Talking to Kid Icarus Uprising's Localization Writer - Sakurai, Region Differences & Groose's Name?!
455Kid Icarus Uprising is 10 years old, so we chatted with one of the localization writers, Mike Drucker, to discuss what it was like to help write the hilarious dialogue for the game's English localization. We touch on changes from the Japanese version, casting the voices, fixing 25 year old mistakes (Thanatos anyone?), translating humor, naming Groose in Skyward Sword, and plenty more!
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00:00:00 Introductions
00:01:18 How he started working at Nintendo
00:03:22 What was your official title at Nintendo?
00:06:08 Working with Sakurai
00:07:01 Comedy differences between English and Japanese versions
00:08:00 Translation process
00:10:13 Tonal Differences
00:11:45 Adapting Pit's Personality
00:12:39 Translating while the script was still being written
00:13:46 Challenges in translating
00:15:09 Inserting Game References and freedom
00:16:07 Unused references
00:16:47 How big was the writing team?
00:17:59 GROOSE?!?
00:19:58 Thanatos
00:21:46 Wikipedia for reference
00:22:33 Play the game while translating?
00:23:04 The Control Scheme
00:23:52 Did you go back to play the finished game?
00:24:39 Did you change script while in the process of recording lines?
00:25:47 How early in the process was the cast established?
00:26:46 Pit's song
00:28:01 Favorite lines from the game?
00:29:52 Matching the voice to the sound in your head
00:30:41 Favorite character?
00:32:24 Dialing back the Perviness
00:33:55 Writing for a game different from writing for a show
00:36:58 Writing for Mario Party 9
00:39:54 Pop culture references
00:41:13 Feeling 10 years old
00:43:22 General Nintendo memories
00:45:28 NOA Paintball fight
00:47:15 What games do you play these days?
00:49:20 Favorite Nintendo franchises
00:50:48 Kid Icarus Sequel?
00:51:44 Wrapping up
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