Anyone know why the Japanese Ridge Racers is mainly English? - PSP-Forum.com

mattao16 · 02-27-2005, 04:58 AM

Not totally about PSP games, I know, sorry, but I have a Japenese PSP and Ridge Racers, and I find it funny how the main menu is in English, and how, for a Japenese game, the whole race some guy is yelling "Someone is creeping up on you!" and "Wow, great drift!" - The countdown is in English, the main menu of like "World Tour" "Single Race" "Options" etc. is in English... the World Tour video is a good minute or 2 long and is all English. :lol: Anyone know why? Its so weird and funny to me. :shock:

Carnedude · 02-27-2005, 05:15 AM

well prolly cause the developers knew it would be a popular game and wanted to make it easier for people that imported it since it is not region coded

mattao16 · 02-27-2005, 05:22 AM

lol I doubt that, do you see people releasing games hear yelling at us in Japenese? :shock: Do the Japanese understand basic English or what? Because I know there's like Taxi's and signs and stuff, lots of Japenese things have English with them, its weird. :?

chongma · 02-27-2005, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by mattao16

Do the Japanese understand basic English

Yes. They all study it in school.

Yoshimitsu · 02-27-2005, 11:33 PM

Namco are notorious for releasing games in Japan with high volumes of English text and spoken content.

02-27-2005, 04:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
mattao16 PSP-Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 48	Anyone know why the Japanese Ridge Racers is mainly English? Not totally about PSP games, I know, sorry, but I have a Japenese PSP and Ridge Racers, and I find it funny how the main menu is in English, and how, for a Japenese game, the whole race some guy is yelling "Someone is creeping up on you!" and "Wow, great drift!" - The countdown is in English, the main menu of like "World Tour" "Single Race" "Options" etc. is in English... the World Tour video is a good minute or 2 long and is all English. :lol: Anyone know why? Its so weird and funny to me. :shock:

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02-27-2005, 05:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
Carnedude PSP-Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MICHIGAN, USA Posts: 36	well prolly cause the developers knew it would be a popular game and wanted to make it easier for people that imported it since it is not region coded

02-27-2005, 05:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
mattao16 PSP-Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 48	lol I doubt that, do you see people releasing games hear yelling at us in Japenese? :shock: Do the Japanese understand basic English or what? Because I know there's like Taxi's and signs and stuff, lots of Japenese things have English with them, its weird. :?

02-27-2005, 11:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
Yoshimitsu PSP-Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 52	Namco are notorious for releasing games in Japan with high volumes of English text and spoken content.