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| cuc:
This thread is a place for discussing notable coverage by Western media in response to Playism's plan to release Touhou in the West. Let's see how this works out :) |
| monhan:
There's one by PC Gamer just this morning. http://www.pcgamer.com/an-introduction-to-touhou-project-japans-biggest-indie-series/ I personally think that the article is pretty well done, pointing out the necessary details without making it overly long |
| cuc:
EDIT: ^ Yeah, that article is why I started this thread. First of all, I've been keeping an eye on how Western media covers the Playism announcement itself. What I found was that there hasn't been much coverage, per se. I can imagine Touhou's Western release being treated as a bigger news a few years ago, when the Western indie game market was still fledgling, and the arrival of a Japanese indie hero might be more of a cause for celebration. Ah, but that's just how things are :). For the moment, in non-news coverage, PC Gamer has published an introduction to Touhou by Heidi Kemps. The author had made good use of the article's short length, delving into the idea behind DDC's design and the difference between the doujin and indie mentalities. P.S. Strangely, PC Gamer also published another article about Touhou's early days in Dec 2014. This was a bad article, as the author was clearly trying to pass information he found on a few wikis as insider knowledge, without any real understanding of the topic. That's why I didn't link to it back when it came out. |
| eyeeye:
Some links: nichegamer : http://nichegamer.com/2015/04/the-first-official-touhou-localization-is-happening-thanks-to-playism/ ricedigital : http://www.ricedigital.co.uk/touhou-coming-west/ rocketnews24 : http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/04/11/bullet-hell-fans-in-heaven-with-shooter-series-touhou-project-officially-coming-to-the-west/ siliconera : http://www.siliconera.com/2015/04/08/playism-is-publishing-touhous-first-official-release-in-the-west/ animenewsnetwork : http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-11/playism-brings-touhou-double-dealing-character-game-to-the-west/.86926 vgchartz : http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258628/tohou-14-is-finally-coming-to-the-west-via-playism/ rockpapershotgun : http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/04/09/touhou-official-english-translation/ gamnesia : http://www.gamnesia.com/news/touhou-14-will-be-localized-by-playism-games destructoid : http://www.destructoid.com/doujin-shooter-touhou-14-targets-western-release-290129.phtml discussion on reddit /r/Games : http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/31rnlu/touhou_finally_coming_to_the_west/ |
| N-Forza:
A lot of people are making the assumption that this will be a localization, when the only thing Playism has said at present is that it will be available in English-speaking countries. Admittedly, it's a fair one to make, but it might be affecting people's expectations. |
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