Comments on: Re-localizing Chrono Trigger

By: DarknessSavior

DarknessSavior — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:05:13 +0000

Actually, the idea behind this project was to get someone interested in translating the game. The names that I changed (for example “Revolver”) were only made that way because of space limitations. The actual original name is “Kaiten-giri” which translates to “Revolving Attack”, and since the character limit would not allow that, I had to settle for “Revolver”. Same for “Wind Cut”, the translation for the original name would be “Whirlwind Cut”. I cut it down because of space limitations.

However, I found a great translator, and when the project gets finished it will have MUCH more than the screenshots I made showed. The character limits will be much bigger, everything will be retranslated from the ground up, and much more. You might also notice that I did the hack in question using the US game as a base, the finished project will be using the Japanese game.

Also, I never said CT’s translation was “awful”. However, I do know that many parts of the script were changed (Crono’s mother actually had a NAME, Magus was known as the “Demon King”, etc…), and that Woosley himself admitted that during translation he had to take out large pieces of various conversations. This is what I am trying to fix by re-translating the game.

Thanks for the comments though, I’m glad that there are people out there who notice these types of things. ^_^

~DS

By: Griff

Griff — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:47:14 +0000

yeap i agree we should re translate games that need it *COUGH* zero wing *COUGH*

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By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:39:41 +0000

What a waste of time. Maybe they should concentrate on a game that actually had a…you know…bad translation. Or maybe just work on something else that never got an English release.

By: Cherry

Cherry — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:55:05 +0000

This is hardly newsworthy. Furthermore, if this guy wants attention, he should go out and actually translate a game that needs translating, rather than just screwing around with the names in Chrono Trigger, which is hardly a big deal. Seems the amount of purists on the internet who want their games to be exactly like the Japanese version are getting out of hand.

By: Milo

Milo — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:14:43 +0000

I agree. This game has a huge fanbase and think many people will be happy. Personaly, I feel that it doesn’t add a whole lot to the game.Still nice work!

By: Icupnimpn2

Icupnimpn2 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:35:45 +0000

I think that if I didn’t have a million other games to play and wanted to take Crono Trigger for a spin, I’d choose this version if it were available. However, I don’t judge the quality of a game based on semantics. “Revolver” instead of “Cyclone”… Hey, they do the same thing, right? Still, I know how rabid some people are for this game, so I’m sure this is a dream come true for them.