Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [7/19]

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:

A major note is that since I’m mainly doing character profiles at the moment and finishing those off, character updates may be the only ones that appear on the pages going forward.

Also I got the official Japanese guide now, so will check the final recruitment methods using this. Hopefully comes in handy. I may include class alternatives and such too!

Characters: Newest profile: Crimson. 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. : )

Menus: Nothing new here!

Chapters: All maps (for Hoshido, Nohr, and Touma) are up.  Now I just need to start doing sidequests, but they are much harder to get considering supports and all that. Also I will include Dragon Vein effects as I go through Nohr a second time.

Complete story summaries include the Invisible Kingdom Story Summary , Prologue Story Summary and the Hoshido Story Summary. The Nohr one is still being worked on very slowly.

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [7/18]

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:

A major note is that since I’m mainly doing character profiles at the moment and finishing those off, character updates may be the only ones that appear on the pages going forward.

Also I got the official Japanese guide now, so will check the final recruitment methods using this. Hopefully comes in handy. I may include class alternatives and such too!

Characters: Newest profile: Anna. 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. : )

Menus: Nothing new here!

Chapters: All maps (for Hoshido, Nohr, and Touma) are up.  Now I just need to start doing sidequests, but they are much harder to get considering supports and all that. Also I will include Dragon Vein effects as I go through Nohr a second time.

Complete story summaries include the Invisible Kingdom Story Summary , Prologue Story Summary and the Hoshido Story Summary. The Nohr one is still being worked on very slowly.

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [7/17]

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:

A major note is that since I’m mainly doing character profiles at the moment and finishing those off, character updates may be the only ones that appear on the pages going forward.

Also I got the official Japanese guide now, so will check the final recruitment methods using this. Hopefully comes in handy. I may include class alternatives and such too!

Characters: Still going through and adding full profiles (from the museum), epilogues (both marriage and not), and death quotes! New characters are Kamui, Nishiki, and Kinu. 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. : )

Menus: There is still MyCastle to go through, I have the screen shots, but focusing on characters first.

Chapters: All Third Path (Invisible Kingdom / Touma) chapter maps are now up. I am just waiting on someone to send me the Nohr maps so I can add them to the chapters. Also I will include Dragon Vein effects as I go through Nohr a second time.

Other than that, a major feature is the Invisible Kingdom Story Summary that I posted after a 17 hour marathon of the third path DLC! Made it available as soon as possible for you all. Now all that’s left is the Nohr story summary which is of low priority at the moment. I already covered the Prologue Story Summary and the Hoshido Story Summary.

Brief trivia about Meiousei, the Japanese name for Pluto

It looks like a really tasty type of ice cream…

The spacecraft New Horizons flew by Pluto (or is flying by, rather) after a long nine year journey. We finally have clear images of this planet dwarf planet with more to come over the next few days (if all goes well). Something to be really excited for! I still remember the day the mission launched… The power of math and science are amazing to be able to pull off such a feat that took over nine years of flight time and likely much more of planning. However, to keep this relevant to this portfolio/blog, just some very brief trivia.

So what is Pluto called in Japanese? The answer is Meiousei  冥王星 (Lit. “Dark King’s Star”) which was coined by Hoei Nojiri as a way to “localize” the name “Pluto” to Japanese speakers. As you may know, Pluto is the Roman god of the underworld (their version of Hades), and so this seemed to be the best way to get that name over.

It must have been successful, as China, Korea, and Vietnam adapted the name and use it to refer to the dwarf planet as well. That is a significant chunk of the world’s population! So now if you ever see “Meiousei” or the characters 冥王星 (which no doubt will be on the news now and for a few days), you know what they’re referring to!

The more you know!

Fan tributes for Satoru Iwata – A fan picture memorial

~Dec 6 1959- July 11 2015~

I’m posting this a day late, but this is the last I’ll talk on this subject (maybe something about the funeral on the 17th). Around twitter and elsewhere, I’ve been seeing a lot of beautiful fan art that I wished to post. If you have your own favorites, please put them in the comments below and I’ll add it to the main post.

Also these are unsourced as they are from twitter and such. If you know the artist or source, please send the link to me. : )

And so, this will serve as a memorial.

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RIP Satoru Iwata

The sudden news of Satoru Iwata’s passing comes as a personal blow to me. One of my main motivations for learning Japanese was to be able to meet all these Nintendo stars one day, like Satoru Iwata, and be able to speak to them. The irony is this news came out on July 13th (Japan time) –the same day I settled to do this, which was July 13th, 2005. It really didn’t help!

Life will go on (and Fire Emblem Fates stuff will continue to update), but just for today, let’s take a moment to pay our respects to the man. Even if you disagreed with some business decisions or policies, a death is a death of a human, not the president or CEO of some company. I dread to look around gaming forums to see people using “please understand” jokes, or even “Iwata is finished” jokes. I actually saw some posts asking about the NX and what will happen to it. Though it is I suppose a question to ponder, it still seemed in ill taste the way it was worded.

Please rest in peace Iwata.

~Dec 6 1959- July 11 2015~

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [7/10]

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!

UPDATES:

Characters: Still going through and adding full profiles (from the museum), epilogues (both marriage and not), and death quotes! But I have not progressed farther than Luna, Soleil, Foleo, and Oboro. They are not really being done in any particular order, mostly just by interest. I intend to do Velour next by request. If you have any you want to see sooner than others, then please let me know in the comments below or via email. : )

Menus: I got a lot of screenshots of the My Castle menu from a friend, but I have not gone through them just yet as I am prioritizing the character updates.

Chapters: Major update here! All of the Third Path (Invisible Kingdom / Touma) data  All Hoshido and Nohr chapters are now completed. I am just waiting on someone to end me the Nohr maps so I can add them to the chapters. Also I will include Dragon Vein effects as I go through Nohr a second time. Also for Touma/Invisible Kingdom, if anybody has the maps for that please pass them along too!

Other than that, a major feature is the Invisible Kingdom Story Summary that I posted after a 17 hour marathon of the third path DLC! Made it available as soon as possible for you all. Now all that’s left is the Nohr story summary which is of low priority at the moment. I already covered the Prologue Story Summary and the Hoshido Story Summary.

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [7/06]

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:

Characters: Some big updates here! I’ve started going through and adding full profiles (from the museum), epilogues (both marriage and not), and death quotes! So far, Luna, Soleil, Foleo, and Oboro are done. 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. : )

Menus: I got a lot of screenshots of the My Castle menu from a friend, but I have not gone through them just yet as I am prioritizing the character updates.

Chapters: All Hoshido and Nohr chapters are now completed. I am just waiting on someone to end me the Nohr maps so I can add them to the chapters. Also I will include Dragon Vein effects as I go through Nohr a second time.

Other than that, the Prologue Story Summary has been posted in addition to the Hoshido Story Summary. I am currently working on a second Nohr playthrough that will include a summary, but it may take some more time.

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [7/02]

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:

So there was some very needless controversy regarding poor Soleil today. I will not really talk about that, but my heart goes out to everybody involved who got some serious hate (from journalists to the source blogger). It’s really not a good day for humanity, but it seems to be clearing up.

Characters: Most of this section is complete. Birthdays and VAs have been added. (They may not reflect on this post, but they are in the mirror forum post. I’ll be adding them over the week)

Menus: A new menu for My Castle was added. Someone will be sending me secreen shots to hopefully translate visiting and battling in My Castle tomorrow.

Chapters: All Hoshido and Nohr chapters are now completed. All maps have been added for Hoshido, some amiibo ones, and the Nohr ones will be coming soon!

Two new sections that may interest people:

The Hoshido Story Summary is live! I am working on the Prologue which will be up soon, and then on the Nohr Story Summary. Stay tuned!

Lastly, Aqua/Azura’s full song (the main theme) has been released with lyrics! And so I translated them for anyone who is interested! It has a lot to do with the multiple paths, so I think anyone playing it and not understanding it will find use in this.

Fire Emblem Fates Guide Progress [6/29]

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:

Characters: Most of this section is complete. I will be adding birthdays and voice actors to the last few who are missing them.

Menus: Nothing new was added in the menus this time around! My Castle may be the next focus. If you have any particular menus you want to see that aren’t here, please let me know!

Chapters: All Hoshido and Nohr chapters are now completed. I will go through and add the maps tomorrow, probably!

Other than these three, I have Hoshido character summaries I will post soon. They are a little rough, probably poor in grammar, etc. But they should give an idea of what’s going on.

For Nohr, I may have to replay it since I only started doing summaries halfway through my Hoshido play through.