When Fire Emblem: Three Houses launches for Nintendo Switch next March, it will not be localized by excellent localization firm 8-4, the company confirmed on its Twitter account. While they, of course, couldn’t say anything beyond them not doing it (meaning we don’t know who exactly is handling the game’s localization- it might be Nintendo and Treehouse themselves), this comes as a bit of a blow.

See, 8-4 localized Fire Emblem Awakening, which was a fantastic localization with great writing and sharp dialog, and sensible choices made in translating the game over for western audiences. They also worked on Echoes last year, which is arguably the best written Fire Emblem game there has been. On the other hand, Nintendo themselves handled Fire Emblem Fates, and that game’s localization was an absolute mess, with extremely poor writing and voice work to boot.

So, this doesn’t fill me with confidence about Three Houses– Fates‘ awful writing was one of the reasons I could not enjoy that game. Hopefully, whoever is handling Three Houses does better than that.

Lots of folks asking if we’re working on Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Not this time, sorry! But we’re crazy excited to play it when it launches, just like you! https://t.co/HKROgHFDJe

— 8-4 Play (@84play) June 13, 2018

Undertale had made its way to the PS4 and PS Vita back in August 2017. Now 8-4, the game’s publisher for the PS4 and PS Vita, has revealed that the game has sold considerably well in Japan and to be honest, this comes as no big surprise, considering the game’s immense popularity since its release.

The game has sold more than 100,000 units for the PS4 and PS Vita in Japan and overall numbers are certainly going to be much higher if sales for those two platforms are considered outside Japan are taken into account. Furthermorem Fangamer Japan will soon be releasing a standard edition physical version of the game exclusively through the online store. This version of the game will also include a 24 page story book featuring illustrations by Temmie and will be made available on May 24 in Japan.

It’s certainly great to see that the indie darling from 2015 continues to be enjoyed by people all around the world. If you haven’t played the game, you can pick it up now as it is available for PC, PS4, PS Vita, Linux, and Mac systems.

Thanks, GamesTalk.