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Yakuzal director embraces toxic masculinit y cal. . Respect Wamen. Japanese game devs are how all game devs should be As time pushes on, the western game industry seems less and less like something I should support, and the Japanese game industry seems more and more like something I should A game doesn't have to be for everyone. You shouldn't even TRY to target "everyone" as a demographic. Thats legitimate stupidity. When you try to please everyone, you please NO ONE. Thats why demographics exist. To me, when devs or publishers say their game is "Inclusive" it just means they tried to please everyone. Problem there is, the only crowd they're actually pleasing is the crowd who think its actually possible to please everyone. No surprise that these games go on to fail, because that is a very, very small crowd they're actually hitting Make a game aimed at men Make a game aimed at womern Make a game aimed at kids gays blacks whites it doesn't matter But when you try to hit ALL of thos demographics at once? You end up with a financial failure 9/10 times Pick a target. Stick with it. Don't worry about anyone else. They're not important. They're not your target demographic. They're not the ones who are going to be buying your game. And if people from outside your game's target demo get into it, then thats just a bonus As stated in the nterview, 20% of Yakuza's western audience is female, despite the fact that the game is, always has been, and will continue to be un-apologetically MANLY

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横山昌義 @yokoyama_masa ローカライズについて。 その① 何か話が間違って伝わってそうですが、ローカライズでオリジナル(日 本)の内容を変えることはないです。 意図しない蔑称や差別的表現、 宗教的な問題などがないかチェックしても らい、その上でオリジナル脚本で直したりしてます。 つまり日本版と海外版で違いはない。 Translated from Japanese by Google About localization. That Ⓒ It seems that some of the story has been misrepresented, but localization does not change the original (Japanese) content. I have them check to make sure there are no unintentional derogatory terms, discriminatory expressions, religious issues, etc., and then correct them with the original script. In other words, there is no difference between the Japanese version and the overseas version. 8:15 AM Jan 31, 2024760.3K Views 204 ... tv 1.5K 3.5K □ 510 ↑
A better understanding of Japanese culture among players means adaptations can be more subtle - the Yakuza series is now called Like a Dragon, closer to the original Japanese. LGBTQ caricatures and sexist cliches have also been axed. "Many representations which were normal in Japan in the first Like a Dragon games are no longer acceptable today," says Masayoshi Yokoyama, the series' executive producer. "We ask our teams in the United States and Europe to read the game's script, and they tell us if they see things that wouldn't be acceptable in their country." Changes often focus on "alcohol, politics or religion," Froget adds, while cultural reference points also differ. "When there are people dressed in black boots and big leather coats, in Europe that could bring to mind a Nazi uniform," he says.
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