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INTEREST: Aksys Games to Release Muramasa Rebirth for PS Vita in N. America

So the Vita is finally getting a good game?

Isn't it a bit late for the Vita now? It feels like such an abandoned console.

So the Vita is finally getting a good game?

Isn't it a bit late for the Vita now? It felt like they abandoned the console to make a new one.

The problem with the original translation was that Ignition took a flowery and complex script and gave it a totally barebones translation while making large mistakes, such as removing references to other characters when their names were clearly indicated in the voiced dialogue.

So the Vita is finally getting a good game?

Isn't it a bit late for the Vita now? It felt like they abandoned the console to make a new one.

I wasn't aware that the translation Ignition did for the Wii version was not good. Well at least Aksys will give the translation for this game a more faithful translation, but I do have a feeling that some translation may get lost even if Aksys does handle the game's translation. But then again, the same thing applied when western game get translated from English to Japanese (so yeah it goes both way):

mdo7 wrote:

I wasn't aware that the translation Ignition did for the Wii version was not good. Well at least Aksys will give the translation for this game a more faithful translation, but I do have a feeling that some translation may get lost even if Aksys does handle the game's translation. But then again, the same thing applied when western game get translated from English to Japanese (so yeah it goes both way):

The one thing that really got on my nerves with the translation was that they called a Nue a Chimera...

Whether Aksys is perfect or not, I think it's safe to say they won't screw up that badly.

Who cares about mistranslation in a video game, if it's NOT story driven? If it doesn't effect GAMEPLAY, then it doesn't matter. This is NOT animation, in which it NEEDS to be translated right, so you can understand the plot, character personalities and traits. It's like TitanXL complaining about one game series becoming "Phoenix Wright" instead of "Gyakuten Saiban Yomigaeru Gyakuten" and Naruhodo becoming Phoenix Wright, although it should be noted that English names of Capcom games are indeed official, since in MVC3, depending on how you configure your Japanese PS3 settings, you may hear characters who are in Japanese, but still yell out "Phoenix Wright" and the same thing applies to Akuma/Gouki. There were mistranslations in Street Fighter II, Ghosts and Goblins and Zelda, but does that effect gameplay? The answer is a astounding NO! Sometimes, like in the Japanese dub of COD, it may effect plot points, but most games are not story heavy and are gameplay heavy. Sonic Adventure's English version may confuse those, who have no idea, that "Robotnik" was actually always known as "Eggman" in Japan, but Yuji Naka said his name is Robotnik, so that can be forgiven.