Author Topic: 1. We're not foreign. 2. Why do we have to wait so long? (Read 8568 times)

avengah · « **on:** July 30, 2002, 04:16:33 AM »

I'm talking about the normal English release date for Super Mario Sunshine. The 4th of October? That's ridiculous. Why do the Americans get it so long before us? And for the record, the English release date isn't a "foreign" release date.

Can any big companies such as the magazine companies, TMK, Gamespot etc. stick up for us and get games released simultaneously, as they should be?

Cheers,

Matt

Mountain Dew or Crab Juice? Oh, I can''t take it any more!
You got a toilet in there? "No, toilet in tower. Tower!"

Edited by - avengah on 7/30/2002 3:18:43 AM

frostbite · « **Reply #1 on:** July 30, 2002, 07:05:46 AM »

You may not be foreign to yourself, but you are to Nintendo.

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Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed, and blew it out.

Screech · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2002, 12:47:16 PM »

England is closer to japan than america is. Why DO we get it first?

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smb allstars master · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2002, 01:33:23 PM »

uhhhh....I dont think so. england is on the other side of a continent, and us north americans are just across the pacific.

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you really dont know, do you??

frostbite · « **Reply #4 on:** July 30, 2002, 02:26:00 PM »

And BESIDES THAT, you idiots, Europe has a different type of TV than North America and Japan. They need to convert all the games.

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In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people.
Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed, and blew it out.

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #5 on:** July 30, 2002, 06:15:14 PM »

Europeans aren't idiots. But wasn't NOA created before ..um, NOE? And NOJ was before NOA, and blah blah blah
Be nicer to people, frostbite. Please.

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frostbite · « **Reply #6 on:** July 30, 2002, 06:21:34 PM »

I'm not calling the Europeans idiots. I'm just calling everyone that doesn't-know-that the-main-reason-Europe-doesn't-get-games-as-early-as-Japan-and-North-America-is-because-of-the-different-types-of-TV idiots.

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In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people.
Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed, and blew it out.

avengah · « **Reply #7 on:** July 31, 2002, 03:59:59 AM »

They shouldn't need to convert all the games. Signal from the console to the television should be dealt with by the console, not by the game. It would save a lot of hassle and delays.

This doesn't explain why we have to wait for GBA games, either. They are virtually identical from continent to continent.

But England was here first, and America is one of England's colonies. So theoretically England should be first on the list.

Cheers,

Matt

Mountain Dew or Crab Juice? Oh, I can''t take it any more!
You got a toilet in there? "No, toilet in tower. Tower!"

Gooch · « **Reply #8 on:** July 31, 2002, 08:03:16 AM »

America's not a colony of England. It was originally. Then we had the war that we won and got our independence.

It''s-a me, Mario !

frostbite · « **Reply #9 on:** July 31, 2002, 08:43:19 AM »

Just because America became a country after England doesn't mean that Europe still doesn't have different TV's.

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In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people.
Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed, and blew it out.

smb allstars master · « **Reply #10 on:** July 31, 2002, 10:51:11 AM »

yeah, and then you english flooded up into my country!

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Sors salutis
et virtutis
michi nunc contraria,
est affectus
et defectus
semper in angaria.
Hac in hora
sine mora
corde pulsum tangite;
quod per sortem
sternit fortem,
mecum omnes plangite!

you really dont know, do you??

frostbite · « **Reply #11 on:** July 31, 2002, 02:12:01 PM »

Do you live in France?

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In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people.
Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed, and blew it out.

MadMario · « **Reply #12 on:** July 31, 2002, 03:18:03 PM »

You know what? I think ALL of the versions of SMS should be released sometime in July. It DOES take place in the summer, so why is it being released in the fall?! That's just not right!

It's my birthday today, and I can't get SMS because Nintendo is too slow at releasing games in America and Europe! Well... that and the fact that I don't have a GameCube.

If the USA and Europe have different release dates because of different TV screens, then why aren't there different versions of games in America for normal and Flat-Screen TVs?!

GBA games have different release dates in different countrys even though there is not one **** difference in the GBAs! What the hell's up with that?!

I heard that this new Galidor LEGO toy called the "Kek Powerizer" is going to interact with the new Galidor GBA game coming out this FALL. Fall, fall, FALL! How come no video games are ever released in the summer except in Japan?! It's so **** stupid!

Mario, Mario, Mario! What happened to Mr. Andretti?

frostbite · « **Reply #13 on:** July 31, 2002, 04:32:02 PM »

Not TV screens -- just TVs themselves.

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #14 on:** July 31, 2002, 09:58:02 PM »

NOE was established later.
Europe is simply last on NOJ's priorities.
Nintendo fans in different countries:
Japan: most
America: less
Europe: less than America
Less profit, less priority, I guess.

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avengah · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2002, 03:34:40 AM »

Well, apparently England is the 3rd largest consumer of video games and consoles, with Japan and America being first and second respectively. Hence there is no reason why we should be bundled with Europe, and made to wait with them for their silly translations and all the rest of it. We should SPLIT from Europe in terms of video game releases, and join with America.

And the CONSOLE, or the wire from the console to the TV, should handle the different type of signal.

Cheers,

Matt

Mountain Dew or Crab Juice? Oh, I can''t take it any more!
You got a toilet in there? "No, toilet in tower. Tower!"

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #16 on:** August 01, 2002, 06:36:05 PM »

Oh yeah, and to go back to the first message, the European release date is foreign to TMK...
Anyway, you guys in England got a better version of Luigi's Mansion! See what you get by waiting for them to think of better features and stuff?

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avengah · « **Reply #17 on:** August 02, 2002, 06:20:19 AM »

Why? I don't regard America as foreign as they speak the same language there as we do. England is the original mother country, anyway!

Cheers,

Matt

Mountain Dew or Crab Juice? Oh, I can''t take it any more!
You got a toilet in there? "No, toilet in tower. Tower!"

frostbite · « **Reply #18 on:** August 02, 2002, 07:15:53 AM »

England is the "original mother country" ? Where'd you get this tidbit of information?

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In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people.
Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed, and blew it out.

Gooch · « **Reply #19 on:** August 02, 2002, 07:18:11 AM »

Face it, we're foreign to each other. Like it or not. We dont speak the same language, no offense, there's some words in your vocab that we dont use. ANd vice versa. So stop complaining and be glad that you at least get the game at all. There could be no nintendo at all.

It''s-a me, Mario !

avengah · « **Reply #20 on:** August 02, 2002, 07:22:41 AM »

Frostbite: You know England was here first, and colonised America. I wish there had never been that stupid War of Independence. Anyway, we DO speak mostly the same language. I regard the French and Germans as foreigners, not the Americans. I know Americans who'd say the same thing about English people - Americans are just a different type of English people really. Hehe...

Cheers,

Matt

Mountain Dew or Crab Juice? Oh, I can''t take it any more!
You got a toilet in there? "No, toilet in tower. Tower!"

frostbite · « **Reply #21 on:** August 02, 2002, 11:10:44 AM »

" You got a toilet in there? "No, toilet in tower. Tower!" "

You got that quote from the World Trade Center episode, right? The toilet is no longer in ther tower.

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In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people.
Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed, and blew it out.

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #22 on:** August 02, 2002, 11:08:01 PM »

Hey avengah, you're acting kinda like this guy I know who said they should release the games in America before they do in Japan. Oh, and you are on the continent of "Europe", and I am on the continent of "North America." It's kind of a long way off.

I decided to go hire a signature... but he charged too much, so I fired him. Yeah, him.

avengah · « **Reply #23 on:** August 03, 2002, 04:06:49 AM »

But our countries are very similar in many ways, much more so than say the French and Germans (ugh).

Cheers,

Matt

Mountain Dew or Crab Juice? Oh, I can''t take it any more!
You got a toilet in there? "No, toilet in tower. Tower!"

avengah · « **Reply #24 on:** August 03, 2002, 04:09:24 AM »

Seriously, though, why can't the companies go for simultaneous release, like they did with Sonic 2? And they wonder why normal English fans get ****ed off with games companies. The delays for games such as Banjo-Tooie, and for the Gamecube, of about half a year, are unacceptable. It doesn't take that long.

Cheers,

Matt

Mountain Dew or Crab Juice? Oh, I can''t take it any more!
You got a toilet in there? "No, toilet in tower. Tower!"

WanWan · « **Reply #25 on:** August 03, 2002, 05:27:22 PM »

Dude, why are you just randomly bashing other countries, like France and Germany? Not cool. And "foreign" isn't a bad thing, as yes, we ARE foreign to each other. England and America are very different. Australia is different from us both, and they also speak English. Canada's different from . . . well, you guys. Heh. Even from us the further up you get. And hey, India was also a colony of England. Are they not foreigners?

Oh, and although America was originally a colony of England, that doesn't mean everyone here is of English or even European descent. A racist teacher of mine made the same mistake and got me VERY angry. Americans can be foreign to EACH OTHER, really . . .

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Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #26 on:** August 03, 2002, 09:41:45 PM »

I live in the middle of the US and I was down in Florida a few weeks back and everybody there called carbonated beverages "soda" and I always call it "pop". It really bugged me. Oh yeah, that was an example of Americans being foreign to each other. Oh, and I'm German and Scotch.

I decided to go hire a signature... but he charged too much, so I fired him. Yeah, him.

CeleTheRef · « **Reply #27 on:** August 04, 2002, 10:46:19 AM »

hum... Mario & Luigi are of Italian origins... Italy should come first in release dates... LOL

Mario games with an Italian translation could be an idea too... provided that such transl is not made by jap's :)

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The Big Boo · « **Reply #28 on:** August 04, 2002, 02:17:20 PM »

Heh heh. "Pop". That's funny.

MadMario · « **Reply #29 on:** August 04, 2002, 05:55:45 PM »

Look, avangah, I have a friend who was BORN in Germany, and I am BOTH a quarter French and a quarter German! Don't try that "we are more related to each other than Germany and France" crap on me!

Watch out! I got tons of stamina in arguements!

If Insane Steve had some French or German heritage, then you'd be screwed!

Insane Steve=CynicMan

Insane Steve=Loads of support

Insane Steve...okay, I'll shut up.

Mario, Mario, Mario! What happened to Mr. Andretti?

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #30 on:** August 04, 2002, 10:56:13 PM »

Hey, Mr. Atomic Telesa, what's so funny about "pop"?

I decided to go hire a signature... but he charged too much, so I fired him. Yeah, him.

frostbite · « **Reply #31 on:** August 05, 2002, 12:21:33 PM »

Don't you mean Teresa? I suppose it COULD be Telesa, what with both letters having the same sound in Japanese, but I always thought it was Teresa.

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In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people.
Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed, and blew it out.

WanWan · « **Reply #32 on:** August 05, 2002, 05:54:50 PM »

It's listed on this site's Japanese enemy names list both ways (Telesa and Teresa), in two different games, so maybe it's been both. No idea. I say Teresa, not that I ever have much occasion to say it . . .

I used to call it pop but now I call it soda and I'm not sure why . . . everyone else in my family and around here in MI says pop. I guess I spend too much time online. In some areas of the south they call all soda "Coke," even if it's like Mountain Dew. "You wanna Coke?" "Sure." "What kind?" "Sprite is ok."

frostbite · « **Reply #33 on:** August 05, 2002, 07:57:51 PM »

"What kind of Coke?" That's funny.

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In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people.
Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed, and blew it out.

The Big Boo · « **Reply #34 on:** August 05, 2002, 08:44:00 PM »

What is an Atomic Telesa? And I think "pop" is funny beacuse I live in Maryland, where NOBODY says pop. So really, it seems more strange than funny that some people say "pop".

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #35 on:** August 06, 2002, 12:08:53 AM »

YEh, and the people in Florida said it was a northern (U.S.) thing to call it pop. Hahahahaha
My Mom used to call it Coke no matter what kind o' pop it was too. (And that was in like Colorado and Oregon...) Funny. Sprite is a Coke product, which makes it seem weird that you selected that exact thing, WanWan... And now that I think about it, I have friends that call it both soda and pop. Heck, back in the '50s, everybody called it soda pop!
Anyway...... an Atomic Teresa (it would be R because technically there is no L sound in Japanese) is a Big Boo.

It sure gets boring having the same signature all the time. See what I mean?

Edited by - Chupperson Weird on 8/5/2002 11:11:06 PM

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #36 on:** August 06, 2002, 12:12:00 AM »

Hey avengah, what do you call it?

It sure gets boring having the same signature all the time. See what I mean?

avengah · « **Reply #37 on:** August 06, 2002, 09:29:22 AM »

I usually call it what it is, e.g. Coke, Lilt, Sprite, Tango etc. My mum calls them fizzy drinks.

Cheers,

Matt

Mountain Dew or Crab Juice? Oh, I can''t take it any more!
You got a toilet in there? "No, toilet in tower. Tower!"

frostbite · « **Reply #38 on:** August 06, 2002, 12:59:24 PM »

Lilt? What horrors could that drink be?

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In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people.
Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed, and blew it out.

avengah · « **Reply #39 on:** August 07, 2002, 08:19:15 PM »

It's a pineapple and grapefruit crush. I dunno, it's just one I thought of. You're not going to tell me they don't sell it in America, are you? I thought it was made by one of the big companies like Coke or Pepsi. The slogan is "Totally Tropical Taste".

I've just remembered something else on-topic. Our modern-day televisions accept signals in both PAL and NTSC, so the standard matters less these days, unless your TV is ten years old or something.

Cheers,

Matt

Mountain Dew or Crab Juice? Oh, I can''t take it any more!
You got a toilet in there? "No, toilet in tower. Tower!"

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #40 on:** August 07, 2002, 11:00:08 PM »

Hmm. I thought Lilt might have been Liquefied Lint or something... hahahahaha

It sure gets boring having the same signature all the time. See what I mean?