bugsonglass said:

aspro said:

 But it's probably not even a 100,000 seller.  The localization costs must be significant enough, seeing how they made some shortcuts in Y3 (I am not complaining -- just saying).

I bought the first 3 -- the second one twice -- and all I'm saying is, they've done their best, I won't hold it against them if they stop selling them in the west.

 i think the content that was cut was more to avoid a backlash from the sexist/chauvinistic elements in the game (grooming hostesses and running parlours for profit etc) not so much to cut costs.

we can't know unless we see their balance sheets but i cannot believe that simply translating it and releasing it in the west would be at a loss.

 Okay, I'll drop it, but I don't think those were kept out for sensitivity issues.  The hostess bars were as prevalent in the 2nd one, you worked at one admittedly -- not running one.  But also you'll remember there was another type of club in the second one that addressed some peccadillos that one of the boss leaders had that would be much more sensitive that was left in.

SteelAttack said:

 I guess it's because of the difficulty of tweaking settings within a gameworld where so many variables have to be taken into account. 

 It'll be interesting in how they do it.  Maybe they just change your character attributes so he takes less damage -- that'd be pretty easy.  Or diminish the number of grunts by 10% in shootouts.  Could also scale back hit detection/ damage in vehicles.

phantom_leo said:

Since when is a forum post from some guy claiming to have read a letter from Nintendo considered newsworthy?

 :lol I totally missed the tiny GAF icon besides the newspiece.

Archangel3371 said:

Played some Lost Planet 2 multiplayer, great stuff. It was on a jungle level map. It looks great and plays great. The controls feel better then the first game. The matches ran very smoothly with a full set of 16 players. Definite purchase for me as soon as it comes out which is quickly approaching, can't wait.

 Nice. I never clicked with the first game, but it's nice to hear that the sequel is a quality product.

Holy shit Robio would be proud of this...boy? girl? dunno, hard to say. 

phantom_leo said:

Since when is a forum post from some guy claiming to have read a letter from Nintendo considered newsworthy?

The guy does just say he got an e-mail and that is all, no proof at all.

But everyone on gaf seems to believe him so that is good enough for me. He must be someone in the know.

Agnates said:

When was Zelda ever told to be for this year? It's just gonna be shown @ E3, that's all we know. Might as well be shown at next year's E3 as well, and THEN release

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/01/nintendos-iwata-says-wii-zelda-in-2010/

SteelAttack said:

The reading and listening parts of your sig crack me up in conjunction.

Edit: I picture you sitting down by the fireplace, reading your famous nudes while listening to classical music.