MapleStory launching in Brazil and Vietnam

[wkkim9292]

Nexon announced that MapleStory will be launching in Brazil and Vietnam. I put up some links about it and I will start translating few of them.
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http://media.daum.net/economic/indus...0939&cp=newsis

http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view...arch=&orderby=

http://gameshot.net/common/con_view....A47f445ea3d137

http://gametalk.idoo.net/panel/%27%E...A7%84%EC%B6%9C

http://www.mud4u.com/new/bbs/board.p...2932&m_ca=news

http://media.daum.net/digital/game/v...&cp=gamechosun

http://media.daum.net/press/view.htm...51&cp=newswire

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메이플스토리 브라질, 베트남 진출 확정
뉴스와이어 | 기사입력 2008.04.03 11:12



(서울=뉴스와이어) 인기 온라인 게임 메이플스토리가 브라질과 베트남 서비스를 확정지음으로써 진출국가 수도 58개국에서 60개국으로 늘어났다.

넥슨(대표 권준모)은 금일, 브라질의 '레벨업 인터렉티브(Level Up! Interactive S.A 대표 안드레아 베드리코, Andrea Bedricovetchi 비치))'와 베트남의 '비나게임(VinaGame 대표 민 르홍, Minh Le Hong)'과 메이플스토리의 현지 서비스 계약을 체결했다고 밝혔다.

이번 계약을 통해 넥슨은 오는 5월 중으로 브라질과 베트남에서 메이플스토리의 비공개 시범(Closed Beta) 테스트를 시작할 예정이다. 이로써 메이플스토리의 진출국가 수는 60개국으로 늘어났다.

메이플스토리의 베트남 파트너사인 비나게임 社는 베트남에서 최초로 온라인 게임을 선보인 퍼블리셔로, 넥슨의 '크레이지 아케이드 비엔비'를 포함해 베트남 최고 인기 게임인 'Swordsman Online' 등 다양한 게임들을 서비스하고 있다. 2002년 설립된 브라질 파트너사인 레벨업 인터렉티브社는 현재 브라질과 필리핀 내 최고의 온라인 게임 퍼블리셔이자, 인도에 처음으로 온라인 게임을 서비스한 게임 업체로, 라그나로크, RF 온라인 등 다수의 한국 게임 서비스 경험을 보유하고 있다.

메이플스토리 해외 서비스를 총괄하고 있는 넥슨의 류인선 실장은 "쉬운 조작과 깜찍한 그래픽 등 메이플스토리만의 게임성은 브라질과 베트남에서도 분명 좋은 성과를 보일 것으로 기대한다"며, "앞으로도 새로운 해외시장 진출을 통해 세계 속의 한국 온라인 게임 위상을 높이기 위해 더욱 노력하겠다"고 말했다.

메이플스토리는 현재 전 세계 58개국, 8천3백만 회원을 보유하고 있는 국내 대표적인 온라인게임으로, 한국에서의 성공을 바탕으로 활발한 해외 진출을 통해 괄목할 만한 성과를 거두고 있는 상으로 '글로벌서비스'를 시작했으며, 지난 해 4월 유럽 49개국에도 정식 서비스를 시작했다.

출처:넥슨
보도자료 통신사 뉴스와이어(www.newswire.co.kr) 배포

Translation:

MapleStory launching in Brazil, Vietnam confirmed
Newswire | article written 2008.04.03 11:12



(Seoul=Newswire) Popular Online Game MapleStory is confirming the service releasing in Brazil and Vietnam which made MapleStory available from 58 to 60 Countries.

Nexon(Represented by Kwon Jun Mo) announced that today, he contracted Brazil's 'Level Up! Interactive S.A (Represented by Andrea Bedricovetchi) and Vietnam's 'VinaGame (Represented by Minh Le Hong) for MapleStory's local Services.

By this Contract, Nexon is preparing for starting Close Beta Testing on May in Brazil and Vietnam, which makes MapleStory released in 60 Countries.

MapleStory's Vietnam Partner Company, VinaGame is the first online game publisher in Vietnam and servicing games including 'Crazy Arcade BnB' and Vietnams most popular game "Swordsman Online' and many other games. In Year 2002, Brazil's partner company 'Level up partner Interactive now the best publisher in Brazil and Phillipine and the first company to service an online game in India and experience servicing Ragnarok Online, RF Online and lots of Korean games.

MapleStory's international service manager, Nexon's Ryu In Sun said "Easy control and good graphic and other features, MapleStory's exclusivity is seemed to be successful in Brazil and India and hoping for it", "We will always look forward and put effort to other areas to develop Korean Game Marketing

MapleStory is a game that represents Korea and currently in 58 countries of the world, having 83 million members, Having Korea's success as the background and for better international marketing it has released to "Global: and started "Europe Service" in 49 countries on April last year.

From:Nexon
File from Newswire(www.newswire.co.kr)

[Repent]

I have to admit, I didn't see this one coming. Congratulations to both Vietnam and Brazil.

At this rate, every country will have its own MapleStory, and global MapleStory is becoming more and more like "North America MapleStory."

[Cynthia]

I agree, seems it is becoming more geared toward North America (and that's a good thing when it comes to concerns about GMS's population, with more versions newer people will have to play their localized one and hopefully, eventually in time GMS won't be so overcrowded) but that puts some of the players who live in those areas in a predicimate, start a new character on their localized version.. or stay?

Hopefully they will allow those who currently have an account to make that choice as they did with Europeans.

[LexslnX]

Does this mean that anyone from GMS who is Vietnam and Brazil will be booted?

[LilR0ckyM4g3]

Wow....

[migel]

Originally Posted by LexslnX

Does this mean that anyone from GMS who is Vietnam and Brazil will be booted?

i'd assume so...
:( unlucky for them
AUSTRALIA MS PLOX

[LordMorry]

i hope they get a choice to to stay in global or to go to the other servers, however nexon is still discriminating europe...

[Shinryuji]

i expected the brazilian version (Latino MS rumours) but not a vietnamese version :|

GMS is gonna feel a lil empty now i guess

[jHARNK]

Now we just need an Aus and New Zealand joint ms.

[Revival]

Getting more people to leave Maple Story (that are not from North America) , will only change the GMT time zone population , GMS's population will stay the same for the people who live in NA.