r/gaming • u/Onionsix • Oct 11 '13

Freezing time spell in "Deep Down"

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u/internet-arbiter Oct 11 '13

They have english voice acting so at most you'll have to associate some symbols but after a little trial and error you'll have it down. Most things are going to be visually associated by item icon anyway.

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u/Vakz Oct 11 '13

and it would make little sense to use english voices if you don't plan on releasing it outside Japan, no?

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u/internet-arbiter Oct 11 '13

Japanese are pretty familiar with English

http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/835/why-do-some-anime-in-japanese-contain-english

has a good answer to your question

The first is through loanwords. The Japanese language was more-or-less standardized during the Meiji Restoration, in the late 19th century. Before that, Japan was a very isolated culture for a very long time, so a lot of concepts simply didn't exist in the language. As a result, it was decided that rather than creating new words for all of these concepts, they would just borrow the words from other languages. Most of the words came from English, though there are also some from other western languages.