I bought chroma squad on pc some time ago, didnt know it was made by brazillian drvs but that game is great.
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Brazilian devs and fans are making their own unofficial Nintendo Direct
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Playing RPG in portuguese is amousing, the Tales Series for exemple.
I'm playing Vesperia in portuguese on Switch.
I'm playing Vesperia in portuguese on Switch.
No, importing isn't an option. They don't localize anything to Portuguese anymore (no Labo, no Mario). See my previous post. And even if they did, they would no longer lock them behind regions. See Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, available in Portuguese in Brazil too.
Sorry, missed you're post. I would have thought getting a PAL system and/or importing PAL games would be easy enough.
Being a Brazilian Nintendo fan since the 90s, I don't think localization is that big of a deal, really. It is a plus, especially text, but not a deal breaker. The main issue are the insane prices. Nintendo stuff is expensive everywhere, but here in Brazil it is a particular problem, because being imported + their niche nature makes retailers mark up the prices quite a bit when selling to final costumers. When you add that to the fact that Nintendo games never go down in price, it makes for some horrific stuff like Wii U games from 5 years ago costing R$260 (around $70). It doesn't help that Brazil's economy is in terrible shape right now.
Quite a few friends of mine expressed interested in buying a Switch, but won't do it because of the high prices of games and accessories.
Quite a few friends of mine expressed interested in buying a Switch, but won't do it because of the high prices of games and accessories.
While you are not wrong about pricing being a more urgent thing, language absolutely matters.
There is a reason every indie dev on Steam is looking for chinese, pt-br, russian, spanish, korean etc translations - and if they aren't, they are being spammed with requests for them.
How about paying 100,00 dollars for Mario Maker 2?
or maybe 80,00 dollars for Bayonetta ?
or maybe 80,00 dollars for Bayonetta ?
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to put it simple, this unofficial "direct" ended up being a marketing platform for the youtuber who posted it - and the guy doesn't even live in Brazil.
What amazes me is that they put this unofficial video under a "national gaming" development banner and lots of people bought the idea without thinking twice. And worse of it, they were showing random indie games with one or two brazilian developers as if they were fully Brazilian made games (even Celeste got labeled as a Brazilian game). That kind of nationalism is just naive (unless the idea here is to deceive people) and will surely be negative to any platform they want to defend.
What amazes me is that they put this unofficial video under a "national gaming" development banner and lots of people bought the idea without thinking twice. And worse of it, they were showing random indie games with one or two brazilian developers as if they were fully Brazilian made games (even Celeste got labeled as a Brazilian game). That kind of nationalism is just naive (unless the idea here is to deceive people) and will surely be negative to any platform they want to defend.
2 devs for the celeste team is like 1/3 of the main devs =P
One of the main chars is a brazilian xD
It's still not a Brazilian game. Now you guys are going to say that the Ice Age is a Brazilian movie or that the X-men is a Brazilian comic book because they have Brazilian characters2 devs for the celeste team is like 1/3 of the main devs =P
One of the main chars is a brazilian xD
Can we settle in half brazilian?
Like it is a mix of matt makes games and miniboss.
of course we can, but that's surely not what's been sold by this "direct"
They wrote quite clearly "made in partnership with miniboss".
So? What's your point? I don't think you are talking about the same thing here.
What would you say regular folk thought when they saw the Direct? Sorry, but lots of people are defending something blindly and I still stand by what I've said before: they sold this "pirate direct" as some Brazilian pride stream, but mostly showcased games with one or two Brazilian developers on their staff - and this only ended up being a marketing platform for the youtuber host.
You can complain whatever you want about the youtuber or how it was made, but the ONLY games that are not majority of brazilians shown are
Celeste (All art and some concepts and instagram account)
Towerfall (All art and some concepts)
Full Metal Furies (1 artist)
Rogue Legacy (1 artist)
Chasm (1 artist)
Wargroove (1 lead dev and 1 artist)
that is IT.
Horizon Chase
Akane
Ninjin
Monica e a Guarda dos Coelhos
Oniken
Odallus
Blazing Chrome
Chroma Squad
Rocket Fist
Garden Paws
Warlock's Tower
Dandara
99 Vidas
mana Spark
cube puzzle thing
bullet hell collection
autorama simulator one
and others i forgot are either mostly brazilians or 100% brazilians (and I am not saying 100% brazilians because I don't know everyone on their teams and the composer for blazing chrome is european i think)
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That's great, and tbh I think ALL games presented are interesting. But, again, I don't feel the way they approached this was anywhere honest.
Would holding a massive Nintendo themed parade float at Rio's Carnaval help bolster any chances of Nintendo rethinking their stance on Brazil? There was a mass Star Wars float at this year's Carnaval spanning just about every Star Wars film except for Solo.
It blows my mind that Nintendo would completely overlook the Brazilian market altogether. It would be like no Disney in South America. Speaking of which, what is Nintendo's overall reach in the other South American countries? Chile, Bolovia, Columbia, and Venezuela come to mind. But Brazil spans such a huge geographical reach in South America altogether. It's crazy to think that the house of Mario and Zelda has written Brazil off as a huge loss.
Just look at this parade float. Quite an elaborate display. And they even celebrated the prequels.
It blows my mind that Nintendo would completely overlook the Brazilian market altogether. It would be like no Disney in South America. Speaking of which, what is Nintendo's overall reach in the other South American countries? Chile, Bolovia, Columbia, and Venezuela come to mind. But Brazil spans such a huge geographical reach in South America altogether. It's crazy to think that the house of Mario and Zelda has written Brazil off as a huge loss.
Just look at this parade float. Quite an elaborate display. And they even celebrated the prequels.
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You forgot the translation
He is saying some devs got contacted by nintendo saying "Congratulations on your inclusion in the Brazilian Nindies video" and that internal reports are being made.
Sounds pure fanfiction
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It kinda does, yeah. Wish we could get a response directly from developers if something did happen.
Not a float, but 2014 had some mario and sonic dancers in a nostalgia themed presentation
Not a float, but 2014 had some mario and sonic dancers in a nostalgia themed presentation
Nintendo is the Walt Disney of video games. Nintendo needs to get their act together. Bring on some samba dancing numbers featuring Zelda and Donkey Kong, not to mention Mario Kart themed parade floats.