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but I'm not sure what making your own Pokémon Z with blackjack and sex workers

Oddly specific reference. Not that I’m complaining given the stuff that winds up being sold on digital storefronts nowadays.

That's zero-for-two on American fans going into a tizzy over machine-translated works taking stuff out of context, between Pokémon and the interview with Kazuhiko Torashima and Yuji Horii from a few weeks ago.

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but I'm not sure what making your own Pokémon Z with blackjack and sex workers

Oddly specific reference. Not that I’m complaining given the stuff that winds up being sold on digital storefronts nowadays.

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That's zero-for-two on American fans going into a tizzy over machine-translated works taking stuff out of context, between Pokémon and the interview with Kazuhiko Torashima and Yuji Horii from a few weeks ago.

Actually, that interview was relatively faithfully translated. The important points anyway.
Likewise, the improved translation and context of the Pokémon folktales don't really change anything - they still contain interspecies breeding. Unfunny though the jokes about it are, they certainly still have a basis.

I don't know how closely all the various parts of Bandai Namco Holdings interconnect, but a wide view of the company seems to indicate there's a lot of bad happening. I don't know if this is all based on a singular vision or just lots of bad decisions happening it once. It's not great either way.

Purely speculative, but is it possible that Bandai's going to be selling off a piece(s) of their gaming division to try and make some quick, easy money? It would almost certainly be quicker and easier than making a game in this climate.

Naw, it's not pointed at anyone specific, there were just a lot of modders and fam-devs itching at the opportunity to get their hands on the X/Y source code. Imagine lining up for the chance to complain about being sent a C&D.

I see "blackjack and hookers" used all the time. I don't think any Futurama or Simpsons reference would be "oddly specific" given how popular they are.

This will not become a running argument in this thread, if you're here to argue over the Dragon Quest interview then you created a brand new account for nothing. That line of discussion is officially over.

Am I missing some context for why there's a pic of FeMC alongside the article?

Actually, that interview was relatively faithfully translated. The important points anyway.
Likewise, the improved translation and context of the Pokémon folktales don't really change anything - they still contain interspecies breeding. Unfunny though the jokes about it are, they certainly still have a basis.

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Am I missing some context for why there's a pic of FeMC alongside the article?

My best guess is the paragraph next to it talking about fans being entitled or thinking the creators are witholding stuff from them. A lot of people think they're entitled to Atlus giving them a FeMC in Reload or a future Persona game so maybe it's being used as an example since there were comments how they entertained the idea of adding FeMC to Reload but decided it wasn't worth doing. So FeMC is one of those "the devs don't want you to see this!" thing.

I dunno, I don't think the assumption that a AAA remake of an old game should be the definitive version of that game really qualifies as "entitlement." Nor the assumption that said remake should be just as "complete" as prior releases, rather than chopped into pieces and sold piecemeal.

There's certainly a lot of illegitimate and toxic criticism floating around the broader video games culture today, but the frustration and ire directed at the Persona 3 remake seems pretty justified to me.

And that's before getting into the whole host of ATLUS' anticonsumer shenanigans.

My opinion is trying to dismiss everything in the leaks as false is worse than the people indulging and just having fun making silly memes.

The Cutting Room Floor is a reputable website dealing with cut material from video games and they have been doing human translations of the mythology stories. If people are trying to say things like Game Freak never wrote a story about humans having sexual relations with Octillery and Lapras and it's all a mistranslation by machines then that is factually not true. That is 100% accurate to what the Japanese text says. That doesn't mean it's canon or made it into the game but it also doesn't mean it's not something they never wrote about. If people are going to claim something is false or inaccurate then it might help to be specific about what they're saying is inaccurate rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater and writing off everything. That doesn't really help foster any kind of intelligent discussion.

Despite the weird self-righteous indignation people get about spoilers in fiction and games (yes, dear, we won't spoil for you that Elder Scrolls 6 will be an open-world game), people also tend to foam at the mouth for upcoming details about stuff