• Developer Notes & Scrapped Ideas from Final Fantasy Adventure

  This classic JRPG was originally an experimental tennis game.

• Development Connections Between Final Fantasy IV, Secret of Mana, & Chrono Trigger

  They were all sort of the same game at different points in development.

• Fan Translation Additions & Player Confusion

  Inside jokes in a translation can pull the player out of the intended experience.

• Final Fantasy Adventure / Seiken Densetsu Translation Comparison

  Let's examine this classic game translation from 1991.

• Final Fantasy Adventure Translation Comparison (Part 2)

  Moogles, alcohol, Final Fantasy series history, H.P. Lovecraft, the notorious palm tree puzzle, and more!

• Final Fantasy Adventure Translation Comparison (Part 3)

  This section of the game features common translation mistakes, name changes, ties to other 1990s Final Fantasy translations, and robot legs.

• Final Fantasy Adventure Translation Comparison (Part 4)

  Birds with kimonos, Christianity in 1500s Japan, Genji equipment, Japanese history, and more.

• Japanese Numbers, Dates, and Wordplay

  Japan's number-based wordplay is often 100% lost in translation.

• Localization Roundup #11

  Some Japan-only games are finally no longer Japan-only. Plus lots of other game localization news bits!

• Localization Roundup #4

  Includes: Yakuza localizer chat, a game *about* translation, Guess That Translation!, Secret of Mana beta map, Monster Hunter World.