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Localisation Japanese games localization examples

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Comparing the english localization to the original japanese

Ene

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Other Localization Threads:
[Putting games that don't have enough (translated) examples to get their own thread here.]



Don't say "pretty white skin" (Granblue Versus Rising)
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She's a woman, right? (FF16)
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Capcom's woke disclaimer (Megaman: Battle Network)

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Big and ripe peaches (Octopath Travelers 2)
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This conversation is about using her feminine "charms" to get the men to help with the labor. The localization added "dancing" to the conversation.

Housework is woman's job and everyone has her way (Tales: Berseria)
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Same/opposite sex -> Comrades and other cases
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Lolicon Symin (Zelda BotW)
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Dragon Quest V


Touched my butt
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No touchy
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Happy -> Mad
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ECCHI!!
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Marry Oniichan
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Disgaea 2

Flipped up -> Looked up
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How a man does it
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And Cologne
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Man's Promise
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Boys don't cry (because they're not girls)
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Lolicon Maou (D6)
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Xenoblade 2

Inside me are the hopes of three men
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Rough skin
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Property is theft kid (GhostWire)
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Trials of Mana 3

What are young girls thinking wearing such indecent outfits
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Booba boyoyoin
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Sunbathe naked
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flamboyant Gay guy (GunVolt 1)
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Fixed in the retranslation

I still am a woman (GV2)
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Cute panties (Zanki Zero)
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Woman's greatest happiness (Valkyria 4)
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Female animal > Human woman
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Kanchou (Labyrinth of Refrain)
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Quiet woman
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Spanking (Tokyo Mirage FE)
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Handkerchief
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Lewder than nudes
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Unripe fruits
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Satisfy me (BD)
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Ugly woman
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Only the men!? (BD2)
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Elize In 5 years (Tales of Xillia)
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Lolicon
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Want to come with me to the bathroom
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Sexual harassment
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Marry dad (Rune Factory 2)
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White and smooth skin (Rune Factory 3)
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Fanfiction
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AV Mania (Rockman Dash)
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A foolish woman (Rockman Zero 2)
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She's obsessed with fighting and trying to kill Zero. In jp she mocks herself as if she's a woman who's just obsessed with a guy.

おお嫁に行けない Mistranslated (Ryuusei no Rockman)
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You're a boy aren't you
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Sake and brain surgery
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You're a boy, aren't you?
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Ask for their pronouns (SRW30)
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Impudent woman (Tactics Ogre)
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Bunilla's three-sizes (Snack World)
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Sounds Lewd (Star Ocean Second)
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Gay predators (Persona 5)
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Too early for Hifumi (Blue Archive)
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Maiden -> Human (Nikke)
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Fart joke
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Suffocate -> Crush
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Pure maiden -> considerate woman
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AK-12

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>"Punches up" dialogue...
So fucking true ffs, at the end ALL characters speak the same way, being portrayed as an "edgy" normalfag westerner but are just annoying assholes that makes the reader cringe.
>"perfect place to insert memes that will be dated in a year"
More like next week. Every single meme today as soon as it is spotted by reddit and other normalfag infested hives, they spam it so fucking much you start getting headaches after seeing the same fucking meme for the 6 gorillionth time in 1 week.
>"What do you mean cultural context? Translator notes are cringe"
Can't remember which faggot said that but I would prefer TNs that would cover half the screen if needed than having normalfag reddit slang and dead memes shoved into subtitles.
Also since I am learning Japanese and Japanese culture, every single year I am aware more and more about the way Japanese are communicating with expressions and their way of talking/ which words they use to tell something, which makes me lose my mind when I see Japanese media being vandalized with such shitty Dubs and butchered Subs with all the american zoomer internet slang and other cringe shit that will be outdated AF not in a year but a few weeks. If I would get a nickle for every fucking time I see a case where I think "A Japanese person would never say that/speak like that" I would have enough to fuck all women between 18 and 28 in my country.
 

localizersagainstthewall

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Zanki Zero is one of the worst censorship offenders so I'm not surprised it got localization cut as well, but I'm surprised one of the first examples wasn't here.
13 Sentinels.

One can only repeat one line.
'Localization is the biggest scam in the gaming industry'
It has its own thread

 

HYppog

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Granblue Fantasy relink is getting roasted by negative reviews concerning unprofessional localizers on top of day 1 game crashes and region locks while the steam discussion is currently on meltdown.

 

JX475

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Granblue Fantasy relink is getting roasted by negative reviews concerning unprofessional localizers on top of day 1 game crashes and region locks while the steam discussion is currently on meltdown.

Looking at the photos is just amazing to see how badly they covered the characters up, and how the writing is just people who do not care about the game itself or the creators of the game. I was looking forward to this but Cygames really did everything in their power to doom this from the start. It had a demo on Playstation but not on Steam(which probably does confirm that this is retroactive on Sony's end that does effect other platforms). The only thing that can end up even salvaging this is having a mod group who would bother to go over the very bad parts of the writing of the game for a retranslation patch, and also try to decensor outfits to try and put them in the game on PC.
 

HYppog

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I mean, Cygames censored all the card arts TWO YEARS after release in Shadowverse, so it's not like this is their first time. It also has awfully dishonest translation that anyone who has so much as watched anime in JP voice regularly would instantly recognize it. Two big problems that GFR shares.
 

JX475

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I mean, Cygames censored all the card arts TWO YEARS after release in Shadowverse, so it's not like this is their first time. It also has awfully dishonest translation that anyone who has so much as watched anime in JP voice regularly would instantly recognize it. Two big problems that GFR shares.
I heard about the White Skin, but i did not know about the whole cards ordeal. Hopefully we can get a company that has good translations even if it's AI and in house. I will take that anyday.
 

Zurathetix

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which probably does confirm that this is retroactive on Sony's end that does effect other platforms).
Multiple censored designs were there on during the previews before the demo I doubt sony had anything to do with them.
but i did not know about the whole cards ordeal
https://techraptor.net/gaming/interview/updated-cygames-interview-ccg-shadowverse Cygames interview after first round of censorship.

46 (LOL LMAO) minute video of FURTHER censorship enacted a couple of years AFTER intial censorship.
 

JX475

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Multiple censored designs were there on during the previews before the demo I doubt sony had anything to do with them.

https://techraptor.net/gaming/interview/updated-cygames-interview-ccg-shadowverse Cygames interview after first round of censorship.

46 (LOL LMAO) minute video of FURTHER censorship enacted a couple of years AFTER intial censorship.
Oh my god. :noa-shock: i wonder what the originals looked like. This would be funny to see the gradual decline.

EDIT

TechRaptor: After Shadowverse was released on Steam, some players noticed that alterations have been done to certain card names and artwork, as well as the artwork of certain story characters. What was the reasoning that led to these alterations? (Note: The following video from Censored Gaming is meant to bring context to the question we're asking Cygames and is not an official Cygames video.)


Cygames: The changes we made were intended to help make Shadowverse more enjoyable and accessible to as many players as possible. Although we might have to make similar changes in the future, we would like our fans to understand that such revisions will always be carefully considered, and they will always be for the greater good of the game.

:senko_shock2: Wow Cygames deserves everything it get's at this point.
 
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PhantomXero1x

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Granblue Fantasy relink is getting roasted by negative reviews concerning unprofessional localizers on top of day 1 game crashes and region locks while the steam discussion is currently on meltdown.

And platinum games worked on this at one point so yeah platinum and cygames deserves all the shit that they get.
 

JX475

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And platinum games worked on this at one point so yeah platinum and cygames deserves all the shit that they get.
Good thing Kamiya left when he did. Because I can only imagine the office meetings about the future of Platinum Games being not only a support studio but going all in on Gacha's.
 

HYppog

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The pro-censorship and lolcowlizer have successfully got the two threads pointing out the details of censorship and bad localization on steam locked.

Not surprising, meanwhile another thread made solely to justify censorship because Djeeta is 15 is still up and running.

Seeing as anyone can make an alt and mess with steam forums like this, it's almost like the steam mods are also in on it looking for excuses to shut threads down.
 

JX475

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The pro-censorship and lolcowlizer have successfully got the two threads pointing out the details of censorship and bad localization on steam locked.

Not surprising, meanwhile another thread made solely to justify censorship because Djeeta is 15 is still up and running.

Seeing as anyone can make an alt and mess with steam forums like this, it's almost like the steam mods are also in on it looking for excuses to shut threads down.
Sadly Steam forums are not the best and have been joked about their enforcement with mods being power tripping depending on the game, nobody really takes their opinions seriously. It is good that reviews and others did point it out and those on the forums did as well. The thing is we need to compile screenshots, videos and side by sides like usual of any censorship, any lines that are altered and pass them around. Because it has been working where even the most fervent of fans have been asking about why games are not faithful to their source material and are translation focused. People are paying 70$ + DLC now and the translations have stayed the same or worse in quality over the last 14 years. It's time for an evolution.
 
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