A fan-translation wishlist
Now that fifth and sixth-gen translations are more common, here's some games I'd like to be able to play someday.
55 Games
This one's already happening and is due this year.
This is likely to happen in the next couple years.
I'm not the biggest Vanillaware fan, and yet...
Mech combat dating sim with character designs by the TV Girl Ai guy. Shockingly good-looking for PS1. Cult following. Short. It's a no-brainer
I think someone's working on this, but it's a monumental undertaking. Bless them.
This one's less likely, but also much shorter, so they might knock it out alongside ST3.
This is my most-wanted. I'd be surprised if someone wasn't working on it already.
Very offbeat-looking JPRG. I'm curious about it and its sequel (?)
This will probably happen, but not very soon.
If Captain Rainbow and BokuNatsu 2 happened, Giftpia can happen.
Just for fun!
So funny that the only localization of this game is iOS abandonware.
This is definitely happening when someone runs out of King's Field and Shadow Tower games to play.
MonHun clone that received a barely-functional translation. Hoping for an update.
This and its sequel look cute, and were apparently big hits in Japan. Could happen.
One of the holy grails. There must be a reason why no one's pulled it off yet.
This is just a text adventure, so you could feasibly play it with a text file, but that's not ideal.
This one's definitely happening once enough Souls fans catch wind of it.
Another most-wanted. No idea how easy or hard it'd be.
This would be a huge undertaking. Maybe Hilltop will get around to it.
Fairy-raising sim. Either this or Mercurius Pretty on Dreamcast. (Not sure if they're actually related.)
I think someone will get around to this eventually and release it out of the blue someday.
It's not supposed to be outstanding, but I'm a sucker for a dungeon-crawler with style.
All un-translated Shiren games really, but especially this one.
Please... it's been haunting me ever since I saw a Youtube clip circa 2011...
Just curious. Not likely.
Its profile is rising and it looks really cool. I'm sure it'll happen.
Looks wonderful and I love Mystery Dungeon games. Probably very doable, just a matter of catching someone's interest.
I'm really surprised this hasn't happened yet. It's been picked up and dropped a couple times, so maybe it's harder than it looks.
This one's probably just a matter of time.
It's a long shot.
I'm really interested in this one's premise, but no one seems to know about it, so...
Another Mystery Dungeon spin-off that's just a matter of someone randomly taking an interest in it.
Really, all the Japan-only Wizardry games put out in the 21st century.
MonHun clone that received a barely-functional translation. Hoping for an update.
Photography travelogue motorcycle dating sim... Please...
This series of horror adventures looks very cool and doable.
I'll take any entry in this series. I think half of them are the same game.
Looks very cute! I have a feeling someone will drop a patch for this out of the blue one day.
This one would be really cool and doesn't look hard, but there doesn't seem to be much interest, either.
I won't lie, I'm mostly in it for the Kinu Nishimura art. It's a fantasy board game, kind of like Dokapon possibly.
I don't think anyone's thinking about this one. Looks very cute, though.
Doesn't strictly need a fan-translation, though it would be nice.
An open-ended JRPG that looks really interesting. Don't think anyone intends to translate it, currently.
Any of the later entries in this series, but preferably this one.
This and a functional private server... I can dream.
Looks like a really interesting social sim with a distinctive style. No chance in hell.
A very obscure and text-heavy game. Doubtful.
I think I'm the only person clamoring for this one. Maybe some Falcom fanatic will take a swing at it.
Another one I'm just dying to play. Hardly anyone seems to be aware of it, though.
Text-heavy. I WILL pay a Youtuber to do a hyperbolic video on this game and put it in the public eye.
Remake of a Falcom PC dungeon crawler. Looks really cool. Might happen.
I'll take any entry in this series.
Looks like a VN that's extremely up my alley. Virtually unknown.
A real pipe dream, since first it'd need to get dumped online. The only known copy is in a private collection.
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Thanks! I dunno where I read the Dinosaur thing, or maybe I misremembered. I do hope someone manages to crack Segagaga.
PasokonDeacon
3 months ago
Segagaga's been a victim of previous TL projects getting so close, but failing due to harsh technical limits/hurdles at the end. I hope newer groups can do it justice, first by being more transparent and realistic with hacking the thing.