rumor: Gamestop Got Xenoblade Released

By AntonCaptainSeagull. Wednesday, December 14, 2011 1:27:01 AM

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The rumor, because the source is some unidentifiable ninja ghost, is that Gamestop itself persuaded Nintendo to release the game in the United States, and is even helping with the publishing costs. They also say that Nintendo will be watching Xenoblade sales very closely as a gauge in deciding what to do with The Last Story, another fan favorite RPG destined to be released in Europe. It seems though the pre-orders for Xenoblade Chronicles are not going as well as Nintendo had hoped.

If you are one of the fans who said you would get the game if it came out in the US, I would say it that as gentlemen and ladies of your honor, you will need to buy it when it launches. Why not pre-order it too, just to help push Nintendo into releasing the other one earlier, if at all.
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Dustin WilsonKhadgar Wednesday, December 14, 2011 1:43:57 AM

Preordered mine. Lackluster preorders I'd think are coming from lack of advertising. New GameStop opened here in town (finally after having 3 in the next town...), and not a single mention of the game anywhere in displays except for scribbled handwriting on a whiteboard of pending game release dates... all the way at the bottom. That still doesn't advertise what it is. People aren't really going to buy anything they don't know. It's Nintendo's job to advertise it, and they couldn't really care less.

AntonCaptainSeagull Wednesday, December 14, 2011 1:58:52 AM

I think they could, and SHOULD care a lot more. You are probably right on the advertisement thing though. However you woud think Gamestop would be going ape-shit with it's own ad campaign with it since its an exclusive and they like pre-orders like a vampire likes blood.

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