That’s just a far-fetched assumption, born from the fact that people still delusional enough to support gamergate will take ANY chance to overreact, call something “SJW pandering censorship” and attack others over it. Obviously they will support anyone who criticizes the localization, even if those people share…

Yes, and fans have the right to criticize it if they think it deviates from the original writing too much, which seems to be the case some times, while other are just fans being nitpicky or weebs.

Being a common thing in no way means it’s always done the same, reasonable way or that it’s a good thing. Many times characters can’t fit western culture or do things we would be unable to really grasp and, as such, have to be changed. That was far more common in the past but still exists. Other times actions we deem…

You got something wrong: I didn’t say their translation was childish, I said the tone of the conversation went from gratefulness and serious expression of love to a childish TONE (“’ROAR!’ That’s dragon for I love you!”), which happens after a very serious scene. I’m also not defending that the actual translation of…

I got the special edition and most of the people I know who heavily criticize the localization did too, and we are all having fun with it even if we see issues (and as you know MANY fans have been enjoying the game the way it is), so I can’t say I’ve met people who think it would be better if it never came to the west…

“And the original author’s intention was... what exactly?” For them to actually have a conversation: hint that something changed Belka’s mindset once she met Camilla, show that both are well known among assassins and how they deeply respect each other’s skills, how they are counting on each other, etc. “It also tries…

That’s just your opinion (just like many expressed distaste for the localization’s humor) and it’s a fact that it deviates from the original writer’s intention. Dialogue should have been adapted for american players, not removed. Doing the latter is simply a bad “translation” work.

Also, people are not trying to get a literal translation, but simply something that keeps the same tone and story, while changing things only the japanese public would get. That’s how localization works, the criticism isn’t just coming from weebs who want the characters to use honorifics and say “onii-chan”.

It’s still more than “...” and what the writers originally wanted to express. The localization team is supposed to reword according to the culture they want it to fit, not remove dialogue entirely, “I think it’s better this way” is no reason to do it unless the writers specifically say that, but they basically give…

It’s really not a “very small group”, it includes a lot of fans who started at older games, but it was clear to anyone that the game would sell well after Awakening (which had similar criticism from older fans, although it wasn’t focused on the localization which was much better). Some of us still bought the game even…

Yes, that is the whole point of a translation and where they failed. Ignoring anything that was removed, the translation team changed emotional tones in scenes instead of keeping the original spirit and personality. A literal translation would be even worse as americans wouldn’t get half of the jokes and references,…

Man, you even had to push Trump to promote your rethoric...”over literally nothing” when they changed personalities and straight up removed dialogue in a series heavily reliant on characterization is just plain wrong, there’s no reason to get so angry over this.