Basileus777
Member
What an utterly bizarre stance to hold. Publishers are under no obligation to hire fan translators. Even JAST redid large amounts of the script for the first game.
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Steins gate 0 coming to the west
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What an utterly bizarre stance to hold. Publishers are under no obligation to hire fan translators. Even JAST redid large amounts of the script for the first game.
cj_iwakura
Member
Did it ever cross their mind that those guys put a ton of work into the game and were part of its success? And now that it's big they're like 'well, we don't need you guys anymore'.
What's bizarre about finding this disrespectful? You have perfectly capable translators who know the source material and want to help. Use them.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Cuz it's business.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
remind me
is this the alternate story version in which
And is it like a super depressing story through and through?
is this the alternate story version in which
he never saved kurisu?
cj_iwakura
Member
Yes. Maybe.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
thanks?
unless that was your way of answering while attempting to save me from a spoiler
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
Isn't this similar to any fan translated material(manga, games, light novels, etc)? Do most businesses hire the people who initially fan translated it and probably actually got it more popular in an area as a result?
Not saying it's a good thing
Yes to your first question. Maybe to your second question, I think.
cj_iwakura
Member
I know for sure on the first, I assume so on the second.
XSeed did with the Ys fan translations.
Yeah, I don't see why they should be forced into using a fan group for whom they have no control over when they can hire a full time translator (or use an existing employee in their company).
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
I don't imagine it's a common process though.
Audioboxer
Member
Loved the game although only played through it once. Ending I got was a bit meh and I never bothered to play again doing whatever a guide requires for the true ending.
Then watched the anime and loved it even more. Dub was really good.
One of my favourite universes.
Will get the Vita version for in bed glorious OLED VN playing.
Then watched the anime and loved it even more. Dub was really good.
One of my favourite universes.
Will get the Vita version for in bed glorious OLED VN playing.
cj_iwakura
Member
Who said anything about being forced to? I'm sure the original team would have been happy to help in any capacity, but it was made clear they weren't wanted at all. At very least they could have helped with editing or SOMETHING.
I though Xseed only did that for Ys games that got an existing fan translation. The new games were done in house
Basileus777
Member
They got paid for their work, they don't get some right of refusal for everything related to the franchise. They aren't owed anything and there is no disrespect to be had. This isn't even from the same publisher who worked with them for the first game.
Why would they do that when they aren't even editors and JAST had to rework their original translation?
cj_iwakura
Member
I completely disagree, I'll leave it at that.
It's one thing to use a pre-existing fan translation and adapt it to be used in a final product.
It's completely different to actively incorporate a third party into the development of a new product. These are individuals for which the publisher has no real control over. What happens if they take way too long to do something or they cease contact for whatever reason? What happens if their translation style is completely different from what the publisher wants? The publisher is beholden to a very specific timeline and budget, and using a fan group could very easily screw this up.
Well, Saya no Uta is from the same guy who did Psycho-Pass 1 and Katawa Shoujo was made by a bunch of 4channers in their free time. (Come on, some routes were good)
Muv-Luv should be something like Fate/stay night, a VN that happens to have porn in it.
R_thanatos
Member
At the risk of sounding like i'm riding the opposite wave....
yeah that title's freaking perfect
Basileus777
Member
You only need to replay the game to get the true ending, everything else branches off a decision point that you should have an autosave for.
SolidSmiech
Neo Member
That's some exciting news!
I was surprised when it was announced that we'd finally be getting the original Steins;Gate, and didn't dare to hope we'd get anything more than that. But here we are, getting 0. Things really are starting to look promising for the visual novel genre in the west, and that makes me quite the happy man.
All that being said, I still need to get around to actually playing the original! I've seen the anime/movie, and bought the game awhile ago, but never got around to playing it. This news has definitely motivated me to bump it way up the list!
I was surprised when it was announced that we'd finally be getting the original Steins;Gate, and didn't dare to hope we'd get anything more than that. But here we are, getting 0. Things really are starting to look promising for the visual novel genre in the west, and that makes me quite the happy man.
All that being said, I still need to get around to actually playing the original! I've seen the anime/movie, and bought the game awhile ago, but never got around to playing it. This news has definitely motivated me to bump it way up the list!
Vinnie0003
Neo Member
Ill buy 12 bottles of Dr Pepper to celebrate!!!
Grim Patron
Member
Collector's edition might happen - https://twitter.com/_geraintevans_/status/735495439848329216
Benzychenz
Member
The games are the original source material for the anime.
Grim Patron
Member
The listing on Amazon and other retailers was July 26. End of the year = it gets rekt with other way bigger games.
Oh, a summer release would be great.
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Oh please.
YianGaruga
Banned
LE is 99.999% happening. This is PQube, who made an LE for GalGun and included a pair of panties.
They're awesome
also they have their own store which makes distribution easy and LEs extremely lucrative
They're awesome
also they have their own store which makes distribution easy and LEs extremely lucrative
Summer means you are going agonist zero escape 3.
You make it sound like they weren't a part of the official localization editing team.
Can't find the localization staff names in the in game credits which is weird, but the image is from BW blog.
AmaterasuOkami076
Member
I already commented on this thread yesterday. But I just thought I'd post to say that my good mood has carried over to today. I'm just happy. I don't really care how lame that is 
Thanks, Steins;Gate!
Thanks, Steins;Gate!
I really hope PQube does a better job on this than they did with the console version of Steins;Gate. The kerning in the PS3 version was pretty bad sometimes, and the phone messages had words cut off and start on another line, neither of which problems were in the JAST version. The translation didn't seem as good as the JAST PC version, either, but that might just be personal preference.
YianGaruga
Banned
Isn't the console version using practically the same translation as the JAST PC one? I only heard of very few super tiny changes.
And keming and the phone messages are really minor issues.
Grim Patron
Member
That's still better than going up against the AAA games. Don't forget Zero Escape as much as I love the two games, isn't a big franchise at all.
True. I just want a proper artbook. CE can have anything other than that in addition to an artbook for me.
Yup. When I reviewed it, I mentioned that as a negative and didn't see any other reviews for it mention the text wrap problems. I thought the translation was the same as the PC JAST one?
Is it the same translation? I guess I'm just remembering wrong, ignore that, then.
Wanted to mention this now in case I forget posting it when the game's actually out: Do not go to Zero before you've read or at least watched the original S;G. It basically starts with the ending of S;G. The first few screens alone are a massive spoiler.
It's ostensibly still the same engine as used for the console releases of S;G, and IIRC Western text does have this issue in the Japanese release of Zero (at least on PS3). Maybe they have a branch for future Western releases, but I doubt it. It's not like it's really a big deal though.
It's ostensibly still the same engine as used for the console releases of S;G, and IIRC Western text does have this issue in the Japanese release of Zero (at least on PS3). Maybe they have a branch for future Western releases, but I doubt it. It's not like it's really a big deal though.
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
Love zero escape, but zero escape 3 barely got made and was a dead thing for a decent bit. VNs arent exactly a common thing over here, there's room for both especially if there's like a month gap between.
Would love for a july release though. At the moment, that month was looking like a recovery from june month and a backlog month.
YianGaruga
Banned
I don't see July happening.
Even GalGun doesn't have a date yet and that had its LE up for preorder for months now.
Even GalGun doesn't have a date yet and that had its LE up for preorder for months now.
Anime News Network posted (before 0 was officially announced for loc) that several Spanish sites listed an August 26th release date.
Pinch of salt and all that but I guess it's good to keep in mind until the date is announced.
Pinch of salt and all that but I guess it's good to keep in mind until the date is announced.
MaximumSpider
Banned
Still no Amazon preorder page up?
PoshAlligatorRD
Neo Member
Yeah from what I know it was the exact same bar any changes required by Sony for submission (could be wrong though).
Seeing as how this will be a new translation specifically for this console release of SG0 it should be fairly different in regard to those things, but I've not seen any English footage of the game yet.