Zestiria: A Good (?) Release
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, everyone! This post has been long delayed due to lack of time and lack of playing Zestiria enough, but I guess I might as well put it out there. Here are my impressions about and critique of the Zestiria release.
Some Fan QA for Zestiria
Bandai Namco had a localized playable demo of Tales of Zestiria available for attendees at London’s Comic Con and this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), and thanks to some fans that played it, we have some video (here: 1, 2, 3, 4) to get a sneak peek of the localized game. I’m going to be […]
A Crash Korse in How Not to Localize
Due to popular demand, I will explain exactly what Namco should have done to make this localization not be terrible! It’s really simple: When in doubt, If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It. If you don’t know what you’re doing, leave it the hell alone until you do. If you take this one adage to […]
Like Moths to a Flame
I don’t have the Heart to blog about how incredibly shitty a job they did despite having 6 months to fix it up and despite everyone telling them exactly what they did wrong. So instead, I’m going to focus on what they did right. – They got Lithia right – The Sleeping Beauty poem is […]
The Arte of Arte Naming
Pretty much just don’t be Namco and you’ll be fine.
You Guys Need a Localization Director
I know I’m beating a dead horse at this point, in the forest, where no one that matters is likely to be listening, but it still has to be said.
No. No no no no no.
Namco pls. Seriously, just stop for a moment. What are you doing?
Kangaroo Returns: Tales of Xillia 2013
And you thought Phantasia GBA was an embarrassing localization effort.
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Signs of Localization Playing Across One’s Face
By Kajitani-Eizan on March 31, 2024
Hello all, and hope you are doing well. Today I thought I would comment further on a contentious topic that has been discussed a lot recently — localization. tl;dr: Don’t guesslate, translate faithfully, and if you do want to intentionally change something, have a clear reason to do so and do your due diligence first. […]
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