What are your gaming translation white whales? Games you want to see translated but feel it'll never happen?

[Ne0Griever]

That IS a ton for a niche games being translated, the problem is, there is over 30 super robot wars games i believe, some games will take precedence, i for example want super robot wars F Final translated, but i expect that will never happen simply because it's one of the least important games in the series.

Keep in mind how many games there are to translate, even romancing saga 3 took nearly 2 decades to get a fully completed translation and that's from the SaGa series, one of square enix's most well known series.

The SRW/SWT series are actually some of the most fan translated of series out there, if we include official translations, 1/3rd of the series has been fully translated, while a few others are being worked on last i heard.

Also don't misunderstand me, i want the entire series translated, i'm just saying that the series has had a ton of work done on it, more than most series.

There are 50 i believe, but that is just splitting hairs, mind you i am on the same boat, i believe, just as the thread implies it is a white whale, the other fella said Z won't be trasnlated, which we already know, hence why i posted in the thread.

 

[starman271]

i just sick and tried to people keep asking about srw fan translation at this point i get it everyone want to play the series english but at the same time it is getting annoying and i dont want to keep saying it its not going happen until someone with huge knowledge with mech anime show and lore so yay

 

[Max]

Sorcerian for Megadrive, graphically better than the original version, includes the same music without losing quality, It is the most complete version of all, one of the best action RPGs and one of the most customizable.
Sadly, the translation patch that has been made only translates the menus, but not the texts, it is a translation started in 2009 and since 2020 it has not been updated.

 

[Ne0Griever]

i just sick and tried to people keep asking about srw fan translation at this point i get it everyone want to play the series english but at the same time it is getting annoying and i dont want to keep saying it its not going happen until someone with huge knowledge with mech anime show and lore so yay

sorry but we came to comment what games we thought will likely never receive a translation, not what do you like or hate.

again, the post says white whales, its a reference to moby dick a white whale which does not exist and its the whole purpose of this, why not better comment a game you think will never get said translation AKA your "white whale" instead of acting like you have the definitive answer to a question NO BODY ASKED.

 

[tuesday]

Tenchi No Mon 2: Busoden, the prequel/sequel to the PSP title Key of Heaven or Kingdom of Paradise

Luckily, i speak korean so it's not a big deal, but it would be nice to have an english patch.

If anyone has technical know-how, i'd be willing to translate the entire game from korean to english at no charge.

 

[VivaLaDodo]

Seeing as how my last white whale got a fan translation (The story mode of Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special) and somebody already mentioned Summon Knight Swordcraft Story 3, I only really have one left.

Zen Nihon Pro Wrestling: Fight da Pon!​

The chances of happening are probably slim. But it was my introduction to AJPW and the sprites are frickin' adorable.

 

[resketreke]

I'd love to see Segagaga translated one day. I know there was an attempt years ago, but it went nowhere unfortunately.

 

[ThirteeTooBeets]

Since my last comment here, my then white whale was thankfully translated, so I come again to manifest another one:

I'm still waiting for someone to do the gargantuan task to translate any game in the Felyne Village series. Either that or the first Boku no Natsuyasumi, which I know was being worked on but there's been radio silence on the project for a couple of years now afaik

 

[SoThankful]

Since my last comment here, my then white whale was thankfully translated, so I come again to manifest another one:

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So lucky

 

[wicked313]

My white whales for translation would have to be Wrestle Angels Survivor 2 on PS2, and Magic The Gathering on Sega Dreamcast

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Probably Summon Night 3.

I know there's an effort going, but it's starting to look like a pipe dream.

 

[SkippyPB]

Super Robot Wars Z Zigokuhen

 

[CHEESE ENJOYER]

Brandish 3 (PC98)
Brandish 4 (PC version)
Shin Megami Tensei 2 (GBA version)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Ganbare Goemon: Toukai Douchuu Ooedo Tengurigaeshi no Maki (DS, the last Goemon game ever made)
Sekai wa Atashi de Mawatteru: Hikari to Yami no Princess (It's the expanded PSP version of what Atlus translated for the DS as "My World, My Way") and a spinoff of the developer Global A's Dungeon Maker series. The DS game might not have sold very well or had many copies printed and Atlus didn't bother to translate the expanded PSP version. Pretty good game though.
Nanatama: Chronicle of Dungeon Maker (someone is working on this and publishing regular updates)
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibouken 3 - Fushigi no Dungeon (either PS2 or the GBA remake honestly, but the GBA remake came later and probably has more content)
Dragon Quest: Shounen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon (the last Dragon Quest roguelike where you play as a young boy Yangus from DQ8 instead of Torneko)

 

[tuesday]

Since my last comment here, my then white whale was thankfully translated, so I come again to manifest another one:

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I'm still waiting for someone to do the gargantuan task to translate any game in the Felyne Village series. Either that or the first Boku no Natsuyasumi, which I know was being worked on but there's been radio silence on the project for a couple of years now afaik

I'd be happy to do so, but my issue is i only speak fluent korean, so it'd be a second ahnd translation from the source material at best

 

[Halcón Negro]

The only game(s) that bug me right now because I tried to translate on the past is the Busou Shinki games for psp...

 

[Livekraft]

Ronde, for Sega Saturn. I wish I had what it takes to tackle it... but my Japanese is so limited (N4 level without certification), and I'm neither a ROM hacker nor a programmer.

 

[EmpHighwind]

Recently I've discovered this Doujin RPG which looks like one of the coolest thing ハチクマRPG 退魔塔神ToK/Hachikuma RPG Taima Toushin ToK, but I don't think it's popular enough for a translation.

Besides that there are some games like Shibamura's Gunparade March is also another game which I don't think we're getting a translation, but this is mostly because it seems like a hard time to hack. There's also Shoji Masuda's Tengai Makyou 2 Manjimaru, but since we got Ziria translated, there is hope.

 

[Segadude113]

Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei, Jashin no Kuni e (Japan) Game Gear​

Lady Stalker - Kako Kara no Chousen (Japan) SNES​

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Juuyuushi Inbou-hen (Japan) PSX​

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Famicom Jump 2 would be nice too.

 

[Leon]

Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei, Jashin no Kuni e (Japan) Game Gear​

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Lady Stalker - Kako Kara no Chousen (Japan) SNES​

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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Juuyuushi Inbou-hen (Japan) PSX​

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Famicom Jump 2 would be nice too.

While i know your specifically asking for the game gear version, i should point out that shining force cd is a compilation disk of the first 2 game gear games, including this one, it's only the one that acts as a bridge between 1 and 2 (genesis games) that never had a official translation in any form, though that one does have a fan translation.

As for ladystalker, i know there's a fan translation going on, but i don't know it's progress.

 

[marxcore]

Any of the lunatic Dawn games from PSX and PC-FX

 

[Vardalis]

It used to be .hack// Link but that got finished a few years ago.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner would probably be my number one. It just seems like an interesting title, and it'd be a shame to not get to experience it when I really enjoyed the sort of retro-future cyberpunk-ish style of Soul Hackers.

Speaking of, a Soul Hackers translation that wasn't on the 3DS would be kind of neat as well.

 

[dr grim]

Black matrix cross or any Black matrix games, looks like a gorgeous tactical rpg