For many gamers who grew up in the early 2000s, the PlayStation 2 was a gateway to Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs), visual novels, and action titles that were previously niche in the West. However, there was always a catch: localization .
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To appeal to Western audiences, publishers often made drastic changes. Character names were changed, jokes were rewritten, and most controversially— For many gamers who grew up in the