Translations of wapanese games

[flyingjohn]

Are there any Uncharted Waters or Taiko Risshiden-like games out there that are actually translated?

The only one is the Chinese knock off:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2161440/Sailing_Era/

 

[Modron]

Are there any Uncharted Waters or Taiko Risshiden-like games out there that are actually translated?

The only one is the Chinese knock off:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2161440/Sailing_Era/

There is an indie Korean one:


Horizon's Gate is inspired by Uncharted Waters, but as a fantasy rpg it's a bit of different take:

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Not a Japanese game, but Magna Carta: Phantom of Avalanche got an English translation a few years ago that went under the radar for some reason.

 

[deuxhero]

Plans for Aegis The First Mission translation by someone with track record of actually releasing stuff
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2850150/discussions/0/4365752248009691285/

There's already a translation for the main script (based on gameplay footage), and text insertion should be relatively easy since these games all use standardized text output, so I'd be very surprised if this one takes a while.

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Some interesting translations that got missed over the past few months:
Madou Monogatari 2, which is allegedly an adventure game but looks more like a dungeon crawler. It's probably one of those weird games that plays like a RPG but doesn't have a lot of the commonly accepted RPG elements. It's the source of the Puyo Puyo series, and yes, the original game is also translated.
Silhouette Mirage, a cutesy platformer that seems pretty well made. Seems like it might be a metroidvania, judging by the PC's stats and how it's set up. Very nice soundtrack.
Seiryaku Simulation, a Japanese political sim set on another planet. Sounds like one of those games where it appeals to western sensibilities more than eastern ones.
The SNES port of Ultima: Savage Empire, though unfinished in vague ways. There's no readme file linked, but I suspect this uses the original script from somewhere else as a base.
Game Boy Wars, Advance Wars, but on the Game Boy.
Goemon games continue to be translated into English with Ooedo Daikaiten, a PSX platformer.
Jung Rhythm, the Saturn's answer to PaRappa the Rapper. Which probably limits its appeal here.
Golden Bonds, a Wii ARPG I've never heard of, looks pretty nice, but doesn't seem like it's a very standout title.

 

[Jinn]

Golden Bonds, a Wii ARPG I've never heard of, looks pretty nice, but doesn't seem like it's a very standout title.

Funnily enough, this is the standout title in your list for me. What a strange, obscure game. After a little digging, I found out it was developed by a studio called Town Factory, which was founded by former Level-5 employees. As far as I can tell, this was the only game they released exclusively, and they apparently worked with Cing to release Little King Story. Color me intrigued. Does anyone know where to get a pre-patched version of this (Town Factory is no longer in business, so there should be no harm in asking).

 

[Doc Sportello]

Silhouette Mirage, a cutesy platformer that seems pretty well made. Seems like it might be a metroidvania, judging by the PC's stats and how it's set up. Very nice soundtrack.

Got a Saturn pad specifically for playing this game (and Baroque too in all honesty). Will check out the new translation though, as I was playing the WD script version.

 

[flyingjohn]

Does anyone know where to get a pre-patched version of this

-Get Jap version
-Get English patch
-Unrar patch
-Copy riivolution and kizuna eng folders from the sd folder into your Dolphin load folder.
Dolphin load folder can be either found in your documents or appdata
-Open Dolphin and right click on the Jap version and click on start with riivolution patches
-Press start and enjoy da game

 

[BehindTimes]

The SNES port of Ultima: Savage Empire, though unfinished in vague ways. There's no readme file linked, but I suspect this uses the original script from somewhere else as a base.

I'm the person who created it. And I just posted it on reddit and my YouTube page with more explanation there. I'm not really part of the rom hacking community.

And you're correct. About 90% of the Japanese transcript is nearly identical to a condensed version of the original English transcript. This was good and bad, in that it was good as it made converting it to English fairly straightforward, but bad in that the SFC port isn't the PC game. There were a decent amount of errors in the original Japanese version that needed to be corrected. (It's fairly obvious why this game was never released back in the US.)

(Even a spot in the original PC game where a character was said to have been murdered was left in the actual ROM. Nintendo would never allow that to go through, so it looks as if to get by censors, they just removed the ability to access that dialog. But the text still exists.)

 

[deuxhero]

The censorship was very much an NoA/E thing and largely absent from Japanese releases (outside of blocking blatant porn): First party FC/SFC games had lots of worse stuff than just mentioning a murder (Fire Emblem 4 and its fucked up incest as a major plot point+mass child sacrifice+girl flashing her tits to "prove" she's not a little girl comes to mind). I'm going to guess that the removal was the port being developed with the idea that it would be translated, then that got dropped once the issues with the port were clear. There's an interview out there with a Mother developer about how, while the translated version of the game was never released, they did learn to avoid certain things in development so they wouldn't have to be censored later in games that may be released outside of Japan, so it's clear at least some devs of the SFC era were consciously self-censoring to make western releases an easier process.

 

[Zog]

Upcoming translation teaser trailer for Hybrid Front a first party Sega made title, it's a strategy game that was never officially brought overseas ever in any form. The people working on the translation have translated similar games in the past so there's a good chance this might be released soon