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YouTube video by Clyde Mandelin Final Fantasy IV Translation Comparison #02 (SNES vs. 2 Fan Translations)

At the start of my streams, I tend to do mini-lessons about different topics

Here's a look at some translation theory/concepts that non-translators might find insightful & interesting!

youtu.be/axouPj58dms?... #translation

@samderboo.com Here's one for Tracing the Influence from Idol Hakkenden (NES):

Larry King

One thing I love about Scott Pilgrim EX is that it's packed with references to other games, but they're often subtle ones where if you get it, you'll smile and if you don't, there's no harm done.

Ain't nobody got time for that long word. Maní is where it's at.

Before Karnov became a redeemed criminal.

I came across this nice site with lots of Famicom Disk System flyers/ads that could be helpful to VG historians:

pony.velvet.jp/fcdisk/fmcmd...

@jparish.bsky.social @hg101.bsky.social @frankcifaldi.bsky.social

Did you know there's a 3rd Fighter's History exclusive to the SNES and only released in Japan?

You can now enjoy its multiple endings completely in English thanks to Niz (he transcribes Japanese instruction manuals here setsumei.cloudfree.jp/index.html)

www.vgmuseum.com/end/snes/b/f...

New Super NES Endings www.vgmuseum.com/end/snes

Bishin Densetsu Zoku
Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally
Fighter's History: Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!!
Football Fury
Super Bowling
Super Slam Dunk
Virtual Soccer
Sid Meier's Civilization
Soukou Kihei Votoms
Sutte Hakkun

Thanks to Arima & Niz.

Correction:
This isn't an alternative way.
The old method was to play AGAINST the hidden teams.

The new codes are to PLAY AS the hidden teams.

Read my post on the game's talk page for an explainer:

tcrf.net/Talk:Ken_Gri...

Final Fantasy IV Translation Comparison (SNES vs. 2 Fan Translations) - YouTube In this series we'll compare multiple translations of FFIV: the original SNES translation, the J2e fan translations (from ~1998 and 2001), and the Namingway ...

If you want to know what it's like to be an actual human translator translating a video game by human hand

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Digging through old files, so have a few debug shots from SSRPG.

Oh, right. Here's a clean image:
drive.google.com/file/d/1bQu8...

Up until today, I didn't know there was a remake and I had no idea this was a sequel to Portopia :P

Excellent. Thanks!

That's from the ending, so it means "END". If you want to do that one too, go ahead.

@flashpv.bsky.social Hey FlashPV, are you still making title screens? If you are, think you could make one for me close to the original style?
Game: Hokkaido Rensa Satsujin: Okhotsk ni Kiyu (translated as The Hokkaido Chain Murders: Vanishing in Okhotsk).
Let me know and thanks!

It had new/different content, but yeah, basically.

There are two different Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade NES games; one published by Taito, the other by UbiSoft.
(Doesn't help that their boxes look so similar!)

@darklordzagato.bsky.social has mapped both of them!
See them on VGMaps.com:
vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/in...
vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/in...

I haven't read this article yet, but I thought I'd drop this old blog post of mine in here too in case it's helpful:

web.archive.org/web/20160102...

And here are some archived Japanese pages for reference:

web.archive.org/web/20100430...

web.archive.org/web/20151226...

A screenshot of a mock-up used to promote the then-in-development Final Fantasy IV for the Famicom, taken from https://shmuplations.com/ffiv/

I just learned that there was a Final Fantasy IV in development for the Famicom at the same time as Final Fantasy V for the Super Famicom. This "IV" was canceled, and the "V" in development became the FFIV we know now. The lost "IV" may have been as close as 80% complete?!

shmuplations.com/ffiv/

Tell them the obscure story about how the American Super Mario Bros 2 is based on Doki Doki Panic.

Now the other side is port begging too for THIS collection.

I let out a big George Costanza-like chortle.

I don't doubt that was the inspiration!

An old collage of various KO logos.

New Nintendo DS Endings www.vgmuseum.com/end/nds

Hotel Giant DS
Tank Beat

Thanks to Arima.

New Game Boy/Super Game Boy Endings www.vgmuseum.com/end/gb

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Game Boy Camera
Harvest Moon GB
Judge Dredd
Torpedo Range

I have no idea haha

That is true!

Sayo-chan (Pocky) cameos in a bunch of Taito games too, like Rainbow Islands and Elevator Action Deluxe and a bunch of Space Invaders sequels!

www.hardcoregaming101.net/sayo-chan-ca...

Oh that's right!

Did you know that the girl you rescue at the end of Demon Sword (NES) is none other than Pocky from the Kiki Kaikai/Pocky & Rocky series?