Something isn't not happening just because someone says it's not happening. Especially when that someone was too out of touch for even this website.Paragon Fury said:
Fire Emblem Fates Cuts Petting From English Version
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That's the beautiful thing. You don't need to wait. Just frame this as "SJWs" taking away your free speech, and you can do it yourself.Objectable said:
One should probably make sure one's own views comport with reality before accusing others of being out of touch.cthulhuspawn82 said:
Not really. I'm just concerned that we're slowly becoming the new China in the eyes of the world. I'm picturing a Japanese PR guy going, "Wait! Are you shipping that to the US? You'd better cut out anything controversial. You know how bad THOSE people are at dealing with controversy."erttheking said:
While I do have a threshold for Japanese weirdness, I am a bit drawn to how it distinguishes their games from ours and would be pretty disappointed if Japanese companies no longer felt comfortable sharing it with us.
What about us fans who DO welcome these new additions? Don't our voice matter at all? "We Fire Emblem fans"-argument doesn't really mean anything when there are just as many different fans as there are individuals in the world.Hades said:
Considering there wasn't really any organized backlash and barely any backlash at all against the skinshipping, I don't really known where this concern comes from. Nintendo did this without any real outside prompting because they just thought it would be better that way. Hell, Nintendo has been doing this for decades. I don't really know why people seem to be under the impression that Japan considers America (Why just America and not the west? We don't exactly monopolize complaining. Nor do I see Japan saying that they're going to take this out of the American version but still keep it in the pal region version.) some backwards place where they can never export games to, despite the fact that's what brought the game industry back to life.sageoftruth said:
Trust me, I don't think that's the problem here. There's a difference between things that give a game a feeling of being from a different culture, and things that just don't make any sense in a certain culture. I mean, the US would never export a game that was heavily steeped in gun culture and the wonder of how awesome guns are (An IRL based game, not a Borderlands like game) and if they did it would sell horribly.
Depends on what you mean by "matter."SquallTheBlade said:
In the scheme of things, the number of people who want these things seems to be relegated to a handful of people expressing their outrage. Compared to Nintendo's choice, their choice to be a family-friendly company in America, it probably doesn't matter at all. At the same time, you have every right to voice your opinion, so it matters. But it's likely not going to change anything.
You know Japan localizes Western games in much the same way we localize their games, right? Only real difference is that they tend to focus on our gratuitous ultra-violence. The circular saw in Until Dawn, decapitations in Dead Rising, the nuke in Fallout 3...sageoftruth said:
And yet, no panic from our devs, far as I can tell.
Actually, that sounds good. I'd love a dating sim with Samus, Palutena, Lucina and other Nintendo girls. Where can I contribute to this?MarsAtlas said:
If it makes it any better this feature was a hot button issue even within the IS studios. And if you remove the heavy 'Moe Fantasy Land' lens that a lot of posters seem to have here about Japan- even a lot of the Fire Emblem audience in Japan were split 50/50 on it. To the point where Sakurai even commented on it.Elfgore said:
Trust me, this feature has caused a lot of headaches on all grounds and it wouldn't surprise me if it just didn't make a return in the next game.
I don't know, I find it troubling that Japanese Saints Row fans were censored out of the ability to murder people with a giant purple dildo.altnameJag said:
You're right. That was a poor comparison. At the time, I was only thinking about China's inability to handle anything that rocks the boat even slightly. Still, is it true that China's using forced labor camps? I knew they were imprisoning people for ridiculous things like protests, but forced labor?MarsAtlas said:
I'm sorry, she said groping Samus' ass, how do you make the jump from that to dating sim? And what kind of a dating sim has groping as the primary mechanic?SquallTheBlade said:
Interesting. A shame really. Some cultural enthusiasts over there are missing out. I've never been a fan of localization, but that's their prerogative.altnameJag said:
Maybe I went too far. Still I'd like to see it. Actually, I've never seen a dating sim with that as a primary mechanic either so it would be something new as well.erttheking said:
True. I think I made the mistake of drawing a connection between this an actual events that were caused by fan backlash.erttheking said: