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Geofront Fan Translation Team partnership with NISA to bring Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure west.
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I don't think that was ever in the cards. And definitely not now, with an official announcement from NISA.
While saying this, it's nisa working with Geofront to get the translation.
They never said anything about Hajimari. They're working on Ys vs Trails.
And some people have consistently hinted at wanting to tackle Gagharv.
Haha it's more like nisa like their work and ask them to do hajimari. This is what I wanted to say
Uhh, if they aren't changing up the visuals (aka if it's not a new remake version) and the base translation is already done. Where the heck are the 2022/2023 release dates coming from? Shouldn't these be out in like 6 months and 9 months respectively?
Also I think this is a missed opportunity for Falcom to remake Zero/Azure in full 3d in the Hajimari engine.
Also I think this is a missed opportunity for Falcom to remake Zero/Azure in full 3d in the Hajimari engine.
Post-Crossbell Trails games have never been the focus of The Geofront, and that shouldn't change for the foreseeable future. There's just no incentive for us to tackle them when NISA's already got their team working on that front.
Holy crap, I was entirely wrong about this! I never thought they would partner! Crazy the releases are so far though, my guess is that Falcom/NISA intends to have them comb over some stuff, but I wonder how that could take over a year to sort out.
console ports is my guess, the translation was done for the pc version, though shocked we dont get the pc version early next year, but I guess they want it released at the same time as the console port.
I just flipped out when I saw these games were finally, officially coming west. And seeing it's the actual Geofront translations is a legitimate "McMahan falls out of chair.gif" moment for me.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
NISA does their own ports when it comes to Falcom games. Meaning they need to port the game to Steam and Switch if they're using the Kai versions.
It's been on sale at least twice this year and I'm sure it will be again soon. Cold steel 2,3 and 4 are on sale right now
So just confirming but there was no announcement at all today of Hajimari getting a localization correct?
I feel your pain. I didn't download the Azure patch because I was almost done with Zero but I'm not waiting until 2023 for fucks sake. I'll just watch a Let's Play. CS III & CS IV have been sitting in my closet for long enough.
2023. Disappointing but not unexpected. Glad fans are going to get to (hopefully) experience Zero and Azure before then. Got plenty of other games to play in the interim.
Incredible. Happy for everyone involved.
Morrigan
I think there's a difference between very specific cultural references or memes and common slang. Japanese games themselves are going to be products of their time.
Morrigan
I think there's a difference between very specific cultural references or memes and common slang. Japanese games themselves are going to be products of their time.
Checking jobs can take longer than the initial translation, especially if there's a ton of cross referencing for things like terminology checks, etc.
Geofront team on twitter just revealed that they were working on the updated scripts for the PS4 versions for NISA...so it sounds like we got the Kai versions of the Crossbell games!
Agreed. It's just a little depressing that they chose not to dub it because the Kai versions actually voice a lot of the dialogue. Really hoping it's not a case of "we gotta cut cost cuz a lot of people already played the fan translation"
Meanwhile they're going out of their way to dub Nayuta.
What do the Kai versions add? All I know is Towa makes an appearance at the trade conference in Azure.
just going off memory of things i've heard apparently
Gideon makes an appearance as basically just a renamed enemy in a trade conference fight and there's some sort of Juna cameo don't really know specifically what
Juna also makes a cameo appearance at the police academy. And apparantly face-less mook number 1 receives more hints that he's G.
The Kai versions are why they aren't dubbing them, because it would make the games expensive to localize and probably push everything another 6ish months. Nayuta is like 1/5th the script of Zero/Azure. Also "a lot of people" did not play Zero/Azure on pc with the geofront patch. The die hards did, but there are a ton of people who will experience these games for the first time when they drop on ps4/switch in 2022-2023
I'd be ok with the extra wait, but understand about the expense. Considering I'm guessing these won't make a whole lot of money (but what do I know).
Still disappointing. It's going to be a bit jarring going from playing TitS trilogy voiced, first two Cold Steel games voiced, and then silence for both Zero and Azure. At least I'm assuming they will allow us to turn off the Japanese voices (which is what I would prefer to do). But even still, a bit jarring for no voices.
That said, just glad we are getting them.
Going by the screenshots, looks like the fan translation already went with the localization approach.
The Geofronts translation is amazing! They clearly put so much love and care into it. I'm happy for them 🙏
GO GET THAT MONEY GEOFRONT!
Let's see how brave Nisa is with the lines they will leave on:
Ugh, really hope they get rid of that Lenalee line at the very least. That one especially has 'fan translation' all over it.
I'm halfway through Zero right now, and for the most part, the loc sounds natural, which is all I can really ask for as a reader/player. It's clear to me that the team has a voice for all the major and minor characters, and they are writing for them while translating the intent of the text.
They certainly aren't going for a more literal translation, because if they were, it would sound stiff and unnatural, as we've seen far too many times in even professional contexts.
So kudos to Geofront, here's hoping you are all credited (and paid!) for your work.
They certainly aren't going for a more literal translation, because if they were, it would sound stiff and unnatural, as we've seen far too many times in even professional contexts.
So kudos to Geofront, here's hoping you are all credited (and paid!) for your work.