He’s on top of everything and can explain the differences using light-hearted humor and well thought-out writing. The author has done a magnificent job with his research and it shows. Differences in graphics, audio, gameplay, enemies, and dialogs and more than I imagined. Looking at the table of contents, there’s a lot to get through. When I heard there was going to be a Legends of Localization book, I didn’t really know if it would be possible to fill a whole book with just the first Legend of Zelda but, fortunately, Clyde Mandelin “Mato” proved me wrong. So with all of that out of the way, let’s talk about Clyde Mandelin’s first and latest book! The shipping from the US to Japan took a while, but through a Christmas miracle it arrived on December 25th, Christmas day! Legends of Localization Book (Vol. It’s the first in a series of books that will thoroughly examine old favorites in retro gaming and the journey they made in order for North American gamers to play them.Īs soon as it was available online, I ordered it right away. As of December 2015, he published his first Legends of Localization book focusing on The Legend of Zelda. I’m assuming his site became so popular that people started demanding he put his work into print. It discusses Nintendo’s early days as it was trying to bring its Japanese games to a foreign market and the failures and successes it had.
By comparing the North American and Japanese releases of games, he answered many questions people had regarding strange dialogue or mysteries unexplained in games. In between projects, he started his Legends of Localization website as a way to look at games from his childhood in a new light.
I would eagerly wait until a new article was released so I could go to a coffee shop, sit back, and enjoy a good read on my tablet.Ĭlyde Mandelin, the guy that runs the site, is a professional Japanese-English translator that has done games, anime, and more. When I visited the site for the first time, I was blown away by detailed articles that looked at the differences between the English and Japanese versions of retro games such as Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, Earthbound, and countless others.
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