Wait, transgender characters are why this game never came West? I thought it had something to do with music licensing. The existence of a trans character sounds way easier to deal with than mountains of legal documents for small pieces of music.
Wait, transgender characters are why this game never came West? I thought it had something to do with music licensing. The existence of a trans character sounds way easier to deal with than mountains of legal documents for small pieces of music.
Also a great point. Before the decision to begin a localization takes place, potential problems are identified. That we have two diametrically opposed rumors (one from Eurogamer and Laura Kate Dale that a localization has already finished, and this new one from Destructoid that states that a localization was canned after finding out about one specific detail) is just odd.Bullshit. Also the Magypsies would be a bizarre choice to 'cancel' a localisation considering they would know they existed before they got any work done 🙄
Had no idea Mother 3 had a problem with how it handles trans characters.
It was fairly obvious even back when I played it 5+ years ago. They're harmless in-game of course, but as soon as I saw them I knew they would be the reason it would never see the light of day in the US.
These bolded parts feel like they're contradicting themselves. Am I missing something?
Read this earlier. I call bullshit. He pretends there weren't any plan to localize Mother 3 since 2015 while a lot of far more reputable sources said otherwise, and the part about Iwata being the only guy behind the project smells like fanboy's thoughts about how a game company works.
Destructoid is also a terrible source for leaks.
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Not saying I believe the rumor but I don't count the people saying Mother 3 localization was coming as reputable sources.
Everyone always forgets the swarm of false rumors around the Switch announcement presentation
Let's be clear. The rumors the author heard that Mother 3 localized isn't coming and Rhythm Heaven is dead happened in 2015, where the author happened to hear that NoA had last stopped during the Magypsies portion of the game.
He is not saying that the game localization is kaputz because of transgender issues, he's saying HE IS ASSUMING THE CURRENT CLIMATE WILL PREVENT SUCH A RELEASE AT ALL.
Rumor.
Wait, transgender characters are why this game never came West? I thought it had something to do with music licensing. The existence of a trans character sounds way easier to deal with than mountains of legal documents for small pieces of music.
Actually, it is call speculation...
I don't forget anything, but the Mother 3 rumor came from absolutely everyone, including reputable sources such as Eurogamer.
Also a great point. Before the decision to begin a localization takes place, potential problems are identified. That we have two diametrically opposed rumors (one from Eurogamer and Laura Kate Dale that a localization has already finished, and this new one from Destructoid that states that a localization was canned after finding out about one specific detail) is just odd.
Read this earlier. I call bullshit. He pretends there weren't any plan to localize Mother 3 since 2015 while a lot of far more reputable sources said otherwise, and the part about Iwata being the only guy behind the project smells like fanboy's thoughts about how a game company works.
Destructoid is also a terrible source for leaks.
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I don't forget anything, but the Mother 3 rumor came from absolutely everyone, including reputable sources such as Eurogamer.
I don't. Look at my post history. She's a good journalist (and a great writer), but her trigger finger with the Switch rumors definitely leads me to take any leaks she reports with a huge grain of salt.Believing LKD's software rumors? LOL
Thank you. Eurogamer doubled down on it to me personally (again, somewhere in my post history), and I've been pretty disappointed about it since.The same Eurogamer who got Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon pretty much exactly wrong?
The same Eurogamer who got Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon pretty much exactly wrong?
I doubt that the issue with the Magypsies is that they're transgender. Probably more to do with something like ...
Their whole character is really outlandish, although I personally think they're very funny and warm-hearted. There's also the "oxygen machines" underwater lol:
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That said, this article doesn't seem that credible to me. But it'll be a nice surprise if Mother 3 ever does get localized.
Rhythm Heaven Megamix sold 650k in Japan alone. Nintendo publish a lot of titles that barely reach half that and costs way more.
This whole article is bullshit.
It's bullshit. Reggie literally said in January, 'Talk to me in a year about Metroid and Mother 3 and we'll see what happened'.
Source: http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1333782
Then we got two Metroid games announced at E3.
You connect the dots.
Weren't they the ones who said Stars was coming?
The same Eurogamer who got Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon pretty much exactly wrong?
Maybe one of the Metroid games took the place of Mother 3?
It's bullshit. Reggie literally said in January, 'Talk to me in a year about Metroid and Mother 3 and we'll see what happened'.
Source: http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1333782
Then we got two Metroid games announced at E3.
You connect the dots.
Either I'm extremely insensitive, or this doesn't seem all that offensive. I was expecting some over the top slurs and misogyny and whatnot the way everyone is talking about the situation. This just seems... Silly.
If so this would help explain why this company is so reluctant to do anything that makes me want to give it money over the last couple years.
It's a GBA game. You can play the thing in English on your smartwatch if you really want to.
I'd be asking for Mother 4. Translating an old af game really isn't worth Nintendo's time. It's sad that they passed up on it at the time, but you need to let it go.
It's bullshit. Reggie literally said in January, 'Talk to me in a year about Metroid and Mother 3 and we'll see what happened'.
Source: http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1333782
Then we got two Metroid games announced at E3.
You connect the dots.
What are you talking about?? Look at pokemon. Pokemon something is rumored every year. People dont care because its not a surprise that nintendo is working on evergreen titles. They're going to make new mario game after odyssey. Is that shocking?I love how some people are so quick to dismiss positive nintendo rumors but will readily believe any negative one