Hackrabbits Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 So I found out that Fortissimo EXA has a complete translated playthrough on youtube, and so I'm curious as to why I never heard of anyone talk about it? Is the translation bad? I was sure this was up the alley for a majority of vn players. Also suprised why no one has brought up the consideration of using this translation to create an official patch. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL119C0A99B1CBA422 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5FDC915FCAE6D7A8 EldritchCherub 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 So I found out that Fortissimo EXA has a complete translated playthrough on youtube, and so I'm curious as to why I never heard of anyone talk about it? Is the translation bad? I was sure this was up the alley for a majority of vn players. Also suprised why no one has brought up the consideration of using this translation to create an official patch. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL119C0A99B1CBA422 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5FDC915FCAE6D7A8 Probably the same reason you just found out about it now: lack of publicity. If COMegamanexe posted that he was doing this on these forums like Zakobot did with his S;G Fandisc Youtube Translations maybe we'd know about this sooner TL seems readable. Edit: But what do I know see Astro's post for more info. ~~ Here's Megaman's Youtube About Me: "I'm a gamer who also enjoys Visual Novels from time to time. I found Fortissimo EXA back in early 2011, loved it so much I felt the need to self-translate it. I know of the work I did will be avidly disagreed with by professional translators and/or native Japanese speakers, but it's extremely unlikely for any one individual work to get picked up by an English-translating company so I felt I had to do what I could to spread Fortissimo to everyone that stumbled upon it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EldritchCherub Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Nice, didn't know this was a thing either. Will start watching them when I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReaper Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 pretty surprised when i read bout it here, cause i thought to myself just a few hours ago that this is a series i´d like to see in english. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clephas Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I played both the original version and the Nachsten version. The latter was a great deal better, but the VN as a whole is basically a classic example of the literal chuunige stereotype, looking at the genre from the outside, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinovaA Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I am reading the Nachsten version now... and it really is the chuunige stereotype. ... And that is 100% okay with me. I love all the overblown powers and melodrama. Admittedly, the OST is probably my favorite thing about it, right next to some of those gorgeous CGs (cough look at my sig cough). One of the things I feel would be a bitch to go about translating to English would be the character and battle status screens. Not for language complexity... but because the screens would pretty much need to be entirely remade. I feel like a lot of people would enjoy this though, so I would love to see it get a patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clephas Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Yeah, the BGM is good (that company always splurges on the visuals and BGM), but the actual story is a bit iffy, at least in my eyes. I particularly dislike the way they did the final endings in Nachsten, despite the fact that I liked how they actually made separate paths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astro Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 *Only played fortissimo for the OST (and Momiji)* I liked the game because it was a chuu2ge that reads like a moege, but it is really hard to follow at times, and I have a hard time understanding what's going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astro Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Just watched a few of the videos, and I can confirm that the translations are abysmal in terms of accuracy (not an exaggeration to say that it's worse than Google Translate quality) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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