Welcome to our new web site! If you haven’t yet taken the time to read our “welcome” post, please sure to do so as that article nicely sums up some of our future plans for the website. First off, take a look at the main menu. You will notice that front and center are drop-down menus […]
Fire Emblem will “Awaken” on the 3DS
It’s that time again folks. A new Fire Emblem was confirmed at Nintendo’s Tokyo Game Show conference last September, officially titled: Fire Emblem: Awakening (literally translated from Faiā Emuburemu: Kakusei) for the Nintendo 3DS. This will be the thirteenth entry into the series and the first non-remake Fire Emblem since Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn on the […]
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 […]
Drugs, Sex, and Strawberry Lollipops
Zombie games are a dime in a dozen nowadays. It seems like everywhere you look another game with zombies appears. With so many games out there, how do you distinguish one from the other? The answer is pretty easy actually, just add the demented mind of Suda 51 and a cheerleader whose favorite food is […]
What Happens Next? – Spirit Camera Teaser #1
Nintendo kicks off its teaser campaign for Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir with this creepy teaser video, the first in a series of teasers. Note the hash tag at the end #cursedmemoir – look for follow-ups to this on Twitter. Fans of the Fatal Frame series should be paying close attention to this spin-off, as […]
VIDEO FEATURE – Xenoblade Chronicles Accolades Trailer
The critics agree: Xenoblade Chronicles is AWESOME.
OPINION: Operation Rainfall DID Help Bring Xenoblade To The Americas
This is an opinion. Did I not make that clear?!
10 Reasons Why You Should Be Excited For Xenoblade Chronicles
Why haven’t you pre-ordered yet?!
>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!)
>N-Europe Review of The Last Story
>“When discussing The Last Story as it moved along the final stages of development, it didn’t take Hironobu Sakaguchi long to draw the comparison with what is considered to be the gold standard of the JRPG. “I used the same method with Final Fantasy VII”, he conceded to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. The method in […]
>╰☆ Xenoblade Chronicles Tidbit of the Day #23 ☆╮
> Gem Crafting 101 Part 2This is probably the most confusing part as it involves Flames, Fever and whatnot. This is where is get’s really confusing, but in short: during crafting the Shooter and the Engineer will boost the stat values of the enhancements chosen through your materials and will fill the Cylinder gauge respectively. […]
>Xenoblade Chronicles Preview in the March Issue of Game Informer
> The March Issue of Game Informer has given a full page preview of Xenoblade, page 71. Below are two excepts from it, the first and second paragraphs:“Xenoblade Chronicles has been readily available in most major gaming markets in the world other than North America for a while now, and RPG fans have been raving […]