Comments on: Square Enix Discusses Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride’s Localization

By: Kahran042

Kahran042 — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:59:57 +0000

Please. That's an insult to Working Designs, since they actually knew when to be serious. :-P

By: Kahran042

Kahran042 — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:59:57 +0000

Please. That's an insult to Working Designs, since they actually knew when to be serious. :-P

By: Musashi

Musashi — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:32:23 +0000

I sended a mail to siliconera@gmail.com :)

By: Spencer

Spencer — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:24:41 +0000

Thanks for asking permission. Send an e-mail over about this!

By: eladbrit

eladbrit — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:37:04 +0000

im so psyched its out tomorrow..that or being in Florida, another day maybe, seems to ship a day later sometimes in east coast.

of all the DQ games i wanted to play but couldn't (they were 3, 5 and 6) this one has a special place in my aching heart lol. used to read magazine extensive review and walkthrough back when i lived in Korea like all the time. :) dreams come true in 1-2 days

By: eladbrit

eladbrit — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:36:11 +0000

im so psyched its out tomorrow..that or being in Florida, another day maybe, seems to ship a day later sometimes in east coast.

By: Mazen

Mazen — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:34:38 +0000

I heard the japanese version of DQ have defferent accent but from parts of japan, also was there things in frensh in DQ4 other than a castle name or town name？
can you give you example because if it was just ”Banjour misyou” I think its not big deal.

By: lostinblue

lostinblue — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:07:44 +0000

I see, so Kojiro dropped out but the translation goes on? are you from/involved in a translation group for this one? where can I follow your work/news/progress? or will I only know through romhacking when it's over and done with?

thanks (and sorry for possibly being quite uninformed)

By: Dwaine

Dwaine — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:50:42 +0000

The main game script is mostly done too. Everything is being polished to make sure it reads well. There's just so much party chat, even for places you'd never bother to go at certain points in the game. Some things like different sayings if you're down on HP in particular areas I think were added just to torment testers.

Like many translators, Kojiro decided to drop out of the game. As far as I know, he wasn't involved with DQ V at all.

By: lostinblue

lostinblue — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:35:30 +0000

Oh, I see 1/3 of the party chat is done, that's big progress. Good to know it is progressing.

I was worried, because… Kojiro Translations seems to be down, I don't follow it that much but checked recently and… it's seemingly gone.

By: Dwaine

Dwaine — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:17:14 +0000

Check my other reply to you.

By: suto_vu

suto_vu — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:08:29 +0000

I have no idea. I'm relatively new to DQ, starting with DW7.

By: lostinblue

lostinblue — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:03:49 +0000

But… is the fan translation for DQ5r PS2 is still coming?

By: suto_vu

suto_vu — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:16:37 +0000

I agree. The puns? Like I mentioned, it's amazing we're seeing a Square-Enix behave like Working Designs. This is what it's come down to.

By: suto_vu

suto_vu — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:14:46 +0000

It's striking that in 2009, we have a Square-Enix that is doing all of the wrong things that Working Designs did with their localizations.

And I certainly do understand the nature and purpose of a localization. I'm not one of those nuts who wants the direct Japanese translation, because I know that will come off as stiff and strange.

But the overly complex accents, the inclusion of foreign words... this goes against what Dragon Quest is, and that is a simple, appealing game. I'm not charmed when I have to google a French word to know what an NPC just said. It doesn't make me laugh when I'm being confused by an Akira Toriyama bitmap sprite.

I wish I could say that this will change, but it won't. They'll do what they do because of the art on the box and that's that. It's a real shame. I love the traditional formula of these games, but I feel like abandoning the official releases in favor of fan-translated ones. Sorry, Square-Enix.