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Friday, April 24, 2026
Replying to taxes #tzfi I think it depends on the work a bit too. If it is a work made to specifically represent a culture from an era- you shouldn't localize something to the internet from the western era. If the game is a complete package, anime references and game references that a lot of westerners might not know- why should you make it "anime reference + localized japanese meme" instead if just doing "anime reference + Japanese meme" A lot of niconico stuff from that time is actually well known by weebs. If it is game meant to portray that era, then it's not their job to localize it for another audience- its to portray it in a way that captures that energy
Yeah that's pretty fair for this game in particular. I saw someone else make an argument for some VN, I forget which, where the characters make a lot of 2chan references and the translators changed them to 4chan references so that the same feeling woud come across without having to understand specific 2chan memes.
on a different note for good localization, Trails in the sky FC and SC (the original ones, ihave not played the remakes) had localizations that didn't change story or add funny accents like that, but they did change every treasure chest.
if you checked an already opened treasure chest, in JP it would just say "the chest is empty" but in the english, every different chest has a different phrase along the lines of "Was the first time not enough for you?"
Replying to Dialga #god_of_time I dont think so, you can play the whole game without seeing asingle one of those
Many of the jokes they added to the chests were real lame, but I'm still impressed because they had to come up with that many throwaway lines for every single chest in each of these games
