Below is a list of games that Nintendo has published in Japan but not in North America:
Gameboy Advance
DS
Wii
WiiWare
Notable titles marked in bold.
I wish Operation Rainfall all the success they're hoping for, but the list above doesn't leave me optimistic. If Nintendo refuses to publish a gem like Soma Bringer in North America--and, more importantly, refuses to allow niche publishers like Atlus and XSEED to publish SB in North America--chances don't look good for Xenoblade.
I'd love to be wrong, though. Xenoblade looks like an excellent game and was developed by the same company that developed Soma Bringer.
Gameboy Advance
- Boundish
- Coloris
- Custom Robo GX
- Densetsu no Stafy
- Densetsu no Stafy 2
- Densetsu no Stafy 3
- Dialhex
- Digidrive
- Dotstream
- Eyeshield 21: Devilbats Devildays
- Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi
- F-Zero Climax
- Magical Vacation
- Mother 1 + 2
- Mother 3
- Orbital
- Rhythm Tengoku
- Soundvoyager
DS
- ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat
- Card Hero: High Speed Battle
- Chōsōjū Mecha MG
- DS Rakuhiki Jiten
- English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills! (Japan and Europe Only)
- EZ-Talk
- Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~
- Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland (Japan and Europe Only)
- Game & Watch Gallery Collection 2
- Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip
- Jam with the Band (Japan and Europe Only)
- Jet Impulse
- Jump Super Stars
- Jump Ultimate Stars
- Last Window: The Secret of Cape West (Japan and Europe Only)
- Little Charo travel Eigo
- Mawashite Tsunageru Touch Panic
- Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
- Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Kanshuu
- Nintendogs: Shiba & Friends
- Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Oosouji!
- Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
- Otona No DS Kao Training
- Otona no Joushiki Yoku Training
- Pretty Cure Splash Star DS
- Project Hacker Kakusei
- Slide Adventure MAGKID
- Soma Bringer
- Tingle's Balloon Fight DS
- Tottoko Hamtaro Nazonazo Q: Kumonoue no? Shiro
- Wi-Fi Taiyou: Yakuman DS
- Yakuman DS
- Zekkyō Senshi Sakeburein
Wii
- And-Kensaku
- Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories (Japan and Europe only)
- Captain Rainbow
- Common sense of people power TV
- Dynamic Slash
- Eyeshield 21: The Field's Greatest Warriors
- Fatal Frame IV
- The Last Story
- New Play Control! Chibi Robo
- New Play Control! Metroid Prime
- New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- NHK Kōhaku Quiz Gassen
- Pandora's Tower
- Tact of Magic
- Xenoblade Chronicles (Japan and Europe only)
WiiWare
- Line Attack Heroes
- Tsūshin Taikyoku: Hayazashi Shogi Sandan
- Tsūshin Taikyoku: Igo Dōjō 2700-Mon
- Tsūshin Taikyoku: World Chess
- Tsuushin Taikyoku: Hayazashi Shogi Sandan
- Tsuushin Taikyoku: Igo Dojo 2700-Mon
- Yakuman Wii
Notable titles marked in bold.
I wish Operation Rainfall all the success they're hoping for, but the list above doesn't leave me optimistic. If Nintendo refuses to publish a gem like Soma Bringer in North America--and, more importantly, refuses to allow niche publishers like Atlus and XSEED to publish SB in North America--chances don't look good for Xenoblade.
I'd love to be wrong, though. Xenoblade looks like an excellent game and was developed by the same company that developed Soma Bringer.