Legends of Localization

Alice in the Heart has the most wonderfully bad translation... and this is just from the prologue!

This is probably THE most infamous scene in English video game fan translation. Here's how it compares to the original Japanese text + other translations: https://legendsoflocalization.com/the-infamous-arche-fs-like-a-tiger-scene-in-tales-of-phantasia/

If you're studying Japanese (or even just barely sorta kinda like Japanese stuff) you'll probably like this

The Japanese version of Super Mario RPG gets crazy with anime, music, and other pop culture references (possibly NSFW though)

Which Final Fantasy VI *translation* is the best? After comparing many different translations side-by-side, here are my final thoughts & answer.

(I’m especially looking to find a working copy of the legendarily bad Alice in the Heart ~Wonderful Wonder World translation but it’s no longer available anywhere...)

When politics and game translations collide (more here)

Today is the 10th anniversary of the Mother 3 fan translation! I wrote this to celebrate  🍅

A look at how The Wizard was translated into Japanese and where the translation changes things slightly, including the Power Glove scene  🍅 

If you’re a retro gamer or a language learner, you might like this

Here’s how Gato’s name and song changed during Chrono Trigger’s localization.

I wrote a short thing about how those weird redundant translations happen https://legendsoflocalization.com/redundant-translations-in-games-anime/ 

My Final Fantasy VI translation comparison is almost over, but the newest update is bigger than ever!

If you can think of any other examples of game localization changes caused by these policies, let me know!

In my latest FF6 comparison update we look at Celes’ suicide scene and how it was altered for the Super NES translation. I wonder how many players saw through the changes though...

Anyway, my latest article covers this topic and a bunch more from this section of Final Fantasy VI!

・Lots more Super NES translation errors ・Characters who speak in third-person ・Story detail removals ・More on Siegfried/Ziegfried ・Bad villain writing ・Kefka's Japanese catchphrase ・Edgar & Relm