Koei to put the "NA" in Opoona?

Opoona's visual style -- sci-fi spaceyness with adorable, rounded characters -- is as arresting as ever in this trailer, and the story of a child searching a space station and surrounding planet for his lost parents. Also, despite the lack of motion control, we think that one-handed Nunchuk controls are a smart design decision for an RPG. In short, we are pro-Opoona. Which is why we were quite happy to see this new trailer with some English subtitles.

But what's that at the end? "Spring 2008?" Well, the game's already out in Japan, so that means that Koei is planning to release the game outside of Japan in the spring! We question the wisdom of such a decision, since the game bombed spectacularly in its first release (really, just a breathtaking sales failure) -- but it benefits us, so we aren't going to complain too much.