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“My Favourite Was ‘Animal Acres'” – Ex-Nintendo Localization Director Recalls The Difficulty Of Naming Animal Crossing

“We had so many other names that we were in love with”. In an exclusive interview with Time Extension, which went live yesterday, Leslie Swan, a former localization director at Nintendo and one of the individuals responsible for bringing Animal Crossing to the West, shared some fascinating insight into the arduous process behind naming the…

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Tee Lopes has turned Silksong’s Sherma and Shakra into vocalists for unbearably cute club bangers

In Hollow Knight Silksong you’ll eventually meet Sherma, a whimsical pilgrim who loves to belt out a good earworm. While Sherma doesn’t seem very good at the instrument he wields—he basically whacks two nails together towards a discordant “melody”—he’s got a lovely voice on him, especially with an excess of cavernous reverb applied. Tee Lopes,…

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