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.
