• Legends of Localization Book 1 is Now Out!

  Legends of Localization has hit the big time - now you can cite me in all you essays and last-minute assignments!

• Localization Roundup #1

  Includes: translating NES games back into Japanese, Undertale, Harvest Moon, Banshee's Last Cry, and Super Mario Land.

• Nintendo’s Official & Unusual French Translation of Zelda II

  Some French versions of Zelda II came with an English-to-French text booklet. Here's what changed in the translation and what they got wrong.

• Video Games and Japan’s Three Main Writing Systems

  Japanese game text has transformed in a unique way since the 1970s. Here's a look at how and why.

• Why That One Guy in Zelda II Says “I Am Error”

  Zelda II features one of the most famous game quotes of all time. But was it a mistranslation? What was it in Japanese?

• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Japanese / English) [FDS/NES]

  Over 1500 screenshots and 33 save states from the original Japanese FDS release and the English NES release. A side-by-side script PDF too.