Heh, yeah, that's not very surprising at all. I mean, there's a Chinese knockoff of the BMW X5. Seriously. Who even wanted that in China? But there is one. :)

I'm not dialed into the scene enough to know if there's any particular reason why the real game hasn't been localized outside Japan, apart from the obvious expense of doing so. Maybe they're worried about running up against hordes of dudes like that doof from Vice who called it "historically revisionist" because players can win the Battle of Midway, evidently having missed the part about the storyline being set in the present day and "are we doomed to repeat our history?" being a central plot point...

--G.
(glorifies war? maybe, but have you seen these people cry when they accidentally sink their favorite ships?)
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