littleshogun Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) So yeah, they have a new company and surprisingly they already have five projects planned. One of those was Fureraba which is already both of fully translated and edited, and planned to be released at March. As for me, well I think it should be good if we have another VN localization company I guess, although some of you may have different opinion in regard of this though. Oh, here's the link to the company website if you curious, and here's Chuee tweet in regard of his involvement below. PS - I realize that in regard both of Saku Saku and Hoshimemo some of the members here have the issue. But still, I'd quite interested with Fureraba for a while so I would like to look forward in regard of this the past issue aside. PPS - As for my opinion in regard of the licensed title, I would say that other than Fureraba I also interested with Sanoba Witch as well because it's from Yuzusoft which is should be good, and the alternative costumes for two of the heroines remind me of magical girls lol. As for Hello Good Bye, looks like it'll be an interesting title so I'll keep my eyes on that as well especially with tarot style in the opening (Remind me of Persona). For the last two, I think Suki to Suki to Sankaku de Ren'ai (I'll call it Sukiren) was quite a bit unusual if only apparently it have some parody in regard of the otaku culture. No comment from Melty Moment, other than it looks the least interesting to me for now. Edited January 31, 2018 by littleshogun Novel21 1 Quote
tahu157 Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 They've got some heavyweight projects going too. I'm excited to see how they do. Also interesting to see that they have a Yuzusoft title so I guess Sekai didn't get an exclusive deal with them. Quote
Kirashi Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 Never heard anything about this company. Who are they and since when they exist? How are they related to sasaku team? Quote
Hiashi Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) A new localization company? This is exciting! I'm looking forward to seeing what they're capable of! Edited January 31, 2018 by Hiashi Quote
Nandemonai Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) You have one opportunity to make a first impression. It's never a good sign when someone blows it in an easily avoidable way, like not having an editor go over the first thing people see when they go to your website. "Under the slogan" is not really a thing, and the bit under "What do we do" is a run-on. Their announcement is also rife with poor word choices and stuff that's too wordy and reads poorly. None of these, individually, are all that bad. But they imply a lack of attention to detail, and that is bad. That's very bad. I'm also concerned that TheChuee's defense of the work on HoshiMemo isn't "here are the reasons why the review is wrong / takes things out of context/ out of proportion" but essentially "ehh, who gives a shit?". Edit: That first part was me not quite understanding that TheChuee was commenting on something someone else did. He didn't do that. I apologize to him, and have edited out the offending reference. Edited January 31, 2018 by Nandemonai Quote
okok Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 Not very optimistic about this one given who the past work of most of the ppl who are involved Quote
Kirashi Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 Let's wait and see. They seem rather confident for 2018, so I'll see how this will go. Quote
jetpack003 Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 I've said it in Fuwanovel's blog and I'll say it again: There's too much moe for me to handle! If their localisations are top-notch then I'll become a fan of their works. It'll be on my list to get my VNs from. Quote
Overlord87 Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 1 hour ago, jetpack003 said: I've said it in Fuwanovel's blog and I'll say it again: There's too much moe for me to handle! If their localisations are top-notch then I'll become a fan of their works. It'll be on my list to get my VNs from. Yeah, way too much moe, although all the titles they picked up have generally good ratings on VNDB. Quote
novurdim Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 Well, after reading chuee's amusing ranting, I'm pretty sure the translation will be shaky at best, but probably nothing we can't handle. Though with a name like that, it's unlikely they will ever localise anything even remotely "serious", sigh. VirginSmasher 1 Quote
VirginSmasher Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 Well, look at this. Another random TL company that I probably can't trust dipping their toes in the water of localization. I don't know why 2 companies have popped up over the past few months, but it's clear that they're targeting moege, which by all accounts is a genre I hate and wouldn't care if nothing from the genre ever got localized again. Anyways, the guy who's running it had a real shaky time with HoshiMemo, so I doubt anything that they'd put out right off of the bat. I do admire their ambition, but pushing more moege into this cesspool of a niche hobby definitely doesn't have me excited. Save for Hello Goodbye. I'd actually try that one out. 33 minutes ago, novurdim said: Well, after reading chuee's amusing ranting, I'm pretty sure the translation will be shaky at best, but probably nothing we can't handle. Though with a name like that, it's unlikely they will ever localise anything even remotely "serious", sigh. Tis unfortunate, but we plot lovers will just have to wait for a random localization company to specialize in those types of games. The only problem is how little money they'd make from localizing such games MaggieROBOT 1 Quote
Funnerific Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 42 minutes ago, novurdim said: Well, after reading chuee's amusing ranting, I'm pretty sure the translation will be shaky at best, but probably nothing we can't handle. Though with a name like that, it's unlikely they will ever localise anything even remotely "serious", sigh. Hello,good-bye is fairly serious. Not Fate/Stay Night levels of serious, but still. Edited January 31, 2018 by Funnerific Quote
littleshogun Posted January 31, 2018 Author Posted January 31, 2018 4 hours ago, Kirashi said: Never heard anything about this company. Who are they and since when they exist? How are they related to sasaku team? As for who they are, Akerou was the one who translated Saku Saku that was released back at October by Sekai and Chuee was the editor. They already exist since back at 2014, and actually Saku Saku was used to be one of translation project at this community - you could view the translation thread at this link. They also retranslated Hoshimemo as well, although in regard of that their translation was quite problematic to say the least and it was also have untranslated text issue as well which is quite unfortunate. For the translation in regard of their VNs, I admit that to be honest I wouldn't care too much in regard of the translation, and therefore I'm pretty much okay as long as I get more VNs translated - if anything at least it shouldn't be Flyable Heart translation level lol. To each of their own in regard of that I suppose. Quote
bakauchuujin Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 Personally I really like that they plan on releasing physical and not use kickstarter. Also nice to see that they seem yo push for mosaic free and have free patches for steam. So in terms of how they plan to release the things they seem very interesting to me. Really hope the translation won't be bad, a bit worriesome hearing the opinions on some of the translators previous translations. Quote
ShinRaikdou Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, bakauchuujin said: Also nice to see that they seem yo push for mosaic free Where did you see that? Uncensored doesn't mean without mosaic. Â Anyway, more moege is always pleasurable to see. Best genre for vn. Edited January 31, 2018 by ShinRaikdou Quote
bakauchuujin Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, ShinRaikdou said: Where did you see that? Uncensored doesn't mean without mosaic. 3 of their titles are listed as mosaic free while the two other they said that nothing was drawn under the mosaic. 3 out of 5 and actually giving understandible reasons for why the remaining 2 aren't seems to be pretty good. Espesially considering the titles are moege. Edited January 31, 2018 by bakauchuujin Quote
ShinRaikdou Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 3 minutes ago, bakauchuujin said: 3 of their titles are listed as mosaic free while the two other they said that nothing was drawn under the mosaic. 3 out of 5 and actually giving understandible reasons for why the remaining 2 aren't seems to be pretty good. Espesially considering the titles are moege. Oh, thanks, forgot to look into game pages on website. Â Sanoba Witch without mosaic would be awesome... Lazy Yuzusoft... Â Quote
DharmaFreedom Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 3 hours ago, novurdim said: Well, after reading chuee's amusing ranting, I'm pretty sure the translation will be shaky at best, but probably nothing we can't handle. What rant? Quote
bakauchuujin Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Btw how bad was HoshiMemo translation actually? Was it generally shit or was it mainly problems with there being a lack of quality check, like the untranslated lines. If it is just a lack of quality checking I think that should be easy to fix, but it probably is difficult for a translator to quickly improve in regards to making things feel natural with their translation, so if the overall translation quality is bad on it I gues that is a pretty bad sign. Edited January 31, 2018 by bakauchuujin Quote
-soraa Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Too much Moe for me. Seriously 4 of the 5 games are light-hearted SoL, Comedy and Romance VN's. At the first impression they all look like standard moege VN's with a cliche story. I mean it's okay if they want to bring out more VN's to the west but they shouldn't just focus on one type of VN's. It's just like they want to say: "We should just focus on one target-group!" ... In my case I would be more happy with more Drama and less Comedy or a unique Romance VN with a great story. I am not really a Fan of too much comedy without a story or with just a complete SoL & Romance VN where nothing happens till the end. Like I said it's okay if they want to bring more Romance VN's to the west but for the future I hope they pick more interesting VN's. Before we start to think about the future we should wait if the translation is actually good.  At the moment I am just interested in Sonoba Witch and Hello, good-bye. In the last few days I started to read Dracu-Riot and I really like this game. Altough I hate Noble Works. But Yuzusoft did actually a good job in Dracu-Riot and I am quite looking forward in their other games. Hello, good-bye seems like a interessting romance VN with a good story. Edited January 31, 2018 by -soraa Deniz, Fiddle and Ranzo 3 Quote
novurdim Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 1 hour ago, DharmaFreedom said: What rant? Recent one on twitter, regarding the hoshimemo tl. DharmaFreedom 1 Quote
Novel21 Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 I'm unsure what to say about Neko Nyan, but I hope translating is better a machine translating and I look forward to Hello Goodbye  most since it has the category I like and sounds very excited. I'm excited about the other VN as well Quote
Stormwolf Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 2 hours ago, -soraa said: Too much Moe for me. Seriously 4 of the 5 games are light-hearted SoL, Comedy and Romance VN's. At the first impression they all look like standard moege VN's with a cliche story. I mean it's okay if they want to bring out more VN's to the west but they shouldn't just focus on one type of VN's. It's just like they want to say: "We should just focus on one target-group!" ... In my case I would be more happy with more Drama and less Comedy or a unique Romance VN with a great story. I am not really a Fan of too much comedy without a story or with just a complete SoL & Romance VN where nothing happens till the end. Like I said it's okay if they want to bring more Romance VN's to the west but for the future I hope they pick more interesting VN's. Before we start to think about the future we should wait if the translation is actually good.  At the moment I am just interested in Sonoba Witch and Hello, good-bye. In the last few days I started to read Dracu-Riot and I really like this game. Altough I hate Noble Works. But Yuzusoft did actually a good job in Dracu-Riot and I am quite looking forward in their other games. Hello, good-bye seems like a interessting romance VN with a good story.  I agree. These vn's were interesting in the beginning but im kind of sick and tired of them. If people want vn's to become more popular in the west, one important thing is picking interesting vn's. I have a hard time thinking that people not already into vn's find moe vn's particularly appealing. Quote
ShinRaikdou Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, -soraa said: I mean it's okay if they want to bring out more VN's to the west but they shouldn't just focus on one type of VN's. It's just like they want to say: "We should just focus on one target-group!" ... What wrong with it? Moe genre sells better than another pseudo-serious vn's. There are plenty of people like me who prefer "standard moege VN's with a cliche story" even after hundreds of them (btw, for me "Hello, good-bye" less appealing than others). So, calling it a "bad decision" because "you" don't like that genre, sounds like a desperate cry. It is like complaining that they do not choose otomes, traps, bl, yuri and etc. I won't say moege ultimately better that nakige , but many people preferring one for other. Like Aksys games has there niche with Otome games, now we have moege company. Not to mention people who reading vn's like date sims for escapism and can't handle psychological stuff with depressing ending after depressing ending. (I think there plenty of them, looking on moege sales) So, NekoNyan, you have my acknowledgment of your decision and I'll buy 4/5 of your games (Should find a info about Hello, good-bye endings...) Edited January 31, 2018 by ShinRaikdou Dreamysyu and jetpack003 2 Quote
bakauchuujin Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 Personally I would like NekoNyan to outcompete SP and take over as a publisher for moege, ofc that is if their translation quality is good. Quote
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