Animal Crossing Was Deemed So Difficult to Launch Outside Japan, Nintendo’s Former Boss Satoru Iwata ‘Burst Out in Laughter’ After Hearing it Would Finally Happen

Years before Animal Crossing became a global success, Nintendo warned its localisation team how “difficult” it would be to make the game work outside of its native Japan. Speaking to Time Extension, Nintendo localization manager Leslie Swann said bosses cautioned that the English-language launch of Animal Crossing, then titled Animal […]

Animal Crossing Was Deemed So Difficult to Launch Outside Japan, Nintendo’s Former Boss Satoru Iwata ‘Burst Out in Laughter’ After Hearing it Would Finally Happen

Years before Animal Crossing became a global success, Nintendo warned its localisation team how “difficult” it would be to make the game work outside of its native Japan. Speaking to Time Extension, Nintendo localization manager Leslie Swann said bosses cautioned that the English-language launch of Animal Crossing, then titled Animal […]

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