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Breath of Fire 2 is finally available in English.
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theinfinityissue
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:lol
The fact that I don't remember the translation being this bad makes me wonder if I was a severely retarded child. I don't know what we could realistically expect when you take that horrendous cover art into consideration, though.
The fact that I don't remember the translation being this bad makes me wonder if I was a severely retarded child. I don't know what we could realistically expect when you take that horrendous cover art into consideration, though.
HisshouBuraiKen
Member
JodyAnthony said:
eggbeater was actually when the enemy attacked twice in one turn. Maybe the second attack was a nut shot.
Going back to it it almost feels like I'm reading the original japanese in some parts, not a terrible translation (Trubo / Torubo anyone?)
Heretic Kazuma
Member
theinfinityissue said:
You and me both. Holy crap, it's horrible. And BoF2 is my favorite one in the series (3 and 4 didn't click with me as much). That said, Dragon Quarter is still on my backlog.
I'll definitely be diving into this after work. Thanks for the heads up, Aeana!
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
So can we all agree that shrooms give you massive diarrhea with hemorrhoids based on this text?!!?!??
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Hobbun said:
For what it's worth, playing your butchered translation version on the VC is using an emulator as well.
charlequin
Banned
Heretic Kazuma said:
Oh, definitely play Dragon Quarter. One of the top five RPGs of last generation, trivially. Incredible game.
B.K. said:
Well, it is. :lol
flintstryker
Banned
damn my friend for stealing my cart 
all is well though since i am planning on beating the first one first now.
all is well though since i am planning on beating the first one first now.
Erdrick
Member
BoFII has one of the worst translations ever. When I am told to hit the red/yellow/green/blue buttons on the d-pad... you know they went for a literal translation at that point. Also how some characters were called by different names/spelling. (Let the intro go for a while and see Sper/Spar whatever that tree guy was named.
How about the Tolen intsead of Token? Say what you will about Square's handling of the original release of BoF but it was at least leagues more comprehensible than this.
Regardless, BoFII was a decent game and was a nice oasis in the RPG-less land of the time. Nice to see a potential proper translation. Or a more understandable one at least.
How about the Tolen intsead of Token? Say what you will about Square's handling of the original release of BoF but it was at least leagues more comprehensible than this.
Regardless, BoFII was a decent game and was a nice oasis in the RPG-less land of the time. Nice to see a potential proper translation. Or a more understandable one at least.
Thanks for the news, Aeana, will try out this translation!
I just wanted to say the first page was very difficult to read due to some posts which made me want to kill puppies. I wonder sometimes if some people here didn't drop out of school early, or get dropped on their head or some shit.
* Aeana makes a thread about the factually horrible Breath of Fire 2 Translation because there is a new translation that makes it not suck
* People denying it was horrible, even people who played the shitty GBA version with a similarly awful translation!
* Someone here says that Aeana is "elitist" for noting that the translation is terrible
* Justifying the bad translation by saying it was "nothing out of the ordinary for the time"
I wonder if one stopped to think that even if it wasn't "out of the ordinary", that the translation is still FUCKING TERRIBLE? Do they even know how to follow simple goddamn logic?
I am sorry this thread annoyed me a bit. I sometimes forget how dumb the internet often is.
I mean if you played Breath of Fire 2 at any age over 12 and you didn't notice the bad translation, I wonder how it is possible these individuals managed to read the forum policy and sign up. Or if they can even read this post I am making!
And yes, motherfucker, Breath of Fire 2 translation KILLED MY DOG and also my kitty.
I just wanted to say the first page was very difficult to read due to some posts which made me want to kill puppies. I wonder sometimes if some people here didn't drop out of school early, or get dropped on their head or some shit.
* Aeana makes a thread about the factually horrible Breath of Fire 2 Translation because there is a new translation that makes it not suck
* People denying it was horrible, even people who played the shitty GBA version with a similarly awful translation!
* Someone here says that Aeana is "elitist" for noting that the translation is terrible
* Justifying the bad translation by saying it was "nothing out of the ordinary for the time"
I wonder if one stopped to think that even if it wasn't "out of the ordinary", that the translation is still FUCKING TERRIBLE? Do they even know how to follow simple goddamn logic?
I am sorry this thread annoyed me a bit. I sometimes forget how dumb the internet often is.
I mean if you played Breath of Fire 2 at any age over 12 and you didn't notice the bad translation, I wonder how it is possible these individuals managed to read the forum policy and sign up. Or if they can even read this post I am making!
And yes, motherfucker, Breath of Fire 2 translation KILLED MY DOG and also my kitty.
See as a young'un I didn't think of the translation as awful but I still knew something was 'off' about it. Seemed around the same quality as FF2.. but the issue there is that ff2 had been our for what 4 years by then ?
I own the gba edition too.. which I could call a poor translation but moreso I noticed the game seemed to be easier then the snes version.
I own the gba edition too.. which I could call a poor translation but moreso I noticed the game seemed to be easier then the snes version.
I think the GBA version didn't even have a new translation. It's the same as the SNES game, just dumped to a GBA with accelerated exp/money gains after battle (I came to that conclusion when the SNES version was hard, and the GBA version was beaten at like 10 levels higher and money was never a problem for new equipment).Amir0x said:
I never touched the GBA version, but I did get and beat the VC version not too long ago.
Really? I thought the game was great, the translation obviously was so bad that it was hilarious. Characters were fun to use, music was memorable, shaman fusions were useful, Township was cool. Game was pretty unforgiving though. Fuck you Highfort with only Stan.
Really? I thought the game was great, the translation obviously was so bad that it was hilarious. Characters were fun to use, music was memorable, shaman fusions were useful, Township was cool. Game was pretty unforgiving though. Fuck you Highfort with only Stan.
I assume he was talking about the translation. It's honestly so bad that I never really understood the game's story until I played it in Japanese a few years ago... there is so much missing in the old translation. The game itself is pretty good. I like it, although it's not my favorite in the series.BorkBork said:
As for this translation, I've had the opportunity to play for a little bit, and I must say that Ryusui has done a really good job. The writing is decent, and the localized jokes work pretty well, too. I also really appreciate the run button that was added. That's the only reason I ever really preferred to play the GBA version, previously.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
How do you apply translations? I named it same name as my B2 file on psp and it tries to load it then stops and turns off PSP. and on PC it just doesn't load
Corran Horn said:How do you apply translations? I named it same name as my B2 file on psp and it tries to load it then stops and turns off PSP. and on PC it just doesn't load
The PSP emulatior does not do too well with most IPS translation patches, so you'll have to find a program out there to do the patching yourself (should be relatively easy to do). However, even after doing that, the game lags pretty badly in certain parts, and the opening title screen is an absolute nightmare due to the song and new logo the translation patch adds.
Amir0x said:
Man, get a grip.
I agree, no one should have called Aeana an elitist and now people pointing it out, I can see the differences on the translation.
When playing the game way back when it came out, if I saw something that was confusing wordwise, I just figured it was supposed to be that way. My focus wasn't on "is this a bad translation or not" as I really didn't think much about things like that.
There's no need to insult people because they didn't realize at the time it was a bad translation.
You need to make sure your file doesn't have a header on it. If it does, it won't patch properly and you'll get weird behavior like that. In order to remove a header, you need to use something like SNESTool or NSRT, or... if I recall correctly, loading it in a recent version of SNES9x for PC will also ask if you want to remove the header, but I'm not 100% sure.Corran Horn said:How do you apply translations? I named it same name as my B2 file on psp and it tries to load it then stops and turns off PSP. and on PC it just doesn't load
radios shipping overview
Member
Yay, apathy!UraMallas said:
It's my favorite BoF after V (which is also very different), thereby making it my favorite "traditional" BoF, but the translation it got was one of the worst I've ever seen, well outside and beyond the standards of the time. It was so bad, that they actually fucked up story elements and character names on a more than occasional basis, and even fucked up simple yes/no prompts! At times, you literally had to choose "no" when you meant "yes!" And the GBA version was just as fucked.
I'm not a big fan of fan "retranslation" projects when they turn out like that Chrono Trigger one from a year or two back, but unlike CT, this one truly needed it.
I'm not a big fan of fan "retranslation" projects when they turn out like that Chrono Trigger one from a year or two back, but unlike CT, this one truly needed it.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Works fine for me under Snes9x. Im using 1.51Hobbun said:
Zsnes should work too I imagine
I like the translation alot so far (except for the new names) but I am not that far
Can we use this thread as a BoF2 discussion thread too? (since there is obviously not a current one)
Honestly, I'd like to see a new BoF using the traditional storyline, tying up some of the stuff from 2.
Edit: Anyone saying the first translation was anything but terrible is just wrong. When I was young it was kind of charming in a way, but a real translation is very, very needed.
Just got my first job, Suzie I shall save you!
Can we use this thread as a BoF2 discussion thread too? (since there is obviously not a current one)
Honestly, I'd like to see a new BoF using the traditional storyline, tying up some of the stuff from 2.
Edit: Anyone saying the first translation was anything but terrible is just wrong. When I was young it was kind of charming in a way, but a real translation is very, very needed.
Demigod Mac
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Even at a ripe young age of 13, I could tell there was something funky about the game's text. The characters seemed like they were high on something.
Thread needs more Rinpoo, btw.
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Thread needs more Rinpoo, btw.
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Here's a bit more info about the names.MotherFan said:
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,6481.msg131979.html#msg131979
I went looking for it just now, because I wanted to explain to someone why Jean's name was no longer Jean, but couldn't remember the specifics. :O
It's on RHDN too: http://www.romhacking.net/trans/1391/Ryu1999 said:Anyone care to throw the patch onto rapidshare? Author's dl site has hit the bandwith limit
Cirekiller
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This was a great RPG from what I remembered. Hopefully this gets ported to a handheld.