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Localizers for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Turn Character Trans
Video game localizers are at it again, and the newest target for their vandalism is the remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. The game features a character named Vivian, who, in the Japanese version, is a boy who dresses like a girl or a really effeminate boy, which is called otokonoko in J...
Read MoreKabrutus Launches DEI Detected Website
Kabrutus has expanded his focus from Sweet Baby Inc.; now, he’s taking on the whole DEI consulting industry. The creator of the Sweet Baby Inc. Detected Steam curator just launched a website called DEI Detected, where he and his team will list all the video games that have been influenced by woke ...
Read MoreEiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes Gets Localized
Do you want to see localization in action? There’s been a lot of talk lately about the practice, which should be simply translating a game from a foreign language into English but actually involves making it more in line with American culture – or what the localizers want American culture to be....
Read MoreCapcom Localization Team Smugly Exposes Itself
Want a look at what video game localizers do? Capcom is more than happy to let you know; today, the Capcom Localization Team’s X account posted a list of a game localizer’s responsibilities – gussied up in rosy words with a condescendingly smarmy tone – and it’s stunning in its audacity. T...
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