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Why is the text on the box for this game I ordered not all in American?
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Schobeleth
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The Americas also encompass Canada! 
I have loads of games with dual languages on the covers.. it makes it easier for them to market them in the Americas. JRPGs tend to have dual languages a lot too, from what I've noticed.
I have loads of games with dual languages on the covers.. it makes it easier for them to market them in the Americas. JRPGs tend to have dual languages a lot too, from what I've noticed.TimeEffect
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Are you like this with Spanish too? Or is it just with French? A bunch of games released in NA also feature Spanish text on the front/back cover.
Wow, I figured everyone would understand this wasn't the original thread title.
The Stealth edit that caused WWIII.
Onion_Relish
Member
The only bad thing about the french/english. Requirement is when they cheap out on the instruction manual. The final fantasy 7 instruction manual is glorious in its full English glory. In dual langaugr canada is an abomination that no man can love.
Randolph Freelander
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About dern time. Been waiting almost 70 years for this. That's longer than the wait for DNF, for crying out loud.
Haunted
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Aquamarine
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I assume the word was left out because the de facto language of the United States is English...so the word is implied.
"Why is the text on the box for this game I ordered not all in American [English]?"
Regardless, this topic has already been answered. It's in multiple languages because there are lots of Spanish speakers / French speakers in the United States, and because an English / Spanish / French box art allows the company to use one box art for multiple territories, including Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada.
Wow, OP even got a mod to try and cover him, saying he changed the title. Well played, but you won't fool me!Wow, I figured everyone would understand this wasn't the original thread title
Canis lupus
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I heard the French speaking Canadians are very proud of their language. Like translating KFC into something else, but in France its just called KFC.
I'm french, and I'm against this. This make any box 100% uglier. Here the Zelda box.
1/3 of the box is warning in English, French and Spanish, and then Half of the top is French and the other is English. Its not good looking AT ALL.
Québec are really uptight about this which would be okay if they were inventive with the titles they choose. Sadly, most of the time it's just literal translations that do even more of a disservice to the french language than the original english titles.
At least this is how I see things
Seems okay to me.
Yeah it's called "PFK" here. "Poulet Frit Kentucky" to be precise which is okay for me.
Deified Data
Banned
I have a lot of games like this, and always assumed it was because they could sell a game with the same packaging in all of North America.
You're right, because the English-only box is such a masterpiece of aesthetic design in the first place.
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Well they certainly look better. They are way way better looking than having 3 language and 2 main one fighthing together.
Look what the european have to deal with.
Cant wait for a Sole language to be mandatory to learn so that everybody can speak with everybody and play everything.
Look at the Japanese one. Way way way better.
Wow, I figured everyone would understand this wasn't the original thread title
Why you evil person.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Kids in the states don't even have to learn a second language, and some schools ban the use of anything other than English in class. In that social context, seeing something other than English on a game box is a bizarre shock.You're blaming the wrong person. National bilingualism and the elevation of French across the country is actually not the driving force behind some of this stuff--it's Quebec provincial politicians, largely sovereigntists like Levesque, Parizeau, and Bouchard, who want to enshrine the primacy of French within Quebec.
Personally It's weird to me that people zoom in on bilingual packaging as a big problem rather than all the useless info boxes, warranty and copyright information, dumb marketing-enforced bulletpoints, and terrible box art to begin with
;_;7 A true brother.
We're talking about a box. Do not succumb to video game Asperger's.
A box that goes on my shelves. For me, its like having a painting. I want it to be as pretty as possible.
Do the US and Canadian versions of games use the same UPC codes sometimes? When someone sells on Amazon, you have no control over the image if it's already in Amazon's library. Only if you are the person who makes the initial listing first can you pick the image. Otherwise, you have to go with what Amazon gives you. The most a seller can do is include a note about the condition of the item.
The condition is new. Some games include the [Bilingual] thing, like I just bought Dance Central 3 from Amazon.ca and it was the Bilingual one http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B009E480RS/
Just take it with you.
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Wow, I figured everyone would understand this wasn't the original thread title
Well, now don't I look stupid.
Haunted
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Boom. Europe wins again.Look what the european have to deal with.
Suck on it, North United States Citizens!
The amount of video game do not change anything. Its a matter of being inapt with girls or not.
Its like having a wall of DVD or Books really.
This comment do not say anything about anything, could you precise what you mean?
Wow, I figured everyone would understand this wasn't the original thread title
You give us far too much credit.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Aren't all Nintendo games Tri-lingual all across North America?
So really, if you have any Nintendo games at all, its actually your American-only games that break the consistency. You should really collect all Canadian versions to be consistent
So really, if you have any Nintendo games at all, its actually your American-only games that break the consistency. You should really collect all Canadian versions to be consistent
HEALTH_DISCO
Banned
Amen
That explains everything. Maybe I should throw away my PS1, StarLancer, Donald in Cold Shadow, Putt-Putt and Magic School Bus boxes that I have on a shelf right on top of my bed.
And I'm not kidding.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
My peeve with this is that the games automatically boot up in the language you have your Wii set to, and there's no way to change that without going back to the settings of the console and changing it. There should be an options menu in-game to let you select what language you want to play it in, especially since I've realised that whoever takes care of the Spanish localisation in NoA does an awful job out of it, Kirby's Epic Yarn aside.Aren't all Nintendo games Tri-lingual all across North America?
So really, if you have any Nintendo games at all, its actually your American-only games that break the consistency. You should really collect all Canadian versions to be consistent
Noisepurge
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i thought all canadian versions have french text on the cover too
Supermanisdead
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PFK lol.