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