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The X Button - First Impressions: Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth

AiddonValentine wrote:

It would be hilarious to break to the fan translators that EVERY entry in the FE franchise has been localized to the same degree as Fates has.

That doesn't sound like something to brag about in all honesty. It's a bit ironic and perhaps fitting Digimon Cyber Sleuth is the mirror in this article. If they went under the notion that Digimon has always been heavily censored in America then Cyber Sleuth would have been heavily censored as well. While Sony seems to be moving forward and being progressive, Nintendo is still stuck in the 90s mentality. Personally I can never understand why someone would get so happy or proud about a game being censored, but perhaps that just me. Perhaps its just left over from the anti otaku mindset of the petting mini-game. Now that we know that the game has been heavily altered in non otaku ways like Saizou and Belka's support being change from them discussing their childhood as soldiers and the effects of being an assassin from birth on their mental state to just a joke about ellipses, it almost feels like they defend it because if they complain it gives the other side an edge when it comes to other content being cut. Some kind of all-or-nothing mentality.

AiddonValentine wrote:

It would be hilarious to break to the fan translators that EVERY entry in the FE franchise has been localized to the same degree as Fates has. Maybe the whole enterprise wouldn't be so insufferable were it not for me seeing parts of the fan translation which is completely boring and robotic. There's a reason straight translation is not entertaining in media.

True straight translations are boring but there has to be a line when bringing rpg's to the west. Game's like neptunia, disgaea or stein's; gate have meta/intenet humor so inserting jokes/meme's is fine. That's charm of those type of games and why they are loved by fans.

However games like fire emblem that have a serious story line. Jokes like "rawr=I love you in dinosaur" does not fit well into the narrative. Honestly stuff like that ruins the immersion for me and I really wish NoA/Tree-house would've given more effort into writing a better script.

The series has always had fanservice, and in the first series alone we dealt with Yamato being solicited by an adult woman, Taichi's grief over almost killing Hikari as a kid, and Pinocchimon going on a shooting spree with a 44 Magnum, killing a bunch of Digimon and trying to kill Takeru by, in his own words "make your stomach explode" with hollow point dumdum bullets. Later series were more extreme, like the ethics of killing in 02, or Tamers in general, but that's just the nature of kids anime.

Super Robot Wars OG The Moon Dwellers: I wonder what prompted the decision to include English text. No offense to Asians or anything, but they don't exactly give a flip about the English language. Was this done intentionally so overseas fans would import?

Over half of the voice files have been removed.

Many character names were pointlessly changed.

I don't think it's unreasonable to want a well-written translation that doesn't remove and alter a ton of content.

I will never understand the Japanese and their thought processes when it comes to what they air "for kids". I know it's been brought up numerous times before, but I still don't quite get how it's acceptable for their children to learn about adult situations and hear violent comments being made.

The British Empire had extensive colonies in Asia, not to mention the U.S. in the Philippines. Animax Asia broadcasts were only in English until recently. Plenty of Asian authors write in English.

fuuma_monou wrote:

The British Empire had extensive colonies in Asia, not to mention the U.S. in the Philippines. Animax Asia broadcasts were only in English until recently. Plenty of Asian authors write in English.

While that's all true and I'm aware of those facts, what I meant is I wonder why now with Super Robot Wars did they choose to go with this decision after all this time. The series never did it till now.

Ah. Guess the game publishers saw an opportunity. I mean, my Japanese reading comprehension sucks and I've been studying on and off for twenty years.

Twenty years? You read better than I do I'm sure. I've sadly only had a few years of training myself and I'm still lacking polish when it comes to kanji meanings.

Stuart Smith wrote:

AiddonValentine wrote: It would be hilarious to break to the fan translators that EVERY entry in the FE franchise has been localized to the same degree as Fates has. That doesn't sound like something to brag about in all honesty. It's a bit ironic and perhaps fitting Digimon Cyber Sleuth is the mirror in this article. If they went under the notion that Digimon has always been heavily censored in America then Cyber Sleuth would have been heavily censored as well. While Sony seems to be moving forward and being progressive, Nintendo is still stuck in the 90s mentality. Personally I can never understand why someone would get so happy or proud about a game being censored, but perhaps that just me. Perhaps its just left over from the anti otaku mindset of the petting mini-game. Now that we know that the game has been heavily altered in non otaku ways like Saizou and Belka's support being change from them discussing their childhood as soldiers and the effects of being an assassin from birth on their mental state to just a joke about ellipses, it almost feels like they defend it because if they complain it gives the other side an edge when it comes to other content being cut. Some kind of all-or-nothing mentality.

It's like Republican mess all over again.

Super Robot Wars OG The Moon Dwellers: I wonder what prompted the decision to include English text. The series never did it before and now it suddenly pops up. Was this done intentionally so overseas fans would import?