Blizzard plans Latin American WoW
by Amanda Dean 
Mar 27th 2008 at 9:30AM
The announcement stated that "The Latin American localization will be based on the existing European Spanish version but will feature entirely re-recorded in-game speech." The new version of the game is slated to be released soon, and will be available to Spanish-Speaking players in the and as well as in
Blizzard is making arrangements for language packs and transfers for existing Spanish-speaking players once the new version is released. You now have the option to read the
En su búsqueda de la dominación mundial, la Ventisca ha anunciado proyectos de desarrollar una versión española
El anuncio declaró que "la localización latinoamericana estará basada en la versión española europea existente, pero presentará el discurso en juego completamente registrado de nuevo." La nueva versión
La ventisca hace preparativos para paquetes de lengua y transfiere para la existencia a jugadores de habla hispana una vez que la nueva versión es liberada. Usted ahora tiene la opción para leer los foros oficiales estadounidenses en español o en inglés. Me pregunto si uno de los nuevos bailes en la Ira del Rey Lich será el Cha Cha.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Castilho Mar 27th 2008 11:39AM
mmm.. dunno cha cha.. but troll dance like capoeira.. so already have some Latin love there. (ok ok.. brazilian love maybe)
Urthal Mar 27th 2008 9:53AM
Online translation = fail.
liserfak Mar 27th 2008 10:27AM
With this new release, blizz should open free transfers for ppl from other countries to specific servers like "server X is full of brazilian, so all brazilian players who wants to move, go to that server. And bla bla bla". This way, we'll have a chance to regroup ppl with the same GMT in the same place.
I play @Blackhand and I'm from Brazil. Prime Time at Blackhand is around 7:00-9:00 p.m. and here in Brazil this time is 9:00 - 11:00 p.m. The only server full of brazilians is Warsong, but it's pvp and I cant go from pve to pvp. I know a lot of brazilians who plays in pve server and are spread among several servers.
I'm not here to ask Blizz to release a Portuguese version of WoW, just to make some way to group ppl from the same country to enjoy the game together.
Am I wrong in my wish?
NeSuKuN Mar 27th 2008 10:33AM
Juas, la traducción da pena xDDDD. Supongo que los habitantes de LATAM estarán contentos dado que les bajará la latencia (o eso espero...) pero para los reinos españoles que están bastante escasos de habitantes va a ser una gran pérdida.
Inferi Mar 27th 2008 10:36AM
Ventisca LOL Es gracioso como queda traducido jaja
1990bluejay Mar 27th 2008 10:38AM
¡ Qué bien! A few things though: there is a huge variation in the vocabulary and “accents” of “Latin American Spanish” since we’re talking about 20-some different countries – they have some serious work cut out for them. Like the US versus the UK the same word can have a completely different meaning, like “boot”. Perhaps some of the players who use the la versión castellana could indicate if the vosotros verb forms are used as well as “la zeta” in the recorded speech, neither of which is really used in Latin America.( Sorry for the language twist - I teach Spanish linguistics so this is professional curiosity as well as game play.) I know that on 2 of the servers I play on there are Spanish language guilds. Will Blizzard allow whole guilds to move en masse or will it be a piece-meal player-by-played migration? BTW – Latin American includes Brazil, so any Portuguese localizations planned, Blizzard?
Tancred Mar 27th 2008 10:53AM
In the UK, we just get the US version of spelling, meaning etc. Fanny pack. fnar fnar. and it's Honour, not honor!
Auralez Mar 27th 2008 10:46AM
En: Well... this is only a change in the client so it might help a little those players who's english is not that good. But we still have to connect to US servers so there's not that much of a change.
Es: bueno, esto sólo implica un cambio en el cliente como tal así que probablemente beneficie a aquellos jugadores que no tengan un buen inglés. Sin embargo, todavía tenemos que conectarnos a servidores de USA así que el cambio no será muy grande en mi opininón.
maku Mar 27th 2008 11:04AM
OMG! OH POR DIOS! if Blizzard names Silvermoon, LunaArgenta like in the EU version... I promise... I'll shoot myself before installing the client... Me pego un tiro antes de instalar ese cliente... hope they don't force LA players to use THAT client...
George M. Mar 27th 2008 11:06AM
I am transferring off Icecrown to a Spanish server at the first opportunity.
George M. Mar 27th 2008 11:07AM
Mas DPS! Vamos!
Din A3 Mar 27th 2008 11:15AM
OMG spanish translation is terrible. Iplay on a spanish server forced by some RL friends *shrugs*, but i just refuse to use the spanish client. Why on earth would they feel the need to translate toponyms??!
drht Mar 28th 2008 4:52AM
If it were only toponyms... The eu-spanish client translates NPC surnames... (try to imagine searching wowhead for a npc)
Bart Mar 27th 2008 11:18AM
This new server might work the same way as on the Europe, US version will not be compatible, the whole wow will be translated to Spanish.
I am Brazilian, currently playing on Warsong realm ( the heaven for BR players, and the hell for US as they say ), but a lower latency ( < 250ms ) would indeed benefit our game play, but never justify the purchase of a new wow registration, neither to see an npc calling you "hey hermano".
So, i will continue on my server, with my version of wow, until a Brazilian Portuguese server is launch... ( what might never happen, unfortunately ).
bsides Mar 27th 2008 3:51PM
En: I know it's offtopic, but why Warsong? I can't bare the server's environment. It's pure trash, all the time being called names and it's PVP, not exactly my play style. What is the problem with brazilians in playing in another server, not-PVP one? I play at Blackhand-US btw, get on and say hi :)
pt-BR: Sei que é offtopic, mas por que Warsong? Não aguento o clima de Warsong por nada. É um lixo, o tempo todo xingamentos e enfim, é PVP, o que não faz parte do meu estilo de jogo. Qual o problema com brasileiros em jogar em outro servidor, não PVP? Jogo no Blackhand-US aliás, há mais de um ano, como o colega acima. Se quiser, passe pra dizer um oi :)
rekked Mar 27th 2008 11:32AM
Well, they could scrap all current spanish voices alltogether. Spanish voices suck... They sound as if they had been recorded over some desktop microphone over teamspeak using crappy codecs. I play the english version of the game just for this (and of course, because wow-lista.es ain't half as good as wowhead.com)
Although, I might download the localization pack for latin america just for laughs :)
cachx Mar 27th 2008 11:37AM
EN: How about the Latin Americans currently playing in the European Spanish realms? I really hope we get a chance to transfer.
Does not sound good for me. I really don't have money to spend on a second account and much less abandon my 4 level 70's (and various alts).
If a fellow LA can ask this question in the US forums, it would be nice to know.
ES: Que hay con los latino-americanos jugando actualmente en servidores europeos? ojalá nos dejen migrar.
No me suena bien a mi. No tengo dinero para pagar una segunda cuenta y no tengo ganas de abandonar mis 4 lvl 70 (y varios alts).
Si un compañero latinoamericano puede preguntar esto por mí en el foro US le estaría agradecido.
Holybeast Mar 27th 2008 12:16PM
I'll ask that for you =)
cachx Mar 27th 2008 6:34PM
By the way, there is already a petiton open in the EU forums:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=3405161686&sid=4
Please show your support if you are on the same situation.
@Holybeast, thanks man, let us know if you get a reply :)
Flavio Mar 27th 2008 11:41AM
WTB WoWBr : )