Translation Riivolution patch : Zangeki No Reginleiv translation for Wii

[Brand Newman]

Hello everyone,

Yesterday, I had the honour and opportunity to participate to a gameplay video made by @BacklogCabin on his Twitch channel.

We talked about my translation projects (both done and yet to come), and also covered the general topic of translation (technical difficulties, cultural differences, beta testing phase, etc.), while Backlog did the first missions of Zangeki No Reginleiv.

One thing leading to another, we ended up chating about general topics like retrogaming, emulation, or left-handed modes in game !

The experience was a blast : I really had fun doing it, and it gave me the opportunity to give credit to the people who supported and helped me on Gbatemp, especially on Zangeki No Reginleiv (hi @Lazlo52 and @MaeseJesus).

Thank you everyone for that!

If you can forgive the cringy French accent and are curious about the vid, here's a link to watch it below.

Have a nice WE, everybody!

PS : sorry for not directly embedding the Twitch vid, but Gbatemp kept giving me an error.)

Watched the video I did with @BacklogCabin yesterday, talking about Zangeki No Reginleiv and my other translations for #wii . I'll have to get used to my cringy accent !😖 But twas still great, all things considered! Thanks, Log! https://t.co/7gnUh2iCnz https://t.co/Vew5WF7NtH

— Brand Newman  - @brandnewman.bsky.social (@BrandNewman06) August 28, 2021

 

[Brand Newman]

Good evening everyone, please have a look at my next project if you want!

https://gbatemp.net/threads/chibi-robo-english-translation-for-wii.602928/

 

[meta-]

i know this dumb but anyone stuck on method 3 and the wit program show's an error where can't open file: (whatever game name)
just put the game iso on bin folder and run the command again and it should be good to go
sadly the readme pdf doesn't point that step clearly so it well be nice if edited
@Brand Newman

 

[Brand Newman]

i know this dumb but anyone stuck on method 3 and the wit program show's an error where can't open file: (whatever game name)
just put the game iso on bin folder and run the command again and it should be good to go
sadly the readme pdf doesn't point that step clearly so it well be nice if edited
@Brand Newman

Thanks for the info @meta- , I'll make sure to make the 3rd method clearer on my next "Chibi-Robo" project!

 

[brut_]

i get 23400 error when try connecting online

 

[Brand Newman]

i get 23400 error when try connecting online

Hi @brut_

Have you applied the separate patch to restore the online functionality, since the original servers are down (named network patch.bat)?

Alternatively, you can also modify your DNS (method provided in the readme file on page 9).

If you did the aforementioned and still can't get online, there might be an issue with the "zwei" server, which I'm not related to.

Please let me know if you succeeded.

Yours truly.

 

[Brand Newman]

Happy new year, everyone!

Hope you had a nice holiday? I just wanted to let you know I’m working on a new translation for Wii once again!

More info at this address, please feel free to give me feedbacks!

https://gbatemp.net/threads/ougon-no-kizuna-golden-bonds-english-translation-for-wii.624075/

 

[Brand Newman]

Good evening everyone,

As some of you may have noticed, I've been coming back to my old projects a bit this WE, and have replaced the Japanese "Warning Screens" and Home Menu with their English counterparts (amongst some other changes, depending on the game).

May I say this is not always as easy as it seems?

So I just wanted you to know that the patch has been updated to 1.01, giving you this sweet English menu:

Have a nice end of your day!

 

[tulblut]

It'll be wonderful if you could translate also the in-engine cutscenes and replace the audio with an AI-generated dub, it could be quite simple and effective

 

[Brand Newman]

It'll be wonderful if you could translate also the in-engine cutscenes and replace the audio with an AI-generated dub, it could be quite simple and effective

Hi,

As stated before, adding subtitles would require technical abilities I'm not sure many of us have, but If someone could do it, that would be a very nice addition indeed.

AI dubbing on the other hand... I really am against the use of AI in arts, whether sound or picture.

As someone who used to draw a bit and understand the value of self-improvement in technical and creative skills, I really feel AI is one of the worst things to have happened to the world of arts recently.

Sorry if that sounds a little bit extreme, but we all know that there are people who will put money over quality, and that will lead to artists having difficulties to literally exist.

Therefore, I strongly stands against the use of AI "art", which (before anyone says) is very different to using softwares and computer tools, like Photoshop or (in the translation area) Deepl.

Just as there is a difference between cooking with modern devices, and ordering food.

But I would most certainly support a project of amateur or professional dubbers translating the voices in English, although that would mean tons of dialogs, as well as more technical difficulties to overcome.

Yours truly.

 

[CaptainHIT]

Good evening everyone,

As some of you may have noticed, I've been coming back to my old projects a bit this WE, and have replaced the Japanese "Warning Screens" and Home Menu with their English counterparts (amongst some other changes, depending on the game).

May I say this is not always as easy as it seems?

So I just wanted you to know that the patch has been updated to 1.01, giving you this sweet English menu:

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Have a nice end of your day!

How about adding other languages supported by Wii?
Like: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
I always thought the game only shows up the system warning/home screens depending which was set. Guess i was wrong.

 

[Brand Newman]

How about adding other languages supported by Wii?
Like: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
I always thought the game only shows up the system warning/home screens depending which was set. Guess i was wrong.

That's what I used to think too. But really it depends on what's on your disc, and most probably on its region setting too.

I've noticed some of the games I had extracted had a "hbm" folder with all the "homebtn.arc" files (ENG, FRA, GER, etc.), while some other games only had one file, which was in Japanese.

Nevertheless, I don't believe any of the discs that had all the languages have displayed the console region's language home menu.

Which is why I replaced the "homebtn.arc" files of all my patches with an English one, or replaced the files within when I couldn't do so.

 

[rainbowshark99]

Hi,

As stated before, adding subtitles would require technical abilities I'm not sure many of us have, but If someone could do it, that would be a very nice addition indeed.

AI dubbing on the other hand... I really am against the use of AI in arts, whether sound or picture.

As someone who used to draw a bit and understand the value of self-improvement in technical and creative skills, I really feel AI is one of the worst things to have happened to the world of arts recently.

Sorry if that sounds a little bit extreme, but we all know that there are people who will put money over quality, and that will lead to artists having difficulties to literally exist.

Therefore, I strongly stands against the use of AI "art", which (before anyone says) is very different to using softwares and computer tools, like Photoshop or (in the translation area) Deepl.

Just as there is a difference between cooking with modern devices, and ordering food.

But I would most certainly support a project of amateur or professional dubbers translating the voices in English, although that would mean tons of dialogs, as well as more technical difficulties to overcome.

Yours truly.

On Youtube there is an old playthrough that seems to have very rough English subtitles. I imagine he overlayed them while editing the video as the menus you've translated are still in Japanese, but you could try contacting him and seeing if he'll give you permission to redub the game with his translation or simply download the playthrough from youtube and crop and convert his subtitled cutscenes into the game.

He is still active and last posted a video yesterday.

 

[Brand Newman]

On Youtube there is an old playthrough that seems to have very rough English subtitles. I imagine he overlayed them while editing the video as the menus you've translated are still in Japanese, but you could try contacting him and seeing if he'll give you permission to redub the game with his translation or simply download the playthrough from youtube and crop and convert his subtitled cutscenes into the game.

He is still active and last posted a video yesterday.

Thank you for your message.

I remember finding this playthrough back in the days, but the issue that the cutscenes are engine-generated still remains.

This is why I can't convert them into the game (or write my own subtitles and do so), like I did with the tutorials and ending scene (which were movies).

This playthrough would, however, come in handy for any group of amateur/professional comedians in their attempt of dubbing the game, for which they already have my permission to use the patch in any way they want!

(They should know, however, that audio replacing isn't a simple thing to do either, like the team behind "Project Zero 2 Redub" would confirm : it's easy to break things, especially with so many lines and ingame voices).

 

[GiganticDrive]

Thank you so much for this translation ! As a Sandlot fan, I discover that I can finally play this game thanks to you

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Btw, I plan to play the game on Wii but I read some reviews asserting that lags happen on the Nintendo hardware when there are too much enemies on the map. Did you encounter this issue ?

 

[Maeson]

I completed the game on real hardware... And the framerate is rough. Earth Defense Force series style rough, but that's to be expected I guess!

As much as I detest uneven framerates, I somehow ended up getting used to it most of the time, but... There are some very, very awful spots, I specially remember a couple caves filled with bug-like enemies. I needed to find the best way to get rid of as many enemies as I could on the first few moments so the game did not chug to what felt like single-digit frames if you do not act quickly.

But those two moments, at least going from memory are the wost of it all. I couldn't believe the amount of enemies in such small place...

 

[Brand Newman]

Yes, the game certainly is a bit too ambitious for the hardware, to the point that adding extra characters in the font broke the game (so I had to find another solution )

I'm not sure the game would have had great reviews if it had been released worldwide.

Still, it's a fun game, and very dear to my heart, since it got me the opportunity to work together with testers who really got involved.

For every obscure niche game, there is a community.

 

[Maeson]

Honestly, it's not even the worst frame rate on a Sandlot game of this kind, having in mind it's a Wii, ps2 could have it worse and Earth Defence Force 4.1 had this every time you used this weapon...

 

[Brand Newman]

Honestly, it's not even the worst frame rate on a Sandlot game of this kind, having in mind it's a Wii, ps2 could have it worse and Earth Defence Force 4.1 had this every time you used this weapon...

This stage is incredibly similar to the beach at the online mode, btw. Apart from bugs replacing giants, I thought you were showing us footage of Zangeki.

 

[Maeson]

It is quite similar, yes, and there are other moments that can feel similar too but then again, same developers and style of game.

Add to that limited budget and recycling is prone to happen, lol.