It is hard to believe that any Nintendo franchise would not have found success in the West, especially in the US, considering how universally beloved practically everything it develops in-house or publishes ends up being. Indeed, Nintendo games make up the majority of the best-selling games of all time, with the likes of Pokémon , Animal Crossing , and Super Mario instantly hitting the top of the charts whenever they release. These are huge IPs all over the world, yet that was almost not the case.

Indeed, Nintendo's best games almost didn't make it to the US. In particular, one franchise, which has gone on to be one of Nintendo's most successful IPs, if not its most successful, was deemed to be too weird for US audiences . If it weren't for the efforts of specific individual

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