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Elly van Houten tormenting a seated Fei Fong Wong with a crucifix

Planning out some PlayStation book photo shoots this afternoon

I heard that apparently the game's hard mode gives enemies +20% damage dealt and allies -30% damage dealt across the board? That explains why I'm struggling so much in the early game. If all it's doing is dragging fights out with no other interesting twists, I'll just swap back to normal.

Also, an early-game tip traditional FF players might not consider: Just stock up on potions and give everyone the Item command. Buy like 90 of them so you can just use them freely without having to worry about your stock. The cost is negligible compared to the money you get from fights.

For the record, Argath lives either way. If he gets KO early on then you just don't have to worry about him the rest of the fight. It's an easier fight, not an altered story branch.

Oh I take Delita and Argath's equipment off immediately and let them soak enemy attacks until they fall over. No point in letting them gain levels. You can even attack them yourself if you want to completely keep them out of story fights as variables, though doing that on Hard backfired for me...

The other tip I remember offhand:

In the third story battle there's a guy in trouble, and you get the option to prioritize killing the bandits or saving the guy. If you say screw the guy and kill the bandits, you get an easier stage (guy dying isn't a lose condition) AND 2 free brave pts for Ramza.

Normally this kind of tip would be overkill in a game like Final Fantasy Tactics, but there's one story battle where Ramza has to solo a boss, so you can't just muddle around with him. He needs to have at least SOME optimized damage and survival capabilities to get through that.

New to FFT? Ivalice Chronicles has a ton of nice QOL stuff, but here's a thread of some things that newer players might not know, and things that it would be useful TO know!

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Ooh, TIL, thanks!

I can't say I'm familiar with that one!

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Comp copy day! Uncle from Another World volume 12, in which Uncle is baffled to learn of a game system that involves swinging nunchuks, someone from the Kofun Era takes issue with the era name, and we all learn about Japanese energy drink commercials from the early 90s.

Everyone, please get to know the super great game: "Fantasy Maiden Wars"｜JAKE Hello, world. I'm Zyake. I'm born and raised in Japan, and just your average video game nerd. First and foremost, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for opening this page. And if you can...

@dramata.bsky.social shared this on the other site, a really impassionate presentation of the FMW series. if you like super robot wars, touhou, or just strategy rpgs in general, you should take a look and maybe try out the demo on store.steampowered.com/app/3972200/...

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Andrew Dice was a wonderful colleague, and I will sorely miss him as both a coworker and a friend. My heart goes out to Robin and all of Andrew's friends and loved ones.

I'm still blindsided.

Woolsey had even more restrictive challenges, if you'll believe it. He's shared anecdotes in interviews about how in Secret of Mana he submitted a completed script, then Square sent it back and said it wouldn't fit on the rom and he needed to pare it down to 30% of the initial text volume.

Sometimes you can get the PM to ask the client to organize the files better or provide speaker labels. But sometimes the client says no, and you have to just make do with what's there. If the game's already released in JP you MAY be able to check gameplay videos online. If it's in development? Nope.

TRANSLATION ADDENDUM

• Lack of file organization - Source text can be REALLY disorganized. IE: Dialogue sorted by speaker name or alphabetical order instead of the sequential order of how lines are shown in-game. Or speaker labels aren't provided and you have to guess by context and diction style.

A recent discussion I saw of FF Tactics reminded me of another huge translation pitfall I forgot to mention in this thread, so time for a new post!

Given Alexander Smith's anecdote about translating Final Fantasy 8 without ANY kind of script provided (having to play and record the game on VHS and transcribe it before TL could happen), I refuse to believe FF Tactics PS1's text structure was remotely coherent. I'd love to see those old workfiles.

So yeah, this is a thing!

I'm not 100% sure but I assume so.

Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER - Demo on Steam A fantasy tactical RPG where you command colorful cast of characters across grid-based battles. Customize skills, unleash flashy Spell Cards, and enjoy rich animations in a strategic, story-driven adv...

There's a demo up on Steam for Fantasy Maiden Wars!

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Also, this is what I was referencing when mentioning, "Babe, wake up, your Malroth rotary phone is ringing"

I've known Pendy for literal decades, and it was a blast getting to reconnect for this podcast recording!

Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick volume 1 is out today, I hope the readers enjoy it. 💖 There's certainly plenty more coming!

The actual explanation for the ad! Still wild, but this explains a lot.
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Aaah man that sounds like fun...

A friend and colleague spotted a Super Robot Wars Y ad at a hobby shop in Times Square of all places!

Update: No international shipping... 😑

New canon spellname just dropped

Hey everyone, check it out! Two more that I worked on :) These are completely different translations from the Retro Brawler Bundle versions on the Switch, and I did my absolute damnedest to make sure that full-length names for characters, skills, and items were in place for both games.