MHWilliams
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This I agree with completely. Nintendo should be 100 percent transparent as to why it choose to cut the content and should provide clarification as to what has been cut. The silent treatment helps no one.
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Fire Emblem Fates' localization doesn't have the petting minigame
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This I agree with completely. Nintendo should be 100 percent transparent as to why it choose to cut the content and should provide clarification as to what has been cut. The silent treatment helps no one.
There's no reason why Advance Wars can't be as successful as Fire Emblem (outside Japan). The art style isn't as important a factor as you think it is (compare GBA Fire Emblem games with (3)DS Fire Emblem games.) The reason why Days of Ruin failed commercially is because it did the opposite of what Awakening did, namely making it less accessible than what its predecessors did. It turned the game into more of a niche than it already was. Fire Emblem is still a niche franchise, make no mistake. They made a sizable profit with Awakening because it offers various options that appeals to a wide audience. Days of Ruin didn't do that. They made the gameplay more cumbersome and limited. That's the reason why Advance Wars is currently dead. Blame Intelligent Systems.
For me, Days of Ruin was the first game I played in the series. I didn't have any accessibility issues with it in spite of that. Personally, I'm not interested in blaming Intelligent Systems for anything.
And considering that it's safe to say that Awakening by itself has cleared 2 million copies sold worldwide by now, I'd say FE's time as a niche franchise has since passed (if it ended with Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn and Shadow Dragon, then I'd agree). Should Fates fail to replicate this success, then the matter would warrant reconsideration.
cosmicblizzard
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A what now?
Time out? That's the only thing I can think of.
cosmicblizzard
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I mean if that's just based in derails, I was partially responsible for the Persona 4 one from before.
Pancake Mix
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Less content confirmed now....
How badly are stat bonuses going to be redistributed in Conquest where you cannot grind? So I guess any character development that was im the mini game is gone? Less voice acting to pay for so not surprised.
How badly are stat bonuses going to be redistributed in Conquest where you cannot grind? So I guess any character development that was im the mini game is gone? Less voice acting to pay for so not surprised.
This doesn't affect conquest. Everything you can do here could be done better in the Spotpass battles.
Pancake Mix
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By definition it affects both undeniably, but I'm curious what you mean.
Don't you need to streetpass with people for that or can you just do that online?
If it requires Streetpassing or some absurd workaround with your router in the Western World then no, it does affect Conquest in particular. Obviously it affects both in a way
possibly up to and including ever finding out three character's real names
Pathetic move by NOA, they probably won't even replace it.
KirbYuuYuu
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Street pass was with people but I think there's some form of online component beyond spot pass in Fates
I believe there is online functionality that doesn't require any wacky router shenanigans or streetpassing. they talk about adding online in the Iwata Asks.
Snkfanatic
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Pancake Mix
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Oh, well that's good, still ridiculous that this is either now mandatory in Conquest or stat bonuses have been redistributed because of a harmlese minigame most people didn't even care about. I barely knew about it until I found out the game was going to be cut like this. It's irrational if NOA doesn't properly replace it, which they probably won't. I'm not going to boycott or anything but it's such a weird thing to take a stand on, I'm nervous about losing content from Japanese versions of games with NX now. Didn't think Nintendo would go back to that. Game probably would have been T anyways with a changed line or two. Instead they cut something especially useful in Conquest that provided character development (seriously) and showcased the Live2D assets.
Bullshit.
Neoleo2143
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This thread is funny. Frankly the game could've done with some editing in this department. The feature in question is so ridiculous that it probably improves the game by not having it. People just wouldn't be able to take it seriously otherwise. However I am forever saddened that the world will never know how amazing some of those lines were, I was laughing my head off at points.
That being said there's still apparently something you can do with the private quarters so perhaps it's been replaced by chats of some sort.
Gameplay wise, nothing changes, the game was balanced outside the feature. You just need to be good at the game (still took me 200 hours to beat the damn thing on Lunatic).
That being said there's still apparently something you can do with the private quarters so perhaps it's been replaced by chats of some sort.
Gameplay wise, nothing changes, the game was balanced outside the feature. You just need to be good at the game (still took me 200 hours to beat the damn thing on Lunatic).
cosmicblizzard
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Where was it confirmed?
A new vein of salt has been uncovered.
Pancake Mix
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Now now, I'm being realistic. Why would I want Fire Emblem's nonsense censored? I'm sure it's the same with you and the...series represented in your avatar. Sorry if it "doesn't fit Fire Emblem" to you, that doesn't matter.
I seriously don't want something I care more about being removed on NX because of Nintendo of America. I'm not talking about a line or two or a case like Xenoblade Chronicles X where they really had no choice.
Yeah, I'll admit I would probably use this feature for a couple minutes on Camilla and get bored and creeped out by it, but I don't like to let NOA make that decision for me in 2016. They really couldn't just change a few lines? My understanding is that three characters disclose something significant during that time too. I'm not sure if it's true but it doesn't matter anymore.
https://twitter.com/Vahn16/status/692823283578720260
Snkfanatic
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Come on now....what's the point of basically saying "u mad" ?
paragonpro
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Good, im shocked at the amount of boarderline pedophilic shit thats allowed in some japanese games
cosmicblizzard
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That doesn't suggest that the mode is gone entirely and the live2d models can't be viewed. It just says no touching.
Firstly, Senran Kagura isn't a banned game; you can call it by it's name.
And secondly, this thread isn't about life and hometown, it's about face poking and a minigame that came off as creepy to some people, if this thread is any indication.
Is censorship bad? Yes.
But did Nintendo make the right call for the purposes of localization for this series? Also yes.
Neoleo2143
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It's amusing here because one of the new characters is a little deconstruction of the 1000 year old Loli trope. She's great.
cosmicblizzard
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Drive bys are kind of a bad idea at this point in the thread.
Hardly a confirmation, it's the same guy who wrote the article, and he posted an email without posting what he asked, just like the article posted an answer without the corresponding question.
The removed content is not even close to being that.
Palculator
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Pancake Mix
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Well that'd be okay with me (as the next best to keeping the minigame) but this is NOA. Hope for the best, expect the worst.
Yeah, hopefully, but unless the article writer is deliberately being obtuse it is pretty close to one.
cosmicblizzard
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Debatable and also impossible to determine.
... What does that even mean?
I find it interesting that you felt the need to claim you're nor avatar shaming when I never accused you of it.
That aside, if Senran Kagura was censored, half the game would be... gone. It's rated appropriately, and people who buy it know what it's about. I stand by my statement that the minigame here is silly, creepy (for some), and is out of place for Fire Emblem.
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