Retro_Link Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Harvest Moon Magical Melody, the second Harvest Moon on Gamecube after A Wonderful Life, didn't make it to Europe, but that looks set to change, http://www.cubed3.com/news/7346/1/Magical_Melody_Coming_to_Europe_on_Wii! Nintendo News | Magical Melody Coming to Europe on Wii! In what may come as quite a surprise to many, a very pleasant one at that, Rising Star Games has revealed plans to bring the highly anticipated Harvest Moon Magical Melody on the GameCube to Europe...but promoted as a Wii game! This is an approach Nintendo took with the WarioWare team's Rhythm Tengoku on GBA in Japan, marketing it in a DS box to help sales and it is an idea that many people have discussed in the past, but never thought would occur. Now, though, Yasuhiro Wada himself (development director at Marvelous Interactive and the father of Harvest Moon) has spoken openly about plans for Magical Melody, which has been delayed several times, to come out as a Wii game. Below is the snippet from Eurogamer's chat with him: Eurogamer: What's the next Harvest Moon game in store for us? Yasuhiro Wada: We are working on a European version of Magical Melody for the Wii. [PR person interjects, and there is a short argument about whether or not we're allowed to know about that before Rising Star's Richard Barclay clarifies the matter for us.] Richard Barclay: We haven't received official confirmation from Nintendo that Rising Star will be a Wii publisher, and we haven't told Nintendo we've told anybody that we'll be releasing Magical Melody, which was a GameCube game, as a Wii game. Cubed³ has just been in touch with Richard at Rising Star to confirm this is indeed true, so it is just a matter of time before Nintendo confirms RSG can publish on Wii over here and then an official Press Release will no doubt be sent out. And if this goes ahead, could Nintendo bring over Baten Kaitos Origins to Europe in a similar fashion? Keep it here to see how things develop... Here's a trailer of the game, http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=9929&type=wmv&pl=game IGN info/pictures/videos http://uk.cube.ign.com/objects/780/780378.html Hopefully this will open the door for Baten Kaitos Origins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Still abit annoying that it is just a rehash of a cube game and an old one at that what happened to the Wii version anyhow, or is this and the Wii version seen in a few games reels trailers one and the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 Still abit annoying that it is just a rehash of a cube game and an old one at that what happened to the Wii version anyhow, or is this and the Wii version seen in a few games reels trailers one and the same?There is a Wii Harvest Moon aswell! This is basically because Europe didn't get this game on Gamecube! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj metroid Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 i think this is a great idea. i mean if it was released on cube it would go nowhere.. at this stage it could be the best game ever and it would be ignored on the gamecube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkspine S Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Great, another 'cube remake. This is one we never got though, so its not all bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 i think this is a great idea. i mean if it was released on cube it would go nowhere.. at this stage it could be the best game ever and it would be ignored on the gamecube. Exactly. It'll also be seen as "new" if it comes out on a newer console. I doubt it would even get a look-in other than from hardcores if this were to be released on the Cube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 Exactly. It'll also be seen as "new" if it comes out on a newer console. I doubt it would even get a look-in other than from hardcores if this were to be released on the Cube.Exactly, most people buying Wii games won't know it was a previously unreleased GC game! Anyone know of any other GC games out there that Nintendo could bring to Europe on Wii? There was that Nintendo First-Party Golf game, or was it Baseball, what happened to that? Just released in Japan or scrapped altogether? Maybe that could be bought back with Wii controls, which would work great for Golf/Baseball if done by Nintendo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkspine S Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I wouldn't mind seeing Alien Hominid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePigMarcher Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 About bleeding time - never got round to importing and was patiently awaiting a Europe release that never came. This is heading up my most wanted list , even better is the fact that we will be getting 2 HMs for the Wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocka Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 lol pretty much confirms that it's Gamecube 1.5 :wink: I'll be happy though if they do that for Baten Kaitos Origins, as I REALLY want that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparko Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Yeah I'd really love it if we seen Baten Kaitos Origins like this too. There was that Nintendo First-Party Golf game, or was it Baseball, what happened to that? Just released in Japan or scrapped altogether?Maybe that could be bought back with Wii controls, which would work great for Golf/Baseball if done by Nintendo! That was Pennant Chase Baseball. I dunno what happened to it, it just seemed to quietly dissappear. I assume it'll appear on the Wii at some stage, as it had finished production as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 That was Pennant Chase Baseball. I dunno what happened to it, it just seemed to quietly dissappear. I assume it'll appear on the Wii at some stage, as it had finished production as far as I know.Yeah that's what I thought it was called, but when I looked for it on IGN it wasn't listed!Nintendo should update it for Wii! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Yeah that's what I thought it was called, but when I looked for it on IGN it wasn't listed!Nintendo should update it for Wii! It is better using wikipedia Pennant Chase Baseball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Cool news, but I was sure this did come out over here on GameCube? My bad. Harvest Moon rocks though! : peace: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrocasilva Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Great news, I thought it would never get out in Europe now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer kirby Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 What country will it come out on first? Japan America Europe Or even Australia O_0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkspine S Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 A wii release of Giftpia would be interesting. Was that an online game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrocasilva Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 A wii release of Giftpia would be interesting.Was that an online game? Giftpia wasn't online, but I agree, Nintendo should release it. there was also a good looking MMORPG for GC... Homeland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkspine S Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Giftpia wasn't online, but I agree, Nintendo should release it. there was also a good looking MMORPG for GC... Homeland. I thought that one got cancelled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrocasilva Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I thought that one got cancelled?It came out in Japan, I believe it was never sold in stores though, only through their website or only got to some stores afterwards, something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer kirby Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Yeah only got sold in japan reason why it never got released in english was that nintendo (I think) said it would be to weird over in americia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columnar Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 For anyone still looking forward to 'Harvest Moon: Magical Melody' on Wii (really GameCube), I've just been on Rising Star games website and it says that there will be a 'special announcement' sometime next week (Aug 20th)!!! Wonder what the announcement will be? A Definite Euro release date or that its been canned AGAIN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda_Rulez Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Yes, they've removed the game listing last week, and added that news flash one day after. It's probably a date, or maybe some extra waggle controls that will be added. However the game listing had a date of 30 September added two weeks ago, so that may not be it. September was also said to be the date in this interview: http://www.cubed3.com/news/7745 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tales Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 A bit off-topic but anyway, I read somewhere, not sure where, Gonintendo maybe, that Rune Factory is going to be released in Europe October 26. Can anybody confirm this? I'm going to import it from NA(released today!) but I'm sure some of you others are looking forward to it(if not, you should) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sméagol Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I never played a Harvest Moon game, and I was looking forward to this as one of my last Cube games, because it looked like a great example of a Harvest Moon game.. I am somewhat glad I still get the chance to get this game (probably?), but while I'm such a difficult person, I hope they'll have "gamecube" editions (packed in black Cube boxes that is) for people who specifically want to add this game to their Cube collection.. There's no way I'm putting this in my Wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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