That is, excuse my language on this, a total bollocks excuse. If they really wanted to play it, they'll find a way! We can't exactly have the original FFIII, but here I am playing it right now on my computer! I'm not letting a little thing like 'not having a NES and not being Japanese' stop me from playing it. The same for FFVII, if someone can't find it casualy at the local game store then they should make the effort to find it on ebay, or settle for the PC version, or get the ROM or SOMETHING!Well some I don't know about other countries but you can't get the original game anymore. And second-hand copies are rare.
AC was confusing and boring as it is, sucks be to the ones who don't even know the story in the first place.