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Capcom to publish GTA IV… in Japan

Title to finally see light of day in October in Far Eastern territory

Grand Theft Auto IV will finally be released in Japan in October – and distributed under the Capcom label.

The title will be made available in the Land of the Rising Sun in a Japan language version on October 30th, on both PS3 and Xbox 360.

According to a Kotaku translation, it will be priced at ¥8,390 (US$76).

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Nico-san

posted by Aug 15, 2008 at 12:34 pm
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Will Nico still be Russian? Because I think an Russian, imigrant criminal who flees to a faux-America where everyone speaks Japanese could be pushing the boundaries of immersion.

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Re: Nico-san

posted by Aug 15, 2008 at 12:56 pm
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...or he could just speak in english and have subtitles in japanese. :/

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Re: Re: Nico-san

posted by Aug 15, 2008 at 2:50 pm
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Just like when we travel to other planets in Mass Effect or explore new worlds in Star Trek, how everyone speaks English?

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Re: Re: Re: Nico-san

posted by mvi Aug 17, 2008 at 8:25 pm
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mvi

Because it would get pretty boring quickly if everyone had subtitles.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Nico-san

posted by LeeC Aug 18, 2008 at 9:20 am
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@4

It's like watching import Manga films... sometimes the voice need to stay in the original language to maintian the proper feel.

There's nothing worse than Manga translated with some crap and cheesey American voice over. Most of my films have subtitiles, I tend to look for versions that specifically have them.

It's one of the problems of games like Hot Shots Golf 5 on the PS3, I have the Jap version and the English version and the English one sounds rubbish. I would much rather have the Japanese voices with subtitiles.

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