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    Quote Originally Posted by Moshimoshikami View Post
    Here is a 2-hour interview with Koji Fox discussing localization:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afr98AHwAKw

    It is very informative. Localization involves much more than simply matching every Japanese word to English.

    Its not informative. Its almost like I purposely differentiated localization from translation.

    It's gone beyond localization. They've decided that the EN version of the game has its own identity that they've created separate from the JP.
    Not everything needs to be changed or adapted.
    There's even times in encounters where a boss will say an ability in English in the Japanese, and the EN version of the game changes the name of it anyways.

    This has continued to get worse in videogames and anime over the last decade or so.
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    Last edited by RaionKansen; 11-13-2025 at 02:23 AM.