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naruball said:

ils411 said:
Language isn't a barrier for certain games such as hunting games, all you have to know is which option to chose for missions and the little icon pictures will do the rest. Hell I played that Fairy Tail hunting game on the PSP without knowing Japanese. I managed to learn which to chose for battle, items etc. and I didnt have to know about what the frapers was going on. Gameplay is all that maters for such games. Like muso games, hunting games, fighting games and probably racing games.

But when it comes to text heavy or story driven games such as RPGs, then it is better to get those games translated or localized to wherever that game is releasing, ie. if its beeing released in Italy, it should be in Italian and so on and so forth.

I know what you mean. I remember playing Bleach Soul Carnival a few years ago and had little trouble playing the game though I only know a few words in Japanese from watching anime.

At this age, English shouldn't be a problem for any gamer around the world (I know it's not the case, but generally speaking I think most gamers only prefer their mother tongue, but have no problem with English). I wish every game made had English subtitles. Things would be so much easier for ps games since they're not region locked. I mean, I can't imagine why that would cost more than say $1000.

Licensing, regional clarification, marketing as well as maintaning the localization office and putting food on the table.