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What Was Once Lost in Localisation

Added: 14.11.2013 12:17 | 6 views | 0 comments

GR-UK writes: "Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z, Tales of Symphonia Chronicles and Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers all come with rather extravagant collector's editions mimicking those in Japan. In fact, Chronicles gets the added bonus of the soundtrack compared to Japan. This level of fan service was almost unheard of 10 years ago (with some notable exceptions), and now we're getting it for re-releases and anime fighting games. Great news for fans and a great way for Namco Bandai to reward and help build the fanbase of each franchise. Another sign that Namco Bandai are treating their manga game fanbase more seriously than before is the fact that they are shipping over five high profile producer for this kind of press tour. In to be perfectly honest the body count doesn't stop at five. In addition to the producers, there were four translators that were part of the entourage. Add in executives, PR personel, and all things told there were 14 people touring Europe with stops in several capita...