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therube

therube

Taiwan

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therube

#1

therube commented on Nintendo Hires Pop Group To Promote 3DS In Taiwan:

@WiiLovePeace: thanks for the correction. let me get a bit more specific- this is the first Zelda ever translated into Traditional Chinese (the pre-1949 character set) which means it's the first for Taiwan/HK- countries that still use it. At least, that's how Nintendo is advertising it over here.
I've seen a few of my students playing Zelda in Chinese, but those were always fan translations from mainland China. Most people here know Mario, but far fewer have ever even heard of Zelda (even when I write the name in Chinese).

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#2

therube commented on Nintendo Hires Pop Group To Promote 3DS In Taiwan:

Sad to say, but the five games named are also the only ones released in Chinese to date and the system has been out for over three months. Thanks to stringent region locking these are absolutely the only five games you can play (the Wii at least let you play Japanese games). And there's no eshop of any kind. So though I feel a bit burned that I can't play the new Taiko on my American 3DS, I can at least be glad that Nintendo isn't treating me like the Taiwanese. oh well, upside: first Zelda officially translated into Chinese ever.

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#3

therube commented on First Impressions: Zen Pinball 3D:

any idea if they're going to offer more tables as DLC? between Zen Pinball on PS3 and Pinbal FX on 360, they've got better than a dozen tables designed. I'd love to play the Rocky and Bullwinkle or Nikola Tesla tables...

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#4

therube commented on First Impressions: Zen Pinball 3D:

any idea if they're going to offer more tables as DLC? between Zen Pinball on PS3 and Pinbal FX on 360, they've got better than a dozen tables designed. I'd love to play the Rocky and Bullwinkle or Nikola Tesla tables...

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#5

therube commented on Review: Around the World (WiiWare):

I like how ambiguous it is. It asks me to find Alhambra. Alhambra is a Muslim fortification in Spain (I now know), but I'm thinking of Alhambra, the city in California. So I'm wrong. In the same set of questions I am asked to find "Salem", I think of Massachusetts, it thinks Oregon so I'm wrong. the names are unspecific and arbitrary- and the game is boring as hell.

this kind of game would have been an ok addition to an atlas program that taught you about countries and cities- but as an information free standalone, it's an utter piece of garbage. 5 is very generous.