>>57192613I remember wondering if the first would be localized because PokéPark was a Japanese theme park. I also had this impression that Pokémon on the Wii was kind of... lacking? As much as people fellate PBR, I bought it back in 2007 and even then I felt it was kind of a mediocre battle facility simulator that didn't hold up to the Stadium or Orre games. I was also so disappointed at how it didn't measure up to the reveal trailer in terms of camera and visuals. The game felt very unfinished, and I owned both Diamond and Pearl at the time. This isn't even mentioning that the Japanese version was a Wii launch title and was even more unfinished.
Then there was Ranch. It was Box, but more as a screensaver. Kind of eh, there's stuff to do, but I like the "higher resolution game" aesthetic that Box was going for over the chibi model Pokémon and Miis, gives me that impression of shovelware. The Platinum update never even left Japan either.
Then there were the three Mystery Dungeon WiiWare games that also never left Japan. WiiWare in general gave me that feeling of lesser games, especially with how DSiware was treated. And of course there was the first Rumble game, and they're still going with these budget chibi Pokémon models, but at the very least it got localized. Suffice it to say, but I remember PokéPark not feeling like a sure thing, especially during the era where Pokémon console spin-offs were being phoned in, rushed, unlocalized, or had a several month waiting period before localization was even announced. And then with PokéPark 2, that was around the time interest in the Wii from Nintendo's more hardcore fanbase was dying down. Skyward Sword was the last major release and 2012 felt like life support games like Mario Party and the Kirby collection.
