Apparently renaming Polyrhythm is the scandal of the century in this Discord.
I'm really sorry to hear literal children on Discord were being relentlessly shitty to you about your work. For what it's worth, I read the entirety of your post and I found the thought process behind the translation choices fascinating! Although my excitement is dampened by you having to bring it up in the first place due to the Peanut gallery (hey, that sounds like a good premise for a new Rhythm minigame, don't you think? Although... others might hate that name and push for "Nutty performance" instead).
On the subject of localizations and how there is no single way to "objectively" translate something and how everyone has a different thought process to do it, look no further than NOA vs NOE's English script of Rhythm Heaven Fever/Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise. NOE tried to stay closer to the Japanese script, but it sounds dry and too matter-of-fact, I personally prefer NOA's script, as I find it more humorous and joyful, which is fitting for this franchise, but I don't see anyone stirring up a storm about it, let alone have entire Discord servers shitting on it, or videos 'meme-ing' about it, time which would be more productive explaining the nuance behind localizations instead
I thought I'd at least bring you some good news to vindicate you. MF5K (aka Tox), the user which you see in many of the screenshots you shared, and former Admin of the Rhythm Heaven Wiki, has been exiled from the Rhythm Heaven community. I won't go into too much detail here, but people basically got tired of his extremely toxic demeanor and arrogance, the derailing of discussions just to attack trans people... and of him being a POS in general. What you exhibited in those screenshots was just the tip of the iceberg.
I chose to post about this publicly here instead of PMing you because his toxic behavior was widespread and very well-known at that point. Last year people across the RH Discord servers finally got fed up and decided enough was enough. Luckily the Wiki is in much better hands now, and I can confidently say the community is better off.
In related news, I see that the project called
Rhythm Heaven Advance lead by Shaffy, has released some playable builds, with a focus to bring it more in-line with Megamix in terms of overall feel, and even localizing all the remaining Japanese voice lines.
I feel they're doing a valiant effort and a great job with most of the localized audio lines (Rap wo/men sound awesome but others like Toss Boys, ehh.. also personally not a fan of Megamix's Space Dancers).
It was a good choice to make it a separate project, because in my heart, Silver is the one I grew up with, and I still like going back to it from time to time.
I actually found out through a
YouTube review of RH Advance which mentioned Rhythm Heaven Silver being used as the starting point, and overall was pretty respectful, so thankfully I believe we're finally beyond the name-calling shenanigans.
Something I noticed however, they're still largely using some of the original graphics/spritework made by Rhythm Heaven Silver team
and I don't believe they're attributed in the credits section of RH Advance, but correct me if I'm wrong. EDIT 24-June: Seems they have added a mention to Rhythm Heaven Silver in the credits as of today. Yay!
