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
An open-ended JRPG that looks really interesting. Don't think anyone intends to translate it, currently.
Just curious. Not likely.
Another Mystery Dungeon spin-off that's just a matter of someone randomly taking an interest in it.
Its profile is rising and it looks really cool. I'm sure it'll happen.
A real pipe dream, since first it'd need to get dumped online. The only known copy is in a private collection.
Doesn't strictly need a fan-translation, though it would be nice.
Another one I'm just dying to play. Hardly anyone seems to be aware of it, though.
I think someone's working on this, but it's a monumental undertaking. Bless them.
This one's probably just a matter of time.
Please... it's been haunting me ever since I saw a Youtube clip circa 2011...
I think I'm the only person clamoring for this one. Maybe some Falcom fanatic will take a swing at it.
Looks like a VN that's extremely up my alley. Virtually unknown.
Very offbeat-looking JPRG. I'm curious about it and its sequel (?)
One of the holy grails. There must be a reason why no one's pulled it off yet.
This one's less likely, but also much shorter, so they might knock it out alongside ST3.
This is likely to happen in the next couple years.
This one's already happening and is due this year.
Looks very cute! I have a feeling someone will drop a patch for this out of the blue one day.
A very obscure and text-heavy game. Doubtful.
I'm not the biggest Vanillaware fan, and yet...
Just for fun!
Fairy-raising sim. Either this or Mercurius Pretty on Dreamcast. (Not sure if they're actually related.)
I'm really interested in this one's premise, but no one seems to know about it, so...
Another most-wanted. No idea how easy or hard it'd be.
I think someone will get around to this eventually and release it out of the blue someday.
I'll take any entry in this series.
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
MonHun clone that received a barely-functional translation. Hoping for an update.
This is my most-wanted. I'd be surprised if someone wasn't working on it already.
Looks like a really interesting social sim with a distinctive style. No chance in hell.
I don't think anyone's thinking about this one. Looks very cute, though.
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.
This and a functional private server... I can dream.
This series of horror adventures looks very cool and doable.
This would be a huge undertaking. Maybe Hilltop will get around to it.
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.
If Captain Rainbow and BokuNatsu 2 happened, Giftpia can happen.
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.
Photography travelogue motorcycle dating sim... Please...
All un-translated Shiren games really, but especially this one.
MonHun clone that received a barely-functional translation. Hoping for an update.
Looks wonderful and I love Mystery Dungeon games. Probably very doable, just a matter of catching someone's interest.
It's a long shot.
Remake of a Falcom PC dungeon crawler. Looks really cool. Might happen.
This will probably happen, but not very soon.
Any of the later entries in this series, but preferably this one.
This and its sequel look cute, and were apparently big hits in Japan. Could happen.
Text-heavy. I WILL pay a Youtuber to do a hyperbolic video on this game and put it in the public eye.
Really, all the Japan-only Wizardry games put out in the 21st century.
This one's definitely happening once enough Souls fans catch wind of it.
It's not supposed to be outstanding, but I'm a sucker for a dungeon-crawler with style.
I'll take any entry in this series. I think half of them are the same game.
This one would be really cool and doesn't look hard, but there doesn't seem to be much interest, either.
This is just a text adventure, so you could feasibly play it with a text file, but that's not ideal.
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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.