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Animal Crossing's "obscure references" were all "localized out completely" before its debut in the West, as Nintendo felt it needed to "change everything"
"It's standard for a game to tone down or change cultural references in the localization process," reads author Kelsey Lewin's text, "but the original Dōbutsu no Mori is painted especially thick ...
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To release Animal Crossing in the West, Nintendo ‘had to change everything’
In 2024, Boss Fight Books released a book on Animal Crossing, written by game historian Kelsey Lewin, exploring how this all began. Below, as part of Polygon’s Culture Shock special issue ...
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TPC Finally Addresses Pokémon TCG Prismatic Evolutions Shortages
“I mean this lovingly but: no one scares me quite like Pokémon TCG people scare me,” Pink Gorilla Games co-owner Kelsey Lewin said. “If the dozens of calls per day about this new set are to ...