Game Censorship & Localization General Thread

[Lone Star]

Then you have not been paying any attention. It was rife in Castlevania Netflix.

I didn't bother to watch that.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

Look, it may sound rash, but whoever the fuck penned that last one deserves to starve to death in the streets and never work again. Thanks for renewing my hatred of localizers.

 

[Annealing Crater]

Slow down C.H.U.D., this is localizer country.

 

[Brain Power]

Then you have not been paying any attention. It was rife in Castlevania Netflix.

Don't remind me of that shitshow.
"Teehee i was gonna say some kewl shit before killing u but fuk it"

 

[Geddy Lee's Fee and See]

Slow down C.H.U.D., this is localizer country.

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These people deserve to be flayed alive. Thank you for solidifying my resolve to learn Japanese. But also fuck you for posting this. Nothing personal.

 

[augment]

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None of these is bad enough to declare intifada. Maybe that CHUD one, but these are pretty standard Current Day translation quality.
Still, I'm expecting worse examples to pop up from steam.

 

[Judge Dredd]

Is that rub-a-dub line a Rick and Morty reference?

 

[X Prime]

I was ready to dismiss the complaints as kvetching until the "chud" bit. That crosses the line.

I also missed the Rick and Morty reference. Why oh why do I suspect the people who used to bitch about Working Designs will give that a pass?

 

[Mr.Miyagi]

"Rub-a-dub-dub" predates the whole R&M "wubba-lubba-dub-dub" as part of a nursery rhyme, but I guess you can't completely write it off as an influence. The chud bit is a dumb use of a neologism when something like "brute" or "lunk" or even "meathead" would probably work just fine.

 

[Annealing Crater]

"Rub-a-dub-dub thanks for the grub" is also an infamous shitty fansub translation of 頂きます (Itadakimasu). I think in this case it may not be a reference, but a parallel evolution born from the mind of a retard. Allegedly the localizer of this game is also the one responsible for this monstrosity:

 

[Gingervitis]

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This is why I don’t buy games that are otherwise good (that don’t have a fan translation). Doing so would mean paying the localizers’ salaries.

 

[X Prime]

Allegedly the localizer of this game is also the one responsible for this monstrosity:

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Should I ask what that is?

 

[Coolio55]

I thought the "rub a dub dub" part was a reference to a really dark comic series about child abuse and maybe the original incarnation was but lol being a soy and accidentally referencing that second hand without knowing it.

 

[Gingervitis]

I thought the "rub a dub dub" part was a reference to a really dark comic series about child abuse and maybe the original incarnation was but lol being a soy and accidentally referencing that second hand without knowing it.
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This gives off “CRAWWWWWWWLING IIIIIIIIIIN MY SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN” vibes. You can tell the dude who wrote this once asked someone on a forum to mod the Linkin Park soundtrack into Shadow the Hedgehog.

 

[Coolio55]

This gives off “CRAWWWWWWWLING IIIIIIIIIIN MY SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN” vibes. You can tell the dude who wrote this once asked someone on a forum to mod the Linkin Park soundtrack into Shadow the Hedgehog.

I know what you mean but the "flippant tasteless joke" factor is kinda diminished once it's elaborated on.

Spoiler

 

[Dysnomia]

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It just makes the character look retarded. People complained about Working Designs level humor years ago. But this isn't really much different save for the fact that there's no dated Courtney Love jokes. Do they go that far though? Inserting pop culture figures no one will care about in a couple years? I can deal with stupid here and there. But I hate it when the whole script is pants on head retarded.

 

[Lone Star]

I thought the "rub a dub dub" part was a reference to a really dark comic series about child abuse and maybe the original incarnation was but lol being a soy and accidentally referencing that second hand without knowing it.
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I'm pretty sure it's just this old-ass rhyme done jokingly during grace that spread over the years. Earliest case of it in media I know of is from The Simpsons' first season, so over thirty years ago. And apparently it's based off of Matt Groening's little sister who would say that when the two were kids. So shit is ancient.

 

[mrs thickness]

i refuse to believe the eiyuden chud thing isn't a ragebait shitpost until video evidence gets posted. not that i don't believe that localizers are above 'chud' it's just insanely dumb and i don't believe anyone cares enough about the game (myself included) to fact check

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Out of morbid curiosity I went into the Steam page for Eiyuden and the chud scene is real. The mongoloids there have battered housewife syndrome and argues that we should be thankful for even getting a game, as if we're still in 2004 and any translation is good enough. The reviewers are just as bad, writing how the translation is atrocious yet still giving a recommendation (not to mention multiple other ways the game is half baked).

Anyone who gave money for the Kickstarter and didn't at the very least give a negative review is a massive cuck.

 

[X Prime]

What's really sad about it is that this was the lead writer's last project before their death.

It is a truly ignoble thing. They never get to finish the story they had going over several games with Suikoden 1 to 3, now this.