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Asaki wrote:Hmm...it doesn't look like it says. "Text has been rewritten" could mean either way, really.

This is why I said "you can decide for yourself".

This means it's not a retranslation. If they took the original text, re-translate it and insert it into the game, it would be a re-translation. Changing the text to "look better" is not a retranslation. At least this hack does not pretend to be one.

J2E's FF4 so called "re-translation" is an offender here, it does not re-translate the game (or, at least, only parts of it), yet they self claimed their hack was a retranslation.

The Secret of Mana VWF hack contains references to Final Fantasy VII, so if it's supposed to be a retranslation, it's not a very faithful one.

Revenant wrote:The Secret of Mana VWF hack contains references to Final Fantasy VII, so if it's supposed to be a retranslation, it's not a very faithful one.

Fascinating website, never had come across it before...


and yeah a little controversy is fun now and then. But please don't damn the whole project as "unfaithful" for making fun of Square fanbois. (or being one). As for personal opinion, I never considered it a literal translation either, just more fun and understandable to play.

Besides, Ted Woolsey's translations weren't literal anyway. Apparently the translation of SOM was so terse because ROM size.

Revenant wrote:The Secret of Mana VWF hack contains references to Final Fantasy VII, so if it's supposed to be a retranslation, it's not a very faithful one.

That's too bad. I tried replaying the game a couple years ago (hadn't played it since I was a kid), and that game could seriously use a proper re-translation. IMO, Final Fantasy Adventure had a more enjoyable localization >_<

Maybe the iPhone version was a retranslation ?

no, the iphone version uses the original text.