Trinen on Localisation Changes for Tomodachi Life

Nintendo of America's Bill Trinen recently highlighted some of the localisation changes in Tomodachi Life.

With a release date confirmed this week for Europe and North America, one of the key questions comes with how Nintendo will tackle cultural differences between East and West.

Speaking to GameSpot, senior product marketing manager Trinen described some of the changes the team has had to make to ensure the game remains relevant to a Western audience. The core structure and premise has been kept the same, but there will be changes and additions to these moments to ensure that they "might be more relatable for a US audience", he said.

Instead of sing-offs, there'll be rap battles, and "while sumo is vaguely familiar to people here in North America", there'll be a US football game instead where "you've got two big blockers who are going at each other and trying to knock one another off balance."

The game is launching 6th June on 3DS.

Do you think Nintendo should have kept or changed the Japanese sequences in Tomodachi Life?