hellerphant
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- Comment on Can we appreciate how horny everyone is for Mario in TTYD? 2 weeks ago:
I never played the Japanese version, but I live in Japan and I have worked with various game localization companies. It’s a pretty fine line on how they handle these kinds of translations, and it is often the developers who give the direction.
A good localization firm will take the original intent, and then culturalize it for the target market to make sure it has the same intended “vibe” rather than an actual 1:1 translation. The first company I worked at here did the localization for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. They were using a lot of old Japanese in that, and they specifically DID want us to get as close to 1:1 as possible, while ensuring that the intent was still very clear. Another game that I cannot say was more free saying “please make sure that the jokes land with the US”, and quite a bit of the actual dialog was re-written, but once again, to match the vibe and intent that the developer was searching.
Each project is different. Each player is different. You aren’t wrong for your wants here, but developers aren’t wrong for trying to make something be more culturally appropriate for their target market, often which will sell more copies than their local market.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 6 comments
- Comment on Dreamsettler, the follow-up to early internet inspired browser game Hypnospace Outlaw, has been cancelled 2 weeks ago:
This is really rough, but it sounds like Jay is going through some stuff after what I am sure has been quite a whirlwind few years. The industry is rough, and finding a space for a niche that he fills, I do wonder how the sales would go when contractors and publishers are taking cuts.
I hope he gets some time and makes something new that soothes his soul.
- Comment on Dreamsettler, the follow-up to early internet inspired browser game Hypnospace Outlaw, has been cancelled 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for mentioning Orwell. I worked on this game and it’s probably the favorite title I’ve shipped!
- Comment on Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo is pretty great. Anyone else playing this? 2 weeks ago:
Oh dang, I never noticed that before. Will play around with it after work and see how it feels!
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
I’m so glad I switched to Kagi. The writing was on the wall once they started rolling out the AI suggestions wide.
- Submitted 4 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 7 comments
- Comment on 8BitDo Has Announced The Successor To Its Ultimate Wireless Controller | Time Extension 4 months ago:
Another stellar release. 8bitdo are seriously becoming a force to be reckoned with. When my Xbox Elite 2 dies I’ll probably get one of these to replace it. Already have the Ultimate as my go to for the Switch and when I have my Steam Decked docked to the TV.
Wonder if all this tariff nonsense it going to hurt its foothold in the US…
- Comment on Notebooks - A community for the written word 4 months ago:
No problem! When I get home I will cross-link to Journaling too! Let’s build some great places here.
- Comment on Notebooks - A community for the written word 4 months ago:
Gotta start somewhere. Hopefully we can turn it into a nice and vibrant community!
- Comment on Decentralized Search Engine 4 months ago:
Not decentralized, but I have been using Kagi for around six months and it has changed the way I view the internet for the better. I love how you can also rank sites you trust higher so they appear in more searches. The only problem I have had is searching for shopping links here in Japan sometimes is a little wonky, so I still will use google when I want to just see how much an item costs on average online.
I have never thought about decentralized search. Could be an interesting rabbit hole to fall into.
- Submitted 4 months ago to newcommunities@lemmy.world | 4 comments
