Author: Operation Rainfall Contributor

> The Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars tournament has been relaunched (we never say never) and it’s taking place Saturday March 31st, 2012 at 6:30pm EST! Sign-Up by Saturday, March 24th, 11:59pm to enter! Here are the two places to read the rules AND sign-up. http://oprainfall.freeforums.org/tatsunoko-vs-capcom-tournament-rebooted-t414.html http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=337547746280776

>“XSEED Games, an independent-minded publisher, today announced a partnership with Nintendo that will bring The Last Story™ to North America, exclusively for Wii™. Developed by legendary creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, and his studio, MISTWALKER, in conjunction with Nintendo, The Last Story has players taking charge of a band of mercenaries and journeying with them into a […]

>“Nintendo is loading 2012 with surprises for all kinds of gamers. Today Nintendo can confirm that the acclaimed role-playing game The Last Story™ will come to North America for the Wii™ console in 2012, published by XSEED Games. Nintendo also can reveal that Xenoblade Chronicles™ will launch on April 6, complete with fan-chosen artwork that […]

>Dunban’s Japanese voice actor, Ryō Horikawa, has his own major body of work as well: Vegeta in the Dragon Ball series, Andromeda Shun in Saint Seiya, Heiji Hattori in Detective Conan/Case Closed, Tolten in the game Lost Odyssey, and most notably, Captain Falcon in the Super Smash Bros. games.

>Here is the official cover art for Xenoblade Chronicles! Right click and select “Save Image As…” to save this file and use it in your own artwork and promotions for the game. Be sure to come back and share any art you create with us! We’d love to see your creations!We will be continuing our promotion […]

>”The Last Story demonstrates that there is still life and innovation left in the form of the Japanese RPG, despite the constant crowing of naysayers to the contrary.”8/10 http://www.gamingunion.net/reviews/the-last-story–649.html

> Party Tension During Battle. During battle, you can increase your Tension and Affinity (Party Gauge) by shouting encouragement to party members when their tension is low or when they land a critical hit. You can also help party members who are in bad condition or who are unable to fight. Your party members can […]

>She does a very nice job of covering the battle system, so pay special attention to that part if you are interested in seeing how the game play mechanics work.Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Please respect the opinions of others.

>One of our staff members emailed Nintendo to ask if “their friends” should pre-order Xenoblade Chronicles and this was the response they received: “Thank you for writing. While this is expected to be a hit, there’s no way of knowing how quickly it will sell. If your friend knows that they want to purchase Xenoblade, […]

> Location Profile: The Bionis LegThe Bionis Leg is the second open area in the game and is of course on the Bionis Leg. This is probably the most well known area for those that have yet to play the game, as it tends to be featured a lot in images. The area is huge, […]

>Please read the following articles and see what they have to say about it. http://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/2-down-1-to-go-did-operation-rainfall-work/ http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/hailinel/operation-rainfall-you-helped-a-duder-out/30-91332/

>The interview Operation Rainfall’s co-leader Ryan Tyner did with 3DS Buzz has been posted on their website. Check it out, and like, share, and comment on the article.http://www.3dsbuzz.com/3ds-buzz-operation-rainfall-interview/

>Here is a question for all of you, the followers of Operation Rainfall. It has been a long time coming, and we have had quite a lot of success on our journey since the very beginning. It all started on the IGN message boards with original poster ‘themightyme’ starting something that was lying dormant within […]

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>Character Profile – SharlaSharla is a 21-year-old playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles. She wields a rifle that uses ether energy, which she uses to great effect for defensive and healing purposes. She is sometimes referred to as “medic” in-game.When you first meet her, Sharla lives in Colony 6 with her younger brother Juju. Sharla is a […]

>Great News for Canadians! You can now pre-order The Last Story from EBGames!http://www.ebgames.ca/wii/the-last-story/312691

> The interview Operation Rainfall did with Ars Technica has been posted on their website. For those unfamiliar with Ars Technica, they “are a publication devoted to technology that caters to technologists and IT professionals”. They have a large reader base and this was a great opportunity for our campaign, so check it out, and […]

> Art Symbols The pictures of Arts that go in the Battle Palette tell you about the Art. Pink attacks are capable of inflicting break, green can inflict Topple and yellow can inflict Daze. Red Arts are just general attacks, purple inflict status effects. Blue Arts are to be used on your own party members, […]

> Good news for our Canadian friends, you will also be getting the exclusive art book when you pre-order Xenoblade Chronicles from EB Games. http://www.ebgames.ca/wii/games/xenoblade-chronicles-with-bonus/312135?loc=bestsellers_row2_col1