In the months between, a dedicated European fan could probably recreate the game using actual yarn. Hey, why hasn't anyone done that yet? Get crafty, you guys.
This sucks: No Kirby for Europe or Australia until 2011
by Griffin McElroy 
on Oct 21st 2010 12:30PM
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In the months between, a dedicated European fan could probably recreate the game using actual yarn. Hey, why hasn't anyone done that yet? Get crafty, you guys.
Reader Comments (27)
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 12:35PM littletmart said
What a bummer. It's like Nintendo collected pure joy and pressed it in disc form.
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 12:58PM thisredengine said
@littletmart
OoT wasn't on a disc when it came out.
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OoT wasn't on a disc when it came out.
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 12:41PM SpongeFreak52 said
It's things like this that make me wonder, WHY? There's little to change in the game's code, there's no translation (aside from color/colour type variations), and I can't imagine there being much legal issues.
Did they just not print enough discs or something? Maybe someone here knows something I don't...
Did they just not print enough discs or something? Maybe someone here knows something I don't...
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 1:07PM IrateGamer said
@SpongeFreak52 Are you aware of the fact that Europe doesn't only consist of the UK? PAL region games usually include many language settings, mostly English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and French. I'm pretty sure they are going to dub the narrator in all these languages, else little children won't be able to understand him.
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Posted: Oct 21st 2010 1:23PM SpongeFreak52 said
@IrateGamer That's true, although the NTSC release also contains multiple languages in the disc. I'm not sure if it's Multi3 or Multi5 at this point though, but I know that I've seen Spanish footage from the NTSC.
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Posted: Oct 21st 2010 12:47PM The1stMJC said
It sucks for them because the game is awesome. I a Sony fanboy turned the Wii on for the 1st time in a year and really really enjoy this game.
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 12:51PM MatthewBlackwell said
Aww, that's really too bad. I feel bad for you guys, as it's a FANTASTIC game.
And for interested parties, someone HAS made the game out of yarn and fabric already. Observe!
http://pixel-ninja.deviantart.com/art/Kirby-s-Epic-Yarn-cloth-182890347?q=&qo=
It has a functioning zipper and everything!
And for interested parties, someone HAS made the game out of yarn and fabric already. Observe!
http://pixel-ninja.deviantart.com/art/Kirby-s-Epic-Yarn-cloth-182890347?q=&qo=
It has a functioning zipper and everything!
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 1:00PM Indefinite Implosion said
Sorry to post jack, but DAMN Joystiq, you need to fix the issue where there's nothing shown below an embedded Joystiq Viddler video.
It's been an issue in FF4Beta for a while with Joystiq articles with those videos, but now it doesn't even show anything below the video in the latest stable build of Chrome! (E.g. The recent B:BC2 Vietnam article and the Rock Band 3 Pro guitar video)
It's been an issue in FF4Beta for a while with Joystiq articles with those videos, but now it doesn't even show anything below the video in the latest stable build of Chrome! (E.g. The recent B:BC2 Vietnam article and the Rock Band 3 Pro guitar video)
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 1:03PM oO Wallace Oo said
Nintendo has been stringing PAL regions along, this can knot be tolerated
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 1:04PM Mehbah said
It makes sense. After all, there's a whole lot to localize in the game. Compared to many games like Mass Effect 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4, which were released at very close dates in the USA, Europe and other areas, Kirby is a nightmare to localize.
No, wait, it's actually just Nintendo being complete assholes. They need to get with the damn times.
No, wait, it's actually just Nintendo being complete assholes. They need to get with the damn times.
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 1:24PM IrateGamer said
@Mehbah Let me refer you to my comment above:
"PAL region games usually include many language settings, mostly English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and French. I'm pretty sure they are going to dub the narrator in all these languages, else little children won't be able to understand him. "
Metal Gear Solid 4 only had subtitles. About Mass Effect 2, I know they had own voice acting in the German version so I'll assume they also had for the other languages but it probably also had a way bigger budget than Kirby's Epic Yarn.
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"PAL region games usually include many language settings, mostly English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and French. I'm pretty sure they are going to dub the narrator in all these languages, else little children won't be able to understand him. "
Metal Gear Solid 4 only had subtitles. About Mass Effect 2, I know they had own voice acting in the German version so I'll assume they also had for the other languages but it probably also had a way bigger budget than Kirby's Epic Yarn.
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 1:24PM Orange Juice said
It's not like Nintendo doesn't have a track record of pulling this type of shit with PAL regions. Oh well, at least we got Day of Crisis.
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 2:13PM A Sandwich said
@Orange Juice
Yeah, how's that working out for you?
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Yeah, how's that working out for you?
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 3:09PM Mr Khan said
I thought this had been announced a while ago...
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 3:19PM Deth Garcia said
in times like this... digital download is needed
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 3:38PM RupeeClock said
Way ahead of you guys.
I already ordered an american copy from play-asia, so I don't have to wait till next year.
I already ordered an american copy from play-asia, so I don't have to wait till next year.
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 4:03PM Hivetyrant said
And they wonder why people pirate...
(Not saying it's cool, but I can understand, the same thing happened with many Wii titles... smash bros, I'm looking at you)
(Not saying it's cool, but I can understand, the same thing happened with many Wii titles... smash bros, I'm looking at you)
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 10:08PM RupeeClock said
@Hivetyrant It's true of TV shows as well, all sorts of american shows get pirated in the UK by fans eager to see the shows.
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Posted: Oct 21st 2010 4:23PM mynameisjay said
Way to string people along.
Posted: Oct 21st 2010 9:59PM TCJJ said
This reminds me of the time Pokemon Battle Revolution came out. It was available in June in America, but only came out in New Zealand in November. A similar thing happened with Diamond and Pearl. Now it's happening to one DS game that I was looking forward to buying, even if it's literally child's play.
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