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NEWS: The Wing of Madoola, 53 Stations of the Tokaido, Ripple Island Famicom Games Launch in English




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Kicksville



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 9:32 am Reply with quote
I'm actually pretty impressed: it seems like when we get a re-release of an old Japanese game, even if they bring it over, it doesn't actually get translated. I'm glad they actually went for it here.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 9:32 am Reply with quote
Also available now on steam in English https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2821290, albeit the updates are a bit confusing-the one you see on the store page claims only one of the three games will be in English, while the top news on the page I linked to claims all three are?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 12:23 pm Reply with quote
Nice to see them bring back some classics!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 1:34 pm Reply with quote
Kicksville wrote:
I'm actually pretty impressed: it seems like when we get a re-release of an old Japanese game, even if they bring it over, it doesn't actually get translated. I'm glad they actually went for it here.


The former does happen all too frequently. But I know I was surprised when I looked at some of the more recent rereleases of the Kunio Kun games which got first time English translations.

Still got the inconsistent stuff of calling it River City Ransom even while acknowledging the series Japanese aspects such as the character names and locations.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:52 pm Reply with quote
Shame this doesn't have a physical Switch version, but it's cool that these games are in English for the first time!
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