To be more specific, the game was originally announced for release here. After E3 NoE leaked that NoA would not allow them to showcase Xenoblade at E3 because they didn't want to show games they had no plans of selling. So as it was, the game was never cancelled, they just wanted to leave us in the dark and let it quietly die. After the leak, a lot of fans started flooding Nintendo's mail and social media sites and they responded with this on facebook
"Thank you for your enthusiasm. We promised an update, so here it is. We never say “never,” but we can confirm that there are no plans to bring these three games to the Americas at this time. Thanks so much for your passion, and for being such great fans!"
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