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| Pollyanna 2513th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):HOLD IT" , posted Sun 29 Jun 07:19
To second what Grave said, the DS versions are A-OK, with the only addition being a bonus case in the first game. Personally though, I'd say if you could get the GBA versions cheaper, you wouldn't be missing out on much.
The extra case, although entertaining in its own way, was (in my opinion) extremely sloppy and poorly-written. I felt more bitter than delighted when I finished it. Liked the character designs, though...
If you want to play the games in English, then the DS versions are the way to go, but I would call the English versions "adaptations" more than "translations". Most things are in tact and they did a great job localizing a number of elements, but they did a completely lame half-ass job on plenty of others. I would say if you want the "real" experience, play it in Japanese.
I don't think I have a stick up my ass on this one, but I'd like to hear the opinion of anyone who's played both versions (and understands Japanese, of course).
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| Red Falcon 6019th Post
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| "Re(2):HOLD IT" , posted Sun 29 Jun 07:23
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To second what Grave said, the DS versions are A-OK, with the only addition being a bonus case in the first game. Personally though, I'd say if you could get the GBA versions cheaper, you wouldn't be missing out on much.
The extra case, although entertaining in its own way, was (in my opinion) extremely sloppy and poorly-written. I felt more bitter than delighted when I finished it. Liked the character designs, though...
If you want to play the games in English, then the DS versions are the way to go, but I would call the English versions "adaptations" more than "translations". Most things are in tact and they did a great job localizing a number of elements, but they did a completely lame half-ass job on plenty of others. I would say if you want the "real" experience, play it in Japanese.
I don't think I have a stick up my ass on this one, but I'd like to hear the opinion of anyone who's played both versions (and understands Japanese, of course).
Agree with this one, Polly, and I find "adaptations" is a good term to describe the English versions. BTW, veering wildly off topic,considering the way "things are looking", are you potentially out of work right now?
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| Pollyanna 2514th Post
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| "Re(3):HOLD IT" , posted Sun 29 Jun 18:13
All of the games are sequential and make up one big story, so you'll want to start with one and play all 3. I say "3" and not "4" (even though it's a direct sequel) because...well...it's not that 4 sucks, it's just...not necessary. After finishing 3 I thought "I'm glad it's over, because they can't top this." So while I don't regret buying 4 and I don't regret playing it, I can't say I'd miss it if I hadn't.
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BTW, veering wildly off topic,considering the way "things are looking", are you potentially out of work right now?
Yeah, I've been sort of...halfway out of work for a while now. Just to be careful, I picked up some extra work with Tokyo Pop, but then they laid off a bunch of people and that slowed down, too.
If my connections come through for me, I should be doing well in a month or two, but in this industry (or maybe all industries?) people like to tell you what you want to hear and not follow through with it. So...who knows.
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| Maese Spt 430th Post
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| "異議あり！" , posted Sun 29 Jun 18:34
I finished GS3 two weeks ago and I've been wanting to have some good Gyakuten discussion since then.
What I say applies only to the first 3 games, tough. I have not played yet GS4, nor did I make it to the second day of the extra case of GS1 (boring as hell).
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I don't think I have a stick up my ass on this one, but I'd like to hear the opinion of anyone who's played both versions (and understands Japanese, of course).
Our opinions differ once again...
I myself always wanted to ask about this. I remember much rage unleashed here in the Cafe when the first translation of Ace Attorney came out, but now that I have played the whole thing (I'm late, I know!), I don't see where's the beef.
Not that the japanese puns throughout the game are that funny, to begin with. As gross and stupid as "Butz" sounds, the "Yahari" pun is not exactly brilliant. And I thank god Capcom did not let Takumi naming Naruhodo "Souka", as he planned to do... But maybe it's just that おやじギャグ are not my thing.
I do admit that my Japanese is far from excellent, so maybe I am missing some comedy gold moments here but, seriously, I can't see how GS is an "utterly impossible to translate" stuff, or how "if not in Japanese, the experience is ruined", as many claimed when the first news about Ace Attorney arised. Of course I prefer the original version whenever is available, be it a game, a movie or whatever, but I think the adaptation does fair justice to the original in this case.
Not being a native English speaker, I can't say much about typos and whatnot. Thus, my point is the translation/localization itself. Sure, the whole idea of re-setting the action in the USA gets quite stupid when you start going back and forth to Kurain village on the second game, but other than that it does not work half bad in my opinion.
For what's worth, I found the dialogues and, most importantly, the inner monologues, witty and clever enough to give you the proper image of Naruhodo & Co. I got the same impression of each character when playing either the Japanese, English and/or Spanish versions. There were some differences, sure, but our litle butthurt narcissist Mitsurugi was still Mitsurugi, and the always cynical and loudmouth Naruhodo was still Naruhodo, if you know what I mean.
For me, GS is a game about histrionic characters and endless dialectical fencing duels so, as long as that feature is well preserved on the translations, the rest has little importance.
These are my two cents.
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| Time Mage 2689th Post
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| "Re(4):HOLD IT" , posted Sun 29 Jun 18:52
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All of the games are sequential and make up one big story, so you'll want to start with one and play all 3. I say "3" and not "4" (even though it's a direct sequel) because...well...it's not that 4 sucks, it's just...not necessary. After finishing 3 I thought "I'm glad it's over, because they can't top this." So while I don't regret buying 4 and I don't regret playing it, I can't say I'd miss it if I hadn't.
You know what's funny? In Europe, they released GS4 before GS3. In fact, GS3 hasn't been released yet, it's slated for October 8, while GS4 was released this April. >_>
Of course, I'm waiting for GS3 before even touching GS4.
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| Pollyanna 2519th Post
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| "Re(1):異議あり！" , posted Sun 29 Jun 19:04:
I can't even begin to imagine the logic behind the GS4 before GS3 decision. I used to bitch about Capcom of America, but it looks like we don't have it so bad in comparison.
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I do admit that my Japanese is far from excellent, so maybe I am missing some comedy gold moments here but, seriously, I can't see how GS is an "utterly impossible to translate" stuff, or how "if not in Japanese, the experience is ruined", as many claimed when the first news about Ace Attorney arised. Of course I prefer the original version whenever is available, be it a game, a movie or whatever, but I think the adaptation does fair justice to the original in this case.
I might not have given that impression, but I actually agree with you. There were things I didn't like about the English version, but I think "fair justice" is definitely a good way to describe it. Sure, I hate some of the name changes, some of the jokes and the fact that when I use the Japanese names people don't know what the hell I'm talking about, but I still think they made the right choice with the translation. There's no point in having pun names if no one gets the pun.
So yeah, I definitely wouldn't say "the experience is ruined" if it's not in Japanese, just that the experience is slightly different or at worst, slightly compromised.
The thing though, in this case, if the player knows Japanese well enough to play it in Japanese, I can't recommend the English version over the original. From a point of comparison "there's nothing wrong with the English one" doesn't mean anything if you haven't played the Japanese. That being said, I don't think people who can only play it in English are really missing out or anything.
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| Maese Spt 437th Post
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| "Re(4):異議あり！" , posted Mon 7 Jul 12:17
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The same could be said of any trasnlated work, right! Itīs not just GS>PW. I wonder how great would be reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Wenyan Chinese, but...
Well, yes...but there's a little more compromised than in most games I see. Still, for something so difficult to translate, I think it holds up well enough. It's not really fair to compare it to something that translates easily.
I got your point, but what I was trying to say is that, excluding the puns (which I don't care about, to begin with), I don't really think GS is THAT difficult to translate. But it's just my opinion.
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