Huh. Did anyone officially acknowledge how jacked up the translation was? It's surprising that a game can get a translation of that quality in 2015, especially for a series with an actual western fanbase.
NA/EU was even luck to just GET the game here, as if there was no English-Asian version to work with.....it would have been stuck in JP
.
So, thanks to a English-Asian version existing and having fully translated text, they decided "You know what, this would be a great fall title next to Tales of Hearts R this fall for the Vita
! Lets touch up this version of the game a bit and bring it over to get some extra money."
The thing is, the game was a HUGE hit for them, leading them to make a PS4 port that fixes a number of elements that the Vita version suffered from (bad translation being the main one) while ensuring future SAO games are not only localized, but also have translation on pair with other Bamco games (with SAO: Lost Song being a good translation proving that
).
The original Hallow Fragment was a clear budget release from Bamco in the states and while its a shame that the translation was so weak, at least we got to play the game at all
.
To be honest, I enjoyed the game more thanks to its botched translation XD; many scenes made me laugh out loud at how bad the Engrish was :').
