• Final Fantasy VI Translation Comparison (Part 4)

  Topics include: poison; waiters; ghosts; trains; the Veldt in Japanese.

• Game Localization & Nintendo of America’s Content Policies in the 1990s

  Nintendo's content policies in the 1990s shaped an early era of game translation.

• Guest Article: Behind the Screens with Heroland’s Localizers

  Translators and non-translators seem to have very different definitions for the term "localization".

• How “Control Code” Mistakes Can Wreck a Game Translation

  Translators must also deal with text formatting and messy logic control codes.

• Localized Names in Video Games that Changed Later On

  A side-effect of localization is that established names can change at any time.

• MOTHER 3’s Timeline of Hope

  A cycle of hope, hype, and disappointment has surrounded this game almost 30 years.

• New Book: Legends of Localization, Book 1 – The Legend of Zelda

  Now you can cite Legends of Localization in essays and last-minute assignments!

• New Book: Legends of Localization, Book 2 – EarthBound

  Let's see how this giant purple book about trash burgers came to be.

• New Discoveries About EarthBound’s Development and Localization

  So many ideas were cut from the final versions of MOTHER 2/EarthBound.

• Religious Content Changes in Game Localizations

  Game publishers have been changing religion-related content for decades.