The localization agony will be strange, funny and heart-rending
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/41502/japan-wii-u-virtual-console-getting-mother-3
Japan's Wii U Virtual Console will end the year with a bang.
Mother 3, the beloved 2006 GBA role playing game, will launch on the service on December 17.
The post-DS launched title has had numerous localization campaigns over the years, so it remains to be seen if Nintendo will release the game in English for Western audiences.
reggie should be CEO of Europe and Oz as well.
When he says OZ, he's talking about Australia where he lives. But you know that, right?
NoA used to be the best region outside of Japan - but not long after Reggie came in things change. Now NoA is probably the second best behind the clearly superior NoE. Maybe it's not his fault, but he'd be getting the credit if things went well so...
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I disagree. Nintendo had some *GREAT* years under Reggie. They *really* went downhill a year or two before 2013. In 2013, Reggie was demoted and Iwata took over as CEO of NoA.
Nintendo is a Japanese Company - Nintendo of America really needs folks who understand what works in America and have the authority to make it happen.
Wow. This thread went to crap quickly.NoA used to be the best region outside of Japan - but not long after Reggie came in things change. Now NoA is probably the second best behind the clearly superior NoE. Maybe it's not his fault, but he'd be getting the credit if things went well so...
I disagree. Nintendo had some *GREAT* years under Reggie. They *really* went downhill a year or two before 2013. In 2013, Reggie was demoted and Iwata took over as CEO of NoA.
Nintendo is a Japanese Company - Nintendo of America really needs folks who understand what works in America and have the authority to make it happen.
What do you mean by SJWs?Sexy Judoon Waitresses
What were the *GREAT* years that you remember, that are attributable to Reggie?
Did they censor any part of Mother 1 or 2?Yes. Mother 1 had several alterations, such as the cigarette being removed from the Smoky the Crow sprite (along with name change to Spiteful Crow), and the blood removed from the zombies, and some other stuff. The big change for Mother 2 was mentioned, and there was also stuff like the bar being changed to the cafe and such.
Just the existence of okamas (http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Okama) in that game (they're main characters) is more than enough for Nintendo to not bring it over to this puritan, prudish nation. One angry letter from an overly protective parent (or hundreds, however you look at it) is something NoA seriously wants to avoid, apparently.
Just the existence of okamas (http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Okama) in that game (they're main characters) is more than enough for Nintendo to not bring it over to this puritan, prudish nation. One angry letter from an overly protective parent (or hundreds, however you look at it) is something NoA seriously wants to avoid, apparently.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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It's impossible to know what to attribute to Reggie and what not - but I get the impression he had slightly more control in the GCN-era and was blamed for the total lack of success in the US along with "allowing" Microsoft to gain such a significant marketshare in their first generation. That's just my guess though.
Okay, yeah sure. There are far worse games then Mother 3 out there in terms of content that children play. You think parents give a **** anymore? Please. Just because it is from Nintendo it is expected to be different? Then they would have received letters for the Bayonetta release. Even if they did get hate mail, they can safely ignore it. Hardly anybody nowadays have the conviction to boycott.
Okay, yeah sure. There are far worse games then Mother 3 out there in terms of content that children play. You think parents give a **** anymore? Please. Just because it is from Nintendo it is expected to be different? Then they would have received letters for the Bayonetta release. Even if they did get hate mail, they can safely ignore it. Hardly anybody nowadays have the conviction to boycott.
Since you clearly have all this insight, please by all means explain why Nintendo removed the boob slider from Xenoblade Chronicles X? Surely, we can't have anyone offended by something so ridiculously minor!
Iirc, the boob slider was also taken out in the EU release as well. So it isn't because of "overbearing puritanical American parents" like you trying to lead to believe. Maybe, just maybe, it was a stupid decision on Nintendo's part. Shocking I know. They rarely make those.
I never claimed to have all the insight. I will claim to say that you are overreacting which was my point.
You get out of here with that logic and reason. This is clearly the work of those no good, rotten, underhanded SJWs using censorship to silence the good and honest gamer.Iirc, the boob slider was also taken out in the EU release as well. So it isn't because of "overbearing puritanical American parents" like you trying to lead to believe. Maybe, just maybe, it was a stupid decision on Nintendo's part. Shocking I know. They rarely make those.
I never claimed to have all the insight. I will claim to say that you are overreacting which was my point.
Yeah the funny thing is, Europe is probably the main reason for the Boob Slider being removed. In some places in Europe, it's illegal to have porn of flat or small breasted women, because pedophiles might use it as a substitute for the real thing even though the women in these porno's are of legal age. I imagine NOE had a huge problem with the game allowing players to create underage looking small breasted characters considering some of the outfits you can put these characters in are pretty much fetish outfits you'd see in softcore porn.
Now I'm sure NOA is probably glad to dodge the sexualized minors bullet the boob slider could have caused here as well, but at the end of the day all of Nintendo's recent censorship has had more to do with the West having a bigger problem with potential pedo bait then Japan who disgustingly embraces it because the otaku's who love it are willing to spend big money to get it.
