zonaneutracl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Soooo, I guess i'll start learning japanese.

Socran (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm aware of how hard it is to translate grammar, but names are an entirely different story. It's not even remotely difficult to determine the origin of a name, or to understand what a character is trying to say once you've got a feel for their character. That's not a matter of difficulty, it's a matter of not caring.

KingKizerKun (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

maybe thats why you hate it. You have no idea how hard it is. Its almost impossible to translate because the grammar is 100% different. To translate "I sit on the chair" in japanese, it would sound like "the I chair on sit". Give them a break, its hard as hell.

Socran (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If I had the ability to, I would. It seems I'm the only person on Earth who actually cares, anyway. Unfortunately, I have neither the time nor the motivation to learn Japanese simply because everyone else is an asshole, and by extention I don't have the time to learn how to hack a script, then actually do it, and all just to have people yell at me for not calling Dygenguar "Daizengar".

KingKizerKun (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Maybe you should do some translating then.

Socran (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

One? No, I've played a great many fanslations, just only one Super Robot War. They all suck, but they're all I have to go by at the moment. I have never once seen a fanslation that actually put any effort in understanding what was going on rather than just translating directly from Japanese to English.

KingKizerKun (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

So you played one and instantly assume they all suck? Could you be any more negative?

Socran (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Plus, the fanslation will invariably be terrible. I've played the fanslation of Third Super Robot War.

Socran (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I saw several advertisements for the games, and I usually don't hear about any games that are coming out, so don't give me that "no marketting" bull. The reason the game sold poorly is because the entrenched fanbase that has existed even in America for ages has always played their SRW games via piracy. The fact that OG and OG2 came out in America just meant they didn't need to bother translating it.Also, there won't be a translation for this any time soon. PS2 games aren't easy to emulate

KingKizerKun (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

your eventually going to be able to play it in English, iso or otherwise, so I wouldn't fret too much. What got to OG on the GBA was lack of marketing. It was just in stores one day. no one knew what it was. There were no ads in magazines or tv, so of course it did poorly.