[Re-attempted] Fire Emblem Fates Festival of Bonds Fan-Translation

[technickal]

So as most of you know, the final two DLC packs in Fire Emblem Fates were never officially localized and released outside of Japan by Nintendo Treehouse or otherwise. And while I've personally seen a fair amount of demand from fans for an unofficial patch that allows them to play said DLC packs in English, said patches have never been completed to my knowledge, though there have been a few previous attempts.

The last person I'm aware attempted to create one goes by the name of Silent Hell, and you can find the post about it here. It actually got fairly far for this sort of project – he managed to accomplish just about everything on the actual hacking side of things, and most of the preliminary translation was already provided to him through this Tumblr blog, used with permission. The problem he ran into was on the editing side of things, which is where I first came in to help. We struggled to make all the conversations sound natural and like a professional localization, and despite our best efforts some of it still came off sounding a bit stilted. In the end Silent Hell had to abandon the project due to other commitments, but he allowed me to pick up on where he left off if I wished.

As for why I wasn't able to act on that until now, a few reasons. First, I had personal commitments of my own. Second, I was pretty much by myself after Silent Hell left, and while I don't lack confidence in my own editing skills, I do have to admit that the sheer amount of conversations that still had to be given that job – as well as previous ones that I felt could use some extra polishing – was daunting to me. I did try to seek out help from places I frequent more beforehand – such as GameFAQs, Reddit and GBAtemp – but not many people were willing to make that commitment. And that's how I was led here. Not just because this place is composed of the largest Fire Emblem fanbase on the Internet, but also in light of the Thracia patch that was recently released; while unrelated to Fates specifically, it does manage to demonstrate your support for even more niche fan projects.

So what would I need to complete this patch? Well, some willing writers and editors, for sure. I don't need the most talented or dedicated bunch, though I do want the dialogue to sound at least genuine. Anyone willing to help out test this project on a modded 3DS would also be welcome. I can do that part myself, of course. But with the many different save files and parent-child combinations I'd need to jump between especially on the Hoshidan festival side it would take a lot longer than it needs. Anyway, just wanted to put this out there in case anybody was still interested. If you aren't, that's fine, but I'm definitely willing to finish this if the demand and support is there.

Edited June 9, 2019 by technickal

[eclipse]

Since this deals with Fates on a ROM, I'm gonna shove this in Concepts (even if it's technically not a hack concept).

EDIT: Huh, why did this show up in a weird place?  Ah, well, it's where it belongs.  Can't really help you, but best of luck.

Edited June 9, 2019 by eclipse