Comments on: Laurent Fischer (NoE) Explains Brawl’s Delay

By: Neoatlex

Neoatlex — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:11:07 +0000

Translation is actually EXTREMELY simple once the game can use English letters, and normally games have about twenty different teams focused entirely on translation, which is why there wasn’t any delay at all with mario kart and mario strikers. There really isn’t an eligible excuse why brawl isn’t out here yet.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:55:03 +0000

Why not just release it in England as just English? We don’t need no German and Portuguese rubbish in our games.

Its bad enough we got all the polish stealing our jobs, but we have to wait for video games to get translated for them as well???? come on now….

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:38:22 +0000

Yeah I don’t mind waiting, I just massively begrudge the higher prices. Why should we have to pay more? Ã‚Â£70 for Wii Fit just takes the piss.

By: PaulT

PaulT — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:00:45 +0000

I don’t think any English speakers in Europe necessarily begrudge Nintendo for doing this.

What we DO resent, however, is the fact that Nintendo have so heavily regionalised (yes, we use the S here!) the Wii that we are NOT allowed to import the US version of the game instead of waiting. Also, when we do finally get the game, it’s at a heavy price premium. Yes, I can chip the console, but then my warranty would be voided and system updates might not work (or might fry the system).

If Nintendo want to get rid of these complaints (and much of the grey console / chip market), they just need to do what they did with the DS – don’t force regional controls. That way, people who want the localised version can wait, those who want the game now can get it, no complaints. This is how it works with DVDs (the regional controls are laughably weak) and CDs, why not Wii games?

By: DASMASHA

DASMASHA — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:37:29 +0000

I’m not surprised.