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outlawauron on 08 February 2009
Picko said:
? outlawauron said:
Bleh. Why do they feel the need to westernize a JRPG?

Maybe because they want to make money? Or perhaps because a simple cosmetic change could mean quite a significant difference in sales.

Yes, they gain some sales but also lose a few. (at least til it gets cheap)



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Munkeh111 on 08 February 2009

Does it really matter, I can barely tell the difference other than the writing



MrBubbles on 08 February 2009

US > japan. history proves this.



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Capulous on 08 February 2009

Looks good; I may just pick it up. Both versions look good, however I do prefer the US version more though.



kirballs1 on 08 February 2009

they also took out japanese voices
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/02/07/star-ocean-4-really-does-want-to-be-an-eroge/



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Picko on 08 February 2009
outlawauron said:
Picko said:
? outlawauron said:
Bleh. Why do they feel the need to westernize a JRPG?

Maybe because they want to make money? Or perhaps because a simple cosmetic change could mean quite a significant difference in sales.

Yes, they gain some sales but also lose a few. (at least til it gets cheap)

Yes, that may be true but the former is likely to greatly outweight the latter. A more western design across the board will be highly beneficial to sales on a console such as the Xbox 360.

 



 
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badgenome on 08 February 2009

The Japanese menu and HUD portraits look much, much better, IMO. Damn you, $quare-€nix!



alekth on 08 February 2009
kirballs1 said:
they also took out japanese voices
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/02/07/star-ocean-4-really-does-want-to-be-an-eroge/

True, that bugs me even more than the different looks.

Both things should have been available as a choice.



nojustno on 08 February 2009

So hyped for this game, CANT WAIT UNTIL APRIL




selnor on 08 February 2009

The menus look better for US, but the anime pics in battles look better in Jap version. Can we not mix the 2?