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Back in the 80s, I think a lot of us kids often thought, “You know, I wonder if this game I’m playing is any different in Japan…” Now that I’m grown up and a professional translator (see my list of my translations here), I can finally go back and experience those old Japanese games and answer those old childhood questions. Thus my “Legends of Localization” project was born. This time, we’ll be taking a look at the Japanese and North American versions of the first Legend of Zelda game and seeing how its localization process was handled in 1987. While we’re at it, we’ll also dig into all the other differences between the games too – everything from graphic and audio changes to secret tricks removed from the North American version. Besides the games themselves, we’ll also take a close look at their releases, their instruction manuals, their cultural receptions, and more. It’ll be a fun read, I promise! If you’re interested, I’ve also compared other game localizations in this manner, you can check out the full list here. Now let’s get this show on the road!

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戻る80年代に、私たちの子供たちの多くは、多くの場合、今、私が育ったことだし、プロの翻訳者が（私のリストを見ることを「...私がプレイしてるこのゲームは日本では何が違うのであれば、私は疑問に思う、あなたが知っている "、と思ったと思いますここに私の翻訳）、私は最終的に戻って、これらの古い日本のゲームを体験し、それらの古い子供の頃の質問に答えることができます。したがって、私の "脚

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In the 1980s to return, many of our children, in many cases, now, I'm grew up, has been "... I play that a professional translator (See my list this if the game is any different than in Japan, I wonder, you think you know ", I thought here

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返すために1980年代には、私たちの子供たちの多くは、多くの場合、今、私は、育ったんだ "...私はゲームは日本よりも何が違うのであれば、プロの翻訳者が（この私のリストを参照してくださいことを果たしてきました私は、あなたが「あなたが知っていると思うだろう、私はここで考えました

BACK INTO ENGLISH

In the 1980s in order to return, many of our children, in many cases, now, I grew up do it "... if I game any different than than in Japan, professional translation who (has played that please refer to this my list I, as you, "you know

INTO JAPANESE

戻すために、1980年代に、私たちの子供たちの多くは、多くの場合、今、私は「それを行う育った...私は日本よりもよりも何が違うのゲームならば、（この私を参照してくださいことを果たしてきたプロの翻訳あなたが知っている "、あなたのように、私を一覧表示