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Pokémon General → European Pokéwalker Manual is fat.

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1. Ningamer said on May 19, 2010, 10:59:06 AM (-07:00)

Giratina
3,415 posts

It's fat. It comes in 11 different languages. And it makes the box noticably bigger. Seriously, look at this.

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First thing, the size difference. I happen to own a Japanese and European version, and by comparison the European version (HeartGold) is bigger.

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Now to look at the contents. These are the contents of SoulSilver (Japanese). You've got the game, the Pokewalker thing, and a small leaflet for it.

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Here are the contents of HeartGold (European). Again, there's the game and Pokewalker cardboard, but the leaflet's gone. Instead we've got this fatass book.

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Here's a comparison of the Pokewalker instructions.

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Look at this. The HeartGold box is so big, I can put the Soulsilver box, AND the big Pokewalker manual into it.

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Last thing. Here's a much better way of carrying it all. Have all the junk in the HeartGold box, and have the two game boxes fit snugly in to the SoulSilver box. Notice as well how the European game box is bigger, too.

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And now you know why it takes games to freaking long to come out here. Translating both the manual and the game in to ELEVEN different languages. And yes, to make it fair the US version was delayed because of this.

2. Yoshi648 said on May 19, 2010, 11:08:25 AM (-07:00)

Administrator
3,147 posts

Wow, I didn't know HGSS was supposed to include a dictionary.

3. TheRagingTyranitar said on May 19, 2010, 11:09:14 AM (-07:00)

Regigigas
808 posts

Wow that surely is big.

4. OMGITSJAD said on May 19, 2010, 12:34:44 PM (-07:00)

Shaymin
2,490 posts

Oh well...Free awesome looking two game box case!!

5. Magmaster12 said on May 19, 2010, 12:53:03 PM (-07:00)

Rayquaza
4,872 posts

That's how cheap some companies are.

6. OMGITSJAD said on May 19, 2010, 12:55:50 PM (-07:00)

Shaymin
2,490 posts

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Originally Posted by Magmaster12 View Post
That's how cheap some companies are.
Cheap? It was obviously more expensive to make the EU version. We just didn't get this big a manual cause Americans normally speak English only/as a second language.

7. Magmaster12 said on May 19, 2010, 12:57:29 PM (-07:00)

Rayquaza
4,872 posts

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Originally Posted by OMGITSJAD View Post
Cheap? It was obviously more expensive to make the EU version. We just didn't get this big a manual cause Americans normally speak English only/as a second language.
Then why didn't they create it in just one language for each country.

8. FreezeWarp said on May 19, 2010, 01:51:48 PM (-07:00)

Kyurem
2,186 posts

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Then why didn't they create it in just one language for each country.
You're joking, right? In Canada both English and French are official languages, throughout most of Europe English, French, and German are all quite common (not just in those respective counties), in China there is both simplified and traditional Chinese (which are quite different), etc. In contrast, throughout the entirety of U.S. and Mexico only two languages are common: English and Spanish.

The U.S./North American manual (as distributed in Minnesota) contains three languages, English, Spanish, and French. No other languages are at all common.

9. sandflapjack said on May 26, 2010, 06:31:04 PM (-07:00)

Servine
63 posts

Why in samhell would it need to be in 11 different languages?
I can barely speak 1!

10. OMGITSJAD said on May 26, 2010, 06:41:58 PM (-07:00)

Shaymin
2,490 posts

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Originally Posted by sandflapjack View Post
Why in samhell would it need to be in 11 different languages?
I can barely speak 1!
Europe has a ton of different places in and around it and many people speak many languages there. Places inside Europe like England(English), Spain(Spanish), France(French), Germany(German), and areas around it like Russia and such are all spoken there so they have to translate it to 11 different languages to accommodate all the customers living there.

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