ROM Hack Magnius's Pokemon Soul Silver Translation

[lachlan10411]

k this is my problem and wat i did step by step (did everything magnius said)

I opened up Xdelta GUI and put the patch file in select patch and put the rom in select rom which was 4160 - Pokemon Soul Silver (J)(Xenophobia).nds and the website it was from was http://*/NDS/4160_-_Pokemon_Soul_Silver_(J)(Xenophobia).rar.html/

then i pressed apply patch and it froze for like 10 seconds and it never said not responding when i was moving it and even when i wait a long time no patched rom appears

then i even seached 4160 - Pokemon Soul Silver (J)(Xenophobia).nds_patched.nds but nothing showed up

i've been trying 2 download this for like 2 weeks already someone help!!!!!!!!!!

Do not post ROM links!

i realy would like to tell you the rom downlaad site but it is against the rules so i cant...

but i can tell you youre looking for a rom 131072 kb in size and for some people the romulation 1 works

 

[WataruKun]

Kind of losing my inspiration here. Maybe if people continued making video walkthroughs and stuff, so that I could see what else needs to be translated... I'd be more inspired to continue.

Did you already translate everything in the videos and what was posted in this thread? If you wanna pack and upload what you have done I can make another run through from the start to see if anything else is missing

Well it would help, but if you do could do it from Azalea Town instead of starting over? Someone's already done most stuff up to the first Gym. But yeah, it'd definitely help because then I could just watch the vids, instead of playing the game all over again, just to see what I missed.

 

[ParMa]

No! Magnius! You're awesome, how did this drop happen? ... I really wish I could help, but I have no real camera, and with my laptop running at 733mhz with a Pentium 3? You'd be watching it at 50% speed with me recording via Hypercam.

Anyway, please, those who CAN make these for him, please do.
And Magnius? You don't need a pep-talk, you're fucking amazing, 'nuff said.

 

[cosmiccinema]

My guess is this is the most successful translation so far?
when was this version 3 released?

 

[ParMa]

Yes, and check when Wataru last edited the first post. That's when he updated it.

 

[Zieg30CT]

Kind of losing my inspiration here. Maybe if people continued making video walkthroughs and stuff, so that I could see what else needs to be translated... I'd be more inspired to continue.

Did you already translate everything in the videos and what was posted in this thread? If you wanna pack and upload what you have done I can make another run through from the start to see if anything else is missing

Well it would help, but if you do could do it from Azalea Town instead of starting over? Someone's already done most stuff up to the first Gym. But yeah, it'd definitely help because then I could just watch the vids, instead of playing the game all over again, just to see what I missed.

I know you seem dead set on a video guide to help your translation but would a detailed list be okay? If so I could have one for you in a day or so detailing what you've missed up to Goldenrod so far.

 

[WataruKun]

Kind of losing my inspiration here. Maybe if people continued making video walkthroughs and stuff, so that I could see what else needs to be translated... I'd be more inspired to continue.

Did you already translate everything in the videos and what was posted in this thread? If you wanna pack and upload what you have done I can make another run through from the start to see if anything else is missing

Well it would help, but if you do could do it from Azalea Town instead of starting over? Someone's already done most stuff up to the first Gym. But yeah, it'd definitely help because then I could just watch the vids, instead of playing the game all over again, just to see what I missed.

I know you seem dead set on a video guide to help your translation but would a detailed list be okay? If so I could have one for you in a day or so detailing what you've missed up to Goldenrod so far.

Videos would honestly be better. Just something that goes through the story of Azalea Town and Goldenrod and checks most of the NPC's.

Problem with a list is it isn't specific enough.

 

[kidisnice87]

Kind of losing my inspiration here. Maybe if people continued making video walkthroughs and stuff, so that I could see what else needs to be translated... I'd be more inspired to continue.

so much for all that crap about how you're doing it just for the community huh? You're just looking for e-fame....

which is pointless because in a couple months the real English version will be released and everyone will forget you

 

[Romruto]

Kind of losing my inspiration here. Maybe if people continued making video walkthroughs and stuff, so that I could see what else needs to be translated... I'd be more inspired to continue.

so much for all that crap about how you're doing it just for the community huh? You're just looking for e-fame....

which is pointless because in a couple months the real English version will be released and everyone will forget you

e-fame is usually youtube. also i dont think this dude is doing it for fame but just for fun. why encourage someone to stop on something he/she enjoys? ppl will only forget his name but not his work. just be thankful that there is at least an "attempt" on a full translation.

 

[onivan]

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Kind of losing my inspiration here. Maybe if people continued making video walkthroughs and stuff, so that I could see what else needs to be translated... I'd be more inspired to continue.

so much for all that crap about how you're doing it just for the community huh? You're just looking for e-fame....

which is pointless because in a couple months the real English version will be released and everyone will forget you

e-fame is usually youtube. also i dont think this dude is doing it for fame but just for fun. why encourage someone to stop on something he/she enjoys? ppl will only forget his name but not his work. just be thankful that there is at least an "attempt" on a full translation.

Just let this guy waste his time typing that, dont feed his trollishnes, I humbly suggest you just report and ignore... You have done some respectable work as well, Romruto

 

[hahahahaha]

Yeah, that was really mean, he is going through all the trouble to transale it, and fast as well. It would take me years to attempt something on this scale.

 

[Sonickfan]

Translating Hiragana to english is no simple task unless you read and understand Japanese fluently.

I think translating this is great practice. (which could be another possible reason he's doing this.)
I know a few Hiragana characters, I just wish I could remember all of em w/o looking at a chart.

On another note, I noticed this today:
In the union room when you go to say things (the "chat" persay)
the Japanese will translate to English on the receiving game.
EX: A Japanese phrase on Soulsilver will show up as English on Diamond.

Not necessary at all to do, but I just thought it to be interesting.

 

[onivan]

Translating Hiragana to english is no simple task unless you read and understand Japanese fluently.

I think translating this is great practice. (which could be another possible reason he's doing this.)
I know a few Hiragana characters, I just wish I could remember all of em w/o looking at a chart.

On another note, I noticed this today:
In the union room when you go to say things (the "chat" persay)
the Japanese will translate to English on the receiving game.
EX: A Japanese phrase on Soulsilver will show up as English on Diamond.

Not necessary at all to do, but I just thought it to be interesting.

Not really, because Diamond doesn't have WiFi Plaza access, but I get your point, and yes, I have spoken with Japanese people on WiFi Plaza using my Pokémon Platinum Version and it does show everything in english, while the Japanese person sees everything in japanese.

I still fail to see the point on that... Perhaps helping with WiFi Plaza translation? :/

 

[bwillb]

Translating Hiragana to english is no simple task unless you read and understand Japanese fluently.

I think translating this is great practice. (which could be another possible reason he's doing this.)
I know a few Hiragana characters, I just wish I could remember all of em w/o looking at a chart.

On another note, I noticed this today:
In the union room when you go to say things (the "chat" persay)
the Japanese will translate to English on the receiving game.
EX: A Japanese phrase on Soulsilver will show up as English on Diamond.

Not necessary at all to do, but I just thought it to be interesting.

If you want to learn some more basic japanese, find the DS game "My Japanese Coach". It can teach you all the kana (hiragana, katakana), some common words, and more.
I actually learned kana and some kanji in high school... I had a real japanese teacher who would give us good mnemonics for the kana (like the hirigana for KA looks like a KARATE KICK, KE looks a bit like an old man with a CANE, KI looks like a KEY, etc

)

 

[fayt1488]

WataruKun sorry about not posting any videos I've been busy helping my grandpa with his house. I'll get some up later today if nothing comes up.

 

[WataruKun]

kidisnice87 is an idiot, end of story. Who clearly didn't read the post where I stated that I wanted people to post videos to make it EASIER for me to find what text is untranslated. You sir win the annual ignoramous award of the year! Congrats!

 

[Shinryuji]

Translating Hiragana to english is no simple task unless you read and understand Japanese fluently.

I think translating this is great practice. (which could be another possible reason he's doing this.)
I know a few Hiragana characters, I just wish I could remember all of em w/o looking at a chart.

On another note, I noticed this today:
In the union room when you go to say things (the "chat" persay)
the Japanese will translate to English on the receiving game.
EX: A Japanese phrase on Soulsilver will show up as English on Diamond.

Not necessary at all to do, but I just thought it to be interesting.

If you want to learn some more basic japanese, find the DS game "My Japanese Coach". It can teach you all the kana (hiragana, katakana), some common words, and more.
I actually learned kana and some kanji in high school... I had a real japanese teacher who would give us good mnemonics for the kana (like the hirigana for KA looks like a KARATE KICK, KE looks a bit like an old man with a CANE, KI looks like a KEY, etc

)

Thanks for the game recommendation, I had forgotten about that one.
As for people asking about the XDelta, I'm going to have to add the phrase "USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION" in big red letters on the bottom of my sig.

 

[Sonickfan]

Not really, because Diamond doesn't have WiFi Plaza access, but I get your point, and yes, I have spoken with Japanese people on WiFi Plaza using my Pokémon Platinum Version and it does show everything in english, while the Japanese person sees everything in japanese.

I still fail to see the point on that... Perhaps helping with WiFi Plaza translation? :/

Note that I said Union Room. (Direct DS to DS)
Obviously Diamond and Pearl don't have the WiFi plaza XD.

I was just trading pokemon from my diamond game to Soulsilver when I noticed that.
However you are also correct in that things in the WiFi plaza translate to English in American Platinum games.
And I dunno, I just thought I'd throw it out there. Can't get more accurate than what the Platinum game says.
That said, it's still not a big deal. I'd much rather have the storyline translated, as I can guess everything else out.

Maybe a side thing to translate in one of the upcoming patches could be the PC.
I see so many more buttons than the older games and I don't know if they're new features or button movements.
Just something to note I suppose.


QUOTE(bwillb @ Oct 12 2009, 11:02 PM) If you want to learn some more basic japanese, find the DS game "My Japanese Coach". It can teach you all the kana (hiragana, katakana), some common words, and more.
I actually learned kana and some kanji in high school... I had a real japanese teacher who would give us good mnemonics for the kana (like the hirigana for KA looks like a KARATE KICK, KE looks a bit like an old man with a CANE, KI looks like a KEY, etc

)

Ahaha, thanks for that. I'll give it a look into sometime.

 

[WataruKun]

Translating Hiragana to english is no simple task unless you read and understand Japanese fluently.

I think translating this is great practice. (which could be another possible reason he's doing this.)
I know a few Hiragana characters, I just wish I could remember all of em w/o looking at a chart.

On another note, I noticed this today:
In the union room when you go to say things (the "chat" persay)
the Japanese will translate to English on the receiving game.
EX: A Japanese phrase on Soulsilver will show up as English on Diamond.

Not necessary at all to do, but I just thought it to be interesting.
If you want to learn some more basic japanese, find the DS game "My Japanese Coach". It can teach you all the kana (hiragana, katakana), some common words, and more.
I actually learned kana and some kanji in high school... I had a real japanese teacher who would give us good mnemonics for the kana (like the hirigana for KA looks like a KARATE KICK, KE looks a bit like an old man with a CANE, KI looks like a KEY, etc

)

Yes, basic but not nearly enough to translate a game XD!

For that you should learn the particles and learn what each does.

Another place where you'll get stuck is the verbs. Even if your using a dictionary.

See verbs have dictionary bases(Or endings) which are usually ru. But the root of the verb can have different bases.

Take this for instance...

The verb hanasu(Ha-Na-Su, 3 Japanese Characters) means talk in Japanese. Take off the last character(Su) to get the verbs root, Hana. "Su" is what we'll refer to as the base.

The basic formula for verbs in Japanese is...

Prefix + Root + Base + Ending

Now for now we're not going to use a prefix, but hana is our root and su is our base so...

Hana + su = Stem

Our stem is what we get when we combine our root and our base.

Also, how do you know if something is a verb? Well, Japanese verbs all end in u.

Verb endings are also something complicated that I won't get into. Also, I won't get into which verbs are Godan verbs or which verbs are Ichidan verbs.

Now any verb who's dictionary base ends in Su, has 7 other alternate bases it can use.

Here are all the bases for Su. There are 8 possible bases.

QUOTE

Sa
Shi
Su(The dictionary base)
Se
So
Shita
Shite

So if you have Hanasa, Hanashi, Hanasu, Hanase, Hanaso, Hanashita or Hanashite it's all the same verb.

Though an important thing I want to add is that, Shita and Shite are the past tenses of the verb. So basically when you add those bases "Talk" becomes "Talked".

Of course, none of this will make any sense unless you've first studied basic things, like Japanese Vowel orders and stuff.

 

[laxman0220]

Learning Japanese looks interesting,unlike french which is so boring

Lmao remember the lonely asian guy? He got banned for making a new account just to agree with himself when he was arguing with Wataru, hilarious

Back on Topic: Some people underground in Goldenrod city are Japanese, just saying