After the previous episode, I fixed the party arrangement, and spent some time in the Jakyou house to have a look at which combinations of monsters yielded the best results for the Neutral alignment run. I’ll explain the logic in today’s episode! Watch live streaming video from oprainfall at livestream.com Off cam, I’ll be combining […]
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A brief overview of localization
One of the most critical parts of bringing a game over is localization. Translation is the act of rendering one language into another. Localization is making sure the new words actually make sense in the new culture and it fits the physical constraints of the game.. Let’s start off at the basics. When a game […]
Shin Megami Tensei Remake arriving on 3DS: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
A game that’s probably one of the more obscure titles in the Shin Megami Tensei library. Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is the second game of the spin off series: Devil Summoner. Originally released on the Sega Saturn in 1997, with a updated re-release on the Playstation 1 in 1999. Both versions were never localized unfortunately. In fact […]
Pandora’s Tower Tidbits
UPDATE: Pandora’s Tower has been announced for North America, published by XSEED Games, and scheduled to be released Spring 2013! ~ Pandora’s Tower Tidbit #1 ~ Did you know Pandora’s Tower shows a Curse Gauge in the lower left screen while you’re playing the game? If you do not get the flesh from the master […]
Project Zero 2: Wii Edition & Spirit Camera out in June
Europe fans get excited for Spirit Camera and Project Zero 2: Wii Edition coming out in June this year. Project Zero 2: Wii Edition was previously known as the Wii remake of Fatal Frame: Crimson Butterfly, which will have updated graphics, additional endings, a pointer-control flashlight, and a new third-person camera view. Also included […]
CVG’s Review of Pandora’s Tower
One of the best scores so far
RUMOR: Xenoblade to arrive at EB Games Canada on April 3rd? UPDATE
Will some people who pre-ordered get the game early?
Featured Fan Art #09
Today’s Fan Art comes from Richie Berry
Featured Fan Art #10
Fan Art for Day #10 of the Countdown. This one from Yasmine Barkani.
Operation Rainfall Interview with Ars Technica
If you have yet to read it, be sure to check it out. The interview is titled ‘How RPG fans convinced Nintendo to release two Japanese titles in the US’
Beautiful Xenoblade Canvas Painting by a Fan
Check out this beautiful Xenoblade canvas painting that artist Benjamin Joseph posted on our Facebook wall!
Xenoblade Chronicles Pre-order Numbers Up 10,000 This Week
This week on the USA VGChartz Pre-order Chart, Xenoblade Chronicles gets an additional 10,294 pre-orders from last week, bringing the total number of pre-orders in the US to 158, 455. With two weeks left on the charts, we could see the numbers rise to over 180,000. Not bad for a title that Nintendo of America […]
>NEW BLOG COMING SOON!
>NOTICE: We will be making some major changes to our blog format this week, while we do this, the domain names http://oprainfall.com/ and https://operationrainfall.com/ may periodically display errors. This is a normal part of the process as we switch nameservers and get everything up and running. If you wish to go to our current (soon-to-be-replaced) […]
VGChartz Weekly Update
VGChartz Weekly US Xenoblade Pre-order Numbers- Xenoblade Jumps to 18k! This Week Rank #——-Weeks Left——— Pre-orders Up———–Pre-orders Total 07 ———–04 ——————-18,095 ——————–148,161 Last Week Rank #——-Weeks Left———Pre-orders Up————Pre-orders Total 09 ———–05 ——————-13,462 ——————–130,066 GameStop http://www.gamestop.com/wii/games/xenoblade-chronicles-gamestop-exclusive/98535 VGChartz http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders/40979/USA/ Note: VGChartz may use speculative information to come up with their numbers and should not be taken as […]
>* THE WEEKLY RAIN – March 4-10, 2012 *
> Just a quick heads up to everyone, we will be upgrading our blog over the course of the week, so please bear with us as we get ready for some major updates. The website may experience a few down periods during the transition, but rest assured that you can also catch the latest updates […]
>╰☆ Xenoblade Chronicles Tidbit of the Day #21 ☆╮
> Xenoblade’s Beyond the Sky was sung by Sarah Alainn, also known as Sarah Lim. She helped to write the lyrics to Shackles of Night, the theme song for the Otakon convention in 2010. Alainn also performed some songs for Makai Senki Disgaea 4 and Chaos Ring Omega.
>Pre-Orders for Pandora’s Tower
>Some news that is sure to please all of our followers and give hope on a Pandora’s Tower North American release. Pandora’s Tower is currently the 5th best selling pre-order on amazon.co.uk and number 1 for Wii Pre-Orders in general! Hopefully this is an indicator of things to come! You rock Europe!http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pandoras-Tower-Special-Edition-Wii/dp/B007C6EQGO/ref=zg_bsnr_videogames_5
>╰☆ Xenoblade Chronicles Tidbit of the Day #22 ☆╮
> Gem Crafting 101 Part 3 Now comes the crucial part: any enhancement values under 100 will be up for Cylindration. This is where the Cylinder Gauge comes into play. Depending upon the Cylinder number on top, you can select just as many enhancement values. Each selected value will be ‘recycled’ into a Cylinder, to […]
>Something Fun!
> Here’s something fun you can do since it’s usually slow during the weekend.Find Aeron, Shulk, Zael, and a mystery character. Helpful tip: Click on the image to make it bigger.
>Say "Thank You" to Monolithsoft
>If you are looking forward to Xenoblade Chronicles, say “thank you” to the developers: 株式会社モノリスソフト (Facebook) / @MONOLITHSOFT (Twitter).(HINT: You should LIKE/FOLLOW that page and/or FOLLOW them on Twitter!)