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Overworld Interactions (DM Tier 2) - Tag Force Special Re-Translation Update! (Project Announcement Post)

So, I've been up to quite a bit since I finalized my GX 133-134 subs (almost a month ago... I did plan to already start working on 135-136 already lol whoops), helping to get some research done for another project I hope to re-link into soon, but primarily working on my next batch of retranslating for TFSP, which here involved knocking out the overworld text for DM's Tier 2 characters (everyone from regular Yugi to the Meikyuu Brothers), as well as their corresponding in-duel text/stripe lines. Working through the story mode text file which includes their overworld text gets easier shifting into each world's Tier 2 and 3 characters since they have blanks where they would have lines for getting into duels and results from said duels as your Partner, so it works out that I can spend that extra time going through a slew of in-duel stripe lines, haha.

As of now:

Overworld text for the DM Tier 2 characters--Yugi, Anzu, Honda, Sugoroku, Pegasus, Bakura, Otogi, Kajiki, Haga, Malik, Dark Malik, Rishid, and the Meikyuu Brothers--is done! good god the original "translation" line for Jounouchi being made to partner with Haga

Their corresponding in-duel text lines are done (I had done Yugi, Anzu, Honda, and Sugoroku last update, but I revised a few things with them, and a few characters have new textlines for cards they have in their default decks and get voicelines for in DL that I'll be including in their voicepacks for the Deluxe version [like Yugi's Mirror Force]). For the Deluxe version, we're planning to revise a couple decks here/there to include cards that they already have default textlines for but for some reason don't already have in their default decks despite being notable cards for them??? (Hi Sugoroku and Ordeal of a Traveler...)

Drafts for their voicepacks for the later Deluxe version are started (but why did they have to change Honda, Otogi, and Malik so much for Duel Links 😭 Most characters' in-duel lines are mostly the same between TFSP and DL, but for characters like those three added into DL later into its run, they took some more liberties... So for those I'll be working with what I have between DL, Duel Terminal voicelines where applicable, and ripping from the anime and stitching together/touching up audio if needed to match the TFSP text as close as possible--but in cases where doing that would make for awkward audio, I'll likely use the DL line and update the textline for it as a last resort. [For the TF-exclusives I can't repurpose much audio for, I'll likely see about commissions.] The Meikyuu Brothers are also mostly different between TFSP and DL, but they've already been in prior TFs so I can use that audio for them--the issue is them not being updated for Synchro/Xyz/Pendulum-Summoning like the rest of the DM cast, along with more ace-card lines, but I'll sub in DL lines there--the slight rub is that Mei was recast for GX/TF but had his original VA brought back for DL; they do sound similar enough that using the latter lines sparingly shouldn't be too noticeable, but we'll see once I get to draft up a voicepack for him. Meanwhile, their textlines have been updated to include "I Synchro/Xyz/Pendulum-Summon" instead of the "Special-Summon" recycling they had going on as they didn't bother updating their textlines from like TF3)

A side update, but I've also been translating character bios on the side during my commutes to/from work or wherever, and I've currently gotten up to the Godwin Brothers in 5D's Tier 2 list; once I wrap up the story mode text, I'll likely shift to some deeper work on these to start working in what I've done so far.

So that should just about do it for this go-around; once I work on finalizing my GX 135-136 subs (and I may throw in 137 depending on mood, since I fell a bit behind and all lol), I'll work on the OW text for GX's Tier 2 characters (the text in the file goes by Tier order rather than the order in the List of Duelists for each series) and their corresponding in-duel stripe lines. I may also try to whip up a quick video showing off a few of the DM Tier 2s' in-duel lines. Stay tuned!

[Bonus: this deck is cracked]

His name is jośe , he states that the trees were talking

Don’t simp for him, he just got made

the search has been full of perils, but here’s a scene i managed to get my hands on from your second date with mai. Please note that it’s not the best translation and i did adjust some of it to fit an english flow of conversation; but otherwise it’s as close as i’ll get!

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Mai: PLAYER, you came!

Mai: Looks like we’re on a date today too!

Mai: Last time, on the way home from school… The idea of looking for just the right place at just the right time, away from the school… that wasn’t a bad idea of mine.

Mai: So, just like before, I’ll look around the city while keeping a good distance from the school.

Mai: Now that I think about last time… Maybe it was just subconscious, but I found myself wandering it to a lot of women’s shops.

Mai: Based on that, I think we should go somewhere that boys usually go.

Mai: Ok! Let’s go!

(You guys go somewhere; likely another women’s store)

Mai: I thought I could do it this time, but I guess not…

Mai: Oh, that’s…!

Mai: Wheeler’s friend!

Ryou: Oh, Mai-san.

Duke: Crazy seeing you here, on a day we’re not with everyone else.

Ryou: Everyone else… You mean Yugi?

Mai: Also, Honda. And Joey Wheeler.

Duke: I’m usually with him, but…

Ryou: Yeah, I happened to have something to do today, so we all split up.

Mai: … Do you have any idea where you are?

Ryou: … I don’t know where I am now…

Duke: But… I come here often… If you wait around, you’re bound to see me…

Ryou: You know, I was wondering if I’d be able to join in on something if I came around here…

Mai: So… Should I just wait for something interesting to happen?

Ryou: Yes. ^_^

Mai: …

Ryou: …

Duke: …

Ryou: …

Ryou: That’s it!

Ryou: There’s no point in standing here and not doing anything with four people!

Ryou: Let’s tag duel together!

Duke: Oh, good, let’s do it!

Mai: That’s a good idea, but… You know I’m strong, right?

Duke: That’s fine. I look forward to saying that whenever I see my muscles. (???)

Ryou: I wonder how my Occult Deck will go against strong opponents like Mai… I’m looking forward to it!

Mai: PLAYER is good, too, you know. Well, then, let’s go!

Ryou: Duel!

(You win the duel)

Ryou: Oh… Did I lose?

Ryou: I guess I couldn’t match Mai-san after all.

Mai: (taken aback) You’re…— When you’re dueling, your feelings change a lot.

Ryou: Eh… Is that so?

Mai: Well… There is that type…

Mai: The type of people who are usually quiet, but when it comes to duels, they attack violently without thinking about defense.

Mai: You’re usually kind, but your deck is full of cards made for obstruction.

Ryou: Ahaha!

Duke: I lost… But that was a good duel. It was fun.

Mai: Yeah, it was a good duel!

Ryou: I don’t think we have time for another one.

Mai: Yeah, it has been a while…

Ryou: We should get going home.

Duke: Oh, right.

Mai: Well, I’ll be around, even if Joey doesn’t show up.

Ryou: See you.

Mai: (sigh) Today was a waste of time again, wasn’t it?

Mai: Well, PLAYER… See you later.

Mai: You’ll go out on another date with me, next time, though, right?

(End)

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some footnotes:

this is the second of what i assume to be three dates of mai’s route.

it’s implied that the whole gang was together, but then ryou had an errand to run, and otogi decided to tag along with him.

and then they (ryou) got lost.

its implied that by ‘waiting for something’ and ‘joining in on something’ they’re referring to joey just showing up i guess.

for some reason they all think ryou’s idea to stand around and wait for something to happen like idiots is a good idea. they genuinely just stand there staring at each other in complete silence before ryou gets frustrated at his own idea

i’m not sure what duke was trying to express or why he said it when he brought up seeing his muscles (lit. his arms)

mai says something similar to ryou that she does to yami bakura in duel links; that when ryou is dueling, he completely changes. however, it’s canon to TFSP that yami bakura has nothing to do with this particular duel, and that ryou genuinely just gets like that sometimes.

new year, new tag force

Overworld/In-Duel Interactions (GX Tier 2) - Tag Force Special Re-Translation Update! (Project Announcement Post)

Dang, hit the image cap with this one lol

After a long *checks notes* 1.5 months since finalizing my GX 135-137 subs--and I didn't plan on going over the month I usually give myself between releases to work on this lol oops--the overworld text and in-duel stripe textlines for GX's Tier 2 characters are all done! Given my love for GX (as evidenced here), I definitely wanted to give it some extra love here and get everything looking spiffy and accurate, and as there are more characters for its Tier 2 than DM had, it did take a bit longer (we'll see how it goes with 5D's and ZEXAL's Tier 2s).

So, as of now:

Overworld text for GX's Tier 2 characters--Shou, Rei, Kenzan, Ed, Johan, Saiou, Mizuchi, Napoleon, Amon, Jim, O'Brien, Chronos, Fubuki, Junko, Momoe, Judai Kagurazaka, Seiko, Mrs. Tome, Ayukawa, Titan, Daitokuji, Camula, Hayato, Yubel, and Fujiwara *deep breath*--is all done! This puts the Story Mode text file's progress at about 68% done; next will be the OW text for 5D's, ZEXAL, and ARC-V's Tier 2 characters; the remaining Tier 3 characters across each series world; the Tournament-related text; and miscellaneous stuff like the Duel Statues, I'm sure.

Their corresponding in-duel "stripe" textlines are done, as well, which puts us at about 33% of the stripe lines being done. As mentioned in the DM Tier 2 update, the characters that are also in Duel Links and/or Duel Terminal will have new lines for cards in their decks that they have voicelines there for which will be used in the Deluxe version, though as I went through their in-duel lines, I realized how much of them were just copy/pasted from TF3, without any updates for cards that they have in their decks in TFSP. Wanting to give them a bit more love and put them up to par with the other casts (and after the OK from my project colleague), some characters will have an extra few new textlines in the base game for cards that are in all three of their decks and/or are of some value to them, like was done with Yugi and Mirror Force (for example, Shou [who only originally had lines for Power Bond and summoning/attacking with Steam Gyroid per his lines in TF3] will now have a few more lines for things like Vehicroid Connection Zone, Shield Crush, No Entry!!, Steamroid/Gyroid, Drillroid, Stealth Union, and Barbaroid [as a unique manga card of his] in the base game, while he'll have more lines in the Deluxe version for stuff he only has in one or two of his decks that he'll also have DL voicelines for); I probably won't need to do this with the 5D's cast, as I'm sure TF4-6 gave them a fair share of ace cards, but we'll see. (Also, fun fact: Kagurazaka's lines were 99% [heh] copy/pasted from Judai's, with the only difference being his "Gotcho!" replacing Judai's "Gotcha!" in his victory line, lol [is a bit of a pity he doesn't get his own sprite here].) (Also, as more "copy/paste" proof, how does Titan still have his lines for Daemon's Matador and Skull Archfiend of Lightning when neither are in any of his default decks??)

I'll also be maintaining hope that more of the cast gets added to DL, since I'm currently limited to their TF3 and/or occasional DT voicelines to incorporate into the Deluxe version (and as such, while I'll be undoing the duplicate default "I Special-Summon!" everyone has for Synchro/Xyz/Pendulum-Summoning as I did with the Meikyuu Brothers for the base game, I'll likely need to reincorporate that for the Deluxe due to the voiceline shortage). But for now, I've drafted up the voicelines I'm planning to include for everyone, along with notes about lines I'll rip from the show or how I'll edit together some lines as needed to get close to their TFSP lines where I can. I'm also exploring the game code some to see if, for multiple-choice effects, I can move the character textline display to after an effect is selected in the Deluxe, which I think DL does; I'm hoping this would let me implement two effect text/voicelines depending on which one is activated (so for example, Johan's "I activate Rainbow Dragon's effect!" can include "Rainbow Overdrive!!" only if it's the ATK-gain effect).

Progress with the on-the-side character list bio translations I've been doing on my commutes has me now going through the ZEXAL Tier 2 ones, and I just wrapped up a draft for Gauche's the other day.

Sorta buried the lede some, but I've also uncensored Yubel's bustup (close-up) sprite by applying the edit I did for TheBeard's Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution re-translation project, editing it a little for blending due to the shrinking involved on the edit layer itself in Photoshop (original sprite for comparison). I've also applied the edit to their OW sprite, and I'll also be applying the uncensoring edit I did for Mai's sprite; for Aki, I think I'll just need to swap in her sprite file from TF4 (unclear why they felt the need to censor them in TFSP, even when it wasn't going to be localized, as it turns out lol [though the Yubel edit goes back to TF3]).

Overworld Interactions (5D's Tier 2) - Tag Force Special Re-Translation Update! (Project Announcement Post)

Dang, definitely hit the image cap with this one (Tumblr raise the image-per-post limit pls)

So, I actually worked on this overworld text after I finalized my GX 138-140 subs, along with starting on the in-duel lines for a few characters, but held off on posting about it until I got everyone's in-duel lines done, which I just worked on after my GX 141-143 subs were all finalized--just ended up taking just over the month of time I usually give myself for TFSP work because there are so many... lol. (Too many that I couldn't screenshot some of those in-duel lines since I wanted to show off the OW lines I could [rip Jinbei and Demak])

But that said, the overworld text and in-duel stripe textlines for 5D's Tier 2 characters are all done! These were fun to work on and give my take on being a fan of Horoko/TnKP's subs for 5D's, and I did reference the Crunchyroll subs here/there as needed for a second opinion, too.

So, as of now:

Overworld text for 5D's Tier 2 characters--*deep breath* Rua, Ruka, Bruno, Antinomy, Andre, Breo, Jean, Yoshizo, Jinbei, Taro, Dragan, Brave, Harald, Placido, Lucciano, Jose, Aporia, Z-ONE, Sherry, Ushio, Mikage, Yeager, Carly, Misty, Bommer, Demak, Rudger, Rex, Divine, Mukuro, Himuro, and Rally *phew*--is all done! This puts the Story Mode text file's progress at about 72% done; next will be the OW text for ZEXAL's Tier 2 characters, leaving ARC-V's Tier 2 characters; the remaining Tier 3 characters across each series world; the Tournament-related text; and miscellaneous stuff like the Duel Statues. (Side-note: not sure if it was also in TF6, but I love that Z-ONE's sprite hovers up and down when talking with him, lol.)

Their corresponding in-duel "stripe" textlines are done, as well, which puts us at about half of the stripe lines being done. As mentioned in the DM Tier 2 update, characters that are also in Duel Links and/or Duel Terminal will have some new lines for cards in their decks that they have voicelines there for which will be used in the Deluxe version, though to a bit of a lesser degree than done for GX's cast since the 5D's characters overall had a reasonable amount of lines for key cards. (I also fixed a slight bug where one of Mikage's loss lines was erroneously listed in her second-win-line slot.)

I'll also continue to maintain hope that more of the cast gets added to DL, since I'm currently limited to their TF6 and/or occasional DT voicelines to incorporate into the Deluxe version (and as such, while I'll be undoing the duplicate default "I Special-Summon!" everyone has for Synchro/Xyz/Pendulum-Summoning as I did with the Meikyuu Brothers for the base game, I'll likely need to reincorporate that for the Deluxe due to the voiceline shortage). But for now, I've drafted up the voicelines I'm planning to include for everyone, along with notes about lines I'll rip from the show or how I'll edit together some lines as needed to get close to their TFSP lines where I can. That said, this will be an ordeal for Himuro and Mukuro, since I'll have to heavily rely on ripping from the anime given that this was their first Tag Force game and they weren't in Duel Terminal; they were in both Wheelie Breakers and Duel Transer, but sadly they reused most of their WB lines in Transer, so while I'll use what I can from both, well... (I'll have to figure out what to do with all of Himuro's lines for Machiners cards he never used in the anime, too...) (I'd also like to eventually try adding Dark Signer Carly if we get to the point of being able to add characters, but that's a future thing)

I'm still going through the ZEXAL Tier 2 character bios in my on-the-side translations I've been doing whenever I commute, and I just wrapped up a draft for Gilag's the other day.

As a bonus, I've shared some extra screenshots of some unused Partner dialogue; likely left in from TF6, several of the 5D's cast have full sets of dialogue as your Partner (entering a Player or Partner duel, winning/losing/drawing either, entering a Tag Duel together, and winning/losing/drawing) that I also translated, and after figuring out some debugging tricks, I was able to get them displayed, hehe. We'll see if we ever eventually figure out how to add them as Partners...