The excellent Legends of Localization a neat little article detailling the changes made during Smooth Move's localization (or more precisely, the form card's names), and um, it's neat 'n' stuff. Be sure to give it a read!
It makes me wonder, is WarioWare (and by extension, Rhythm Heaven) Nintendo's more overtly "japanese" series? By contrast, Game Freak has been said to specifically seek to appeal to international audience and the Mario team has been said to have the Treehouse staff look around during development to gum any impenetrable cultural references. Is there any particular reason SPD 1 doesn't seem to give as much of a shit?
It makes me wonder, is WarioWare (and by extension, Rhythm Heaven) Nintendo's more overtly "japanese" series? By contrast, Game Freak has been said to specifically seek to appeal to international audience and the Mario team has been said to have the Treehouse staff look around during development to gum any impenetrable cultural references. Is there any particular reason SPD 1 doesn't seem to give as much of a shit?
