Happy New Year!

Taking a break from translation today (due to being ill, not because it’s a holiday). Tomorrow I hope to review all that was translated in 2015, and the day after perhaps give a preview of what is to come! I still have several Fire Emblem books to look into, and beyond Fire Emblem I hope to start writing more about Pokemon and comparing things from some of the newer games together (for instance, Espurr and distracting Watchog in not so subtle flirtation xD)

Thank you to everyone who donated. This made it possible to import some of the books that I eventually translated, so hope that came in handy. It helped build my own portfolio too. If you’re still feeling charitable, well by all means feel free to donate on the button that is located on the right side of the page. : )

I hope to write a review of Legend of Localization’s first book, too. It certainly was a fun read, I can say in advance I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the differences in Japanese and English NES games, as well as how things change when they go to English audiences.

Happy Holidays!

To those who celebrate Christmas, I hope you have a good time! For everyone else, happy holidays! Have a Delibird for your trouble! (Translations will continue tomorrow).

Trivia: Delibird has the exact same name in Japanese, with the similar sound to “delivered.” Hope your gifts were delibird on time this year!

No translations today (due to JLPT)

No translations today as it’s the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) around the world. I myself am participating, and hoping for good results.

Translations will continue as usual tomorrow!

Tsukimi 2015: A Super Bloody Harvest Moon Eclipse Viewing

A very brief trivia post today, but did you by chance witness the Super Blood Moon that occurred Sunday and into early Monday morning?

It also happened to land on “Tsukimi” 月見 (lit. “moon viewing”) In Japan, a fall tradition is to view the Harvest Moon (which this also was…)

That made this particular phenomena with the Moon quite special! It was a Super Moon, Blood Moon, Harvest Moon, and hence, the Tsukimi as well.

The more you know!

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [8/13]

Hello everyone! If you follow this site you know it is still a blog that functions as a portfolio, and I like to upload at least one work a day. But, with this game, I did not want to make scattered posts and instead consolidated relevant information into large macro posts.

I decided to fill that quota, I can still mention the translations/works I did for the game today and going forward!

As usual, this is all done on my free time, and takes awhile. It can be a lot of work, but I do hope you enjoy! I am unemployed… so please consider donating if you like the work I do. : )

UPDATES:

Newest (Complete) Character Profile: Ryouma

Newest Chapter: Paralogue 2  (Kanna), can be seen on Chapter Page. Summary post hopefully up tomorrow!

NEED TO BE DONE:

• Remaining character epilogues/titles/death quotes.
• Sidequest/Paralogue/Child Quest chapter data and summaries.
• Weapons and Bonus Stats (though, you can find a handy resource for that over on serenesforest.net)

COMPLETED:

• Basic character profiles/all portraits!
• All maps for main story missions, and basic map data and chapter data with it.
• Chapter summaries for Hoshido, Nohr, Touma, the Prologue, and the Awakening DLC.

A lesson on NDA’s and thoughts on Nintendo’s firing of Chris Pranger

Dear @Thechrispranger: Hang in there. We all make mistakes — we kissed a princess once. Things will get better. pic.twitter.com/SwHt1rVOlb

— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) August 13, 2015

This is just a brief post in wake of former localizer Chris Pranger being laid off from Nintendo due to some recent comments he made on a podcast last week.

It was a little sad reading the heartfelt remarks from his facebook post (now deleted). His dream of working for the company resonated with me, and I would have never thought that his few remarks in the podcast would ever lead to him losing his job.

Well, turned out it did. I cannot even begin to imagine how that feels, after all that post of his gives the harsh realities of being laid off in general. Health, family, all that goes right out the window. I know that people get laid off everyday and go unheard of (though if we actually had a glimpse of all their stories, our hearts would probably melt the same way). It is just that this one was made more public via gaming media, and especially in a way that has resonated with me too.

Fan response has been quite mixed. On one hand people say he deserved it for breaking an NDA’s (Non-Disclosure Agreements). This makes sense indeed, an NDA must be adhered too no matter what company you are in. However, it becomes a question of what was violated and what happened as a response. It seems that the ridiculing of the fanbase (mostly targeting the “why do you hate money Nintendo?” comments) was a blow in terms of public relations (according to what people said) which led to this.

Personally, I would say a warning of the violation or another strike off would have been more fair before directly canning him from his dream job. But of course, we would not know the full story. It is possible, as fans state, that this could have been the last straw after several other violations. Who knows? Much like the articles I write on localization, it’s all speculation that will not go one way or the other.

It has been nice to see an out pour of sympathy though.

These things happen, and there is not much that we as observers can do beyond learn from them.

I wish him (and people in similar situations) all the best and hope he can get through these hard times and move on to a job he may not have realized was a dream until he got there.

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [8/10]

Hello everyone! If you follow this site you know it is still a blog that functions as a portfolio, and I like to upload at least one work a day. But, with this game, I did not want to make scattered posts and instead consolidated relevant information into large macro posts.

I decided to fill that quota, I can still mention the translations/works I did for the game today and going forward!

As usual, this is all done on my free time, and takes awhile. It can be a lot of work, but I do hope you enjoy! I am unemployed… so please consider donating if you like the work I do. : )

UPDATES:

Newest (Complete) Character Profile: Ryouma

All 4 Amiibo Event Translations Done! See them here.

Things that need to be done:

• Remaining character epilogues/titles/death quotes.
• Sidequest/Child Quest chapter data.
• Weapons and Bonus Stats (though, you can find a handy resource for that over on serenesforest.net)

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [8/9]

Hello everyone! If you follow this site you know it is still a blog that functions as a portfolio, and I like to upload at least one work a day. But, with this game, I did not want to make scattered posts and instead consolidated relevant information into large macro posts.

I decided to fill that quota, I can still mention the translations/works I did for the game today and going forward!

As usual, this is all done on my free time, and takes awhile. It can be a lot of work, but I do hope you enjoy! I am unemployed… so please consider donating if you like the work I do. : )

UPDATES:

All 4 Amiibo Event Translations Done! See them here.

Things that need to be done:

• Remaining character epilogues/titles/death quotes.
• Sidequest/Child Quest chapter data.
• Weapons and Bonus Stats (though, you can find a handy resource for that over on serenesforest.net)

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [8/4]

Hello everyone! If you follow this site you know it is still a blog that functions as a portfolio, and I like to upload at least one work a day. But, with this game, I did not want to make scattered posts and instead consolidated relevant information into large macro posts.

I decided to fill that quota, I can still mention the translations/works I did for the game today and going forward!

UPDATES: I decided to only show the sections that are updated.

A new suggestion that came in is talking briefly about the weapons and bonus stats (such as how they negatively and positively effect things) which I may do later after I gather up the names and such.

Characters: Newest [Full] Profile: Odin

Still going through and adding full profiles (from the museum), epilogues (both marriage and not), and death quotes! They are not really being done in any particular order, mostly just by interest. If you have any you want to see sooner than others, then please let me know in the comments below or via email. : )

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [8/3]

Hello everyone! If you follow this site you know it is still a blog that functions as a portfolio, and I like to upload at least one work a day. But, with this game, I did not want to make scattered posts and instead consolidated relevant information into large macro posts.

I decided to fill that quota, I can still mention the translations/works I did for the game today and going forward!

UPDATES: I decided to only show the sections that are updated.

A new suggestion that came in is talking briefly about the weapons and bonus stats (such as how they negatively and positively effect things) which I may do later after I gather up the names and such.

Characters: Newest [Full] Profile: Lazward

Still going through and adding full profiles (from the museum), epilogues (both marriage and not), and death quotes! They are not really being done in any particular order, mostly just by interest. If you have any you want to see sooner than others, then please let me know in the comments below or via email. : )