It's your turn Now.

People of Europe, rejoice! It seems that the Wii is FINALLY going to get some decent RPGs.

Xenoblade is being localised, and The Last Story is set to follow suit. In Europe.

I bear no ill will towards the peoples of North America, especially Canada, but this announcement delights me. Now the rubber band is on the other claw.

I have been waiting for Grandia Xtreme for TEN. FUCKING. YEARS. And Grandia 3 almost as long. Chrono Trigger got released for the first time on the DS. The Xenosaga trilogy consisted of Xenosaga 2, with a DVD of the cutscenes of the first one. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. 9 hours 9 persons 9 doors. And that’s not to speak of the delays. I had to buy Pokémon Pearl, Crisis Core and Final Fantasy IV DS on import, simply because of the wait between release dates. Hell, the only reason I didn’t get Dragon Quest VI months ago was because the US title is nothing like as cool as “Realms of Reverie”.

But there has been a few changes of late. Doctor Who became immensely popular, and the Colonies had to wait. Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions was released a full DAY earlier here. Another Code: Journey into Lost memories only got a Japanese and European Release. Specter was better in our Ape Escape. And now, Nintendo is dangling the most sought after JRPGs of the time on OUR side of the Atlantic. Now, it might all come to nothing, maybe the US will get these games, maybe nobody will. But that doesn’t matter to me. The fact that, for now, I’m getting good RPGs on the only major console I own, and the NTSC region isn’t, is almost enough to make up for the loss of two whole Grandias.

George III must be laughing dementedly in his grave. But then, he would. He’s mad.