Xenoblade Chronicles gets European special edition, very European localization

by JC Fletcher on Jun 28th 2011 8:00PM

While American fans are doing their best to fume productively about the localization prospects for Xenoblade Chronicles, Nintendo continues working on the European localization. And Nintendo is really hammering home the fact that it's a European localization. A video clip from a recently posted Iwata Asks interview reveals a surprising amount of Britishness in the voice acting. See the clip in question after the break, and find lots more in the interview itself.

An announcement on Nintendo of Germany's site reveals that not only is Xenoblade being released in Europe on September 2, it's being released in a limited edition with a red Classic Controller Pro. That's like twisting the Xenoblade in the backs of already irritated Americans.

Via: Siliconera
Source: Nintendo, Iwata Asks

Tags: bundle, classic-controller-pro, europe, iwata-asks, monolith-soft, nintendo, special-edition, wii, xenoblade-chronicles

Reader Comments (51)

At least if you can play it in english!

..nevermind.

@Shoyz

Wait hang on. Are you saying u can't play it in english?

@Foetoid

+ Region lock.

It will come to America...as a Wii U title.

@Jason B

That would hands down be the best way for Nintendo to guarantee I wouldn't have anything to do with the Wii U.....

They might be able to skate by with pulling another twilight princess.... but they pull a "Only for the Wii U" and they can kiss my customer loyalty goodby.

@Scuffles

I stopped being brand loyal to Nintendo after they refused to bring Mother 3 over. I'm quite glad that I chose well, as it seems they're pulling the sam stunts as Namdai, another company I no longer buy from.

So how region locked is the Wii again?

@Scuffles

You are either going to have to hack your console to get around the region locking or you are going to need to buy a European Wii.

That or wait for the chance for NOA to pick the game up, but I wouldn't bet on that.

@Scuffles

Thanks to homebrew the Wii is completely region free.

@Scuffles LOL!, when i was visited Poland last Month i was Holding a copy of Disaster Day of Crisis i found at their electronic store "Empire", and I thought the EXACT Same thing!! :D

Wow, talk about piss in the wound.

NOH MEYTA HWOW MANY TOIMES OI SAY THIS OI NEVA GET YOOSET TO EET

@Cypher FDP I was hoping he'd say "govena"

I think "irritated" is exactly the right word.

The wii is on the way out it seems. I guess its not printing money anymore

@DJ Kenneth A

Pffft The reason the Wii isn't printing money is because cool games like this have been placed on the back burner for years and instead we have gotten shovelware....

And the company line about how the Wii is under preforming and as such its not worth investing money to ensure a steady flow of MUST BUY games. Which is why it is under preforming,

I giggled.

Aren't there any ESL (English second language) actors available for some of these games?

It's sad that most Wii RPGs look so damn dry. Like the desert wind already conquered them.

I'm happy this is coming to the UK but that voice blows, he sounds like Ebenezer Scrooge wtf

Nintendo, I preordered this game on amazon like a lot of the operation rainfall group, I will buy this, pandora's tower, and last story if you localize them

if you do not, I will pirate the european releases

your move

@ShadowSoldier89

Goodness sakes. You had such a great comment until you turned it into a stupid threat.

@ShadowSoldier89

I wouldn't go as far as say pirating .....

but modding my Wii and importing legal copies to play .... that just might be in the cards If I am not given the option to buy them in the US.

To be honest the only thing that has kept me from Modding my consoles to date is that
A) I'm Lazy
B) There has really been no compelling reason to.

Please NOA let me remain Lazy, Continue to give me no reason to Mod my console and accept my money ..... Also you get the added bonus of sending the Wii out with a bang instead of a whimper, which will provide you with a decent amount of goodwill throughout your (at present) loyal fanbase.

No, I agree.

Nintendo of America... your call. Localize these, and get my money. Don't, and I'll still play it in English anyway by pirating the European release.

Just like I did with Last Window (Hotel Dusk 2), Another Code R (Trace Memory 2), Soma Bringer and Disaster: Day of Crisis.

NoA, the ball is in your court.

Oh god that brown haired guy is approaching Final Fantasy XII levels of horrible voice-acting accents.

@Shane86

By "bad voice-acting accents" do you mean characters with localized accents that don't fit the character?

Or are you under the impression that the game isn't completely European English?

@Alexisonfire

What the hell are you going on about

JOYSTIQ, Did you just erase my comment with the link to OPERATION RAINFAL's facebook page?!

You know, if we fail to get the games, I'll blame you for deleting our efforts to get to more people.

@Aanx

Hahaha, that's actually really funny.

@Aanx
"While American fans are doing their best to fume productively about the localization prospects for Xenoblade Chronicles..."

You know Joystiq, you are not helping us a lot by eliminating comments with links to Operation Rainfal.

@Aanx
I think this very sentence on the article should have a link to it in good ol' Joystiq fashion.

Jesus tap dancing Christ enough with the teasing Nintendo either bring it over or shut your damn mouths about it. Obviously we need another Wii music more than this or The Last Story.

@dtrain1183
So Nintendo are not allowed to advertise a game they are releasing in Europe this September because it's pissing you off that there are no plans yet to release it in North America?

@IrateGamer Exactly. Damn Euros gonna rub it in our faces. Smug bastards.

And yet still no NA release...stupid NOA!

Damn, I really like those voices, too. I suffer from as-long-as-it's-british-it-sounds-awesome-itis. I feel like that's a pretty standard affliction in this country. I think it'd work fine here :P.

NoA stinks!

We want this and especially The Last Story!

Ummm, I don't see what all the fuss is all about, I'm live in the UK and this still looks terrible.
Voice acting made me feel ill.
This game can only be good if it's so bad it's good....I think.

@Faris Hilton

I greatly disagree with your comment and have opinnions that differ a lot from yours.

I'm British and I can't think of anyone I've ever heard who sounds like that (who wasn't doing a bad British accent impression). On the other hand woot! Didn't know we were getting xenoblade and the last story. Good luck with project rainfall

I don't understand why they can't simply SUBTITLE it. I can read english. There's no need to make the stinking thing with cheap voice-actors for the US. Just give us subtitles. That way the people that DO want it will be able to buy it and not be screwed over with another copy of "Redneck Games."

Geez, complain, complain , complain. If we get the game after all this, the last thing I'll be thinking about is the voice acting. How about gameplay huh? How about amazing gameplay with average voice acting?

This is why we can't have nice things. Hmph!

I'm happy for our Europeans brothers and sisters though, they're getting some love. I hope Nintendo does the right thing.

Still waiting on news for The last Story, first Wii game in ages that makes me want to open my wallet

Due to things like this, I don't even hear Reggie speak any more; he sounds like one of the adults from Charlie Brown. "Nintendo is planning on winning over core gamers" can pretty much be translated as "Nintendo is looking to dominate this PR event by making everyone happy".

It's an endless cycle that functions perfectly. By the time disappointment reaches its height, there's new hardware, new promises and a new dangling carrot.

To be honest the Americans should just stop crying already and import the game if they want it so badly. Europe had to deal with sort of crap for decades.

Europe never got Xenogears. Not even on PSN today because apparently its too much trouble to make a PAL disk image and get the game rated for europe.
Not to mention the only Xenosaga we ever got was part 2.

@ll features ll

Being a douchebag does not cancel out douchebaggery.

This reminds me a lot of the Dragon Quest localisations, and that's definitely not a bad thing.

god that looks awful

Ugh.. why release a video focusing on character's ugly low poly mugs, instead of the vast beautiful adventure filled world? Huh? HUH?

I want to mod my wii to play this, but Im afriad once the wii u comes out I might have trouble transfering my Wiiware and Vc games over if my wii is modded.

@TwEE
Don't worry, you won't have any trouble. The games are linked to your Wii account. Your Wii account sends data to your Wii, but it can't take data FROM the Wii. You'll be fine.

Games you install via the homebrew channel don't count of course.

Undubs are easy to create and rampant these days. I for one will be enjoying the undub of Xenoblade on my American Wii using homebrew and the usb loader all while punching a baby.

I would be totally OK with them just bringing this over to America, Britishness and all. It lends a certain exotic flair to the game. That was certainly not the intent in its native land, but that's not to say it couldn't be a bonus in another one.

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