^ I like to think its because Nintendo of America is run by an idiot.

I don't know, if SE is willing to port and try to re-establish Mana and Saga, then they can easily place some money for a localization. I mean they remade a game only a handful of SRPG nerds have heard of and even got the director to come back and do the whole thing.

They even remade SoM for the iPhone of all things with touch controls, which is way more money intensive to do than just hire some guys to translate and others to program in the new dialogue. Its not like its getting VA work or anything, so localization wouldn't be that expensive. Making it a download on the console networks would also eliminate the cost of making copies for stores, and let SE take more of the profit. Why they haven't done this yet for Live A Live, Seiken Denetsu 3, and Bahamut Lagoon, I don't know why.