Quiz Nanairo Dreams Translation Project

[Anonymous No.3917429]

Help me out here, /vr/. I wanna translate this but I haven't the foggiest idea of how I could rip the script out of the game's Playstation ISO or anything.

Anyone more familiar with it, gimme a hand please.

PS1 ISO: http://www.mediafire.com/file/6q99arp9e79om0u/%5BPSX%5D+Quiz+Nanairo+Dreams+-+Nijiiro+Machi+no+Kiseki+%5BSLPS-00875%5D.rar

[Anonymous No.3917478]

>Translating a quiz game
This seems like a bad idea.

[Anonymous No.3917483]

>>3917478
I would like to do mutliple versions of it.

One would have the original questions directly translated
Another would have the questions replaced completely, anime and manga stuff would still be there but questions about japanese celebrities and stuff no one outside of japan could possibly know would definitely have to be replaced.

The main thing I'm looking to translate are all of the game's dialogue since this is a hybrid quiz game and dating sim.

[Anonymous No.3917508]

I think I'm getting better.
I can now complete reading the question before the time is over.
Unfortunately I still have no clue about things like horse races so it's still mostly trial and error.

[Anonymous No.3917515]

>>3917508
FUCK HORSE RACES, JESUS. I'm pretty sure some of the questions in this game are just flat-out wrong too.

[Anonymous No.3917521]

>>3917515
I could have sworn the Japs developed photon torpedoes during WW2.

[Anonymous No.3917559]

I'll translate a few questions:

Which of the following is a horizontal shoot-em-up?
Twinbee
RayStorm
Gradius
19XXX

[Anonymous No.3917562]

In the manga "Saint Seiya" the constellation of the main character Seiya is?
Phoenix
Sagittarius
Dragon
Pegasus

[Anonymous No.3917564]

Maybe it would be easier to hack the original arcade ROM? The data there would probably be easier to analyze with MAME's debugger and memory viewers ands such.

[Anonymous No.3917572]

In the anime "Wedding Peach" who does not attend the middle school section of Saint Hanazano Academy?
Scarlett O'Hara
Hinagiku Tamano
Yuri Tanima
Momoko Hanasaki

[Anonymous No.3917573]

>>3917564
Well I'd be all for that, as the console version is just a tad censored when it comes to Charlotte and the fairy, HOWEVER, the console version has a few huge things over the arcade version

>Extra scenarios for all of the characters
>Two new routes
>VOICE ACTING
>and a chance to continue by answer one of the girl's question once you've run out of credits

There's also just more options in general for the home console version. It'd be a shame to lose all of that, and if the ISO can be hacked then we could easily just add Charlotte's nipples back in no problem.

[Anonymous No.3917575]

>>3917559
This is the only one I know. I need to get to Saint Seiya.

[Anonymous No.3917582]

The sequel to Sega's arcade Game "Puyo Puyo" is named?
Poyo Poyo Tsu
Payo Payo Tsu
Puyo Puyo Tsu
Piyo Piyo Tsu

[Anonymous No.3917584]

A question of manners:
In western cooking, what do you use when you spilled your glass?
Finger
Napkin
Tongue
Handkerchief

[Anonymous No.3917587]

>>3917582
HEY! That's not what it says at all!

[Anonymous No.3917804]

>>3917587
Selected the wrong image.

Asking what the American name of Street Fighter Zero 2 is may be too simple. Would probably make more sense to ask for the Japanese name of Street Fighter Alpha 2.

[Anonymous No.3917812]

>>3917804
Yeah, that'd be a really easy question to localize.

Also that puyo puyo question's great.

[Anonymous No.3917817]

>>3917804
I think there was a similar thing involving one of the Gundam titles too. But Americans would know it right away since it's just what they know it as.

[Anonymous No.3917825]

>>3917812
This one is even easier:
What is the Japanese name of Capcom's run and gun game "Commando"?
Senjō no Musume
Senjō no Ōkami
Senjō no Taka
Senjō no Nami

[Anonymous No.3917848]

Or do you prefer Japanese names translated?

The alias of professional wrestling promotion Battlearts is "Fighting ??" where the ?? stands for:
Army
Detectives
Gang
Sect

How obscure is this question by the way? Do people commonly now about Japanese wrestling?

[Anonymous No.3917860]

>>3917848
Japanese wrestling is awesome and has a bit of a western scene though I'm not sure if a lot of people know it. I'd still leave it in though.

[Anonymous No.3917864]

This is one of the questions where you probably have to be Japanese.

What is Motoki Masahiro's nickname?
Masa
Maakun
Mokkun
Motomasa

[Anonymous No.3917896]

Here's a case where transliteration could cause trouble as 超者 and 長者 have the same romanization.

The 96 anime remake where 5 Reideens fight for justice is called "Reideen the"
Superior
Greater
Ruler
Brave

[Anonymous No.3917907]

I don't really understand this question myself.

How do you read Quiz
Izqu
Ziqu
Quiqu
Quiz

[Anonymous No.3917912]

>>3917907
I think that's one of those joke questions.

[Anonymous No.3917924]

You should be able to solve this

[Anonymous No.3917930]

What about English translation questions?
Can we assume the player knows a bit Japanese like the game assumes the player knows English?

What does "Naze" mean?

[Anonymous No.3917935]

>>3917924
-1!
>>3917930
Why!

[Anonymous No.3917949]

The portion of the absolute expenditure spend on food follows whose law?
Angel
Engel
Hengel
Jungel

[Anonymous No.3917956]

Entertainment has some questions about foreign productions but a shit ton of Japanese trivia that nobody is going to know.

Who played the mysterious "Matsuyu-ki brand pizza" chanting pizza seller?
Matsuyuki Yasuko
Nakayama Miho
Isshiki Sae
Seto Asaka

[Anonymous No.3917959]

>>3917956
Definitely questions that are meant to be replaced in a revised version.

[Anonymous No.3917973]

We can expect to know Ritchie Blackmore but I'm not sure if everybody knows what he did in the 90s.
Also the date should be 1994.

The band reformed by Ritchie Blackmore in 1995 was named "Ritchie Blackmore's ??"
Rainbow
White Snake
Deep Purple
Kiss

[Anonymous No.3918025]

Watch the GCCX episode if you want some questions translated

[Anonymous No.3918052]

>>3918025
That's a fraction of the questions in the game, anon.

[Anonymous No.3918068]

>>3918052
How many questions are there?

[Anonymous No.3918070]

>>3918068
a lot. I don't have an actual number.

[Anonymous No.3918350]

Well I'll keep an eye on this thread. Hopefully some anon with the technical know-how will be able to help me out.

[Anonymous No.3918536]

>>3917429

Translate Quiz King of Fighters first. The Neo Geo community would literally pay you money to do this.

[Anonymous No.3918542]

>>3918536
Later, anon. I like My KoFs too but Quiz Nanairo Dreams is something I've been meaning to show off to quite a few friends for awhile now.

[Anonymous No.3919152]

>>3918536
Are there any translated quiz games?
It feels easier to translate them than to play them since the time limits are brutal.

Here's a case with puns that don't translate.
In Greek mythology, who flew with wax fastened feathers?
Kaniros
Takoros
Ikaros
Ebiros

TL-note: Kani means crab, Tako means octopus, Ika means squid and Ebi means shrimp.

[Anonymous No.3919179]

Here's a question where the correct answer depends on the timeframe.

Which nation emits the most greenhouse gases?
USA
China
Russia
Japan

[Anonymous No.3919462]

>>3919179
Obvious China is obvious

[Anonymous No.3919470]

>>3919462
Since 2007.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/jun/19/china.usnews

[Anonymous No.3919496]

>>3919179
just add a year

[Anonymous No.3919786]

Still waiting.

[Anonymous No.3920615]

bump

[Anonymous No.3920675]

>>3917848
it's up for debate, I would think that if you are into wrestling then you should know about japanese promotions though. My bro is big into wrestling and he knows at least the names and famous figures of japanese promotions.


The real question, I think, is how obscure is this question to a japanese wrestling fan vs. to a western wrestling fan? I would go on /asp/ or someplace that talks wrestling, and ask how obscure a question that is from a western fan perspective vs. a japanese fan perspective. If the difference is too great, then replace it with another question of similar theme and also similar difficulty to the original japanese-centric question.

[Anonymous No.3920678]

>>3917930
I'd call that iffy, you might be able to assume that based on their knowledge of this game at all that they have some JP knowledge too.

[Anonymous No.3921129]

Man, there ARE PS1 translations out there, It's not like it's impossible.

[Anonymous No.3921323]

>>3921129
It's not impossible, but the PS1 can be a piece of shit to work on.

And this is a super basic game where nobody has even bothered ripping the script yet, because there isn't much interest.

When games like Germs, Moon and Mizzurna haven't been patched yet, it's a tough sell. And if you absolutely need to work on a weeb dating sim, TokiMemo would be a far better choice for a translation, given its status and general quality.

[Anonymous No.3921372]

>>3921323
Surely theres gotta be interest in this too. It's got Saki!

[Anonymous No.3921409]

Quiz and dragons is the only japanese quiz game I know that made it overseas. Any value in comparing the 2 versions and seeing how it was done?

[Anonymous No.3921414]

>>3921409
I've played that too. There's lots of western-oriented questions and the gameplay's practically similar with the exception of the main dating mechanic gone so you're just making your way to the end rather than worrying about which girls you're romancing.

[Anonymous No.3921643]

>>3921409
There were English language quiz games translated to other languages.
In my experience YDKJ was completely rewritten for the German releases.

[Anonymous No.3921938]

>>3921643
I guess that makes sense for a quiz game really. Besides world-wide facts or important historical figures you'd have to pretty much re-write the questions.

[Anonymous No.3922038]

>>3917483
Cool idea. Fuck that other guy. GL

[Anonymous No.3923015]

At this rate I'm gonna have to learn how to hack the game myself.

[Anonymous No.3925342]

>>3917825
>Senjō no Musume
I'd play the fuck out of that.

[Anonymous No.3926919]

Still waiting

[Anonymous No.3928029]

>>3919152
Being an obscure quiz game to an English-reading person (being Japanese), a localised translation should remain faithful enough that one could get an answer correct if they did some light research. Questions like these could be means tested before being outright changed.
"Can the player find the information with 5 minutes on Google?"

[Anonymous No.3928035]

>>3928029
Misquoted... but puns like this are obvious if written this way. If you misspelled "icarus" , I would notice that it was a pun when checked against the spelling of the other names.

[Anonymous No.3930410]

Not giving up yet.

[Anonymous No.3930470]

>>3917429
I've done some dialogue editing in other PSX games. What you need to learn is Assembly, specifically MiPS r3000.

The language itself is quite easy to learn if you have even a smal knowledge of programming, the problem is that you need to reverse engineer the code of the game to find out which parts deal with the text display. That's just bruteforce grunt-work and usually best accomplished by multiple people.

I can go into more detail about how to investigate and comment code but it's really quite an ordeal, not incredibly hard but takes a lot of time. Then once you've accurately identified all the appropriate code locations you deal with the actual inputting of data, which again is quite a log, especially if the game has as much text as you say.

There are other steps that need to be done, like adjusting character space\font-types but that's the short answer. Goodluck if you choose to pursue this, it seems like a pretty niche game, just finding 2 other people who care about the game as much as you should be enough, more-so than somebody who's amazing at assembly.

[Anonymous No.3932069]

>>3930470
So that's how its gotta be done. I see.

I really do hope I can find someone to help instead of doing it by myself.

[Anonymous No.3932208]

This would be a dream to see this actually get some sort of translated version off the ground. Quiz games are really cool and we barely got any over the US

[Anonymous No.3932225]

>>3932069

Good luck getting someone to help. I offered to help a guy recently and he decided the Playstation version of his game wasn't cool enough anymore.

[Anonymous No.3932232]

>>3932225
What about the Saturn version? Are there any notable differences?

[Anonymous No.3932245]

>>3932232
I don't think there is? Besides how you select your answer of course.

[Anonymous No.3932259]

>>3932232
>>3932245
Also this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJZo1MbZziY

Super cute.

[Anonymous No.3932289]

>>3932259
Has anyone tried putting the PS1 version in a CD player? I remember a lot of discs had gags like this.

[Anonymous No.3935020]

>>3932289
Someone probably has.

[Anonymous No.3937110]

Well thank you for everything, /vr/. Though you're not helping me with this I still think you're a really cool board.

[asdf No.3937110,1]

If you translate this. Please do it for sega saturn, Or make the files available to saturn modders. Thanks so much and god speed!

[raphycuomoalone No.3937110,2]

I've being messing aroung with Retroarch's AI Sevice function recently. I have very small knowledge of nihongo (japanese language) but I was able to finish all PS1 Quiz Nanairo Dreams routes using the AI Service translations from the Ztranslate server. It's not perfect, but made me enjoy the story of the game and having a satisfactory experience! In order to be able to do that I had to cheat!I skipped all quizes using the rewind feature (every time a miss a question the game gives me the right answer, then I rewind the game a few frames and select the right one) and also save states.
So, I've been thinking about translating all game's story dialogue and replacing the questions for questions of the special version of Quiz & Dragons from PS2's Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2. What do you guys think? Makes sense since it is a Capcom game right? That way this will be more enjoyable for us capcom and video game fans!