2Moons News - Dekaron Relationship Explained

Posted by Dana Massey on Aug 08, 2006 | 4 comments in our forums

Upon posting the unveiling of Acclaim's 2Moons earlier today, many readers instantly linked the title back to a Korean MMORPG called Dekaron.

"Many Asian games just get translated and thrown out on the USA market", explained David Perry when contacted by MMORPG.com. "Acclaim wanted to change that model."

"There's a clear need for Western designers to get involved if the games end up here, and so this is a special situation where the original game creator and I have decided to partner on this challenge, to take the framework of a working successful MMO and re-make it specifically for Western audiences," continued Perry.

Thus, while the two games share art, engine and some thematic issues, they are in effect two separate games designed for specific audiences.

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Jenuviel writes:

This is a very positive step, and it's really one I'd hoped to see applied to games such as 9 Dragons and Hero Online. Tailoring products for their target audiences is sound business strategy, and bringing western developers in to address western priorities (and vice versa) can only help the game's success. Too often, games from one market or the other are just translated, then shipped as-is to their new audience with no regard to the interests of said audience.

I really hope this marks a permanent change in the industry (for both western and eastern companies), because it will certainly expand the market for MMOs in general, thus giving all of us more products [of interest] to choose from.

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8/08/06 8:51:19 PM

Gonodil writes:

Lets see if he backs up what he says...I get the feeling it will just be a good translation and more americanized story line.

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8/08/06 9:07:18 PM

ikra writes:

dont call it americanized... its not only you americans who exist in this gaming world... call it "westernized instead"... i know im being daft, but those words are rather quite offensive...

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8/08/06 9:23:40 PM

Gonodil writes:

1) Dont call me american, dont assume I'm one just because I said AMERICANIZED

2) Fact is, they are AMERICANIZING it, no matter how much you wanna complain, its being AMERICANIZED for America.

and just for extra measure...

AMERICANIZED

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8/08/06 10:12:03 PM

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