Quote Originally Posted by Spellbinder View Post
I see people often make reference to this cutscene, which if I may add, is the only instance where the gestures were different. I also notice how it's always only a comparison between the Japanese and the English. Did you know that Japanese is the only language to get this special treatment for this cutscene?

Are you also aware that this characterization of the slightly crazed charismatic character talking about sweaty bodies and rippling muscles (almost as if he's coming on to you) is a character trope easily recognized by the JP audience, but not necessarily any others? I'm not trying to defend the English, French, and German localizations of the game per se, but there are reasons that these are sometimes portrayed differently to different audiences.
Well, I switch between Japanese and English sometimes.
I just came across this one by chance, never heard anyone else mention it.

Afterwards, I haven't switched back to English because I was surprised at the difference.
I get that the trope is picked up by a Japanese audience more easily, but I don't think that's a good reason.
Because I think no matter what, we should be playing the same game.

There are certain liberties when it comes to localization, but I don't think it should get to a point where people don't think of characters the same way.
And the actual text takes quite a few deviations, which I've become accustomed to. But then to actually see that the scene is different between the two felt like we'd cross a line.

Don't get me wrong. For the english text they probably did the right thing, toning him down since his words didn't match.
It just shows how different the portrayal was that they had to change the character movements.

Personally, I'd rather they keep the content intact and people can just deal with some culture difference when playing a Japanese game.
The dialogue is so different. All the characters are basically different people in Japanese.
And I'm not saying the Japanese version is always better even, except like in Midgardsomr's case where some things are lost.
I'm only saying that the differences are too stark.