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1 hour ago, HataVNI said:
I don't know why, but this setting, the character designs, the older-looking graphics and the winter background...
This reminds me a lot of the Utawarerumono games, wow. Have a nice time translating this!
You should maybe try and get the knowledge of this project out there, telling Brian Ashcraft from Kotaku might give it a massive popularity boost should he write about it. Also there are people like SpeedyNoelle around who can make a video about this that can go viral. More people have to play obscure DreamCast FanTLs, especially because the emulator (FlyCast) runs so smoothly these days!Hi - thanks for reaching out!
Interesting that you reference Utawarerumono. I love that VN and when I started work on Nakoruru I was immediately reminded of it!
Thanks for letting me know about some people to contact, we will definitely try and reach out to them, we’d love for as many people as possible to play Nakoruru, it really is such a beautiful, heartfelt visual novel.
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1 hour ago, Zakamutt said:
I played a bit of Despiria (wonder if anyone has a proper dump of the script, I was able to get fragments but not particularly organized... though the scenes with words flying around are probably hell in any case) on a dreamcast emulator (not flycast tho, redream) and it worked pretty well indeed, should be nice. Good luck with the project, haven't played the original game — would you say that's needed?
Hi and thanks for your reply!
DeSpiria is definitely a game I’d love to see translated one day. As for Nakoruru, this VN can be fully played and enjoyed without any knowledge of the Samurai Shodown series. There’s a tiny amount of references here and there that longtime fans will enjoy, but nothing that will derail understanding of the story taking place.
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Hi everyone,I was advised to post on this forum to share the news about an English fan translation project for the 2002 Dreamcast visual novel “Nakoruru: Ano Hito kara no Okurimono” (ナコルル〜あのひとからのおくりもの〜) I am working as part of the translation team, working as the lead editor.
My team has dubbed this visual novel "Nakoruru: The Gift She Gave Me" in English. When completed, this will be (to our knowledge) the one and only English language visual novel for the SEGA Dreamcast, aside from the indie title "Divi-Dead". This visual novel is actually a spin-off of SNK’s fighting franchise Samurai Shodown/Spirits, and focuses on the tale of a young orphan, Mikato, who it taken in by the titular character Nakoruru. Aside from the occasional reference, however, this visual novel is able to be enjoyed by those with no knowledge of the Samurai Shodown series.
At the time of posting this thread, the project has been ongoing now for about a year and the visual novel is 73% translated and edited. For more information on the project, I recommend checking out our thread on the Dreamcast-Talk forums: https://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14736
Even though this visual novel is on the Dreamcast, it is incredibly easy to emulate on PC.
Feel free to reply with any questions you may have and I’ll try my best to answer them!
[Released] Nakoruru - The Gift She Gave Me (Samurai Shodown Spin-off visual novel for the Sega Dreamcast)
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Posted · Edited by SpaceHoliday
After nearly two years of work, I am absolutely elated to inform you that a team consisting of Derek Pascarella, Duralumin, Marshal Wong and LewisJFC have completed our English translation of Nakoruru: Ano Hito kara no Okurimono, a visual novel about the fan-favourite Samurai Shodown character Nakoruru for the Sega Dreamcast.
The game’s story is told from the perspective of seven-year-old Mikato, an orphan who is taken in by the people of the snowy Ainu village of Kamui Kotan. She is selected by the village's chief to serve as assistant to the shrine maiden Nakoruru, somebody the people of Kamui Kotan admire for her strength, dependability, and outward positivity. Mikato soon realises, however, that deep down, Nakoruru is harbouring an intense sorrow. What follows is a beautiful coming-of-age storyline that will pull at your heart strings as it deals with topics of friendship, loss and insecurity.
While Nakoruru is based in the world of Samurai Shodown, it can be played without any prior knowledge of the franchise, but if you are a Shodown fan, there are quite a few playful references to other characters in the franchise sprinkled throughout the game's script.
With this translation, Nakoruru becomes the first official visual novel on the Dreamcast to receive an English fan translation.
Download Patch (v1.0) (instructions for patching included in the README).
For those who don't own a Dreamcast, it is incredibly easy to set up an emulator on your computer and play Nakoruru on there. If you need assistance getting things to work, please don’t hesitate to ask.