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Source: Sankaku Complex A company involved with localising Japanese games for the US has publicly lamented the fact that US retailers refuse to carry games which insist on substituting Chinese cartoons for the sort of manly testosterone dripping beefcakes Americans apparently love so dearly. Xseed, the localisers for Japanese RPG Zwei, report that “retailers aren’t too crazy about the cutesy graphics, which makes our job a little more difficult.” In an earlier update they mourn the fact that US retailers apparently refuse to stock insufficiently manly games: Japanese publishers and US retailers seem to agree – American gamers simply hate anime.
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Villerar
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Even then, they could distribute the games online themselves. Retailers are fairly narrow-minded, but they have a limited public. It isn't surprising they don't stock up on them if they think it will be sold like steaming manure in a restaurant.
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 | | | | Thaiberium wrote: Source: Sankaku Complex A company involved with localising Japanese games for the US has publicly lamented the fact that US retailers refuse to carry games which insist on substituting Chinese cartoons for the sort of manly testosterone dripping beefcakes Americans apparently love so dearly. Xseed, the localisers for Japanese RPG Zwei, report that “retailers aren’t too crazy about the cutesy graphics, which makes our job a little more difficult.” In an earlier update they mourn the fact that US retailers apparently refuse to stock insufficiently manly games: Japanese publishers and US retailers seem to agree – American gamers simply hate anime. | | | | |
If I can't get it here, I import it. Easy as that.
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Wolf on the Moon
Joined: Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:29 pm Posts: 1951 Location: Fresno, California Country: 
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Because most game localizers in general fap to Piccolo and a furry fox.
Man I hate localizers... Almost as much as regional lockout...
(Keeming Mother 1 and 3 away from me, dammit...)
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Whimzer
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EXPLAIN WHY THE GREATEST MANLY SERIES BARELY MADE IT TO AMERICA! 
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Villerar
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I think they have wrestling to fill that demand.
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That'd be okay if I could read Japanese. Well back to memorising Kanji.
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Whimzer
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Thai, I can play complex strategy RPGs without knowledge of kanji whatsoever. All I did was memorize what the menus lead me to. It's not that hard :/
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| Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:57 pm |
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I'd like to enjoy the story part of the game. And I like visual novels. Well, its not like AGTH + Atlas suck as a realtime translator.
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