/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>Hoshizora no Memoria - prologue patch out, common route fully translated, Isuzu's patch released, overall 45500/55183 (82.45%) translated
Hunks Workshop - ~25% rough translation
Ikusa Megami Zero - Project alive again, 5205 lines translated
Imouto Paradise - 5% translated
>Irotoridori no Sekai - 13,800/51,105 (27.00%) lines translated, up through chapter 10 translated, prologue patch released
>Kawakaburi No Cherry - "Meanwhile I am working on it, should be out in a few weeks."
Koitate - Ren and Yukino’s route patch released
Little Busters - Original released, work ongoing with EX./ME content
>Majikoi- Yukie + Chris + Momoyo + teacher route patch released, Wanko route TL: 88%
M&M Enchanting Magic & Sweet Charms- 92%
Mahoutsukai no Yoru, aka Mahoyo - Translation of trial ongoing
Milky Holmes - Being translated
Muv-Luv Chronicles - Work being done on The Day After 00 + 01
Never 7 - all 113 scripts and 56 of 111 tips through initial translation, 21/113 scripts through final translation
Nursery Rhyme - 9049/34410 lines (26.3%) translated
Ore no Imouto - 9.4% (28/299) scripts translated
Period- All image/UI editing complete, game total translation: 82.17% complete, Miyu + Rin + Aoi + Kohane + Tsuzumi' patches released
Princess Lover - 10% translated
Princess Maker 5- 43% translated
Princess Nightmare - Translator said the project is still active, but very slow, nearly 50% translated
Pure Pure The Story of Ears and Tails- Sachi Patch released, 81.69% translated
Rance 3 - 75% translated
Rance 4 - 20% translated
Rance Quest - 2% translated
Real Imouto ga Iru - translation: 4330/16108 (27%) editing: 3910/16108 (24%), demo up
>Rewrite - Ixrec's upcoming project, expected to take 6-7 months after starting
Sensei Da-isuki 2- roughly 25% translated, still active
Serifu de Kanjite! Seiyuu Doushi: Total: 185/5400 translated

Official work

MangaGamer:
Dear Drops - Beta testing, trial out, end Feb or early March 2012 planned release
>Ef - Scripts with NNL right now, final movies with NNL
Harukoi Otome - 4 scripts left to translate, latter half of 2012 release expected
Unannounced title from Nexton planned for Q2 2012
Dengeki Strykers - Translation and editing complete, expected to be out for AX
Sexy magic title from Score- finished testing
Da Capo III - Mentioned at AX
Innocent Grey would also like to bring over an upcoming title related to Kara no Shoujo
Negotiations with age still ongoing
Negotiations for Oretsuba are still ongoing
>Two games which they might be getting, the first with a trap, and the second with a hint of "How much blood would you shed to stay alive?"
Games from Denbonosu - "Hopefully in the future with MangaGamer, I can do something in the US too."[president of Denbonosu]
Negotiations ongoing with Clochette, would like to bring over Kamikaze Explorers
Picked up a Circus title with gameplay

JAST
>Yumina the Ethereal - Final QC/post production, couple thousand more images to translate, before AX 2012, website online
Moero Downhill Night Blaze- Early 2012
School Days HQ - April/May 2012, editing through 25% of chapter 5, porting though 30% of the final chapter
Saya no Uta - Solo release planned
Hanachirasu - Solo release planned
Django: Couple more months of translation
Kikokugai - Working out issues
Sumaga- Spring goal, demo soon, got new staff
Seinarukana- picked up, ~35% translated
Starless - Work ongoing
Starry Sky- negotations with voice actors
Muramasa - Common route complete, 2 of 5 chapters towards true end translated, uncertain what will come from the project

Other
LUDESIA- English release planned
Hakuoki - Feb 14th, 2012
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

Sharin no Kuni, Yuukyuu no Shounenshoujo - Fully translated, someone has gone through all the scripts for editing
Sin- 65% of episode 1 translated
Sorairo - 2755/48557 (6%) lines translated
Steins;Gate - Script and TIPS fully translated, being edited. Unedited patch out, all early scripts fixed, system images finished
Suihensei Made Nan Mile - 32% translated, plans to get a patch out "soon"
Tenshi No Inai 12-Gatsu-"Maho route fixed"
Tenshin Ranman - 2% translated
The Second Reproduction - Fully translated, image editing
Togainu No Chi- 77% translated, partial patch out
To Heart2- 63% translated- "The final product is still years away unless I get more help. ", new alpha patch released
Tomoyo After - Partial patch released
Toradora Portable - Being translated
Touka Gettan: translation status: ~40% translated
Under The Moon- 6% translated/checked/programmed, still active
Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 - 1st draft translation 35%, as it was found much of the script was originally not dumped
Yandere - 24.9% translated
>Yoakemae Yori Ruriiro Na - 100% translated, 8% edited
Yosuga no Sora - Roughly 40% translated, goal for greater than 50% patch around mid-to-late february

>Aroduc has been working on something new, though has yet to reveal the title ~67769 /76522 lines translated, First route done

best thread of the week etc

Why do you still have Baldr Sky up there?

>Shizuku - Translation ongoing.

>that feel when hoshimemo gets bumped off the first post yet again

what is Forest about? is it good?

>Two games which they might be getting, the first with a trap

most likely straight trap shit

Where can I find the translation of Forest?

>>8413806
in your ass

>>8413806

www.internet.com

Should I read Forest in English now, and once I'm good enough in Japanese, or avoid the English translation altogether?

fucking ayakashibito was moving along pretty nicely and then dead out of nowhere. If it really is just the translator, I hope the rest of the team at least puts out a partial patch

>>8413829
You should drop and give me 20

>>8413829
I'd suggest doing both. I know that when I got proficient enough to read things in Japanese I went and reread most of the things I had read before - crummy spank games aside. It was a fun experience.

>>8413829
Just read it in English since you'll never learn enough Japanese to read a VN depsite it being your new year's resolution.

>>8413848
Speaking from experience, anon-kun?

>Higanbana no Saku Yoru Ni - 6058 / 7817 (77.50%) lines translated

1 month left!

not touhou related

For those of you reading Forest, check out the read me in the game folder as it actually has some decent info you should probably know.

>Forest
>Rewrite
>Higanbana
Looks like the things are well. Higanbana and Majikoi are the only things that look like they will get a release in the next few months. The dry spell is hitting but I am glad that there was such an orgy of releases in Q4 of 2011.

The best thread of the week is finally here.

>Mahoutsukai no Yoru, aka Mahoyo - Translation of trial ongoing
There's a trial? Interesting.

>>8413834

They said they won't put out a partial no matter what. They only want to release the full game.

>>8414163
The guy can't reinsert his translation. He'll just release a text file.

>Forest - Released

Now if only amaterasu's site was up.

>>8414204

There are far more people who are willing to fiddle with code for an hour and a half for the mockery of others than there are willing to translate page after page of japanese garbles for the mockery of others.

What I'm saying is that once the text is complete some random lurker will probably make it into a patch.

>"How much blood would you shed to stay alive?"

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what this could be?

>>8414209
http://pastebin.com/N4nkRfQ3

>>8414215
Is it what I think it is?
I want to believe ;_;

>>8414215
A Saw ripoff.

>>8414215
euphoria or some game from FLAT.

>>8414240
This.

so i have a question jp. Being new to your board in general (never posted here, read a few posts though).

Is little busters any good?

http://vndb.org/v5

>>8414255

>euphoria
Nice

>>8414321
It is good if you like your key to be less on the dramatic side and more on the goofy. Not to say it doesn't get dramatic but it doesn't feel like the chore that was Clannad. This isn't the thread for that question as Little Busters! has already been released.

>>8413834
Team was adamant about not doing partials at all

>Forest - Released

The best thread of the week is here again!

>>8414129
>Looks like the things are well. Higanbana and Majikoi are the only things that look like they will get a release in the next few months. The dry spell is hitting but I am glad that there was such an orgy of releases in Q4 of 2011.

Aroduc's thing shouldn't be that far away either.

Did anyone manage to snag the Forest patch yet?

>>8414688
It is in the Forest thread: >>8410885

>>8414680
Does anyone actually know what it is or how long it will take to edit? I heard that Aroduc's taste are, uh... well, unique.

What are you doing all the way down here, best thread? Back to 0 with you.

>>8414240
Yeah, that was my guess too.

>8414240
There are no traps in Killer Queen. It might be that trap Black Cyc title. I haven't read it, so I can't say for sure. It's probably not RuiTomo.

>>8415447
The two hints are for different games. Although I would think they probably are from the same company, unless MangaGamer somehow added two new partners.

Are there any VNs translated/being translated that do have trans/trap characters(besides Umineko?)

I like that sort of thing I guess.

>>8415500

Yes, there are.

>>8414255
The hint doesn't really fit euphoria. And it doesn't fit at all unless we assume Mangagamer is stupid enough to use major plot spoilers for their hints.

>>8415500

I recommend deleting your post and adding a spoiler tag.

>>8415478
Same anon who posted >>8414240
I really hope that the 2nd game is KQ. It's been sitting at 97% for too damn long.

>>8415478
Oh okay. In that case, those hints are pretty vague, and could apply to a number of titles.

>>8415545
The full wording of the trap hint makes it seem like it is protagonist trap.

https://twitter.com/#!/MangaGamer

no monmusu quest 2 translation progress on the list? =_=

>>8413759
OP, you should change Steins;Gate to indefinitely on hold.
http://vn.shourai.net/news/update-01-2012.html

>>8414215
Maybe it could be GUN-KATANA.
The trap thing could be Mugen Kairou. Both are made by Black cyc so it would make sense.

>>8414706
>Does anyone actually know what it is
Shojo to Maou to Tactics

>>8416432

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA OH WOW

It really has turned into Clannad. Nice going, idiots.

Fuck it, I'm sick of waiting. Can anyone link me to somewhere I can get instructions on how to install all the partials and shit Blick released before he disappeared?

>>8415527
Just make a patch yourself then, only took me 3 mins :3

>>8416831
http://erogedownload.com/downloads/steinsgate/

>>8416813
that's new one I have heard, I don't think he has even played that one.
but general opinion that gets thrown around most is that Aroducs current project is Kamidori

>>8416854
Not if you don't know what you're doing.

>>8416854
the translation is horrible, it should be completely re-translated

>>8416895
That's the reason to wait for an official release in the first place. Well, anyway it's still better than playing with Chiitrans...

>>8416847

Huh, that was surprisingly painless. Thanks a lot!

Fuck the S;G team, seriously. Idiots.

>>8416934
What makes them idiots?

How come no one on /jp/ knows Japanese?

>>8416937
Well not him but they weren't even a team, it was just one guy doing everything. they did shit, they cant even edit right. they are a bunch of normalfag scum that shouldn't of even bothered with something like this.

>>8416949
Your criticism seems baseless.
How do you know if they're normalfags?
Also it's "shouldn't have", not "shouldn't of".

>>8416945
You are looking for them in the wrong thread.

Anyone know if Forest is any good?

>>8416937
Basically what
>>8416949
said. They were horribly unorganized and Blick resultantly did virtually all the work.

Clannad was never officially released since the translation was mostly started due to the anime's popularity. This is the same thing; work on both translations essentially ceased after the anime did.

Had the team been competent enough they could have avoided this. They weren't. Hence, idiots.

[spoiler]>Yumina the Wireshark</spoiler>

Quit your crying. The Steins;Gate patch is 99.5% playable (assuming the bug that prevents a mail needed to get 100% achievements from ever appearing is the patch's fault). It's really exactly the same situation as the old Chaos;Head patch. If you were willing to settle for that, the existing S;G one is just as good.

>>8417103

Except that Chaos;Head had untranslated lines, billions of glitches, and was FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE to install. On the whole, this is much better.

I'm not angry that the 'team' failed to release a full patch, just more disappointed at their stupidity.

>>8417113
There were no untranslated lines, unless you count the encyclopedia.

S;G is in exactly the same boat, but at least for that the tips were actually translate, so you could cobble a text version together yourself using the files if you wanted.

>>8417129
>There were no untranslated lines

I encountered a few during my playthrough.

>so you could cobble a text version together yourself using the files if you wanted.

Actually you can insert them into the game yourself, I believe.

>>8414706
>Does anyone actually know what it is or how long it will take to edit? I heard that Aroduc's taste are, uh... well, unique
You're probably thinking about his anime tastes. He's got a reputation for being overly critical on his blog and liking unpopular shows, so he's basically /a/ except that /a/ hates him. I can't think of anything particularly unusual about any game's he's mentioned or reviewed though, other than he despised Daiteikoku.

C;H had no untranslated lines, but if you patched on day 1, you had to repatch multiple times after that due to a bug with the game hanging after some lines.

/r/ing the pic of Saber trying to pronounce ataraxia.

>>8417224
It''s for research purposes. I swear.

>>8417201
why are the screens on his blog so shitty? does he watch everything on himado and say-move?

>>8417244
No one has it? Really?

>>8416797
Gokuin no Sentou works, too. Might be some others from Black Cyc that also apply.

http://tindabox.net/irclog?p=1&t=1

>>8417334
Also bump

>>8417752
Tell us something that we didnt know already.
It was pretty obvious that they sold out once they disappear from the internet.

>such an orgy of releases in Q4 of 2011.
What?
Only umiunko and LB where almost 3/4 of the game were playable since last year.
I dont think I miss anything, aprofile and yuno were all released much earlier.

>>8417752
it's pretty clear it's because Aselia was/has 18+ versions, and steam doesn't want any links to pornographic material no matter how tenuous. S;G doesn't have that problem.

>>8417986
I know this has been said more than enough times, but I feel the need to.
>Doesn't want any links to pornographic material
>Games about MURDERING PEOPLE are everywhere
I wonder where we went wrong.

>>8418031
One nation under GOD.

>>8418031
I WOULD RATHER KILL EVERYONE THAN HAVE SEX WITH 3D PIG

What about 'criminal girls'?
;_;

>>8417240

Likely. He doesn't need or want fansubs.

He also has HORRIBLE taste, dropping what eventually becomes some of the most acclaimed anime of each season while watching and praising absolute shit like Juuden-chan.

>>8418837
What's that?

>>8418924
A psp rpg with an exciting way to teach new abilities to girls.
also nice sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omB7So9FLgI

Is anyone working on a translation of Dark Blue?
These screenshots look p interesting, but as far as I can tell there's no English patch yet.

>>8419073
Do it.

>>8419073
Because it wasn't particularly good or remarkable.

>>8419073
gore screaming show all over again

>>8419092
Oh.
Bummer.

>>8419073
There are like... zero translators who would go for NTR/gore stuff.

I remember there was one group that worked on dark stuff for money and coffee machines but they fizzled out.

>>8419073
I'm working on it.
Expect the patch by next week.

>>8419115
Thank God.

>>8419115
Just my luck. I'm secretly translating a game to surprise you guys, and when I hit 80% someone else is already releasing the patch.

>>8419115
Fuck you for stealing my future project, faggot. I have Baldr Sky translated at roughly 90% and I'm now dropping it just because.

>>8419231
You dropped Baldr Sky? Thanks for ruining my day. Consider my translation of $vnImportantToJp dropped in a fit of rage. And I was finishing the last part of QC tomorrow.

I hate the whole partnering up with JAST bullshit. Now you can't download patches that were ALREADY COMPLETED.

>>8419525
pray tell what stops you

>>8419564
Morals

>>8419114
The "group" you're talking about lasted less than a month.

>>8417137
>>8416831

Okay, it turns out I AM too retarded to figure out how to insert the translated TIPS and whatnots. Has anyone else done this?

I suppose I should have been doing this at the same time as everyone else but I was foolish enough to believe that they'd actually finish the project.

>Steam
>Visual Novels
it'll never work

>>8420051
Isn't Steam supposed to be for games?
Oh that's right, I implied it.

>>8420058
Dohohohoho

You will never see Visual Novels on Steam

>>8419073
I want to read this so bad, but being in the Marines allows for very little time to into Japanese

>>8420060
Achievements for visual novels ?

>>8420075
They practically have those already though.

>>8420075
Obtain all the tiger stamps for f/sn.
Kill all the monsters in Sharnoth.
Unlock all the cgs.

>Steins;Gate Script Revision 147/175; Image Editing Complete

>>8420569
Do people still care about that?

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/project-goes-on.html
>Yes, there is a possible JAST deal.

>>8420986

So it seems that Blick got screwed by the rest of the group, which seeing that he did more then 95% of the work, really must suck.

I guess a lesson for future translators, if a bunch of people who want a translation because of some anime, feel free to translate it but don't work with them. Find some other people to work with who will actually do a good job.

>>8421016
>Blick got screwed by the rest of the group
I don't see how you came to that conclusion.

it really sounds more like he just stopped talking to the rest of the group entirely

I think it's more amusing that a month before he began translating, he posted how he had no business translating anything. A couple months after he finished, he says that half the lines should be redone.
And now he's going to become embittered from working on a project that nobody gives a shit about anymore.
A victory for translations everywhere.

While the show was still airing there were all these tripfags posting on /a/ talking about their translation project, and how they could read Japanese and pointing everyone to online guides and courses and the like, and now this guy is saying that he did 100% of the translation by himself. Who's telling the truth? Were those tripfags just attentionwhores who were just bragging about playing it with machine translation while waiting for Blick to translate the game for them?

>>8421079
With the initial translation, Blick started at the end, someone from the group started at the beginning. They meet up in chapter 2. So yes, Blick did most of it.

>>8421018

That's exactly what happened. He and Nagato literally did all the work and the rest of the group claimed credit for it.

>>8421056

He's clearly quite fluent though.

>>8421079

Ahahaha, they actually did that? What faggots.

He says he'll be working on future projects with GundamAce. Now THAT is a victory for translations everywhere.

Why won't moogy just release Dra+Koi?

>>8421122
You know he didn't do all the work, just the majority of it.
Plus whenever that guy on /a/ got praise he always said it couldn't have been done without Blick.
You saw how fast his speed of translation was, don't be so quick to dismiss other people in his group just because he's exceptionally good.

>>8421125
Ero holding back the project, and the medium.

>>8421136

He did all but the first two chapters and then completely edited those two chapters because they were terribly translated.

>>8421329
>because they were terribly translated
How do you know that's why he edited them?
He may have done that to make them consistent with his writing style.

>>8421353

I know that's why he edited them because /jp/ was making fun of some of the other idiots who were translating that project.

Either way, my point is that Blick did virtually all the work, was doing all the editing for everything including images, and no one else in the 'group' really did anything to speak off.

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/project-goes-on.html

At least read his post.

>>8420986
I'm just glad Blick 1.) is okay and 2.) hasn't completely discarded the project tbh

>>8421369
I did read his post.
The "translator" /jp/ was making fun of wasn't even a translator for them, someone cleared that up months ago.

>>8421150
> Ero holding back the project

How much can there possibly BE? Isn't this game all of 90 minutes long or something?

>>8421374

You actually believed that blatant damage control? The guy said he could translate, they got him on the team, he quickly proved he was a moron, and then they fired him.

>>8421378

There is very little ero, it's Fungi's fault, not Moogy's. Fungi is a retarded faggot.

>>8421386
are you high, it's always Moogy's fault

>>8421386
Considering I lurked their IRC and knew that his assigned role was to be an EDITOR, yes I believe what they said.

>>8421401

Are we even talking about the same guy?

>>8413759
OP why isnt the sapphism no gensou project listed?

>>8421406
Wait who are you talking about?

>>8421409

The guy who was translating or something for the S;G 'team' and posted his translations on their IRC or something and it was blatantly and horribly wrong and anyone who had ever watched an anime could tell it was wrong. I don't remember anything else. /a/ and /jp/ used it to 'prove' that their translation would be terrible.

>>8421423
You mean the "I'm tired master" incident?
Because I was talking about him too, he was never brought on as a translator for them.

>>8421425

Eh. The whole situation just reeked of blatant damage control by the project heads.

EITHER WAY, Blick did like 90% of the actual work; it was always more his project than anyone else's, and from what he said it seemed like they took him for granted and refused to include him in their decisions.

>>8421448
It seems more like he's mad at this Antheon guy for showing up out of the blue last weekend and trying to take charge, that's all.

>>8421456

That too, but it seems Steiner knew about the JAST offer too.

Reading all these posts just makes me sad that /jp/ cares so much more about translation project drama than the actual translations themselves once they're released.

Is the Steins;Gate unedited patch readable, at least?

I don't know if I want to wait until the finished product is released, whenever that may be.

>>8421540
There's nothing much wrong with it, really.
It just hasn't got edited CG and TIPS.

>>8420075
Aren't there some already with achievements? I could have sworn I read at least one that had something like this. Usually pretty retarded though, just for reaching different parts of the story, or finishing the CG gallery, or whatever.

>>8421540
I read it back when the very first unedited patch came out, it was just fine. A few typos, but it was pretty much up to the standard of your typical fan translation or whatever. Not nearly as many as Clannad's unedited patch had, at any rate.

>>8421558
How bad is that Clannad patch, anyway, by comparison? Let's say 10 is startlingly good and 1 is unplayable, with S;G being between in the 7 or 8 range.

I'm trying to decide whether to use the patch and read it now or leave it until my Japanese has improve enough to charge through it untranslated.

>>8421566
The Clannad patch wasn't unreadable or anything, but some routes had a lot of typos in them. Kotomi's in particular seemed to suffer pretty badly from this. Most of the other routes were just fine though.

I'll wait for the untranslated version of S;G. Just because I'm a fool.
It'll probably take JAST at least 2 years.

Anyone know if Mugen Kouro is going to get translated?

Princess Maker still on hiatus. Well, as long as it happens eventually. Waited over 10 years for a new princes maker translation project, suppose one could wait a little bit more.

They haven't said a word about Chaos;Head, and its been translated for who knows how long.
Why would they suddenly license Steins;Gate, when the translation isn't/wasn't even done?

>>8422063
Because the anime aired last year, not three-four years ago.

Wait so blick came back or is he still dead?

>>8422082
（　´_ゝ`）

>>8422082
The deal with jast was leaked so there is nothing to hide anymore.

>>8422069
Not to mention, Steins;Gate anime was infinitely better(not to mention more popular) than that godawful clusterfuck that was Chaos;Head anime, so it serves as much better advertisement.

>>8422063
Because Chaos;head was never being licensed, retard.

>>8422194
I liked the Chaos;Head anime.

I dont understand.
>Yes, there is a possible JAST deal.
>Antheon was the first one who got an e-mail from JAST, back in September, but he made the decision to "not respond", all by himself.
Why would there be a possible JAST deal if Antheon didnt respond?

>>8422189
So he came back? did he reply to his blog?

>>8422271
>Why would there be a possible JAST deal if Antheon didnt respond?

One of them responded now and got back in contact with JAST or something like that.

>>8422293
Who?
If it was Nagato and blick who did most of the work then I guess it is alright.
It would be pretty funny for someone that did zero work but then actually discuss the deal and then sell it off to JAST for profit.

>>8422284
lrn2read

>>8422228
What the fuck is wrong with you.

The awsome thing is blick and gundam ace are most likely gonna do I/0 together. So it wont take 14 years

>>8422310
>Who?

No idea. We are just sitting here and guessing.

>>8422344
(´＿ゝ｀）

So jast is not getting it, were just gonna get it in a month or so.

>>8422433
What makes you say that.

>>8422458
http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/project-goes-on.html#comment-form

>>8422465
>there is a possible JAST deal
and?

> Baldr Sky - Translation ongoing
What does this mean, exactly?

>>8422485
This question, every week... Is it a weekly dose now?

>>8422485
Progress.

>>8422491
I don't even care. I was just bumping reasonable threads with filler replies to get page 0 looking like /jp/ again.

>>8422495
Okay I fucking lol'd. Should've expected it to pop up here.

>caring about shitty sky

>>8422503
> shitty sky
HOLY SHIT I LOL'D.
YOU SHOULD BE A COMEDIAN BRAH.

>>8422509
lol u mad

>>8422485
It means Ixrec is planning on picking it up after Rewrite.

>Ef - Scripts with NNL right now, final movies with NNL

I still don't see the point of licensing a completed game and then releasing it again when nearly everyone who wanted to play it could have ages ago. What I find to be hilariously ironic is that Minori blocked foreign IPs and now they want to sell us shit.

>>8422534
NNL practically blackmailed them into doing so.

>>8422534
youre an idiot

>>8422433
>>8422458

I fucking hope JAST doesn't get it.

>>8422546
Hell, I'll even buy ef. It has godly production values and the story of its licensing is HILARIOUS.

>>8422610
Why? Whoever cares to play it now has the patch already, and even if they do get the game, it'll be pirated on release day so it's not like you'll have to spend money on it if you don't want to.

>>8422632
yeah it will be released on steam and jast wont release it for another 10 years.

>>8422610
JAST getting it would be awesome, especially if they could get it on Steam or something.

>>8422637
What you said makes no sense.

>>8422637
as if steam stopped people from pirating games before. And how long they'll take is not relevant since you have a playable patch already.

>>8422606
What is the story with the licensing? Now I'm curious.

>>8422665
Steam cuts down on it since it's convenient and accessible to many people. There will always be pirates but if there are attractive alternatives to piracy there will be less of them.

>>8422667
Basically, NNL worked on their patch as a fantranslation, and when it started to get near completion, minori sent them at least one cease and desist notice. NNL responded by trolling the shit out of minori on their site with every opportunity, and of course releasing the patch against their wishes. Eventually minori just caved in and decided to try to partner with them, which I thought was pretty hilarious at the time considering all the drama that had happened beforehand. NNL are pretty much one of the most obnoxious translation groups on the internet, but they deserve at least a little bit of recognition for basically forcing one of the most xenophobic developers to do an official localization, something that nobody thought was even remotely possible before then.

>>8422683
Oh, also if I'm remembering right there was a whole email chain they released at one point that demonstrated minori getting pretty pissed off about the whole ordeal. (Before they actually caved and decided to localize I mean.)

>>8422679
Huh I don't even get the point you're trying to make anymore?

>>8422683
>>8422692
Nice. I didn't even think ef was that great, but yeah, it would almost be worth buying just for the irony.

>>8422714
It's worth buying just for its hilarious take on abortion and conservative beliefs.

>>8422679

Don't I have to have Steam ALWAYS active to play Steam games? Doesn't it, like, integrate itself with your computer so it's impossible to get rid of?

News about Steins;Gate here:
http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/project-goes-on.html

And I hope people playing Clannad at least use the last edit available:
http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=3581568&postcount=1031

>>8422790

It has an offline mode but I'm not sure how well it works. I know I had trouble last time I tried it.

>>8422790
I've never had trouble uninstalling it, but yeah, you effectively have to be online all the time. Offline mode has never worked consistently for me.

Steins;Gate is one VN that I would definitely pay for if JAST released it officially with BW's translation. Hell, I'd even pre-order it. But I won't buy it on Steam. Fuck Steam.

>>8422869

The problem with JAST is that they don't understand anything about marketing and will intentionally delay S;G even if it is finished.

>>8422890
True. But, fortunately, in the case of Steins;Gate we already have a serviceable patch. Anyone who wants to read it now can.

>>8422904
>serviceable
>glitches everywhere including one that prevents 100%
>untranslated TIPS
>untranslated achievements

No.

>>8422790
You need to have Steam online while you're playing the games, but otherwise it doesn't have to be on. Setting it to not start with your computer can be done easily enough from the options menu.

Also, it has an offline mode, but it's pretty much worthless as far as I can tell. Once you've started the game you don't need to stay online, though. It just needs to be online at the moment you start the game.

I get a malware warning with .exe file of Forest English patch. Anyone else has that problem?

>>8422986
Nope.

>>8422986
False positive. It says something like xpack.crypt or whatever, which just means that the antivirus has issues with the way the file is packed, and not that it detected anything in particular that actually seemed like malware.

>>8422922
Stop that, nobody will buy your game.

>>8422922
those aren't going to go away by the team working on it though, S;G was a buggy piece of crap to begin with. Getting the actual tools from nitro+ is an infinitely better solution.
And most of the TIPS are either japanese memes that have been removed or dumbed down explanations about science that you can look up on a wiki anyways.

>>8422189
>The deal with jast was leaked so there is nothing to hide anymore.
What leak?

I can't say I have any reason to be impressed by JAST or anything of the sort.
But is the reason everyone looks down on them Nitro+'s incapability in providing the engine they demanded JAST to use?

Cause that's basically the only really delayed project. The "they take years to release a finished product" thing doesn't seem to have all that much merit to it.

>>8423063
Nitro+ is the reason everything by JAST was delayed, though.

>>8423312

Also, snapping up stuff like OsaDai that was basically done.

>>8423325
Osadai was in dire need of editing. Though one can argue that JAST didn't do a too great of a job revising it further.
But the notion of "it was already done", is just way off.

>>8423337
osadai was delayed because of engine. jast should hire few programmers instead of asking original developers to deal with their shit

Weekly shitposter here (currently on hiatus).
Just dropping in to say:
>I [BlickWinkle] was inspired by GundamAce's humility in translating Never7.
>He decided to do a second pass of translation since he didn't feel his first translation was up to par.
>Speaking of GundamAce, he has contacted me that he would like help on future projects.
>We have come to the agreement to collaborate once we are both finished with our respective projects.

Haven't I been saying for at least a year that the Never7 translator, GundamAce, is perhaps the most humble, honorable, and hard-working translator on the scene today? Kudos to you, BW, for choosing to do the right thing for yourself and the fans.

Good luck to both of you on your future projects! Does this mean that Blick will be working on I/O and/or 12riven, or does he mean that they'll begin working together after both S;G and the whole infinity/integral series are done?
(I'm still holding out hope for a Hello World translation, someday...)

>>8423355
Alcot wanted to solve the engine themself. Apparently the existing wordwrap wasn't good enough for them.

>>8424021
what

>>8423991

I hope they translate Saihate no Ima

>>8424131
Japanese eroge programmers are shit, and don't want to admit it by letting fan translation hackers fix their shit for them.

It's exactly why Demonbane was delayed, too.

>>8424370
>Japanese programmers are shit

Fixed your quote.

>>8424404
The sad part is its true.

How much longer till the prospected release of the full English patch of Hoshizora no Memoria?

>>8424889
Enjoy your trolls.

>Rewrite - Ixrec's upcoming project, expected to take 6-7 months after starting

>>8425064

Waiting warmly indeed.

>>8423991
GundamAce here.

We've agreed to work on I/O and 12Riven together. We'll begin after we finish our respective projects (Never7 and Higurashi Daybreak for me, and Steins;Gate for Blick).

>>8423312
Someone wasn't around for KazoKei.

So 2012 for JAST's Nitro+ releases: Saya no Uta, Hanachirasu, Kikokugai, Django, Sumaga, and potentially Steins;Gate? That's a pretty nice lineup.

>>8425795
>I/O and 12Riven

I love you guys.

>>8425795
I hope it works out

>>8425795
Will you translate Baldr Sky one day?
How about Gekkou no Carnevale?
Thanks for your work anyway.

>>8423991
Or you could just do things right the first time around. That's sure as hell a lot less work than having to do everything twice. Saying that you suck but will improve is not the hallmark of a quality product or to keep yourself from getting burned out, especially for something already mostly released like Steins;Gate that your work is going to go mostly ignored for.

>>8426539
Sarcasm? At best we'll see Saya and that samurai game released.

DJANGO is the only one we haven't played

>>8426777
I sure would like to know where you acquired a full patch for Sumaga.

>>8424889
Pic relevant.

Also, hey, GundamAce. Nice to hear you're working with Blick.

>>8425795
Weekly shitposter here again,
Thanks for the clarification. May you both find good fortune and fruitful labors!

Maybe we'll see the birth of a new VNTL dreamteam, fueled on hard work, integrity, and mutual respect, rather than the misunderstood trolling, misguided populism, and misplaced motivation that we've all become so used to seeing on this scene.

>>8427091
Maybe we can even make a wiki to help with collaboration.

We can even call it... VNTLWiki.

>>8427091
And since it's starting out with two people who have openly said their first attempts at translation sucked and should be completely redone, what could possibly go wrong with them working on the same project at the same time?

get this fucking circlejerk off /jp/

Bumping

>>8427224
If you think you've ever read a good translation of a Japanese porn game (or a Japanese cartoon, or a Japanese comic book), I have news for you...

>>8428703
lol u mad

＞Dra-koi

Come on already...

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/01/17/jast-usa-have-discussed-the-possibility-of-publishing-steinsgat
e-with-nitroplus/
>In order to make a title like Steins;Gate be really successful, we need the support of major download software distribution platforms such as Steam; something that’s been lacking when it comes to these titles so far.

Or they could release the console versions, but I guess that would be too intelligent for JAST.

Regardless, I'm pretty livid that they've managed to snap up yet another fan translation right before release.

>>8430591

Also, maybe /jp/ can answer this for me. Why do all those commentors WANT VNs to succeed commercially in the West? Don't they know how CNN and FOX might respond?

>>8430591
Steam is never going to have anything on it that's associated with a porn game company, ever. It's just empty posturing.

>>8430600
They want non eroge vns to succeed.

The VNs where you fuck little girls will be ours forever my friend don't worry.

>>8430600
You know that West=/=USA?

>>8430600
Because if they're successful/profitable, then more will be brought over, in higher quality, and (hopefully) fewer of Jast/Mangager's shitty things like Suck My Dick or Die.

>console versions
And? Nobody will be able to play it since you cant pirate it. Everyone will be waiting for a hacker to rip the script from it and replace it for the pc version.

Oh, Peter.

>>8430757
What a fucking prick, talking down to the same community he leeches his translations from. I don't think there's a company in existence I feel more satisfied pirating from.

>>8430712
>can't pirate
When did your parents find out about your condition?

Ixrec just announced that he's going to do Baldr Sky Dive 1 and 2 for his next project

>baldr sky translation by 2013
FUCK YES

Wow... I know we're not going to see a release for a year or more, but today just might be the happiest day of my life.

>>8430873
When will he take a break so I can catch up?

>>8430873
You made me check. Nope. I dont see it.

>>8430856
what? you are gonna pay $50 for a fan tl?
why would you do that?

>>8430916
He announced it on IRC.

>>8430916
are you an idiot

>>8430916
You don't want to give your money to Peter?
;__;

>>8430916
I see. You should really tell your parents already so they can get you the proper care that you need.

>>8430925
Really?
I just realized ixreck has a 2hu as his twitter page. never knew he is a touhoufag.

Hoshizora at 82%?

Can't wait for 2013

One last bump

Are there any visual novels where you play as a girl?

>>8432749
No.

>>8432749
Otome games

>Project: How The Hell Is This Game 6,000 Lines?
what

Someone should translate and release an NTR game during Valentine's Day.

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/support-jast-usas-official.html

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/support-jast-usas-official.html

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/support-jast-usas-official.html

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/support-jast-usas-official.html

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/support-jast-usas-official.html

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/support-jast-usas-official.html

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/support-jast-usas-official.html

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/support-jast-usas-official.html

http://e17time.blogspot.com/2012/01/support-jast-usas-official.html

>>8433826
>I would really like to see this official release happen.
wow. how shocking. i almost literally died just now

>>8433826

This, children, is called 'selling out'. I wonder how much JAST offered him.

>>8433826

This is what, the sixth or seventh time this has happened?

I don't mind waiting another few months, but I don't like the idea of the game being on Steam (because then Steam owns the game, not me, even if I purchase and download it) and I certainly don't want to wait another two or three years. Steins;Gate's popularity will not last that long in any case.

>>8433883
what about Chaos Head?they dropped the patch only to no one shows interest to release it officially and we're stuck to an unfinished and bugged translation...

>>8434254
Finish it if you don't like what is done.

>>8433883
I hope JAST at least has the sense to sell hard copies as well. I, for one, will not buy anything on Steam.

Man, it's ages since I played a VN. Thanks for this list OP.

>Sumaga- Spring goal, demo soon, got new staff
>new staff
So, more delays?

>>8434430
It's JAST, what do you think? I wouldn't expect it until at least Christmas.

[spoiler]how hard is it to pirate VN on steam?</spoiler>

>>8434387
Has Jast ever released anything download-only?

>>8434254
The patch is perfectly fine.

>>8434413
>athens !SysNpnp3nU
What the fuck are you doing here.

up

Best thread of the week.

>Fate/Hollow Ataraxia- 72.7% translated, second partial patch out
Some day...

>>8433365
It's not a VN, it's just a long doujin game.
Just lurk #animeblogger if you want to know whatever Aroduc's doing.

>>8439403
hasn't it had like six different tls all combined into it.

I'm not confident on how good it will be.

>>8439442
>Just lurk #animeblogger if you want to know whatever Aroduc's doing.
thats no fun

>>8439442

That's not on rizon, is it? I can't find it.

Just read blick's blog, working with GundamAce? That's pretty win. Sad about yeah's project on ayakashibito, though I just start going through it.

>>8439479
>Just read blick's blog, working with GundamAce?

Until GundamAce sells out, yeah.

Is Aroduc really translating a pachinko game?
> Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen 5: Rio Paradise
> ~67769 /76522 lines

Seriously... what?

(my account on his forum is broken, and password reset is not arriving, so I cannot check the thread for details

>>8442624
...do you really think a pachinko game would have 75,000 lines of text?

>>8442687
Do you really think that it's not possible? Japan fucking loves pachinko.

>>8442624
It changes whenever he updates. It was True Love '95 not long ago and some otome mafia game before that.

>>8439442
He's just misleading people on there, same as he does with the title changes.

up

where's the milky holmes thread

>>8443692
Thanks for the info. Got me wondering what in the name of seven hells happened to Aroduc to take up such project. Now it makes sense.

>>8442687
They made anime about pachinko, even the same series to be exact. So, why not huge VN about balls rollling? It's Japan. Impossible is nothing.

wish someone picked up Kimi ga nozomu eien

>>8442687
A pachinko-themed eroge would be all kinds of awesome.

>>8444215
There's still speculation that age might license it to Mangagamer. Probably no one wants to touch it until we know for sure.

>>8444250
yea people dont want to work on ten years old game because mg recently said that they might license it. makes perfect sense