Nintendo and game localization

[Seob]

I just noticed when playing super paper mario in the wii, how little game localization nintendo does. From the current console manufacturers nintendo is the only company that releases it's own games not localist to my native dutch language. All they do is add a dutch manual, screen text is all english. Why do i find this strange? We'll since nintendo is aiming to sell it's console to the casual players, it doesn't support them very well by getting the game localized so that the casual player understands what the story on screen is about. I mean big brain academy only uses english screen languages while this is a game for the new casual gamer. Is nintendo just being cheap? I mean uncharted 2 has been completely localized into dutch. I can play it in english, in english with english subtitles, in english with dutch subtitles, in dutch and in dutch with dutch subtitles.

And this is a game aimed to the more regular gamers and so.

So why is nintendo ignoring this?

[panamajoe]

I just noticed when playing super paper mario in the wii, how little game localization nintendo does. From the current console manufacturers nintendo is the only company that releases it's own games not localist to my native dutch language. All they do is add a dutch manual, screen text is all english. Why do i find this strange? We'll since nintendo is aiming to sell it's console to the casual players, it doesn't support them very well by getting the game localized so that the casual player understands what the story on screen is about. I mean big brain academy only uses english screen languages while this is a game for the new casual gamer. Is nintendo just being cheap? I mean uncharted 2 has been completely localized into dutch. I can play it in english, in english with english subtitles, in english with dutch subtitles, in dutch and in dutch with dutch subtitles.

And this is a game aimed to the more regular gamers and so.

So why is nintendo ignoring this?

 

because:

 

a) they are cheap

b) they know that most Nederlanders speak a very good english

[Seob]

Most but, the primary group they try to appeal with those mind games, are elder people, that don't always speak or read english.