MiniBossBattle
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SEGA announces YAKUZA ZERO Traditional Chinese localization
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pikmin_trainer
Neo Member
This is great, my mom will be finally be able to play the Yakuza series.
I agree. The west are not getting these games because they have rejected these style of games.
Nightengale
Member
Yeah, it would be nice if they could extend Asian English into the mix too.
C'mon, Sony, Malaysia is a great place to have multilingual talent of reasonably high-quality Chinese/English literate readers/speakers, at half the cost of whoever you have at Taiwan/HK, Korea or Singapore.
Of course, Singapore's better, but Singapore's an expensive place for talent.sa
Didn't thought about that. Maybe I should play it with my father and let him translate the story.
Maybe I should start an XSEED of Asia. Could probably become huge later.
Pandora012
Member
I wish I had the power of time travel, to tell my younger self to learn Traditional instead of Simplified...
Nightengale
Member
I hate to generalise, but one just needs to look at the reactions of some GAFers whenever 'those style of games' pop up in a Sony conference, and they're baffled why a major corporation is willing to show Summer Lesson and use the word 'moe' in a press conference.
That is the difference in cultural tolerance/acceptance.
And even that's a broad generalisation that doesn't really reflect each cultural nuance across different Asian regions.
Everyone made mistake. We can always correct it later.
Now go and learn Japanese, like what I'm doing.
pikmin_trainer
Neo Member
Didn't thought about that. Maybe I should play it with my father and let him translate the story.
Just tell him this is your way of trying to learn more about Chinese culture and its rich tradition and history.
Dead Prince
Banned
asia version please with full english sub and menu (language can stay the same)
Ban Puncher
Member
The manual will probably be in English for some regions, but this will only have japanese and chinese subs in game.
Tidus_Great
Banned
damn I love yakuza, and now we are goi ng to lack not only yakuza 5 but also yakuza 0
that's 2 games from the main series we will never play
that's 2 games from the main series we will never play
My hate toward SEGA keeps growing...
:'(
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No really, I feel like this pic. I can't help myself, I hate them more than anything right now.
Sega doesn't hear us western beggars.
I love Mike He.
Actually I learned Chinese from watching drama and anime lol.
matrixman92
Member
its ok guys, one day they will announce yakuza 0, 5, and 1&2 hd for a western release. Just keep your heads up and...and..itll happen. Right guys?
Direct your hate or your love to this place instead. If you are loud enough, maybe they will listen. I always see people shout at their lung about each of their announcement of games or non-English-localization, but I have yet seen anyone actually bothers to act on it enough to make them feel the need to listen.
I really hope people aren't just complaining for the sake of complaining.
IndoAssassin
Banned
Is this even gonna sell, considering it's about the Yakuza instead of the Triads?
It will, although I'm not sure will it be big, but it will sell enough. This drama was very popular among Asia for its time.
The Yo Tornado
Member
It doesn't even phase me anymore. I've accepted that Yakuza is more or less finished in the states. It's a huge bummer, but it is what it is. I bought every game that released overseas. Not much else I can do.
Dead Souls is still ass though and whether it's true or not I place the blame of the series failing for good over here entirely on that game.
Dead Souls is still ass though and whether it's true or not I place the blame of the series failing for good over here entirely on that game.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Didn't every yakuza game they released in the west bomb spectacularly?
You people always making excuses for Sega. What's the deal with PSO2 then? Do we not like action RPGs anymore either?
If they can localize a terrible anime rhythm game filled with terrible anime music then they can localize Yakuza or PSO.
Nightengale
Member
SEA market are some of the biggest consumers of J-drama, so yeah.
And frankly, Triad-related games are a far harder sell to the HK/Taiwanese market than you would think.
Because the HK/Taiwan scene of triad-related films are filled with notable, high-quality titles that have shaped the expectations of the triad genre, Asia won't give a shit about a lousy quality triads game that doesn't live up to the visual imagery set by films like Infernal Affairs, Drug War, A Better Tomorrow and As Tears Go By.
Putting your opinion aside, no, they are not even the same. If you have play Project Diva, you should know it. The amount of localization effort put into it is almost non existence, and the sale is better than they expect, I'd reckon.
I doubt they would give a shit. I wrote a sarcastic tweet to Gio Corsi because he's the head of that stupid #buildingthelist thing and a western localization of Yakuza has been asked hundreds of time. Is there anything they can do about it? If they can't, do you think that some tweets will change the situation? Sarcasm, a sad one, that's all I've left with this SEGA and Yakuza story.
ARealGamer
Banned
English Subs?
Perfect post.
If you gave up, then fine, there is nothing else to mourn. I'm just tired of people keep repeating the same thing knowing it won't change shit or doing nothing.
Now I'm just waiting for the result of Digimon Vita localization. I'm just glad I didn't give up on the whole Tales of Heart R.
MissDeviling
Member
Gonna get into the series with this!
omegashockwave
Member
God dammit, keep turning that knife in your western fans, Sega
SpikedGunner
Member
Not gonna lie, I laughed and figured this was going to happen due to other titles getting Chinese localization announcements aswell.
Am I peeved about it? yea, a bit, but I've already decided to import the games from now on and just learn Japanese (which I've been meaning to do for ages).
Am I peeved about it? yea, a bit, but I've already decided to import the games from now on and just learn Japanese (which I've been meaning to do for ages).
orthodoxy1095
Banned
SEGA must love angering it's Western base. You can't build a fanbase here if you keep screwing us.
immortal-joe
Member
I'm so done, spent, emptied, defeated, destroyed. I'm so hopeless, thankless, helpless. I'm sad guys. I can't anymore.
They tried 5 times with this series. If it was in any way successful we'd still be getting more. The amount of translation needed for a Yakuza game is vastly higher then Hatsune Miku.
Do people really think Sega don't release games over here just to spite us or something? If that was the case we wouldn't get Project Diva either. I do think they are an overly conservative company in general but I see their logic with this series.