Another example of not every good, Japanese game coming to North-America

[Malakai]

Blood of Bahamut - Japanese DS Video

Actually, if you check out ebay or amazon, it appears that a lot of rpgs that are on the DS in Japan haven't made it to the US.... For the most part, the XBOX and Playstation have been getting a large numbers of Japanese games, but Nintendo still hasn't gotten the memo yet apparently.

The DS still could potentially have another 5+ year shelf life.

[Matt]

That's probably because of the target marketing audience that Sony and Microsoft- contrary to Nintendo of America's audience- have already catered to: RPG fanatics.

NOA, to me, doesn't put enough emphasis on RPGs even though they would sell on any console like hotcakes. I don't know what their stubbornness on importing RPGs is about. Sure there's The Last Story, new Dragon Quest games, and Xenogears, but if you visit their official site, the coverage they give on Japanese greats that would do well here is lacking.

My other gripe with them is they also don't give Etrian Odyssey 4 for 3DS (already a hit in Japan) the time of day here. You have to watch the Youtube promo-still in Japanese- just to know the EO series is still going strong!

I agree, these RPGs would extend the life of both DSes. If you noticed that about PS2 near its end, the last games released for it were mostly JRPGs, That's how the PS2 shelf life lasted a few extra years, so this theory is tried and true.

[Malakai]

It's disappointing, because the DS is probably the best handheld of all time. Some would argue that the Sega Nomad was the best, but really, it's short battery life limited its potential, and it was $289, which also limited its user base.