Is localization really as awful as its critics claim it to be?

Sometimes you get good looooocalizers who actually know when a script stands to benefit from their touch.

No, localization is great see mother 3, kid icarus uprising, and dragon quest

>>713664531
Oh yeah, and metal gear solid.

>>713664238 (OP)
LocalizaAACKk!

>>713664491
this explanation never made any sense to me cause guests in ff12 literally function like any other character

>>713664238 (OP)
Worse actually

>>713664238 (OP)
depends if it's done by ted woolsey or some random lgbt tranny furry

I'll give a pass to the SNES translations because there were legit tech concerns and limitations.

Hello, everyone! My name is Dragon Isee, and with my assistant Evening Village (who loves burgers and who I met after her sister, Thousandfathoms Village, was killed), I investigate crimes and defend clients as a defense attorney! My rival is the prosecutor Clever Swordedge, who I was in primary school with (together with my first client, Youknow Forsure). He was mentored by Fromhell Demon, a famous prosecutor (who is now gone, but his legacy continues with his daughter, Dark Demon).

These days I've taken proteges myself, like Surprise Lawboy and Moon Heartnoise, and adopted a daughter, Seethrough. Life is swell here in Japanifornia.

You can tell if someone has an IQ over 110 depending on their opinion on the Ace Attorney localization.

>>713664781
That's only because in all subsequent releases, you have more or less complete control over them and can alter their gambits. This was not the case in the original FFXII release on PS2, where you are at the mercy of their AI and pre-installed, unalterable gambit setup.

>>713664238 (OP)
There's good localization and bad localization. A good localizer keeps the message and intent of the original in a way that comes across as natural sounding to the new language.

Then there's ... pickles SJW Incel Gamergater quirk chungus """"localizers""" who think they know better than the original writers.

>>713665562
Larsa was the only guest who got nerfed, he used to spam his own X-potions but in zodiac his gambit got downgraded to hi-potions, that he takes out of YOUR inventory