Scanning woes

[Anonymous No.2497273]

Just bought pic related and want to scan it for the benefit of the collective.
However, the booklet has been bound in a way that all pages are snapped tightly to the spine, so simply pushing the spread against the scanner glass will give shitty results and show more distortion towards the edge.
I could disbind the book, scan the pages individually and get better results, but in the end I would have perfect scans but a broken book. I have never rebound a book, but it seems plausible.

Does anyone have any hints? I'm leaning towards the disbinding method but I'd really appreciate it if you had any pointers.

[Anonymous No.2497276]

You could get a hand scanner.

[Anonymous No.2497282]

>>2497273
http://www.instructables.com/id/New-Improved-Portable-Paperless-Digital-Copy-M/

[Anonymous No.2497286]

put something flat and heavy on it overnight

[Anonymous No.2497325]

Oh my, an APE SMW guide book.

OP, please scan it, I've been wanting to see further contents of that book since a long time ago, only manage to get a few scans of it.

Unfortunately I have no idea how to make it without disbinding it, but be sure that if you do it, that'd be the first time that book is scanend and uploaded to the internet, at least as far as I know, so you will make history.

[Anonymous No.2497326]

Get a good camera and take hi-res pics.

[Anonymous No.2497335]

I did the hair drier debinding method on some doujins once to scan them. Didn't go perfectly ( a couple small tears here and there resulted), but I'll chalk that up to my inexperience. I figured it's worth losing the assembled book if you can make a high quality digital facsimile of it that can be shared with people all over the world.

[Anonymous No.2497338]

>>2497326
This works surprisingly well, get a camera with a good analogue zoom and put it in document mode. Won't be a perfect scan but it's definitely legible.

[Anonymous No.2497414]

>>2497326
I would, but I wasn't kidding when I said the pages are tight towards the spine. Pic related. I stretched it a lot just to see that part and it still isn't fully visible.
Thanks for the suggestions though, I'll keep you updated. I'm on my phone so sorry for the vagueness.

[Anonymous No.2497426]

>>2497414

If you can take decent pictures of the full pages, I wouldn't mind if the parts toward the spine aren't fully visible.
I just want to see the whole book.
Of course if you could find a way to properly scan it, I would be endlessly grateful, but good quality pics of the pages will do too.

>the comic on the right is actually a penis joke
>on an official nintendo book

[Anonymous No.2497650]

>>2497426
Maybe I'm being an autist here but I couldn't publish pages that are missing even a millimeter from the spine side.
I'm leaning towards the hair dryer method. I might end up with a broken booklet but at least we'll get the scan.

[Anonymous No.2497672]

You can build something similar to this

[Anonymous No.2497687]

>>2497672
Sounds good on paper but the spine is too tight, as evident in >>2497414

[Anonymous No.2497743]

It'd be a shame to damage a book that still has good binding unless you know how to fully repair it. If you are really dedicated to giving shit away for free on the jnternet, you might consider tracking down a cheap, damaged, or otherwise distressed copy to risk for scanning.

[Anonymous No.2497767]

>>2497273
>in the end I would have perfect scans but a broken book
It's one or the other. Go with the one you think is worth the most for yourself.

[Anonymous No.2497770]

>>2497426
Someone translate the comic on the right

[Anonymous No.2497804]

>>2497426
>>2497770
I would try but I'd need a closer shot of the panels, because the kanji is a little blurry.

[Anonymous No.2497849]

>>2497426
>>the comic on the right is actually a penis joke
>>on an official nintendo book

Nintendo was a much more adult company than Nintendo of America. Of course, these days they're both PC nazis.

[Anonymous No.2497862]

>>2497276
>>2497282
>>2497326
>>2497338
>>2497672
lurk moar

>>2497414
Even if you unbind it you probably won't get perfect scans. There will be bits of adhesive that won't come off or remove print when they do. But it will at least give you to ability to scan flat and capture much more of each page. Re-binding isn't that difficult but I'd recommend practicing on something you care less about a few times first.

[Anonymous No.2497867]

>>2497804
OP here. Try this.

[Anonymous No.2497871]

>>2497862
Thanks for the heads-up. I'm a professional photoshop fag so if there's loss, I can manipulate the missing parts back in probably without too much trouble.

There's also apparently a volume 2 of the book with Luigi in the cover. Anyone know what it holds in?

[Anonymous No.2497959]

>>2497867
>>2497770
>>2497426
I apologise in advance that this is very rough and bad and probably wrong.

-

Title: Luigi’s thoughts (of something, I can’t read that last kanji)

Panel 1-
Red kanji: Luck
Book reads: Mario World
Turtle is labelled “turtle”
Luigi: It’s always my big brother who’s the main character in these game strategy guids.

Panel 2-
Red kanji- Rice field
Luigi: my penis is bigger.

Panel 3-
Red kanji: War
Turtle: uhhh…

Panel 4-
Red kanji: Car
Luigi: Question, Turtle? My penis is bigger.

-

I probably am missing something, in the last panel there’s a comma which wasn’t there in the second panel, so something may be different with how it should be translated but I’m not that good.

All together the red kanji reads ‘yoshi da tank’, is it some joke about calling Yoshi a tank? Who knows, I’ve really messed this up. Hopefully a better anon than me can read it better.

[Anonymous No.2498578]

>>2497959

Maybe it's a word play.

By the way, I'm almost sure that comic was made by Shigesato Itoi. APE was his company after all, and that kind of drawing looks like his'.
And as >>2497871 said, there's also another APE guide for SMW which has Luigi in the cover instead of Mario. No idea what different content does it have though.

And BUMP for high interest in OP dumping pics/scans of this.

[Anonymous No.2498608]

The only way to get perfect high quality scans is to unbind. If there isn't any online take on for the team.

[Anonymous No.2499061]

>>2497959

>Luigi’s thoughts (of something, I can’t read that last kanji)

Of a book/books, Kanji is 巻- book, scroll, roll up.
Likely the book he is holding in his hands.

[Anonymous No.2499145]

>>2499061
"Maki" is often used in the sense of "chapter". Often combined with something like a title. So it would be something like "Chapter: Luigi's Thoughts/Feelings". Here's my go at it:

>The Chapter of Luigi's Feelings

>Luigi: My brother's always the star in these strategy guides
>((turtle is labeled "Turtle")

>Lugigi: Even though my dick is bigger.

>Turtle: Um...

>Luigi: You listening, turtle? Even though my dick is bigger.

The red kanji is the name of the artist, Yoshida Sensha. He's best known for the bizarre comedy manga Utsurun Desu that stars a guy in an otter suit.

[Anonymous No.2499157]

>>2499145
That's... different? I guess I don't get the joke.

[Anonymous No.2499160]

>>2499145
I don't even.

[Anonymous No.2499162]

>>2499157
Like I said, the guy's known for bizarre humor. You aren't really supposed to "get" his jokes.

[Anonymous No.2499169]

>>2499157
luigi doesn't realize mario is behind him

[Anonymous No.2499207]

OP here. I've pondered my options and after checking out a few tutorials and testing the hair dryer method with a useless book, I've now come to the conclusion that >>2498608 is right. The only way is to disbind. I'll do that today, but the actual scanning will take a bit longer, so stay tuned.


>>2499169
Heh, I see now.

[Anonymous No.2499216]

>>2499207
Cool, looking forward to the results. And thanks in advance. It's nice to see these supplemental bits of gaming history preserved and shared.

[Anonymous No.2499760]

>>2499207

Thank you man, really appreciate your effort and willingness to do this.

>>2499145

Ah, so it wasn't Itoi, thanks for the name of the artist

[Anonymous No.2499958]

The disbinding was a huge success. I broke a total of zero pages and smudged no edges. Here's a pic of the disassembly.
the pages are bow under a heavy press, but soon enough they'll be straightened out and ready for scanning.

[Anonymous No.2499997]

>>2499958
Looking good my dude. Can't wait.

[Anonymous No.2500001]

>>2499997
aha

[Anonymous No.2500013]

>>2499958

That dinosaur land map looks amazing, I'd frame it or something.

I'm pretty hyped OP, really can't thank you enough for doing this, may the vidya gods retribute your efforts

[Anonymous No.2500014]

>>2498578
the cover doodles are more likely Miyamoto's.

These also have funny Engrish comics by Shuji Imai (who did first-wave Howard & Nester)

[Anonymous No.2500021]

>>2500014

Yeah, the cover looks definitely Miyamoto, but I was talking more about the Luigi penis joke comic, looks kinda like Itoi's drawings, but as already cleared, it's by artist Yoshida Sensha.

>>2499958
I just noticed the pencil details probably the previous owner of the book draw on the sub-cover, Mario's fist shining fiercely over Yoshi, and Yoshi shedding a tear, heh.

[Anonymous No.2500034]

>>2500021
The original owner made some small scribblings on the inner pages too, but nothing unacceptable thank god.
I am going to edit each page individually anyway to remove the markings and dirt and normalise the colors, so no worries.

[Anonymous No.2500052]

>>2500034

The picture I posted here >>2497426 also have some pencil scribblings (Iggy is saying "let's go").

[Anonymous No.2500076]

This stuff is always interesting. I have a few guide books for Zelda LTTP and LA that a friend picked up as souvenirs from Akihabara for me, but no scanner. I don't even speak moon but it's interesting to flick through them.

Thanks for doing this OP, without people like you these things might fade into the mists of time.

[Anonymous No.2500770]

bump

[Anonymous No.2500962]

Op här

>>2500770
Sorry - unfortunately I can begin scanning tomorrow. But in the meantime, check out my Wario Land scans.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b1wrpk27ghbkffb/AACSHAf-717BSXpneG1R8R94a?dl=0

[Anonymous No.2501018]

>>2500962

Take your time. I just didn't want the thread to die.

Also Wario is always great so thank you

[Anonymous No.2501095]

This is great, have a bump.

[Anonymous No.2502135]

another bump

[Anonymous No.2504097]

>>2502135
This

[Anonymous No.2504147]

Sorry guys this'll take some time. There are like over 110 pages and I must photoshop each. I'm also seriously considering doing a separate set with all the text edited out for future translators, but that will happen later.
In the meantime, here's a quick photo from page 29.

I really appreciate the bumps.

[Anonymous No.2504165]

>>2497273
Re-binding adhesive-bound softcovers is possible, there are machines that can bind a couple of paper together into a book. Though I have never personally used them and I don't think they could re-do any spine artwork.

If you want to do a perfect scan of that, you'll have to unbind it. Book scanners like the one posted above are not good for books that use adhesive binding. They are only useful for ones that can open up properly, and adhesive ones cannot do that because the adhesive will "break", and permanently lose form.

If you are not willing to take a bullet for the team and destroy your book for the collective good, then your only choice is either using a flatbed scanner with some huge weight put on top to flatten the book, or one of those book scanners which put less stress on the binding (but can be expensive compared to a vanilla flatbed).

Also if the books have artwork so much into the inside edges, then you may have small parts of missing artwork even with those (or with de-binding), since there is usually artwork up to the very edge of the paper.

>>2499157
>That's... different? I guess I don't get the joke.

Don't you get it, turtle?
Aren't you listening, turtle?

[Anonymous No.2504174]

>>2504165
It's okay, the book has been debinded now.

[Anonymous No.2504178]

>>2504147
I like the movement graphs and attack effectiveness charts on those enemy articles.

[Anonymous No.2504179]

>>2497867
>>2497959

So the Kanji in red that is in each corner is the artist's pen name, in this case, Yoshida Sensha (吉田戦車, the sensha means tank). His wiki article states that his real name is private, but apparently he is a manga artist with a lot of works under his belt.
So let's try to translate just the dialogue again:

Luigi's Thought Reel

Panel 1
Luigi: My brother is always the lead role in these strategy guides!

Panel 2
Luigi: Even though my dick is bigger...

Panel 3
Turtle: Huh?!

Panel 4
Luigi: Hey, are you listening, turtle? Even though my dick is bigger...

Do you have any more of these comics? Seems like this is aimed at an older audience, and I wouldn't mind trying to translate some more.

[Anonymous No.2504193]

>>2504179
>>2499145

Looks like my reply was a tad late...

[Anonymous No.2504209]

>>2504193
>dfc daisy
hnnnnnnngg

[Anonymous No.2504214]

>>2504179
>Do you have any more of these comics? Seems like this is aimed at an older audience, and I wouldn't mind trying to translate some more
Yes, there are several. After the complete scan you'll find out, but here's another quick photo from a random comic.. it's the least I can do.

[Anonymous No.2504217]

>>2504179
>Seems like this is aimed at an older audience
Dick jokes are as common as poop jokes in Japanese toilet humor. You see it a lot in children's manga.

[Anonymous No.2504258]

>>2504214
>Chapter of the Caped Man

>Mario: Ah, so comfy.

>Mario: This thing was a great find.
>Yoshi: *Munch*

>Mario: Ah, so warm.
>Yoshi: *Munch Munch Munch*

>Yoshi: You got a darn cape, so why don't you at least fly or something?
>Mario *Warm & Toasty*

[Anonymous No.2504286]

>>2504258

[Anonymous No.2504473]

>>2504179
>Ha ha, Penis!
>This is aimed at an older audience, please give me more this will show mom that mario's not just for kids
>PENIS!

[Anonymous No.2504493]

>>2497273
>the collective.
not to diminish your efforts, but this isn't /b/ and we aren't so sort of idiotic anonymous hive mind so please don't apply that mentality here.

[Anonymous No.2504508]

>>2504493
You should take your own advice. I assume he meant for the internet in general, not /vr/.

[Anonymous No.2504514]

>>2504508
the internet in general isn't a /b/ like anonymous hive mind either though

[Anonymous No.2504519]

>>2504493
It's just a saying, dude. "For the benefit of the collective" = giving something for the sake of kindness.

[Anonymous No.2504532]

>>2504514
No one said it was. "I'm individually doing something for the benefit of everyone." I find it ironic that you can't wrap your head around this while wagging your finger at others for allegedly believing in a hivemind.

[Anonymous No.2504998]

>>2504147

Amazing OP, thanks thanks thanks.

You can't eat the blaaargs in japanese SMW?[/spoiler

[Anonymous No.2505121]

>>2504998
>You can't eat the blaaargs in japanese SMW?
Can you in the localized version?

[Anonymous No.2505145]

>>2504998
Maybe they weren't supposed to be able to be eaten and it was an oversight.

[Anonymous No.2505785]

Bumping for OP

[Anonymous No.2507650]

bump

[Anonymous No.2508802]

still waiting for OP

[Anonymous No.2510747]

>>2508802
I don't think I've ever seen that "smashing Dry Bones" artwork before, neat.

[Anonymous No.2512201]

OP here.
Hopefully I'll get something real to show this weekend –I've been pretty precise with the scans and don't want anything below 600dpi so this took longer than I anticipated. Here's a low-res version of the cover – inner pages to follow soon enough.

[Anonymous No.2512282]

>>2512201
Thanks, really appreciate you doing this.

[Anonymous No.2512302]

>>2512201
Oh SMW, back when Yoshi was cool and not an enormous flaming faggot.

[Anonymous No.2512619]

>>2512201
Looking great OP! I'm pretty pumped

[Anonymous No.2513136]

>>2512302
Indeed.

>>2497273
Op. Once you are done make sure distribute it to as many places as you can. Might also upload a copy in png so it can be translated later without degradation.

[Anonymous No.2514835]

bump

the board has been faster than ever this past few days

[Anonymous No.2514846]

>>2512201
sure hope you're putting it on archive.org

[Anonymous No.2514938]

>>2512201
What scanner do you use? Are they all about the same?

[Anonymous No.2516047]

Bump for OP

[80.82.64.117/1cc/ (put in URL (...) No.2516191]

>>2499145
>Even though my dick is bigger.

[Anonymous No.2516483]

>>2497414

I just wanna lean in and sniff the spine.

[Anonymous No.2517705]

OP here.

Good news, friends! I got all the pages scanned and pre-edited. Expect a full PDF sometime next week.
Here's a random page snippet.

[Anonymous No.2517714]

I found this one cute as hell.

[Anonymous No.2517716]

>>2517714
forgot image lol

[Anonymous No.2517727]

>>2517705
Can we get an individual pngs version too or even instead? pdf is kinda ew to me.

[Anonymous No.2517761]

>>2517727
Just extract the pages you pleb

[Anonymous No.2517775]

>>2517727
Sure. I was thinking of three version anyway;
• a JPEG collection of the scans
• a JPEG collection of the scans with all the Japanese text removed for future translators
• a downscaled PDF for normies

[Anonymous No.2518327]

When are you going to post them?

[Anonymous No.2518330]

>>2517775
When are you going to post them?

[Anonymous No.2519007]

>>2518330
As soon as they're done. Although I've got the pages scanned, I still need to straighten them out, remove dirt and other shit, and most importantly split the pages. Here's an example of a raw page – you obviously don't want this kind of content.

[Anonymous No.2519445]

>>2517775
>a JPEG collection of the scans with all the Japanese text removed for future translators

Isn't jpeg bad for edits? It loses information every time you save.

[Anonymous No.2519461]

>>2519007
Wow, that's great stuff.

Is that resized though? Normally I scan at 2x larger resolution and resize for the final scans, so I don't lose detail due to the necessary processing (rotation, cropping, etc).
I mean it's not like a lot of detail is lost, especially if your scanner does a good job from the start, but I go overkill on quality (and my scanner is not THAT good).

[Anonymous No.2519567]

>>2519461
I had to downscale it a lot because 4chan has some arbitrary limit on the resolution. Maximum file size is 4MB, but when I tried to upload the original it simply said "too high resolution" or something.

>>2519445
I'm aware of that –that's why I work with huge files and save the JPGs only once, as the very final product. Every step in between is done with PSDs (which are lossless obviously).

In hindsight I could've gone for a TIFF-only approach but I'm sure my computer would've blown up.

If there's demand I can probably upload the original uncropped, un-rotated, straight-from-the-scanplate images, but I doubt anyone would want those. Except maybe if you really really want to see what a Japanese child scribbled to the pages decades ago.

Thanks for your patience. Here's another snippet to keep you waiting.

[Anonymous No.2519595]

>>2519567
I meant if your releasing a version to be edited(translated) shouldn't it be something other than jpeg? Like png?

[Anonymous No.2519854]

>>2519595
It's not very practical to recompress a JPG to a PNG only for it to be re-saved as JPG by a translator later on.
PNGs can also have only RGB colors, whereas JPGs support the print-friendly CMYK color mode.

[Anonymous No.2519958]

>>2519854
>recompress a JPG to a PNG

If he has the original psds. He would just be converting it from that.

[Anonymous No.2520765]

>>2517705
>>2517716
>>2519007
>>2519567

Amazing OP, thanks a lot.

Waiting for the full dump in pdf, png, whatever.
Take your time, you're doing god's work.

[Anonymous No.2521523]

bump for justice


upload everything to mediafire OP

[Anonymous No.2521750]

>>2521523
>not zippyshare
What a pleb

[Anonymous No.2521773]

>>2521750
>not MEGA
Why don't people use this as their main file sharing service jesus christ

[Anonymous No.2521786]

You're doing good work OP.. I dream of a day we have all Japanese manuels scanned for almost every game out there for the perfect digital video games museum...

If I was a billionaire I'd fund bounties for high quality scans of every game manuel

[Anonymous No.2521908]

>>2521773
Because you need an account to upload, or at least that's what /co/'s share thread tells me

[Anonymous No.2521927]

>>2521773
Yeah can't wait for the government to take it down again and for all those rare one of a kind files to be lost forever AGAIN

Good idea!

[Anonymous No.2521943]

>>2521908
Vaguely related, but the fact you need an account to upload to mediafire now is why I ditched it.

[Anonymous No.2521958]

OP here.
I would avoid all kinds of typical Rapidshare-like services. First it will be available on my personal Dropbox as a public link, and as soon as it's approved (IF approved) it'll go to archive.org.
Even if my Dropbox dies for some reason, and/or archive.org doesn't accept it, you guys will have already archived it somewhere else, possibly even to the aforementioned file upload services.

[Anonymous No.2521992]

OP this might be weird but are you also going to scan the spin of it? I think it might be nice to do.

[Anonymous No.2522009]

>>2521992
Spin? You mean the spine? Yes, I have scanned every single page with ink on it, including both the outer and inner covers.
I can't include bleeds, but technically if you're very careful you can print out every page from the final product and bind an almost identical booklet as the original.

[Anonymous No.2522278]

>>2522009
Thanks. I'm more interested in maybe making digital 3D versions of these things for a frontend or something, although it's cool to think an almost identical reproduction is possible

[Anonymous No.2523627]

>>2521958

sounds fantastic.

have a bump

[Anonymous No.2525905]

>>2521943
>make a throwaway account in less than 90 seconds?

[Anonymous No.2526861]

how did I miss this thread? can't wait OP!!

[Anonymous No.2529329]

bumpan

[Anonymous No.2531325]

and another one

[Anonymous No.2533318]

Page 8? Not on my watch!

[Anonymous No.2533354]

I appreciate the bumps and I'm working hard to get the job done as soon as possible, but recently I updated to Photoshop CC 2015, which (while offering a multitude of cool new tools and performance enhancements) completely fucks the perspective warp tool.
it works but it's a lot slower than in CC 2014. I'm doing my best, but it'll take some time. If everything goes perfectly, this should be done inside a week hopefully.

[Anonymous No.2533364]

One of the bumpers here, I don't mean to rush you at all. I just feel a new thread might not get the attention this deserves.

[Anonymous No.2536292]

>>2533364

[Anonymous No.2536298]

>>2497282
that seems like a horrible idea really

[Anonymous No.2538560]

Page 9? Fuggedaboutit

[Anonymous No.2540714]

>>2538560

[Anonymous No.2541861]

cant let this die

[Anonymous No.2543367]

>>2517727
i blame adobe, by creating horrible software and bundling with windows they ruined a flexible and important file tipe.

get sumatra and you will love pdf like they are supposed to be loved

[Anonymous No.2543369]

>>2517775
>>>/hr/2444631

[Anonymous No.2543392]

>>2543367
I used to have foxit but then they started doing the same things as adobe

[Anonymous No.2544189]

>>2543392
Evince's Windows port is still pretty usable for straight-up viewing, and isn't a heavy bloated mess.

[Anonymous No.2545719]

Bump

[Anonymous No.2545749]

has anyone ever got a hold on this...........?

[Anonymous No.2545774]

>>2497325
>Mario that nobody had ever write
>Every time, at every moment, the guy who always fill our hearts with excitement, super mario! When my excite was over, i made a simple-private interview with mario. And the real guy was, unlike a simple middle aged dude, is a man who yearns for his fallen friends!

[Anonymous No.2545795]

>>2545774
Damn can't wait to read the full thing

(I'm not OP, got these scans some time ago on a japanese blog)

[Anonymous No.2545798]

>>2545795

[Anonymous No.2545802]

>>2545798

[Anonymous No.2545803]

>>2545802

[Anonymous No.2545806]

>>2545803

and that'd be it, I don't have any more.

[Anonymous No.2545851]

>>2545798
>Feet with wounds are the sign of an adventurer
>after finishing 4th adventure, i've decided to see mario in his training room. He was in a big sauna. There was thousands of wounds on his legs and his face marked the hints of pain and anguish.
>Mario-san congrats on your 4th adventure
>Thanks man.
>How was taking a new adventure in the Super Famicom?
>Well, basically the same, still there was more colours so it made the adventure more fun.
>You died again, i presume?
>Yeah(starts to cry)
>How about talking about something more cheerful..
>THAT GODDAMN TURTLE!
>Those damn turtles ate and made me fell through the magma, while i was trying to unreasonably reach that coin.
>that's too sad.
>All he said was "that damn turtle".

[Anonymous No.2545961]

>>2545803
>life is about sole of your foot's strength
>"Talking about your survival secrets...
>Nothing special. Just relying of my feet. I don't have an exciting life. Just stomping some turtles. But sometimes you have the risk of stomping your head to some bricks whilst tring to gain coins.
>Thanks for giving us your time, do you have any last messages?
>To make mario immortal, you must die after first stage when starting 5. But the next mario will go on one after another. You should throw his body for Peach's sake(this sounds like a game hint).
>What should we do to make mario good?
>making it thick and big is okay, and that's also how Princess peach likes.
>i see...

[Anonymous No.2545968]

>>2545961
>>2545851
There might be some errors, also last page is about the makers' introduction. It tells about releasing problems and stuff about making the game. Will translate if you like but it looks pretty boring to me.

[Anonymous No.2546025]

>>2545802
>Did you feel any sorrow on Donut Plains castle?
>Yeah, one of my friends got really hurt at there. yoshi got caught in the wall, it was terrible. And he was a pretty good jumper too.
>and about yoshi...
>oh yeah, he represents Japan in volleyball. He'd definitely be in Barcelona Olympics if he wouldn't be in Mario.

[Anonymous No.2546451]

>>2545961
>making it thick and big is okay, and that's also how Princess peach likes.

I see...

Thanks a lot for the translations anon, fun to read. I'd like to read the developers comments too by the way!

[Anonymous No.2546912]

>>2546025
>Barcelona
Where does time go mang...

[Anonymous No.2547059]

>>2545806
>where did you come, and where will you go, mario?
>Launching staff interview
>First of all here's a short introduction.
>Miyamoto: Should be prodigy Miyamoto. I watched the whole creation of the game and interrupted various stuff.
>Tezuka: Till late nights, i meddled with system issues. And decided on game's main figure with talking with staff. Such a job. Often Miyamoto told me "it's not that hard" (laughs).
>Nakagou: I am the programmer. I worked with Tezuka-kun together.
>Kondou: From sound to programming, i've handled everything related with Mario.
>Hino: I couldn't come because i'm on honeymoon today (laughs). With Ero-kun we made maps and courses.
>Is this all of the staff?
>Miyamoto: There are 5 men and Ero-kun. Also there is the guy who drew characters, and with other 3 guys in the main programming it makes 10. I think we should add mario on team too.
>In the middle of all, Miyamoto-san holds a great authority in here.

[Anonymous No.2547068]

>>2547059
>Should be prodigy Miyamoto

I think he's saying "I'm Miyamoto, the producer"?

Thanks for these translations man

[Anonymous No.2547074]

>>2547068
Aah yes, totally mistook it, sorry.

[Anonymous No.2548828]

What is /vr/'s bump limit anyway?

[IaTM No.2548880]

>>2548828
500

[Anonymous No.2548891]

>>2548880
Thanks

[Anonymous No.2548936]

>>2521958
MEGA is your best bet m8

[Anonymous No.2548937]

>>2548936
But he clearly wants to avoid those kind of sites.

[Anonymous No.2548941]

>>2548937
I know but there's a pretty big distinction between MEGA and shit like Rapidshare

but regardless I'll just put it there myself if he doesn't

[Anonymous No.2548948]

>>2548941
Yeah, I plan to put a copy on zippyshare too, short-lived as that may be

[Anonymous No.2550395]

>>2548948
Even if short-lived so long as at least one or two people download it it'll get spread around pretty quickly I think.

[Anonymous No.2550436]

>>2505121

It's tricky, but you can. It works in the GBA version as well.

If you're playing as Luigi, Yoshi will just spit out Blaarg's eyes.

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[Anonymous No.2552150]

>>2550436
>If you're playing as Luigi, Yoshi will just spit out Blaarg's eyes.
fuck yeah I need to see a video of that

[Anonymous No.2554043]

bumpan

[Anonymous No.2555079]

[Anonymous No.2555184]

bampuu

[Anonymous No.2555382]

>>2552150
I second this.
Y'know what, if there isn't at least a .gif or .webm of this shit by tomorrow i'mma hook up my SNES again and try it myself. Don't get your hopes up though, I already suck at vidya when playing the way it's meant to be played (I'm not even exaggerating. To take SMW as an example: despite many tries over the past ~15 years I've never managed to get past that loop on Chocolate Island unguided. I know, feel free to call me out on my stupidity, and maybe throw in some mental disorders as well, I've long since come to terms with it), let alone doing something that's supposed to not even be possible.

[Anonymous No.2557719]

warning: 2cute

[Anonymous No.2558816]

Keep on bumping

[Anonymous No.2559584]

bump

[Anonymous No.2560976]

>>2559584

[Anonymous No.2561656]

OP Here. Not dead, this has just proven to take much more time than I thought.
All the pages have been straightened out, rotated to their positions and aligned accordingly.
Now I just have to do some color correction and erase the scribblings and dirt out. No biggie.

I also ordered a Japanese Yoshi's Island walkthrough guide thing. I'll probably scan that next.

Also, as soon as this project is over, would anyone be willing to trade the original re-binded guide for something? I really don't want to be a hoarder and I know a /vr/ bro would have more use for it than I do.

[Anonymous No.2561673]

>>2561656
That one looks a bit off, alignment wise. Keep up the good work though.

[Anonymous No.2561690]

>>2561656
Nice work, OP! What page is this? I'm currently saving the scans and translations.

[Anonymous No.2563431]

>>2561656

Looking good OP

[Anonymous No.2563926]

I musn't let this thread die.

[Anonymous No.2563928]

>>2561656
This looks great so far, nice work

[Anonymous No.2564038]

Book disbinded
Pages scanned
Distortions corrected
Spreads laid out
Stains removed
Colors corrected
Shared with my /vr/-bros

(optional)
Make blank version for English translators
Re-bind book

[Anonymous No.2564050]

>>2564038
whoa, what the... hrm. I had cool Unicode check boxes there but they apparently don't show up.

Oh well, my point was that everything's done but the stain removal/color correction.

[Anonymous No.2564073]

>>2564038
Thank you for all your work.

[Anonymous No.2564079]

Is there an equivalent book like this for Super Mario Bros 3?

[Anonymous No.2564161]

>>2564079

If you mean a guide by APE, I think there isn't one specifically for SMB3, I think due to the time when APE got stablished as a company, I think it was around the release of SMB3, and by then they were fully working on Mother.

Still, I found there is this APE book for Super Mario Collection (All-Stars), so that'd include SMB3.

[Anonymous No.2565610]

Bumping for great justice!

[Anonymous No.2565635]

THANK YOU OP

[Anonymous No.2566174]

Not letting it die.

[Anonymous No.2567425]

Get this thread off of page 8

[Anonymous No.2567546]

>>2561656
Really really excited for Yoshi's Island if you get around to it!!

[Anonymous No.2568692]

bumpy

[Anonymous No.2570719]

Why the FUCK is this on page 9? Back to the front, NOW!

[Anonymous No.2571215]

>>2570719
Because YOU let it happen

[Anonymous No.2571797]

IM NOT LETTING THIS THREAD HANG OUT ON PAGE 6 ALL DAY

[Anonymous No.2572306]

Mostly done now. Levels have been normalised and (most) stains removed.
Almost done, guys!

[Anonymous No.2572315]

ALSO, I just bought this. Stay tuned bros

[Anonymous No.2572324]

>>2572306
>>2572315

You are my hero

[Anonymous No.2572340]

It's a bit engrish-y, heh.

[Anonymous No.2572348]

>>2572340
>Wait, what kind of pants are we wearing, anyway?

[Anonymous No.2572368]

>>2572340

mmm, peach and tentacles on official nintendo books, I'm loving it.

[Anonymous No.2572426]

Based OP

[Anonymous No.2573814]

Oi

[Anonymous No.2574764]

bum pan

[Anonymous No.2575985]

:)

[Anonymous No.2576686]

:^)

[Anonymous No.2576842]

>>2504998
huh never knew this

[Anonymous No.2577628]

Bump!

[Anonymous No.2577669]

>>2550436
GBA is not retro

[Anonymous No.2578734]

8-)

[Anonymous No.2579015]

does anyone has this?

[Anonymous No.2579156]

Man, now I'M excited for this.

[Anonymous No.2579160]

>>2579015
>does anyone has
Jesus Christ.

[Anonymous No.2579832]

Bump

[Anonymous No.2580951]

bumper cars

[Anonymous No.2582086]

Buuuuuuummmppppp.....

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[Anonymous No.2582167]

>>2582164

[Anonymous No.2582170]

>>2582167

[Anonymous No.2582172]

>>2582170

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>>2582172

[Anonymous No.2582179]

>>2582175

[Anonymous No.2583085]

another bump

[Anonymous No.2583304]

>>2572340
>I'm tired, Mario. I want to have some mushrooms.

God damn it Luigi.

[Anonymous No.2583772]

>>2572340

[Anonymous No.2583942]

[Anonymous No.2583961]

>>2583942
hi steven king, what are you doing here?

[Anonymous No.2584045]

>>2583942

Cleaned it up if you even care.

[Anonymous No.2584049]

>>2584045

And the scaled version.

[Anonymous No.2584552]

>>2584049
Might as well just convert it to vector art and really clean it up.

[Anonymous No.2585003]

Thanks for your hard work! Preservationists appreciate it!

[Anonymous No.2585179]

>>2584552
OP here.
Speaking of vectoring, full scale vectoring is also something I really would want to try out for something, maybe the original SMW manual. Most of the official art in SMW is available in high resolution and vectoring wouldn't be too hard. Most other elements are simple text areas and screenshots of the game itself.

But I digress - regarding this project, progress is slow. I'm not dead, but because of the massive size of the workbench file (over 7 gigs) I can't work from home, and have to use my (way more powerful) computer at the office where I work at. I can visit anytime, but it's much of a chore when I'm supposed to spend time with my loved ones and my dog. I can't say when this will be done but I'll post progress reports every time I'm at the office.

Thanks again, everyone. If you have any suggestions/questions regarding the project, do ask.

[Anonymous No.2586689]

Oh man looks like its going to take a while.
Thanks for your efforts OP

[Anonymous No.2586690]

Bump for justice or something

[Anonymous No.2587131]

>>2499207
You can also use an Iron. It's faster and quieter, but you gotta be more fucking careful about burning shit. Also, depending on the quality of the paper it could be see through, so make sure you got a black piece of construction paper behind it for maximum quality.

[Anonymous No.2588415]

bump

[Anonymous No.2588428]

bumpity bump bump

[Anonymous No.2588602]

>>2572340
>Yoster Island

[Anonymous No.2588604]

>>2588602

Yes, that's the original japanese name of Yoshi's Island in SMW.

[Anonymous No.2588776]

OP here.
Tomorrow my summer vacation ends so I can focus more on this, so I'm glad.

Also, the postman delivered this today. It's noticeably bigger than the SMW guide, 224 pages. It also seems much, much more professionally made - I'll post a few pics after this post.

[Anonymous No.2588782]

It seems that they somehow had access to the original resources and possibly level data, the maps just seem overly accurate and flawless. They're all missing the background layer as well.
Remember, this was made by a third party in 1995, before sprite rips or emulators.

[Anonymous No.2588785]

What strikes me odd is that if the team had access to the original level data from the developers, why didn't they notice the oversights Nintendo made, notably the sixth flower in 5-7 or the 21st Red Coin in 3-E?

Whatever the case, I'm not sure if I'm scanning this one next. First I've gotta finish thia SMW guide and by the time that I'm done, the second volume will probably have arrived.

[Anonymous No.2588812]

>>2588776
>>2588782
>>2588785

HYPE

[Anonymous No.2588824]

>>2588782
>Is there no escape from this maze?
>Those complicated pipes, where do you enter and where do you leave? Only way is to play. If you understand the route, then you'll see that it's not that hard.

And rest explains which pipe ties the which.

[Anonymous No.2588836]

>>2588824
Thanks, really appreciate the translations.

[Anonymous No.2588839]

>>2588785
They may have noticed them, but it is possible they never communicated it to Nintendo for whatever reason. It is also possible that the game was already entering cart production or had at the very least ceased active development.

[Anonymous No.2588853]

>>2588776
>>2588782
Pretty standard looking Soft Bank guide, they made dozens of them. I have a couple for Megami Tensei games, they're nice but not especially interesting like art books.

[Anonymous No.2588889]

>>2588785
>ghost shyguy (yuurei heihoo)
>Ghost of a shyguy. Edible and be seen anywhere. Can be turned into eggs, it isn't that strong.

>Kachikachi(clink clink)-kun
>Cannot be eaten, can be killed by only throwing eggs. Can be also pushed with tongue. Can be easily knocked.

>blushing blindfold
>a teresa(japanese name of the boo also means shy) with a blindfold. Seems like it has a shyness problem. Those guys can't see you so they creep you over by using sound. It sucks but you can't knock them.

[Anonymous No.2590080]

Does the Yoshi's Island guide have weird comics like the other one?

[Anonymous No.2590425]

>>2590080
Sadly, no. But I think it's still a cool enough guide to be preserved, so I'm not going to leave it on my shelf to stay indefinitely.

Progress, progress. Can someone translate this? It looks interesting, possibly an interview.

[Anonymous No.2590623]

>>2590425
Let's see, it's about the pro's and con's of Super Famicom. first question is about the possible troubles of Super Famicom, What has changed since first Mario, What was the most troubling thing on Making the game, is Mario 4 easier than it's predecessors, such stuff.

[Anonymous No.2591972]

>>2588782
The background is black in those areas. To say they were missing the background layer is not accurate unless you post some other stage pictures that are 'outside'.

[Anonymous No.2592984]

>>2590425
Man, those Nintendo staff had pretty round glasses

[Anonymous No.2594245]

I'm sort of curious, does Mario 64 have a book like this? I bet it would have a lot of development photos or something

[Anonymous No.2595120]

pmub

[Anonymous No.2596557]

up

[Anonymous No.2596701]

raisin

[Anonymous No.2598385]

Any book like this for Mario 3?

[Anonymous No.2599316]

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[Anonymous No.2599439]

>>2497672
The opposite of that is having an upfacing one. Also, yeah don't use worklights and not that close. At least bounce them off the cieling some distance away. Worklights get fucking hot, hot enough to literally burn your skin from even 3 feet away, you might set the shit on fire. Unless they're LED variants or something. Standard ones are Quartz Halogen and put out crazy stupid heat.

[Anonymous No.2599465]

>>2504473
You got a problem with dick jokes?

My soul doth tell my body that he may
Triumph in love: flesh stays no further reason
But rising at thy name doth point out thee
As his triumphant prize.

I mean Shakespeare is shit and all, but clearly it's not intended just for children.

[Anonymous No.2601260]

I want to see more of these books

[Anonymous No.2601813]

>>2601260
me too!

[Anonymous No.2602725]

b
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[Anonymous No.2603826]

nooooo

[Anonymous No.2605871]

Sorry guys, I've been busy.
No progress report for now, but some good news. Check out pic related.

[Anonymous No.2605872]

Turns out it's basically a deluxe version of the first volume. There are illustrations by the Super Mario-Kun comic guy and a lot of new content, even what I believe to be a glitches section.

[Anonymous No.2605876]

I'm also pleased to inform that this guide is in extremely good condition. It is almost exactly as new.

[Anonymous No.2606002]

>>2605876
>>2605872
>>2605871

That looks great man.

We'll keep bumping the thread the whole year if it's necessary.

[Anonymous No.2606772]

>>2605871
Fucking awesome

[Anonymous No.2608352]

>>2606002

[Arka No.2608448]

>>2605876

Did you get yours off ebay? I just ordered the set from.. Hit-japan, I think?

[Anonymous No.2608568]

>>2608448
Everything I bought is from eBay; the APE guides and the Softbank Yoshi's Island guide.

I've also set a deadline for the project so get fucking ready – September 1st.
Tops.

[Arka No.2608602]

>>2608568

Ah, okay. Here's what I just picked up. I've got well over a hundred different game guides like these. Mostly rpg related.

[Anonymous No.2609628]

>>2608568
H Y P E
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[Anonymous No.2609991]

nice

download, when

[Anonymous No.2610007]

>>2608602
Cool, I actually have that Mario RPG book. Had it for a few years.

[Anonymous No.2610120]

BUMP

[Anonymous No.2612706]

BUMP

[Anonymous No.2612846]

Gentle bump

[Anonymous No.2612882]

>>2577669
Might as well be with the type of games it had.

[Anonymous No.2613187]

KaBUMP!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.2613315]

BOINK!!

[Anonymous No.2614840]

BUMP

OP will deliver, right?

[Anonymous No.2614854]

>>2614840
Might as well just stop bumping this thread, OP already said that it was taking some time to do high quality scans and clean up. See: >>2561656 >>2585179

Just let him make a new thread when he's ready.