Nintendo's games are famous for being family-friendly, but there's one Nintendo game, or rather SERIES of Nintendo games, that is full of OFFENSIVE language, at least in one of the game's localisations.
This video could never have been made without the hard work of ANMTV. Thank you to them for exposing this issue, and for contacting me about it!
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SOURCES
In-depth ANMTV article
- https://www.anmtvla.com/2021/10/los-juegos-de-pokemon-son-obscenos-en.html
Pokemon Company response
- https://www.anmtvla.com/2021/12/juegos-de-pokemon-en-latino-esta-fue-la.html
Nob Ogasawara response
- https://www.anmtvla.com/2021/12/el-traductor-original-de-pokemon-nob.html
ANMTV video narrated by Ash + Brock
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx6pTEMSb5k
Fan response and info about job posting
- https://www.resetera.com/threads/latin-american-fans-and-voice-actors-begin-campaign-asking-for-a-proper-translation-for-pok%C3%A9mon-games-without-offensive-regionalisms.525423/page-6
Job listing on LinkedIn
- https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/localization-editor-latin-american-spanish-at-the-pok%C3%A9mon-company-international-2884514320/
And also email correspondence from ANMTV
This video could never have been made without the hard work of ANMTV. Thank you to them for exposing this issue, and for contacting me about it!
PATREON - https://patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs
MERCH - https://teespring.com/stores/thomas-game-docs
TWITTER - https://twitter.com/thomasgdocs
SOURCES
In-depth ANMTV article
- https://www.anmtvla.com/2021/10/los-juegos-de-pokemon-son-obscenos-en.html
Pokemon Company response
- https://www.anmtvla.com/2021/12/juegos-de-pokemon-en-latino-esta-fue-la.html
Nob Ogasawara response
- https://www.anmtvla.com/2021/12/el-traductor-original-de-pokemon-nob.html
ANMTV video narrated by Ash + Brock
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx6pTEMSb5k
Fan response and info about job posting
- https://www.resetera.com/threads/latin-american-fans-and-voice-actors-begin-campaign-asking-for-a-proper-translation-for-pok%C3%A9mon-games-without-offensive-regionalisms.525423/page-6
Job listing on LinkedIn
- https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/localization-editor-latin-american-spanish-at-the-pok%C3%A9mon-company-international-2884514320/
And also email correspondence from ANMTV
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