Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has announced Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 will support Arabic written localisation, which is a first in the company’s long history.
Bandai Namco has released game across a plethora of languages, but this will be the first time Arabic localisation will be implemented into one of its releases. Allowing a new section of audiences to enjoy the latest in the long running Ultimate Storm series.
“With an attractive portfolio of video-games based on famous anime & manga licenses, our wish is to have as much fans enjoying our games in their own language. In order to do so, we have decided to move forward and localize one of our biggest upcoming titles: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4. We hope that our fans will enjoy this massive hit. Please look forward to more languages and games localized in the future,” said Herve Hoerd, Vice President of Marketing & Digital at Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe.
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 will also feature an array of characters from the anime series, a never-before-seen story mode, boss encounters and a completing revamped fighting system. After suffering a slight delay, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is now scheduled to release February 5, 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
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Jamiex66 
That’s some great news, but do you know to which arabic-speaking countries this game is aimed at? Many of the MEA countries have a well-developed black market with pirated games running all over the place.
Considering that the game will obviously be released with a retail price comparable to Europe and North America, and that pirated games are sold at a ridiculously cheap price (around $5, if memory serves me right), one might wonder how many official games will Namco Bandai be able to sell.
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I can certainly try and find out for you. The press release we were given only provided these details.
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Don’t worry about it :-). I got something on the official Naruto video games web site (http://www.naruto-videogames.com/en/naruto-storm-4-will-be-the-first-naruto-game-to-support-arabic-language/). Since it was announced at the Riyadh Gamer Days, we can assume that the main market will be Saudi Arabia, the country where the even took place.
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Well if I hear anything back, I’ll let you know.
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Naruto
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