So I emailed them with a bit of a rant yesterday while inquiring on the validity of the rumor, and I got an answer today.
to asking why Black and White was rebranded without the "Adventures" portion of the title. D
:O They gave me the EXACT same response as well.
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The only difference was I only asked one question in the email they responded to. Just like you however though, I asked a bunch of different questions via a few different emails but they only responded to this one. Good idea about asking them about why they took Adventures off the title of the Black/White series though; that was the only thing I never thought to ask.
They probably won't translate the FR/LG arc until they're done with the R/S/E arcs.
It would be smarter for Viz to wait for R/S remakes, rather than for them to just release the R/S chapters now.
Even if R/S remakes come, they'll probably only translate Ruby/Sapphire.
...Not necessarily. If they release the R/S arc now they would still get sales from them, and they would still see a boost in sales if/when R/S remakes come out. They don't have to wait until the remakes to release them for profit, because they would make just as much profit if not more if they just released them now.
They are clearly going to waiting for a RS remake at this point. Our only hope is Nintendo makes one. Hopefully a RS remale is the next Pokemon game coming out but we'll see.
You know, this really makes me mad at them. Don't get me wrong, I understand waiting to release arcs to cash in on the hype, but that's very unprofessional of them. For one thing it's a big gamble which may or may not happen, and for another it's very unprofessional of a company to wait on publishing something until hype comes around for it, especially since there's a chance it might not. (which would mean we most likely wouldn't get it at all, which would be even more unprofessional)
That said however, I do hope Nintendo makes a R/S remake. I loved those games so I would love to play a remake of it, and if it's what has to happen for Viz to release R/S then I'm definitely for it. However, I still don't know how likely we are to get one, but I guess we'll see...
It's okay though it's not like this effect much aside from the references made in later chapters. It's not a plot hole or anything. We know it happens we just haven't read about and the comic assumes this this is why it explains where the reference came from.
While we may know what happens, most of the typical buyers won't, so it will be a plot hole. (and a spoiler if they ever do end up releasing those arcs) What happens in volume 37 and (especially) 38 are more than just references.
Meh... I thought they were just taking a bit of break late in the year and a bit early next year since they were releasing
Looks like the end of the D/P arc'll get rewrites. Although it's awkward calling this the seventh chapter. I wonder how it'll be rewritten since it'd matter if they one day did translate the R/S arc.
Why did you think they were going to take a break?
And I don't think so. The reference is not only with words but with images, so even if they did try to rewrite it we would still see the references. They'll probably just translate it as they're supposed to, and fans will be confused until the day we might get those volumes. And then they'll be spoiled.
If this is the case, then they should not have brought over the DP chapter ahead of schedule.
They shouldn't have, but they didn't know at the time they announced the release of DP. (because volumes 37 and 38 weren't out then) Now it's too late for them to do anything about it though.
You're right, although I think Viz only decided to release the D/P arc so that they could take advantage of the excess D/P/Pt hype.
But there really isn't D/P/Pt hype here recently. It's more of HGSS and BW hype. My guess is they wanted a way to speed up the release and at the time DP had no prior arc connections, so they could get by with it. Plus they probably wanted to release something more current that Red/Blue/Green/Yellow/Gold/Silver/Crystal. (although Gold/Silver/Crystal worked out thanks to HeartGold/SoulSilver)
There's no reason not to jump ahead to DP at all...Most of the arcs are self contained with minor crossovers from other stories that are addressed immediately in that very panel when referenced.
True, but because DP has them now there is reason for them to not continue with it. But I doubt that'll stop Viz anyway, and they probably don't even realize it. (because if they did, I don't think they would be releasing DP or have put the R/S/FR/LG/E releases on hold.)