Translation [Release][Final] Nora and the Time Studio: The Witch of the Misty Forest - Translation Project

[Darukeru]

My gf and I have always wanted to play this game (specially her, she's been waiting for almost ten years LOL).
I couldn't believe when I googled it's name today and found this thread.
Thanks so much for the translation, really looking forward to it!

Hey, thanks!
Spread the word about the project haha
It's comforting to see that more and more people are interested in the project; I'll try to continue posting updates regularly, just wouldn't like to spam the thread... probably a FB page or a Twitter account could be a better option to do this.

 

[Regius]

Thank you for this! I've been wanting to play this game but I can't speak a lick of Japanese. Super looking forward to it and shared with friends!

If you need help with graphics editing I'd be willing to help too!

 

[Darukeru]

Super looking forward to it and shared with friends!

Hey thank you, really appreciate it!

If you need help with graphics editing I'd be willing to help too!

Nice, do you have experience editing graphics? At the moment I've some graphics that need some detailed editing as they contain some small fonts that require manual resizing; also some pixel art signboards and places names, as I mentioned in this post.

 

[Regius]

I definitely can but idk if it is just my insomnia but I couldn't tell what the words are supposed to be translated to for editing?

 

[Darukeru]

I definitely can but idk if it is just my insomnia but I couldn't tell what the words are supposed to be translated to for editing?

That specific image text is translated as Southern Pasture

 

[Regius]

That specific image text is translated as Southern Pasture

This is just me playing around but from what I can tell, that image specifically doesn't seem to be pixel art. Here's a crude attempt to emulate the AA effect it has while I was testing some fonts out (attached 6.zip which contains the PSD). Do you have an archive of all the Map Text so I can have a bigger pool on the general style of the font? Alternatively, I can try converting it on my copy of my rom so I don't have to bother you with images. I can export .nspcr and .NARC files but making them PNG is my only issue.

EDIT:

Spoiler

Upon further investigation, it seems my hunch is correct. The colors are around 53 which shouldn't be that much if it's pixel art for a piece like this. So it means the map signboards should be a lot easier if we found a font that is stylistically similar with minor adjustments.

 

[Darukeru]

This is just me playing around but from what I can tell, that image specifically doesn't seem to be pixel art. Here's a crude attempt to emulate the AA effect it has while I was testing some fonts out (attached 6.zip which contains the PSD). Do you have an archive of all the Map Text so I can have a bigger pool on the general style of the font? Alternatively, I can try converting it on my copy of my rom so I don't have to bother you with images. I can export .nspcr and .NARC files but making them PNG is my only issue.

EDIT:

Spoiler

Upon further investigation, it seems my hunch is correct. The colors are around 53 which shouldn't be that much if it's pixel art for a piece like this. So it means the map signboards should be a lot easier if we found a font that is stylistically similar with minor adjustments.
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Ok, I can send you the other archives containing the rest of Texts, but I can't PM you, send me a message yourself; or if you prefer I can give you the list of .nspcr (compressed .narc files after removing the SOLCOMP header) files so you can extract them by yourself, I use Tinke to export and import them to/from PNG.

 

[Regius]

Ok, I can send you the other archives containing the rest of Texts, but I can't PM you, send me a message yourself; or if you prefer I can give you the list of .nspcr (compressed .narc files after removing the SOLCOMP header) files so you can extract them by yourself, I use Tinke to export and import them to/from PNG.

Since my account is new I can't PM
The latter might be the better solution?

 

[Darukeru]

Since my account is new I can't PM
The latter might be the better solution?

Oh okay no problem
Look for all the sai_o_placeXXX.nspcr files under the data/scn/saishu directory, there are 17 of them. And there's other file, isa_o_place000.nspcr, under the data/scn/t_map directory.

 

[Regius]

Oh okay no problem
Look for all the sai_o_placeXXX.nspcr files under the data/scn/saishu directory, there are 17 of them. And there's other file, isa_o_place000.nspcr, under the data/scn/t_map directory.

I'm sorry, I looked all over the place and for some reason I can't find them.

 

[Darukeru]

I'm sorry, I looked all over the place and for some reason I can't find them.

Let's discuss it via PM.

 

[LuminousCat]

Wow, this game looks supercute. I didn't know there were such DS gems still left untranslated.
Good luck with the translation!

 

[zfreeman]

Past Translation Attempts

1. 2011: 45%
2. 2015: 20%

 

[Darukeru]

Wow, this game looks supercute. I didn't know there were such DS gems still left untranslated.
Good luck with the translation!

Hey thanks! I know haha but what can we expect when even some very popular franchises had decided not to localize some of their games. Your own project is an example of that haha
Good luck to you too!

 

[meta_stocke]

Followed some of the old translation attempts of this game, and super happy to see someone taking this on again!

If you're looking for another translator, especially for event scripts, would love to get in touch! Currently taking a course in Japanese translation.

//Though I just registered here, so can't PM yet...

 

[Darukeru]

Followed some of the old translation attempts of this game, and super happy to see someone taking this on again!

Great! This might be the definitive one

If you're looking for another translator, especially for event scripts, would love to get in touch! Currently taking a course in Japanese translation.

//Though I just registered here, so can't PM yet...

Sure! Don't worry, I'll contact you via PM

 

[SDA]

I really hope you'll finish this translation. There are some grammar mistakes, and there is a lot of Japanese left (as expected in an alpha).
Is someone helping you with this game at the moment? I personally cannot give a hand due to my inexperience in DS hacking and no Japanese knowledge. Even after completing my Monster Tale translation into Italian, I still feel a noob.

 

[Darukeru]

I really hope you'll finish this translation. There are some grammar mistakes, and there is a lot of Japanese left (as expected in an alpha).
Is someone helping you with this game at the moment? I personally cannot give a hand due to my inexperience in DS hacking and no Japanese knowledge. Even after completing my Monster Tale translation into Italian, I still feel a noob.

Thanks! And yes someone other than me is in charge of the translation, also made me notice those grammar errors, most of them should have been corrected by now in the latest un-released build of the rom, and many many more assets have been translated as of now, but not all of them.
I'm also a noob haha but I feel that this project is doable, and we're on a stage were most of the scripts can be inserted right away the moment they're translated, it's just a matter of, well, translating everything.

Btw, MT was also a game that intended to translate (to Spanish, my mother tongue), even extracted and prepared an environment and everything to do the translation using the same tools I'm using for this game, even translated the first events, but didn't focused to much on it, then a few weeks (or was it months?) ago the game devs announced the remastered version that is coming to switch, localized to several languages haha
There it goes that translation project

 

[SDA]

Btw, MT was also a game that intended to translate (to Spanish, my mother tongue), even extracted and prepared an environment and everything to do the translation using the same tools I'm using for this game, even translated the first events, but didn't focused to much on it, then a few weeks (or was it months?) ago the game devs announced the remastered version that is coming to switch, localized to several languages haha
There it goes that translation project

Unfortunately this game was intended to be released in Europe, too - there is a hidden language menu in the game's files.
We have to translate this into European French, Castillian Spanish, German and Dutch, so I'll be encouraging everyone to make this forgotten gem more accessible to non-English speaking gamers.

 

[Darukeru]

Unfortunately this game was intended to be released in Europe, too - there is a hidden language menu in the game's files.
We have to translate this into European French, Castillian Spanish, German and Dutch, so I'll be encouraging everyone to make this forgotten gem more accessible to non-English speaking gamers.

I know, such and underrated game. But now it's coming to the Switch and other modern platforms, very likely localized. I think that'll be the best version for anyone who haven't tried the game yet. For now I'll focuse my solo spanish fan-translation project to Aliens Infestation, another game that was only localized to English, German and French.