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Why speedrunners switch games to Japanese

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When milliseconds matter, linguistics is just another hurdle to exploit. Players attempting to finish titles as fast as possible will regularly switch their regional settings to Japanese, purely because the characters convey the same information in fewer text boxes. It turns dramatic exposition into an incredibly optimized speed-reading exercise.

Why speedrunners switch games to Japanese
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