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Message: [QUOTE="Clippy, post: 24126, member: 8560"] No. I always felt that one was stupid. I can see how an 'onigiri' might've flown over people's heads at the time but 'riceball' should've been fine. No. I can understand if it was done in order to get a lower ESRB rating but understanding doesn't mean I like it. This brings another question to mind. I'm pretty sure even in our favourite games there are things those games would be better without. Now, I don't think we're to judge but what if the creators themselves think so and remove or alter stuff in re-releases? Do we insist on them adding everything back in or not? I'm not sure it's a rabbit hole I'm prepared to go down but I don't think I want anyone to go George Lucas on their games. Here's a couple more: A lot of people enjoy Working Designs localizations, nasty difficulty tinkering notwithstanding. I don't think we can reasonably expect publishers to shell out for multiple localizations of every single game so what do we do? Do we go for maximum accuracy or do we placate those who like a sprinkle of creativity? I feel that some creative liberty would be acceptable so long as the original meaning is preserved but it's, as you said, a matter of taste. Another good example is the Ghost Stories dub. It has barely anything to do with the original script other than the basic plotline but it's laugh out loud hilarious and has its share of fans. This one's a bit off-topic but back in medieval times they took this approach to its logical extreme - the word of God was considered so sacred that none of it could be altered so early translations of the Bible from Latin to English consisted of three parts. 1. The original verse in Latin. 2. That verse translated word for word into English, syntax be damned. 3. An explanation of what it really means in actual English. I'm glad we've moved on from that approach. This one hearkens back to being culturally sensitive. It actually reminded me of an example: This one is about localizing Abe's Oddysee for the Japanese market. Was this OK? They also altered one of the in-game pictures to avoid connotations with then-ongoing Kobe child murders case which brings up another point. Is altering games due to current events acceptable? 9/11 changed a few games no doubt. I can see how you could say it's silly because any event that's current now will probably be irrelevant 5 years down the line. I can see people going either way on both points. For a funnier example of things getting altered: I think most of us remember that Mortal Kombat Deception had to be renamed in France because in French 'deception' means 'disappointment'. I can see potential blunders like this leading to altering some wording. [/QUOTE]

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