Hacking Night of the Sacrifice English translation almost completed, needs programmers

AestheticGamer

New Member
OP
Newbie
Joined
Jun 1, 2015
Messages
1
Trophies
0
Age
32
XP
72
Country
United States
In 2011, a Wii horror game released in Japan known as Ikenie no Yoru, or Night of the Sacrifice.

Ikenie_no_Yoru_Coverart.png


The game caught some interest for an interesting visual style and J-horror feel. You can see a couple of trailers for the game here:

Trailer 1:
Trailer 2:

Now, the game never released outside of Japan, but a few people have worked on a translation of the game. The game was successfully translated to English by Chelsea, a popular Fatal Frame series translator of Japanese content, and the translation was fixed up by PhoenixTsukino & Reika. They got the game completely translated into English via fan translation as of over half a year ago, but unfortunately the couple programmers they were working with to insert the translation into the game disappeared from the face of the Earth.

So they've been in need of help for someone to help get the translation into the game, but unfortunately haven't had much aid or word of mouth. I had a friend of which I secured the translation materials from, and have permission to just get the translation out there to hopefully find someone to help get it on Wii. I have no experience modding Wii files or replacing text, and for better or worse I thought I should check to see if anyone here happens to have any experience and be willing to try and help get the translation into the game. I have nothing to do with the game's translation, just a middleman and someone who definitely wants to see this game translated. I picked it up a year ago when I heard this translation project was in the works, but it's almost heart-breaking to see it on such a halt as it's been in since last September basically, the translation part completed but in need of a programmer.

Translation FIles 1 (script): https://www.mediafire.com/?dp574snf0jfe2py
Translation Files 2 (progress of Wii programming files): https://www.mediafire.com/?23v26bcc9qlf6ml

I apologize if this isn't really the place to post it, but the translation is available in word file format, and the programming to make it available for people to easily use like the Fatal Frame IV translation is partially there, but not in a working state currently. The translation was transgressing on Beyond the Lens, a Fatal Frame forum, but has been kind of caught there for a while. Help to get the translation completed would be appreciated.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Leobgood and momin

snapman

Member
Newcomer
Joined
Aug 31, 2011
Messages
23
Trophies
0
XP
122
Country
United States
I get the feeling the reason why this project got so little attention is because it's a Riivolution patch, meaning it can't be applied to disc images. This patch only works with a physical copy of the game (currently selling on amazon for $90-$219!). Maybe this would gain more traction if it switched over to an iso patch? Is that even possible at this stage, or would it require starting over from scratch?
 

snapman

Member
Newcomer
Joined
Aug 31, 2011
Messages
23
Trophies
0
XP
122
Country
United States
Has anyone tried running the incomplete translation on a Wii with Riivolution, or on an emulator using Dolphiilution? How far along is it?
 

Brand Newman

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Apr 29, 2014
Messages
559
Trophies
2
Age
43
Website
twitter.com
XP
3,377
Country
France

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • BakerMan
    The snack that smiles back, Ballsack!
  • TwoSpikedHands @ TwoSpikedHands:
    I really would like to make a hack that I would enjoy playing, and maybe other people would too. swapping to the EU version would also mean my US friends could not legally play it
  • TwoSpikedHands @ TwoSpikedHands:
    I am definitely considering porting over some of the EU features without using the actual ROM itself, tbh that would probably be the best way to go about it... but i'm sad that the voice acting is so.... not good on the US version. May not be a way around that though
  • TwoSpikedHands @ TwoSpikedHands:
    I appreciate the insight!
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    @TwoSpikedHands just switch, all the knowledge you learned still applies and most of the code and assets should be the same anyway
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    and realistically they wouldn't

    be able to play it legally anyway since they need a ROM and they probably don't have the means to dump it themselves
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    why the shit does the shitbox randomly insert newlines in my messages
  • Veho @ Veho:
    It does that when I edit a post.
  • Veho @ Veho:
    It inserts a newline in a random spot.
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    never had that i don't think
  • Karma177 @ Karma177:
    do y'all think having an sd card that has a write speed of 700kb/s is a bad idea?
    trying to restore emunand rn but it's taking ages... (also when I finished the first time hekate decided to delete all my fucking files :wacko:)
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    @Karma177 that sd card is 100% faulty so yes, its a bad idea
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    even the slowest non-sdhc sd cards are a few MB/s
  • Karma177 @ Karma177:
    @The Real Jdbye it hasn't given me any error trying to write things on it so I don't really think it's faulty (pasted 40/50gb+ folders and no write errors)
  • DinohScene @ DinohScene:
    run h2testw on it
    +1
  • DinohScene @ DinohScene:
    when SD cards/microSD write speeds drop below a meg a sec, they're usually on the verge of dying
    +1
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Samsung SD format can sometimes fix them too
  • Purple_Heart @ Purple_Heart:
    yes looks like an faulty sd
  • Purple_Heart @ Purple_Heart:
    @Psionic Roshambo i may try that with my dead sd cards
    +1
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    It's always worth a shot
  • TwoSpikedHands @ TwoSpikedHands:
    @The Real Jdbye, I considered that, but i'll have to wait until i can get the eu version in the mail lol
  • I @ I-need-help-with-wup-wiiu:
    i need help with nusspli failed downloads, can someone respond to my thread? pretty please:wub:
  • Sheeba- @ Sheeba-:
    I can't wait to hack my 11.00 PS4 pro
  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    Wake up, it's da first of da month
    BakerMan @ BakerMan: Wake up, it's da first of da month