Eurogamer: Zelda's launch timing in Europe is still unclear
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I played through games like Monkey Island when I didnt know a word of english lol, so its definitely possible. I think my early exposure to english games helped me a ton learning it decently later on.
KennyLinder
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Yeah, I was just joking around really as AC was the worst case I could remember.
LegendofLex
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I assume that the thing that's holding up release is localization testing, which is when you make sure the localized text is actually functional for its purposes in the game. So things like hints making sense, item descriptions being accurate, cleaning up the text to sound more like native speech in the target language, etc. This often means reviewing game content alongside text, which if it isn't all final could definitely delay localization.
Notor!ousG
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In Belgium I grew up with English because almost no cartoon was dubbed. I'm from '87 BTW.
Now we have way more cartoon channels but everything is dubbed.
I'm afraid most kids won't master English the way I used to.
Kenzodielocke
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Germany was just an example, I can imagine France, Italy or Spain being worse in that regard.
Herb Alpert
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Me too. I think videogames (especially Zelda 1) are the reason why I started to learn english (I'm french btw)
casey_contra
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Y'all can just wait for a fan translation...
jkjk
jkjkWell, there's one worst case actually : Earthbound. June 5th 1995 in NA, July 18th 2013 in EU.
Yes, that's what the article said. Nowhere in the article was said that Zelda would be delayed in Europe, as they know it's unlikely.
Right? There's so much English media out there and yet EVERYTHING is getting localised nowadays.
I remember learning "real" English thanks to the 1UP Podcast back then, when stuff like that just wasn't available in German.
Nevermind me bringing up StarTropics II. It got a VC release in 2009? Totally missed that.
KennyLinder
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A Zelda delay is totally possible, but it would be rather strange as it's such a key title for the system (shown off in the reveal trailer, on that TV show (which admittedly was a US show).
casey_contra
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Question for my EU comrades: How would a digital-only (or very limited physical alongside digital) release at launch feel? If they can't finish it before the production target date...
High five! Children entertainment shouldnt be dubbed imo, as they have much more patience, and learns so fast. I remember a ton of childrens show here back in the day being in swedish, danish and english, and the games all being in english (im norwegian). This is what helps you learn.
Impossible. We're talking about Zelda, and a launch title for a new system. No way in hell they would pull something like that. It will assuredly be a complete Multi-5 release with decent stock at the release.
And NoE is known to push physical editions whenever they can. Unlike NA, Rhythm Heaven, Picross 3D 2, Project Zero 5, and some other games got a retail release here.
Notor!ousG
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I'm grateful too that things weren't as accesible as they are now. Kids nowadays are alot dumber now.
I remember calling my dad or aunt every time I needed a translation when playing Zelda 1 or another game that had some text.
Plus, subtitled cartoons were a great way to learn English.
It was broken in other places too. Amazon certainly didn't break the street date for me, or anyone else that I know.
Why should we have to wait just because the street date will be broken? That's a bullshit excuse and makes no sense
That people need to not take uncertainty as absolute
Diprosalic
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100% serious obviously.
Dragon Warrior/Quest:August 89 in NA, September 2014 in EU - and then it was only on mobiles!
That's what I was thinking as well. Would love to have both at launch
Diprosalic
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very different as at the time they released two very japanese games in different markets to test the appeal.
Europe got "Doshin the Giant" and the US got "Animal Crossing". Doshin never made it back to the US because it flopped hard.
i do in fact own every copy of PAL Doshin the Giant there is (as far as i know).
Moon Presence
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This is incredible.
Nintendo, you need to step it up. There should be a limit for the Nintendo meme of "being different and unusual."
Nintendo, you need to step it up. There should be a limit for the Nintendo meme of "being different and unusual."
Eolz
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Can't wait for the news of it not being a launch title and everyone blaming europe over it, due to rumors.
Yeah, maybe if and when it's confirmed that it's not coming out at launch in Europe. Which is not what "currently unclear" means.
Shadowhelper
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Nintendo never learns, but perhaps they don't need to, due to the loyalty of their fans. But then again, their home consoles have been flopping.
Shortage of the NES console. It's always something with them. This will turn people off. Probably not significant numbers of them, but it will turn some people off.
Shortage of the NES console. It's always something with them. This will turn people off. Probably not significant numbers of them, but it will turn some people off.
Kissenkopf
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Wow...kids are dumber now. I guess you are dumb when you think that way. Kids nowadays learn english in the kindergarden in germany. Something we couldnt imagine when we were young. And i love that we dub everything in germany because we have a beautiful language and shouldnt be afraid to use it.
Btw why care for translate it into english? Why cant they leave it in japanese and you try to learn that language? God...adults are a lot dumber today.
Nintendo should take all the time they need for a good translation.
Out of 'Nintendo gonna Nintendo' and 'Nintendo doomed' will the former always be a bigger declarance of intellectual bankruptcy.
'Nintendo gonna smartphone games', 'Nintendo gonna work with DeNa', 'Nintendo gonna partnership with Nvidia'.
We all saw that coming because 'Nintendo gonna Nintendo'.
PS4s flagship title was Knack
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
It won't matter if the Switch is region free.
That excuse is laaaaaame.
Sepukku. Not Sudoku.
Seriously this apologetic attitude by you fans is part of the problem. Nintendo are notorious for putting little resource as possible for thier EU games, and we had to tolerate it when they were at the top back in the day, a year wait for Zelda OoT! A year!. Sony, MS and all big 3rd parties have proven what your saying is bullshit, huge games like FF15, Witcher 3, Dues Ex, Mass Effect etc can be released within a small window of each other in the west, so when this excuse is brought up I think back of the frustration of Nintendo and am thankful for Sony/MS for showing us that this isn't true at all. It's Nintendo being Nintendo, thier incompetency is infecting Switch, seems like this part of their treatment hasn't changed.
Jesus Christ
KojiKnight
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No. That's really bad. They can just delay all of it until everything is finished.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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this is where they announce regionfree right? right?
Dev kit is region free. I'll be surprised if the main thing isn't.
I'm sure kids will find another reason to want to learn english.
Back then so much videogame stuff wasn't localized, but today there still are a ton of incentives to learn it so you interact with communities like reddit or gaf. Whether they want it or not they'll be exposed to so much more english than we were thanks to the internet. Plus it's a very easy language to learn.
Eolz
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I guess you're american for saying that?
Region-free is good for being able to play games not releasing on other regions, or importing physical versions when it's digital elsewhere, this kind of thing.
Not pushing publishers to get away with bad practices.
Only a very small part of people import. It won't change anything. Nintendo obviously won't count on the fact that people could import.
that's what I'll be doing for sure. I don't want to wait any longer, I want to experience this game with you guys!
Okami Haundo
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I shouldn't be surprised that people are freaking out about this, but I'll be surprised if Zelda isn't there for all three regions at launch. People tend too far towards doom and gloom before anything else these days...