RedAssedApe
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Persona Localization interview with Yu Namba
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Look at P4DAN. English voice work was about done in April, game came out in Japan in June.
ColossalLazy
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Same. There no solid information indicating the potential release date of P5 in NA besides the repeated 2015 tentative release date.
Everyone are right to have their reason to be optimistic or pessimist about it.
Video games aren't really
ShockingAlberto
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You lock the script early like every worldwide release of a game.
You all realize that Yu Namba probably can't say anything about the localization, right? There's very little material about the game itself that has been released, so it makes sense he wouldn't say anything in an interview.
I'm skeptical the game will make it out 2015 myself, but this isn't really proof that "P5 hasn't started localization" or anything.
I'm skeptical the game will make it out 2015 myself, but this isn't really proof that "P5 hasn't started localization" or anything.
SoulUnison
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I need a simultaneous release so that I can buy it Day 1 and not give the internet a chance to ruin the story.
I bought Persona 4 the day it came out in North America and avoided anything online that even mentioned Persona, and I still had The Culprit's identity spoiled for me.
It got "Snape Kills Dumbledore'd" for me, because people on the internet are assholes.
I bought Persona 4 the day it came out in North America and avoided anything online that even mentioned Persona, and I still had The Culprit's identity spoiled for me.
It got "Snape Kills Dumbledore'd" for me, because people on the internet are assholes.
That happens all the time, especially for games targeting simultaneous worldwide releases. At some point, the script and text are finalized before the game is, so even if the developers are in no position to do text insertion, there's no immediate barrier to starting localization.
And it doesn't come out here till the very end of Sept...
By localizing the parts that are already done. Even if some things change, it can be localized concurrently. The killer is having to re-record voice so that's usually until later, but doing menu, gameplay and even some script is usually done during development of a title, unless things work differently at Atlus.
Mr. Nice_Guy
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I didn't expect it but they were really insistent on it. I'll be pretty disappointed and hope they have a good explanation on why they kept saying 2015 release if it was obvious that wasn't happening. I trust Atlus more than this, one of the few developers I do.
That's pretty much it. Yu Namba could be literally genuine in his words, or he could not. He could be literally genuine, but in a way that does not fit how some are interpreting what he's saying. He could be literally genuine, but in a way that does not preclude Persona 5 from having a 2015 North American release date.
When it comes to Persona 5... who knows, man.
I would hope Atlus's leash isn't so tight he has to lie about not knowing anything about the existence of P5 or the fact they are localizing it.
#hardinlied is a joke, but it came about for a reason. This wouldn't be new.
It's not really a lie. He's just dodging the question he can't talk about with the interviewer because the localization isn't finished.
Yeah I mean. I'm probably the most skeptical person in regards to 2015 (I'm not even convinced that Japan will get it this year yet), but given the context it's more like "We'll see how it goes with Persona 5" rather than meaning anything like the game not being localized yet.
It's entirely possible he misspoke too. People do that, even if they are native speakers.
Dice//
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Woah take it easy, we're not talking about Microwave Dinners here.
Psycho_Mantis
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Nope. I don't believe it.
MatrixMan.EXE
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LOL yeah but, how can you be so insistent in promising something that you physically know isn't going to happen?
Be serious. It's bad PR. Fans would be happier with them just saying that its a 2016 title than hearing 2015 right through into the middle of summer, only to find out that it'll be delayed until 2016 because they hadn't actually even started the localisation yet.
That's not good messaging. It's pretty bad in my opinion.
Is this a joke post? D:
there are literally zero questions related directly to DAN in the interview.
I want to believe that it's still coming 2015 and Atlus hasn't been lying to us all year but as time goes on it's getting really difficult. Atlus being incredibly tight lipped about it isn't helping.
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Deleted member 17706
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It happens all the time to some degree or another.
The game doesn't have to be 100% complete before you can start tackling the glossary terms and script, etc. Sure, there will be changes as you go, but those can be dealth with.
Any great localization is probably going to have the localization team involved fairly early. This is also a good idea if you want to avoid making huge revisions for the international versions in order to remove/change inappropriate things that may have been in the Japanese version.
It's a Japanese game, they have to actually finish making it over there first; they can't exactly give priority to the west if the game isn't done yet.
im confused how trails in the sky SC would fit under shoddy translations. mismanaged a bit and taking forever but that is because their aim is to not be shoddy.
shoddy would be utter crap, if you were to translate and dub the entire persona 5 game in 4 months it would no doubt be absolutely horrendous in quality.
Sorry, I had DAN on the brain.
LiquidSolid
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As if it was ever going to have that in the first place. Europe probably won't see it till 2017.
Well, isn't that how it worked in the series past? Persona 3 and Persona 4 came out in the US/EU AFTER the JP version by a few months, so it happening to Persona 5 isn't really that much of a shocker honestly.
As long as the translation is top quality like it always is for the series and the game ends up great, I have no issue waiting. There is plenty to play this year while I wait for the game to launch (my massive Vita and PS3 backlog alongside getting a number of games this fall like Ar No Surge Plus, Neptuina ReBirth 3, the Dragnropmoa (sorry if I misspelled that X() series (1, 2, Despair Girls), Persona 4 DAN, SAO: Lost Song, Mighty No. 9 and Shantae: Half Gene Hero (if that even comes out this year)). I have a lot to play, so I can wait for P5 to come .
Just want to hear the new battle theme, main theme and see how the battle system is going to work; that will do more then enough to keep me excited for the game.
As long as the translation is top quality like it always is for the series and the game ends up great, I have no issue waiting
. There is plenty to play this year while I wait for the game to launch (my massive Vita and PS3 backlog alongside getting a number of games this fall like Ar No Surge Plus, Neptuina ReBirth 3, the Dragnropmoa (sorry if I misspelled that X() series (1, 2, Despair Girls), Persona 4 DAN, SAO: Lost Song, Mighty No. 9 and Shantae: Half Gene Hero (if that even comes out this year)). I have a lot to play, so I can wait for P5 to come .Just want to hear the new battle theme, main theme and see how the battle system is going to work; that will do more then enough to keep me excited for the game
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artsi
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I don't know what's going on with that interview, but my bets are still stone solid on 2015 for both US and JP.
Yeah something like this. They wouldn't echo 2015 over and over again everywhere if they hadn't started on localization yet.
Yeah something like this. They wouldn't echo 2015 over and over again everywhere if they hadn't started on localization yet.
Yeah, it doesn't feel like there's anything definitive here. There's not enough to make a statement for or against.
funkystudent
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Totally not expecting it to start localisation until its shipped in Japan.
Atlus still very much in that old timey Japan first mindset. Lack of a showing at E3 should have been telling enough.
Atlus still very much in that old timey Japan first mindset. Lack of a showing at E3 should have been telling enough.
I think it'd help if Siliconera mentioned when the interview was conducted. Not by much, but somewhat.
Even if they obviously can't mention specifics, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to acknowledge that localization is underway, since the game and release timeframe have been announced.
It definitely is. The PS3 version will definitely sell well there, and 5 will spawn a ton of merchandise that won't be leaving Japan. It's only the western PS4 audience that'll certainly eclipse the Japanese PS4 audience.
RecursiveFault
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No region lock thoooo
I've been questioning Atlus's marketing since we went over a year with no gameplay from the original November 2013 announcement, to be honest. *shrugs*
Lots of studios start the localization process early in development. It's not like they sit around and do nothing while Japan makes the game.
Exactly.
that doesn't really fit Atlus so that's even weirder.
