Nintendo apologizes for the Super Smash Bros. Brawl delay for Europe, which is hitting Europe on June 27th. Laurent explains that every time you localize a game you have to make sure you've recorded the correct voice, and it takes time. He said that Nintendo wasn't holding back Super Smash Bros. Brawl on purpose for Europeans.
Re-affirming the “Nintendo hates Europe” tag for so many Wii owners this year was the delay between the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl in North America and the region (it’ll now reach Europe on June 27). To try and justify the wait, Nintendo’s Laurent Fischer spoke to Official Nintendo Magazine, and explained that localisation is more than just “swapping over some words.”
Laurent explained:
“Every time you go through localisation you then have to put it through a test, which involves making sure that you recorded the proper voice, and that the proper voice is being activated with the proper trigger, at the proper time… so it’s not just a case of swapping over some words, it requires some proper extra development processes. And so it takes time.”
He added that localisation was a complex issue and Nintendo wasn’t holding Smash Bros. (or any other game for that matter) back on purpose. Fischer concluded:
“I realise that from time to time we have still been disappointing some people, but in general we have also been able to bring to them games which would have never been available before in a European market, and the time frame is slowly decreasing, so I’m positive for the future. We know that we are still not reaching the expectations of all the people, but we’re really doing our best to resolve this.”
With Mario Kart and Wii Fit before the Americans, maybe Europeans will just about forgive you.
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So it's not that bad.
Hell, I started to even doubt the existence of it ffs.
Ah well, suppose it's good that it didn't overlap with GTA IV or my exams, because the majority of this summer will consist of me beating up plumbers and giant penguins with a pink blob with feet.
And lol @ your statement about it being easier to release all across Europe in one go. A staggered release helps prevent shortages.
Convert NTSC to PAL and release it in the UK, Ireland, Australia and any other English speaking territory.
Poor, poor PAL gamers.
most anti-climactic day of my life.
This has been one epic wait.
I'm not actually looking forward to SSBB anymore due to the constant delays and rubbish coverups. Not to say I won't get the game but I'm not looking forward to it like I was.
Edit: Typos.
Just import it (that is what I did), screw waiting.
This happen. Although they could have potentially solved this by releasing it then giving an update or patch to put the rest of the Languages on.