#Dust an elysian tail pc speedrun series#

PokkleвЂ™s puns and PipiroвЂ™s snark all had a certain comedic timing to it that I couldnвЂ™t really hear in my head when I was just combing through Excel files, but which came through loud and clear when I was actually playing.

And thatвЂ™s when things really started to come together. Once I realized what was happening, though, I started doing the вЂњplay, translate, and edit at the same timeвЂќ thing, which isnвЂ™t always possible but IS always a good idea. AndвЂ¦ well, I started translating the game before I realized this, and without playing it at the same time (having played it only once before around 12 or 13 years ago). Which may have been a slight mistake, in retrospect, as it turns out this is a game that had numerous prior iterations with totally different stories and very different character personalities, seemingly all of which still have some rather significant remnants left over in the gameвЂ™s text files.

As for how I approached localizing all of this, I just kind ofвЂ¦ dove in head-first. In a way, itвЂ™s very similar to the treatment the NPCs get in the Trails games, but because of the вЂњpodunk floating island with one main villageвЂќ setting, there are far fewer NPCs, meaning each one gets to have a lot more screen time to tug at your heartstrings, make you laugh, or anything in between, really. Instead, it focuses pretty squarely on its cast of characters, bringing every NPC to life and giving each one of them his/her own tale to tell. ThereвЂ™s really not a lot that happens over its course, as far as earth-shaking events go. ItвЂ™s funny, too, because Arges AdventureвЂ™s story is actually pretty minimalistic, when you get right down to it. You can tell the devs just let loose here, casting away all their inhibitions and just writing whatever the hell they wanted, and the end result is a beautiful cacophony of bad puns, blunt proclamations, pure snark, and fourth-wall-breaking. Tom: IвЂ™ve been talking about this quite a bit over on our Tumblr (/shamelessplug), but thatвЂ™s mostly because I canвЂ™t shut up about this game! IвЂ™ve said it before, and IвЂ™ll say it again: itвЂ™s the most fun IвЂ™ve ever had translating anything, owed entirely to the wonderful Japanese writing from Falcom. Can you tell us more about your work on the game and how you approach localizing its brand of humor? Last week we released Zwei: The Arges Adventure, and it feels like you had a great time working on it.

#Dust an elysian tail pc speedrun series#

Learn more about the challenges and delights of bringing beloved JRPG series into the western market, as well as why Tom loves Zwei: The Arges Adventure so darn much! The second part of our in-depth discussion with XSEED's team leader Ken Berry and localization producer Thomas Lipschultz is now here.