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Nintendo's DS lineup at E3... "surprises" inside!
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civilstrife
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Emotions said:
wow... how long is Nintendo going to wait before pushing the win button?
ethelred said:
Well, if SHIT like Pokemon Dash and Pokemon Channel can make it over here and Pokemon Mysterious Red-Blue and Pokemon Ranger being vastly superior to those games can't make it over here, i'll officially say Nintendo sucks for wasting resources in shit like that and not bringing these superior games.
BudokaiMR2
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Star Fox Shooter type game!
Believe!
Believe!
onegoodlogan
Member
You know, having english music in the north american version of Ouendon isn't going to erase you guys import copies from existence.
I know you're being sarcastic, but you're scarily right. There is a huge amount of humour in the songs that the American and European audience won't have understood because of the language factor. I can't really blame Namco because localising the songs would have probably meant a higher degree of effort than the reward they could hope to achieve with such a wacky game, but Nintendo is much more serious about their work than that. Ouendan's story was heavily based on both the music and comic strips. Leaving them in there would mean nothing to most Americans, so it would have no hope, commercially speaking.A Link to the Past said:
M&MK is the worst, but the first game was definitely the best. And not just because it was a fresh concept, though that did help. :lolPkunkFury said:We Love Katamari was by far the worst soundtrack of the 3. It doesn't hold a candle to the first soundtrack. I really don't understand what happened with that one...
QFTJonnyram said:
Very different situations between Katamari and Ouendan.
Vyse The Legend
Member
SpiffyG said:
Nah, expect Usher, Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson.
Scalemail Ted
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Stop it, all of you!
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JoshuaJSlone
Member
It's localizing like turning Panel de Pon into Tetris Attack is localizing. It's localizing like changing much of Donkey Konga's song selection is localizing. It's essentially "Ouendan USA", and it's possible they could release it in Japan as such.A Link to the Past said:
That's kinda the point. They're de-Japanizing it to make something new but related. Happens with films all the time, except in the case of a game there's probably much more involvement by the original team.A Link to the Past said:
What you said about an Atlus release... I thought along the same lines. When first playing the game (less than a week ago, mind you), I was struck with the very... Japaneesiness of it. It seemed to me that localization could either go the "do almost nothing" route, just change the text, and be the sort of minor success of some Atlus games. But to really appeal to a wider western audience, it would need a pretty complete overhaul. It seems that's the route they're going.
Vyse The Legend
Member
amodf said:
Exactly! MORE OUENDAN PEOPLE! That's all that matters. If you haven't imported it, you should. I did (after The Colonel told me they were changing the songs MONTHS ago. I posted it in the official thread a ton of times, so why the surprise people?), and it' easy to pick up and play.
A Link to the Past
Banned
amodf said:
Import every single DS game from Japan if they come out there first.
Don't want to do that, I assume?
People shouldn't be expected to import to get the original version. The fact of the matter is that it's going to be less interesting, unless they channel deep into American cheesiness and avoid stupid cheesiness.
Also, they could have put their resources towards a sequel with more songs and the original Ouendan cast.
And you people act like the Americanizing of this will make them a significant profit over just a simple translation.
Chris Michael
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amodf said:
Have all of you forgotten IMPORTED DS GAMES COST SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN NON-IMPORTED DS GAMES?
Vyse The Legend
Member
Chris Michael said:
I bought Ouendan for 35 bucks shipped on ebay.
Even better... just download a ROM and try and get people to translate it into English so you don't have to pay for itA Link to the Past said:
It's not about profit. They are just localising it properly because most people in America don't understand Japanese language or culture.
A Link to the Past
Banned
Jonnyram said:Even better... just download a ROM and try and get people to translate it into English so you don't have to pay for it
It's not about profit. They are just localising it properly because most people in America don't understand Japanese language or culture.
Well, I'm all that matters, and I understand lots of it.
Anyway, I'm going to dislike it for being American until it comes out, and then go into the game with a predetermined set of expectations. Plus, I liked how I didn't have an understanding of words while I played! English will be too distracting, mercy me.
JoshuaJSlone
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If they do a worse job than on the original, it will be worse... yes.A Link to the Past said:
Wasn't Ouendan pretty much a bomb in Japan? The fact that they still think the game is worth enough to bother with a complete overhaul on the hope that it takes off outside of Japan is really the best possible news for the continuation of the series. They're giving it a second chance.
onegoodlogan
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Japandering > Logic
marvelharvey
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JoshuaJSlone said:
Indeed it was, however after pestering an English friend to play it and being given the "OK, send me a copy" go ahead, I can't find the game anywhere. There were a few copies lying around last month but now it's zero... so FINALLY, 10 months after its release, its 99% sold out.
D
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Bernie said:
Why are you laughing? Mario vs Donkey Kong was aces.
thestopsign
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JoshuaJSlone said:
Well, it sold around 80,000. It sold around 22,000 in it's first week, so it had great legs like most DS games. I would say Nintendo atleast made a decent profit off of it. Though not enough to totally rehaul the game, and release it in NA/Europe.
PhoenixDark
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Chrono DS
TheGreatDave
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ndreamer said:
Same goes for the UK.
Bartman3010
Banned
Didnt really read through the thread, but I sure do hope that Mario VS. DK 2 will feature the level editor they cut out of the GBA version.
In fact, that has to be the whole reason for this...except its like...trade and play, maybe even Nintendo Wifi enabled to send levels online.
In fact, that has to be the whole reason for this...except its like...trade and play, maybe even Nintendo Wifi enabled to send levels online.
Aruarian Reflection
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Does anybody think the male cheer squad concept will stay intact for the U.S. Ouendan? If they get some hot cheerleaders to replace them, it might not be too bad
I'm happy with my import version so I'll be staying away from the U.S. one until I see what the songs are. I don't have much confidence that they'll be good.
I'm happy with my import version so I'll be staying away from the U.S. one until I see what the songs are. I don't have much confidence that they'll be good.
evilromero
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Naked cheerleaders with vibrating dildos in action. Otherwise, keep the male cheerleaders.SnowWolf said:Does anybody think the male cheer squad concept will stay intact for the U.S. Ouendan? If they get some hot cheerleaders to replace them, it might not be too bad
I'm happy with my import version so I'll be staying away from the U.S. one until I see what the songs are. I don't have much confidence that they'll be good.
