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Post by tempus on Mar 25, 2010 14:46:47 GMT -5
Hi. I’m not certain if your team is still active or checks these forums, but I’ll put my request here. A group of hackers and translators have gotten together to do a Tales of Graces Translation. We believe it will not be brought over for several reasons. Though we are not 100% certain, we are certain enough that we feel like starting now will not be a waste of effort. We are still looking for a dedicated translator of high quality to head the translation front. If you're interested, we're having a meeting at 6pm on IRC. Server: irc.freenode.net, channel: #Graces. You can use java.freenode.net for webchat if you're not familiar with IRC. If you miss it or just aren't interested, let me know at Tempus@shaw.ca. Several of the names which have begun working on this are well known in the Wii hacking community, including PhantomWings and Dantarion of Brawl fame (FPC and Brawl+), Aaron of Riivolution fame, myself, of NSMB hacking and the Fatal Frame 4 translation, and a few others. Let us know. Tempus
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Post by Yume Hanabi on Mar 27, 2010 12:36:24 GMT -5
Isn't it a bit early to start working on that now? They could still announce a localisation.
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Lewnett
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Post by Lewnett on Mar 27, 2010 12:58:25 GMT -5
i agree with Yutalia.. they might u know. and it would be a waste of effort when they do.
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Post by tempus on Mar 31, 2010 11:27:37 GMT -5
Well, the follow factors are known:
1) Namco went through major layoffs just after the release of Graces. 1a) They are reshuffling some major staff. 2) I happen to know that no US Namco studio is working on one. 3) For all other Tales games that have been localized within the last 4 years or so, they have announced the localization BEFORE the Japanese release. That’s a Namco official announcement, not OMN which is known to make up false dates on occasion. 4) I have sent several messages to Namco asking for confirmation. No reply, of course. 5) I have sent several messages to OMN asking for their article source. Interestingly, no reply from them either, via web form OR e-mail. 6) It was not mentioned at any of the Nintendo events in March, despite plenty of showings from other third party groups. 7) Tales of Graces sales figures are roughly equal to DotNW and Vesperia 360, despite being on a major Japanese console and a mothership title. Both of which games sold poorly for a Tales series entry. Vesperia PS3 is getting close to double it’s sales, and they have no intention of bringing that one over either.
In positive points for the game’s release, we have…
1) There is a single localization credit. This may also be for the random English text in the game, which is actually localized quite good. 2) OMN’s report with a Japanese Screenshot 3) The hopes and dreams of the fanbase. Petitions have always worked to convince publishers to bring games over, right? Especially when they break fantastic totals such as 256 and 119.
Judge for yourself.
[edit: also, as a last point, I will not feel as if this project is a waste of effort should a release actually BE announced. We intend to do a variety of hacks to the game. We have intent to offer at least more difficult game modes (this we can do already), but it also may be possible to offer fan-made DLC of various types.]
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Lewnett
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Post by Lewnett on Apr 2, 2010 8:19:52 GMT -5
well. u got the points right there. I can't agree with ya. nor can i disagree with ya.. (how's that even possible) but Namco would really disappoint many fans such as us if they don't pull it off. Although they might not be thinking of the fans outside of Japan. (prioritizing Japanese Gamers only perhaps?)
But they should really know that having Graces in japanese only is a BIG mistake. BoA already sang for the english opening and they could just do the same as when they did with Vesperia. And their new "field map char not as big as the city" enhancement is really great. aren't they suppose to tell the World their improvements? *sigh*
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Post by Ju-da-su on Apr 7, 2010 7:17:04 GMT -5
Not to mention that I think this is posted in the wrong forum...since isn't this supposed to be the "Application and Project Request" forum for Tales "manga"?! (taken that ToG, surprisingly enough, still doesn't have its own manga... ._.")
And yeah, count me in for not agreeing with the point as well. You seriously believe that Namco and OMN (whatever that is) will answer you, and you alone, on whether they're localizing ToG or not? I almost dare say that they're getting hundreds of those things from all the fans of all the series every day, and tbh, I get the feeling that it's just unrealistic for them to answer to them even if they're currently working on it, let alone answer to ONLY you. :S
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Post by Phone Master Ion on Apr 7, 2010 14:47:24 GMT -5
A fan translation would require a fair amount of wii hacking too, and I doubt most people here would know how to apply such a mod. And there is still hope for a localization. There was that thing in nintendo power. . .
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Post by klotz on Apr 8, 2010 9:04:19 GMT -5
A fan translation would require a fair amount of wii hacking too, and I doubt most people here would know how to apply such a mod. Err, the topic creator stated that they already have all the hackers, so I don't think this'd be much of an issue for the translator. Anyway, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do anything, but I wanna say thanks to the hackers and any translators you will find for the hard work!!
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Lewnett
Half-Elf
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Post by Lewnett on Apr 9, 2010 1:17:43 GMT -5
i don't know what to say anymore.. just have fun and good luck translating ^^
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Skye 先輩
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Post by Skye 先輩 on Apr 22, 2010 3:24:01 GMT -5
Losing hope, I support this idea.
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Post by Picup on Apr 25, 2010 21:34:34 GMT -5
I went ahead and moved the topic to the 'Help' section; Judasu is right, the request section of the forum is specific towards those applying for Wings of an Angel - or request on 'Tales of' manga.
anyways; nice to see you, Tempus -- I recognized your name from somewhere, and it dawned on me it was from the Fatal Frame IV translation patch. First of all -- congratulations for completing that project of course I didn't find out until like a month later.
I would help -- but my Japanese is pretty bad, haha. I'm still hoping for a localization of Graces; but if it's not going to happen, I too will support your group -- since the Fatal Frame IV translation was great.
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Post by Makku on Apr 26, 2010 0:20:24 GMT -5
This sounds great. Loved your translation of Fatal Frame IV, even though there were a couple of errors here and there. I've been losing hope for a Graces translation lately, but I say you should at least wait a bit, until E3 this year or something, before you go at it. While I doubt we'll get Graces, it's better to wait a while and make sure it won't be localized, than to start on it and then halfway through find out it'll be localized anyway.
At least, get started on those hacks first, then do the translation after that.
Good luck on this!
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Post by Phone Master Ion on Apr 27, 2010 15:21:36 GMT -5
Sorry I didn't make myself clear in my first post, but when I was saying people would have difficulty modding, I meant people who are actually going to use it. Won't they need the homebrew channel?
Oh well, it's nice to see someone actually putting thought into this sort of thing. I'll check out fatal frame while I'm at it. . .
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Post by Makku on Apr 27, 2010 15:50:48 GMT -5
Sorry I didn't make myself clear in my first post, but when I was saying people would have difficulty modding, I meant people who are actually going to use it. Won't they need the homebrew channel? It's not really hard at all. All you need to have to softmod a Wii and get Homebrew Channel is an SD card.
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Post by Phone Master Ion on May 4, 2010 15:38:57 GMT -5
All you need to have to softmod a Wii Ha, I've been trying for months to do that and can't XD
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