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