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[john tv]

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3136243

An interview with the localization team behind Paper Mario 2. Good stuff! Go read it!

 

[Socreges]

If only the Ace Combat 5 team could have employed them. :\

 

[impirius]

Excellent. Those guys did an amazing job; PM:TTYD is my favorite localization, even better than Animal Crossing.

 

[fennec fox]

PM and Mario & Luigi were better-written than most cartoons. I look up to the people behind both of those works.

 

[bogg]

I want to read the interview, but they have a spoiler warning and I haven't played the game yet. So are the spoilers a big thing?

 

[explodet]

I want to read the interview, but they have a spoiler warning and I haven't played the game yet. So are the spoilers a big thing?

I'd play the game first - there are a few spoilers. You'd probably enjoy the game more not knowing some of the points they talk about.

 

[bogg]

I'd play the game first - there are a few spoilers. You'd probably enjoy the game more not knowing some of the points they talk about.

Ahh cool. Thanks man

 

[Mejilan]

Now this is interesting. Nintendo's been on a roll with localizations recently. Wind Waker, Fire Emblem, Mario & Luigi, and Paper Mario 2 really have set the bar for natural and intelligent localizations, imho.

 

[Speevy]

Rawk.

 

[Crazymoogle]

Excellent. Those guys did an amazing job; PM:TTYD is my favorite localization, even better than Animal Crossing.

I'd say better than Fire Emblem, even. The battle arena dialogue (including Rawk Hawk) was like a pimp slap to the rest of the industry on how to do a good localization. The first big point for me though, was (as Trinen said) the bit after you fight the guard, and he says:

Spoiler

"What's with all you video game heroes? You think that violence is the answer for everything!"

 

[Speevy]

Well I'll be bombed.

 

[SantaC]

haha I loved how Rawk Hawk

Spoiler

busted into your locker room and started a riot

:lol

 

[Mejilan]

Rawk Hawk was absolutely genius.

Their strategy for getting a 1 hit kill on the final boss is absolutely ridiculous! I'm so going to try it out! :lol

 

[Wario64]

Fuck looks like I'll need to play Paper Mario 2 so I can read this article. I haven't touched the game in a long time

 

[NotMSRP]

Why are interviews often so damn vague?

 

[Mejilan]

What was vague? They were pretty candid, actually, both in their reasoning and in their methods.

 

[Speevy]

Does anyone have a decent looking avatar-sized version of the Rawk Hawk artwork?

 

[GDJustin]

I can't believe none of you have listed pikmin 2 among the nintendo localizations that have pwned recently.

 

[Mejilan]

That's true, Pikmin 2 was a fantastic read also.

 

[GDJustin]

It was a good read though. I wrote an article for GD biz a couple weeks ago about how great PM2's localization was and how nintendo is using their nostalgia to their advantage

 

[cvxfreak]

Great interview; NOA has GREAT translators aboard, something I can't say for other companies I like, except for Konami.

 

[duderon]

This games dialogue is incredible. One of the reasons i will find myself playing it again.

 

[puck1337]

Awesome interview. Need more of this stuff instead of stupidly effusive previews.

 

[GDJustin]

I didn't really like the first PM, but I'm really loving this one. The dialogue really makes the game. My favorite line so far was a Goombella one. I don't remember the exact wording, and it's not really a spoiler, but:

Spoiler

she was talking about somebody in Glitzville. She said something about "videogames always being like that", and then said "Oops! I just broke the fourth wall, didn't I?"

I was seriously laughing out loud at that one.

Cheap Cheap.

 

[MarkMacD]

If only the Ace Combat 5 team could have employed them. :\

:lol

 

[NotMSRP]

Haha, a poke at John.

 

[ohamsie]

I didn't really like the first PM, but I'm really loving this one. The dialogue really makes the game. My favorite line so far was a Goombella one. Not really a spoiler, but:

Spoiler

she's talking about the Cheep Cheep in Glitzville. She says "They've been around for quite a while in the Mario Bros. series," and then says "Oops! I just broke through the fourth wall, didn't I?"

I was seriously laughing out loud at that one.

Didn't Goombario have a similar line in the first one?

 

[WarPig]

Nintendo's localization people are some of the most underrated talents in this business. The people at outfits like Square Enix get a lot of props, and for good reason, but Nintendo's translation and editing work is just as good or better, and they've got a great record of consistency over the years.

DFS.