What exactly are Nintendo of America doing right now? Dev teams analysis + Predictions

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gumby_trucker on 04 July 2011

This thread is inspired by puffy's original, far more useful thread

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IamAwsome on 04 July 2011

Yep. That pretty much sums up what (the localization department in) Nintendo of America is doing.

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IamAwsome said:
Yep. That pretty much sums up what (the localization department in) Nintendo of America is doing.

^ LOL

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gumby_trucker on 04 July 2011

IamAwsome said:
Yep. That pretty much sums up what (the localization department in) Nintendo of America is doing.

as opposed to the publishing and developing departments?

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IamAwsome on 04 July 2011

gumby_trucker said:

IamAwsome said:
Yep. That pretty much sums up what (the localization department in) Nintendo of America is doing.

as opposed to the publishing and developing departments?

I'm pretty sure that Nintendo Software Technology is working on a 3DS game, and the publishing arm is releasing 3DS VC, and retail games. Not to mention, Mystery Case Files just came out.

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gumby_trucker on 04 July 2011

IamAwsome said:

gumby_trucker said:

IamAwsome said:
Yep. That pretty much sums up what (the localization department in) Nintendo of America is doing.

as opposed to the publishing and developing departments?

I'm pretty sure that Nintendo Software Technology is working on a 3DS game, and the publishing arm is releasing 3DS VC, and retail games. Not to mention, Mystery Case Files just came out.

riiight... I forgot about that one

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Kicking back, playing Tales of Graces, Last Story, Zangeki, Pandora's Tower, and Xenoblade while laughing at us puny Americans for being unable to do so.

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famousringo on 05 July 2011

Do you wonder if the European localization dude is, like, super tall, and the American localization dude is, like, a midget, and Euro-dude is, like, "Here's the source code for localization. Why don't you just get it? It's right here. Can't you jump higher than that?"

I'm pretty sure that's how it went down.

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gumby_trucker on 06 July 2011

@Metallicube @famousringo : Epic responses, both of you guys!
BTW have you heard about this?
Apparently it's the same guy that announced Pandora's Tower and TLS for Europe...
I hope this is just a coincidence...

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You might know Mr. Minel for recently revealing why Nintendo of America didn't want Nintendo of Europe to show Xenoblade Chronicles on the show floor. Seems awfully coincidental that he's leaving now! Thanks to Nintendaan for the heads up.

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WiseOwl on 06 July 2011

They been/are putting all of their chips on the Wii-U in hopes it will sell like the Wii, and the console is a year plus away from launch.

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