ROM Hack Official Mother 3 Translation Thread

[Toni Plutonij]

This is left to do, after that.....it's absolutely complete!!

Fix some Block 0 text display routines. This may take a few weeks, and is the hardest thing left to hack.

Fix the weird menu sprite text “morphing”. This may take a few weeks, and is the second hardest thing left to hack.

Testing and polishing. This will last for about a month. (note: testing will be done on various emulators and hardware, including various flash carts and things like the PSP, etc.)

Some tool-assisted testing. This should take a few days total.

 

[jhoff80]

I would say November is definitely most likely. They might say its only a few weeks more hacking and only a month or so of testing, but something always comes up when you think you're done.

 

[BoomtownBilly]

Tom's blog is quite frankly amazing...... I occasionally write messages of praise to this mother of all translators.

For me it's seems his "not out till perfect" stance is what's making me put a huge timescale on this baby. I've never played Golden sun I hope that it holds up to the hype and keep's my rpg needs going for a few weeks at least..... we shall see.

Hmmm I sure could use a Skip Sandwich DX
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[PizzaPasta]

Hey all, I just figured I would keep you guys updated since I just read some good news!

All of the Block 0 bugs have been fixed! This only leaves THREE things left on the to-do list.

The first is "Testing and polishing. This will last for about a month. (note: testing will be done on various emulators and hardware, including various flash carts and things like the PSP, etc.)"

The second looks a bit tricky and might be a little time consuming "Fix the weird menu sprite text “morphing”. This may take a few weeks."

And after that Mato and Co. will have to work on some "Some tool-assisted testing. This should take a few days total."

This is looking better and better every time I check out the blog.

Read the post for yourself and leave some comments, we need to cheer these guys on!

Source.

 

[pilotwangs]

So close to being completed now...

 

[Alato]

Ah, I've been watching the progress since Mother3.org. I can't WAIT.

All Block 0 stuff done, a bit more hacking left, then just some final testing left. Agh, can't wait to play Mother 3 in english.

 

[Toni Plutonij]

I'm very happy I'll be playing this game in english..Thanks for updating PizzaPasta, keep the updates coming..

 

[Zyenet]

I absolutely can't wait to play this. I've been waiting since the game came out, and I didn't really want to play it if it wasn't English. Really looking forward to it, and I'll be playing it for sure.

 

[PizzaPasta]

I absolutely can't wait to play this. I've been waiting since the game came out, and I didn't really want to play it if it wasn't English. Really looking forward to it, and I'll be playing it for sure.

I've played through it three times in Japanese and I couldn't read a damn word. It's a really good game regardless of whether or not you understand it. The battles are really fun and are the only RPG battles that I have ever played that didn't make me groan when they would occur.

 

[Big Kong Boss]

I absolutely can't wait to play this. I've been waiting since the game came out, and I didn't really want to play it if it wasn't English. Really looking forward to it, and I'll be playing it for sure.

I've played through it three times in Japanese and I couldn't read a damn word. It's a really good game regardless of whether or not you understand it. The battles are really fun and are the only RPG battles that I have ever played that didn't make me groan when they would occur.

Amen to that

 

[RupeeClock]

I'm getting pretty excited here.

http://mother3.fobby.net/2008/09/26/all-hacking-complete/

All that remains is testing!

 

[Vague Rant]

Does it weird you guys out when you see people you know in the comments on the blog? Or the reverse; I keep getting people going "Are you the same Vague Rant who comments on the Mother 3 blog sometimes?"

 

[Zanonymous]

For anyone who doesn't know and asks these stupid questions like when it'll be done...
It is already done, all of the text is translated, the coding is the problem, it makes the game buggy using English text over the picturesque Japanese. And there are partial translations. And Mato's working really hard don't think it'll come out too soon I've been watching this, it'll turn out good. Already played M3 three times

 

[Vague Rant]

For anyone who doesn't know and asks these stupid questions like when it'll be done...
It is already done, all of the text is translated, the coding is the problem, it makes the game buggy using English text over the picturesque Japanese. And there are partial translations. And Mato's working really hard don't think it'll come out too soon I've been watching this, it'll turn out good. Already played M3 three times

Uh, have you seen the blog today? The hacking is done, they're up to the testing phase now.

 

[Zanonymous]

For anyone who doesn't know and asks these stupid questions like when it'll be done...
It is already done, all of the text is translated, the coding is the problem, it makes the game buggy using English text over the picturesque Japanese. And there are partial translations. And Mato's working really hard don't think it'll come out too soon I've been watching this, it'll turn out good. Already played M3 three times

Uh, have you seen the blog today? The hacking is done, they're up to the testing phase now.

Nah...was checking it alot awhile ago. Now I feel stupid saying that. Just read some of page 1 of this topic, posting my message after that, thinking translation was still in progress, and now you tell me it's done? Well, I'll see. Thanks.

 

[pilotwangs]

Holy crap!
Only testing left,this is gonna be out so soon!

 

[Alerek]

Yes! I just read on there that they're all finished hacking and just need to test it out...

We're only weeks away at this point!

 

[pilotwangs]

God I hope it's out before November(I need something to play in ICT)

 

[AXYPB]

This doesn't look like a game I would be interested in but I have to commend the hackers for their incredible dedication to the project. The preview product looks so professional and polished one could see their reflection in it. I haven't seen such a high standard of quality since the translation of Cave Story.

 

[Loginer]

Hmm, I should really finish Earthbound before this comes out (I'm stuck on Threed, I don't want to grind up Jeff/Paula to level 25+. ;_.