Because Capcom is a jerk.
Indeed, my good man.
Tails from Sonic 2 onwards.
I mean really, has
anyone wanted to play as Tails? He can fly, but in Sonic 2 he couldn't so, he was basically a retextured Sonic anyways.
and to save myself from posting again....
Mother 1 and 3 (2 underrated RPGs), Mother 2/Earthbound is my favorite among the 3, but everyone always talks about that, and how its still "underrated" I think with many people thinking the same thing, I think it is safe to say that Earthbound isn't that underrated after all, especially since it has been released for VC.
But Mother 1 or 3? Those didn't even come out in the English language, nor on the US or EUR regions.
Mother 1 was a bit of a challenging grind fest with all the random enemy encounters and what-not, but it still has a pretty nice story, some neat innovations slightly ahead of its time.
as for Mother 3, that really wasn't released in the English language at all, not even a prototype.
Nice to know some fans made a translation patch. A neat innovation that I liked was the beat-combos, using the music against the enemies will get you 16-hit combos, in an RPG. Such ignored innovations...