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Nintendo States Western Localization Changes Are Not Unusual

Many games have been changed at the hands of Nintendo of America when localized for the western market. Some of these games included the highly controversial Fire Emblem Fates, Xenoblade X and Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water.

While some fans have stated their opinion on the topic of censorship, a representative for Nintendo revealed their stance on localization.

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PixelGateUk3049d ago

Most of the changes that would go unnoticed have been highlighted after 'recent events'. But hey, on the plus side it gives exposure to games that would normally get very little.

jashtheflash3049d ago

I agree , i think the large amount of people who have an issue are the vocal minority

Rachel_Alucard3049d ago

The only real way to combat this is to just learn japanese and own a JP Wii U (Because Nintendo doesn't even let you play the original game without one)

Panaru3049d ago

Yep, Nintendo needs to pull their heads out from between their legs and quit with their archaic region locking.

Snookies123049d ago (Edited 3049d ago )

Nintendo of America might have to censor your comment, as it could be seen as offensive. ;)

Lol, I hate censorship. Don't care if you're hiding a pixel on the screen or full-on nudity. If the original creator(s) wanted something that might be offensive or inappropriate in their work, it should STAY like that. At least, that's how I see it. I feel like the integrity of the work is destroyed when something is changed afterwards. This goes for any medium. Games, movies, TV, books, etc.

I do agree about the region locking though. Systems in my opinion should never be region locked.

MegaRay3049d ago

I wish publishers give an option in the options menu to Play the game conserned or not. But NoA is the last publisher to provide something like that lol

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory3049d ago

as long as I get the game then I dont care much.

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos10d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H910d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX10d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H910d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro9d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos9d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger8810d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk7710d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos10d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris9d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno26d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.