Face It, You’ll Never Get To Play Nintendo’s RPG Holy Grail

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At this point, it looks like will never come out in the US. First released for the Game Boy Advance as a Japanese exclusive in 2006, the third game in the series has since gained a worldwide cult following. It seems like a game perfectly suited for the US video game market: it draws heavily from the American cowboy mythos, and has a universal, if not easily translated, sense of punny, cartoonish humor. But despite consistent player demand, has still never had an official release outside of Japan.

For some, this is old news. The fight for has been raging on for decades, and many have long since given up. However, new information provided by the series' creator suggests that Nintendo had the opportunity to publish in the US, but declined, and that the moment to do so has since passed. Here's everything to know about the sad, strange history of .

According to an interview in the new documentary, series creator Shigesato Itoi no longer has any interest in bringing to the US. If a localization was unlikely before, it's even more so without the creator involved. While he believes it'd be great for US fans to get a chance to play it, he goes on to say that once he's done with a project, he's truly done. And after almost two decades of hubbub over, how much more done can a person really get?

Itoi also acknowledges the existence of a fan-made English translation for. The fan translation is still available for free online, but requires a copy of the original game to be played. According to Itoi, however, that almost wasn't the case. He's understandably vague about this, implying that Nintendo once had the chance to work with fans to create a translation, but wound up turning it down. Itoi says he may have been interested in the