wraggster
April 26th, 2007, 21:30
via kotaku (http://kotaku.com/gaming/pokemon/america-gets-the-upperhand-finally-with-pokemon-255572.php)
Yes, it's finally happened! The Japanese kids finally want something we have. Apparently, the Pokemon players across the pond are making trades with American players for lower-value creatures on the basis that our Pokemon names are more bad-asser:
Japanese players can't enter English characters for their Pokemon names. (And American players can't enter Japanese text.) English words are "cool" for some reason in Japan and since they need American players to trade their Pokemon to get ones with English names, they will make excellent deals (for Americans) to get English-named Pokemon. I believe the game has also sold around 6 million copies in Japan and probably about a million in the US so far, so, theoretically, the demand far outstrips the supply at this point, making sellers market.
Technically, you gotta catch 'em all, so maybe you shouldn't give up some of the more hopeless characters in your army. But hey, it's not like you're trying to rebuild Rome or anything.
Yes, it's finally happened! The Japanese kids finally want something we have. Apparently, the Pokemon players across the pond are making trades with American players for lower-value creatures on the basis that our Pokemon names are more bad-asser:
Japanese players can't enter English characters for their Pokemon names. (And American players can't enter Japanese text.) English words are "cool" for some reason in Japan and since they need American players to trade their Pokemon to get ones with English names, they will make excellent deals (for Americans) to get English-named Pokemon. I believe the game has also sold around 6 million copies in Japan and probably about a million in the US so far, so, theoretically, the demand far outstrips the supply at this point, making sellers market.
Technically, you gotta catch 'em all, so maybe you shouldn't give up some of the more hopeless characters in your army. But hey, it's not like you're trying to rebuild Rome or anything.