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An excerpt from a book on Animal Crossing: New Horizons details how Nintendo localized the game for Western players; the game has 46M+ in all-time Switch sales

www.polygon.com/animal-cross... X: @bossfightbooks : An excerpt from our most popular book of 2024, ANIMAL CROSSING by @kelslewin, was just published by @polygon as part of their Culture Shock series. https://www.polygon.com/... Forums: r/Games : To release Animal Crossing in the West, Nintendo ‘had to change everything’

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  • @shujinacademy @shujinacademy on bluesky
    I liked this Polygon article about translating Animal Crossing, even though I'm not a big Animal Crossing fan.  —  www.polygon.com/animal-cross...
  • @bossfightbooks @bossfightbooks on x
    An excerpt from our most popular book of 2024, ANIMAL CROSSING by @kelslewin, was just published by @polygon as part of their Culture Shock series. https://www.polygon.com/...
  • r/Games r on reddit
    To release Animal Crossing in the West, Nintendo ‘had to change everything’