Here's Why Some Games Localize All Their Content Even if it Gets Cut

The internet’s not ready to put this one to sleep just yet. Fire Emblem Fates stirred quite a controversy for all manner of reasons. There’s the split into multiple releases, and there’s that weird petting minigame that kinda sorta got removed from the western release. Well, BriHard’s here to comment on that latter one.

Taking off from the previous uncovering of dialogue and recordings from the petting minigame for the game’s European release, BriHard uses his experience in QA testing for game localizations to shed some light on exactly “Why Cut Content Gets Localized” despite being cut from the actual game.

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Barry Herbers

I write editorials here at Gamnesia and occasionally some news (though far less often than I used to). Here's some of my work, long-form game essays, if you have any interest in that sort of stuff: The Amount of Content in a Game Has Nothing to do with its Price A Game's Atmosphere is Defined by its Mechanics, Not its Aesthetic The Witcher 3's Introduction is Terribly Paced and Too Restrictive of its Players I'm looking forward to The Last Guardian (had it pre-ordered since 2010), Rime, Night in the Woods, and Vane. If I had a niche, it would probably be the somewhat higher fidelity indie games, as take up most of the spots on that list. I'm also developing a no-budget video game with a friend, and you can follow me on Twitter (@TheVioletBarry) to hear about that and anything else I feel like saying. Film, games, it's that sort of stuff.