Legend of Xanadu II Translation Patch announced!

[m1savage]

My thoughts when I saw this post -

                

Thanks for the continued work on the patch guys. Heck, I'm just thrilled to be getting a translated manual!

[Black Tiger]

Got another big chunk of the script dumped! We now have about 75%, I reckon. I'll get this new stuff translated in just a few days. Hopefully, there aren't too many more "keys" to crack in order to find the rest of the script.

Thanks for the updates. It really means a lot to the community having an idea of how these kinds of projects are progressing.

[SamIAm]

I'm more than happy to post them.

Here's something funny from the latest dump. Apparently, they left some text from the promo CD in the final version. Forgive all the control codes; that's just how the script looks.

<$12><Name>
//<$9eb7>
<$17><$14>
What the...?<$20> It looks like we're stuck.<PAUSE>

//<$a584>
<$17><$14>
Lord Arios, this is only the <$1a>Trial Version<$1f>.<NL>
I'm afraid we can't go beyond the prologue.<PAUSE>

//<$9eb7>
<$17><$14>
Are you serious?<$20> Well that's weird...<NL>
Talk about an unhappy ending!<PAUSE>

//<$a584>
<$17><$14>
It can't be helped.<NL>
Let's head on back to the title screen.<PAUSE>

[DragonmasterDan]

Cosmic Fantasy 1 and 4-1 were also started at one point. Of all the of the RPG translations for PCE, the only one that was finished so far was Ys 4. I'm holding out hope that this gets done but a lot of translation projects get started and so few get finished.

[SamIAm]

I guess that's going to make this all the more remarkable, then.

[incrediblehark]

Cosmic Fantasy 1 and 4-1 were also started at one point. Of all the of the RPG translations for PCE, the only one that was finished so far was Ys 4. I'm holding out hope that this gets done but a lot of translation projects get started and so few get finished.

There was also a translation for Xak III that was finished

[m1savage]

Startling Odyssey II has also been translated.

[shubibiman]

DOTB's translation IS finished too. It's yet to be inserted though (and it's in french).

[Necromancer]

There was also a translation for Xak III that was finished

As was Lady Sword.

[DragonmasterDan]

hmm, I was unaware of a lot of these translations. Was Lady Sword a GameExpress game?

[SuperPlay]

hmm, I was unaware of a lot of these translations. Was Lady Sword a GameExpress game?

hmm, I was unaware of a lot of these translations. Was Lady Sword a GameExpress game?

Sure was :0)

http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Lady_Sword.htm

[SamIAm]

I'm replaying the game again as I work on the translation, and I'm reminded of one interesting point: Stylistically, Xanadu II was pretty clearly influenced by Tales of Phantasia on the SNES. The main character and sprite design, the town aesthetics with vaguely western-European traditional music, and other minor things are very similar. It's not a rip-off or anything, just influenced.

Also, if you want to make the game more challenging, the answer is simple: don't grind at all. Unlike many games, this is a realistic challenge for even casual gamers. I'm finding that where I used to grind during other playthroughs, I can now just pass through and reap higher benefits from later enemies.

This would be a really good RPG to try speed-running.

[Black Tiger]

I'm replaying the game again as I work on the translation, and I'm reminded of one interesting point: Stylistically, Xanadu II was pretty clearly influenced by Tales of Phantasia on the SNES. The main character and sprite design, the town aesthetics with vaguely western-European traditional music, and other minor things are very similar. It's not a rip-off or anything, just influenced.

Also, if you want to make the game more challenging, the answer is simple: don't grind at all. Unlike many games, this is a realistic challenge for even casual gamers. I'm finding that where I used to grind during other playthroughs, I can now just pass through and reap higher benefits from later enemies.

This would be a really good RPG to try speed-running.

I really don't think that the game was influenced by Tales of Phantasia since it was released 6 months earlier.

Since the release dates are so close, I don't think that ToP would've been trying to ape LoXII either.

[SamIAm]

Wow, no kidding, for some reason I thought it was '94 that ToP came out. Well, never mind, then. Seriously, though, there's some kind of similar vibe happening there. Must've been part of some larger trend.

[Black Tiger]

Wow, no kidding, for some reason I thought it was '94 that ToP came out. Well, never mind, then. Seriously, though, there's some kind of similar vibe happening there. Must've been part of some larger trend.

Depends on whether you trust wikipedia or not. It was definitely an upcoming trend, like the Square pale/cool/autumn/dingy color style (which LoXII uses outside of boss fights). LoXII's visuals really reminded me of Legend of Mana the first time I played through it.

Anearth Fantasy Stories has similar style battles as ToP and it was released only a couple weeks later.