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General Pokemon Localization

Ene

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General Pokemon Localization examples thread.

Pokemon Black/White

A girl wouldn't do the heavy lifting
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A Lady shouldn't be here
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Ferris Wheel
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Pokemon Black/White 2

Even if I'm a girl
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Pokemon Diamond/Pearl

We all die
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Pokemon Silver/Gold

Just Because I'm a girl
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Full of young girls
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In Fire Red "女の子" was translated to "Women"

Pokemon Legend Arceus

Youth and Beauty -> Luck and Misfortune
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Pocket Monster Special (Manga)

Girl Insult
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とどめを刺す
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Shit! Oh my god!
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Kayowai Uchi
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Who just says that to a girl
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Not mine↓​

Pokemon Red

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl

PokeWife
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Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (Original x Remake)

Lovey-Dovey Couple
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Ebicentre

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This might not be strictly relevant to localization, but do you think you can mention the old man in front of Celadon City Gym? The Let's Go remakes cut his balls off.

Jynx as well might be worth adding.
 
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Hexasheep93

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This might not be strictly relevant to localization, but do you think you can mention the old man in front of Celadon City Gym? The Let's Go remakes cut his balls off.

Jynx as well might be worth adding.
What happened to the old man again?

Jynx is a little weird afaik she is meant to look like a gyaru as such it being black or purple does not really change that, but still is a change from the original so idk.
 

Ebicentre

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What happened to the old man again?
'Heh-heh. I like this gym. It's full of young girls!'

...changed to...

'It's full of strong Trainers!'

It's pretty egregious.

Jynx is a little weird afaik she is meant to look like a gyaru as such it being black or purple does not really change that, but still is a change from the original so idk.
Game Theory went into a three-part video series debunking the racism allegations. She's based on a mountain demon who suffered from frostbite.
 

Hexasheep93

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'Heh-heh. I like this gym. It's full of young girls!'

...changed to...

'It's full of strong Trainers!'

It's pretty egregious.
Yeah thats pretty dumb, but I guess we cant funny pervy old men anymore, everything has to be unproblematic and plain:shinobu_annoyed:
Game Theory went into a three-part video series debunking the racism allegations. She's based on a mountain demon who suffered from frostbite.
Right but my point is if it being black or purple changed that. Im not saying it was racist when it was black or that it should have been changed to begin with.

But as one of our arguments against localization is that it dilutes or changes the intent or message of the original author, and Im just not sure if that applies to jynx changing color
 

Ebicentre

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Right but my point is if it being black or purple changed that. Im not saying it was racist when it was black or that it should have been changed to begin with.

But as one of our arguments against localization is that it dilutes or changes the intent or message of the original author, and Im just not sure if that applies to jynx changing color
She was made purple in response to racism allegations, and they've gone with that ever since.
 

localizersagainstthewall

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Just a suggestion, but maybe put the games first and the manga somewhere at the bottom? I think the games are what people think of first when they hear Pokemon, and generally care more about than the manga. I know this is still just an obscure forum but I think that if people discover this shit or get it linked, seeing all the changes to the games first would catch and hold their attention more.
 
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Narmy

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Psst.

Pokémon fans.

If you're dissatisfied with these localization changes, remember that the Japanese versions of all the mainline games are vastly cheaper than the English copies.
The Japanese version of pretty much all games are vastly cheaper than the English ones. I recently bought the Japanese version of all three PS1 Persona games for less than a quarter of the price of buying just the butchered localization of the first game.

The main exception is brand new games. SMT5 cost me like $100. :konata_cry2:
 

PhantomXero1x

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Psst.

Pokémon fans.

If you're dissatisfied with these localization changes, remember that the Japanese versions of all the mainline games are vastly cheaper than the English copies.
I have purchased pokemon black recently for xmas and yeah i defo need to purchase more of the mainline older games imported soon enough.
 
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