Hopes for Remake & Rebirth (story/content)
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The Twilight Mexican
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I think we saw two very different pictures.
Random Nobody
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PLEATHE, I already can't search my favourite character without running into dorksided big tiddy tentacle hellporn, when will my life know peace.
looneymoon
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- Rishi
Will FF7 eclipse Overwatch videos on pornhub? Hmm.
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But can Tifa reclaim her titty title against 8 lesbians and a robot?!?
Kain424
Old Man in the Room
So much seemed to be lost in the localization for this game. Since I've been enjoying the Kotaku series about Final Fantasy VII's translations, I find myself a bit on the fence about how I'd like to see the remake done.
On the one hand, yeah, it'd be great to hear versions of the dialog closer to what was originally intended. But on the other, there was a certain kind of charm to the U.S. release's. Goofs included.
Then again, they may be working on an entirely new and different script anymore. So who really knows?
On the one hand, yeah, it'd be great to hear versions of the dialog closer to what was originally intended. But on the other, there was a certain kind of charm to the U.S. release's. Goofs included.
Then again, they may be working on an entirely new and different script anymore. So who really knows?
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Harbinger O Great Justice
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I think that if FFXV's character localization is anything to go by, FFVIIR will still gets its own type of localized charm in its translation, but I also think that it'll have better overall adherence to the meaning behind the original dialogue in its translations as well. (Although when it comes to Lore, who really knows since Tres' shown that the Jpn, Eng, & Ger localizations can get VASTLY different details on some descriptive text).
Either way, I'm hoping that whoever IS in charge of doing that localization is familiar with the history of FFVII's odder mistranslations and localizations and has a little bit of fun with it in ways that make nods to the OG:
For me, I'd love it if we got small things like, "An' 'round these parts, we've taken ta callin' him the 'Midgar Zolom'" like it's a sort of redneck nickname for the Midgardsormr that makes a nod towards the idea of Midgar as a toxic and dangerous place, or if the dude in the pipe is so ill that he says, "Urrrrhhhhh... I are not feel so good" when Aerith calls attention to him as a way of lightly preserving the original bad translation of her line.
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Either way, I'm hoping that whoever IS in charge of doing that localization is familiar with the history of FFVII's odder mistranslations and localizations and has a little bit of fun with it in ways that make nods to the OG:
For me, I'd love it if we got small things like, "An' 'round these parts, we've taken ta callin' him the 'Midgar Zolom'" like it's a sort of redneck nickname for the Midgardsormr that makes a nod towards the idea of Midgar as a toxic and dangerous place, or if the dude in the pipe is so ill that he says, "Urrrrhhhhh... I are not feel so good" when Aerith calls attention to him as a way of lightly preserving the original bad translation of her line.
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ForceStealer
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Yeah, XV and XIV are replete with such callbacks and clever reimaginings, so hopefully that would carry over to VII as well.
leadmyskeptic
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X-Soldier, refresh my memory (if you don't mind), what exactly was the story behind "Midgardsormr"?? From the sound of it, the 'proper' (i.e. not used) translation sounds a bit clumsy, especially coming out of an English-speaking mouth.
P.S. In some weird way, I'm starting to think that lovably awkward translations from Japanese to English are just going to be one of those things you got to experience if you came of age during a certain age of videogames that eventually becomes a completely forgotten relic...we'll be tellin' our grandkids about how in our day, things were a lot more awkward.
P.S. In some weird way, I'm starting to think that lovably awkward translations from Japanese to English are just going to be one of those things you got to experience if you came of age during a certain age of videogames that eventually becomes a completely forgotten relic...we'll be tellin' our grandkids about how in our day, things were a lot more awkward.
Mother
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I believe it was because "Midgardsormr" is transliterated as 'midogaruzuorumu' (ミドガルズオルム
in the original Japanese, and the translator likely wasn't familiar with the Norse mythological origins of the name and went with their closest guess.
ForceStealer
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Wikipedia said:
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Harbinger O Great Justice
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Bri & Force are both right.
"Midgard" is the place "s" is the possessive "ormr" is a snake, thus Midgardsormr is one name of the classic Norse Mythological beast. It pronounces VERY awkwardly in English, but much less so in Scandanavian languages where it originates.
Additionally, the fact that FFVII pulls a lot of its place names from that same Norse Mythology (Midgar=Midgard, Nibelheim=Niflheim) means that it's natural to've made the mistake to assum that this was meant to be related to the in-game location, rather than the direct mythological reference.
The pronunciation as well as the fact that they both reference Norse mythology are reasons why I enjoy the mis-translation version, as it makes the entity game-specific to FFVII in a fun and flavorful way (but there's a whole thread about that)
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Fangu
Great Old One
Oh god, that fucking thread xD I remember being thoroughly upset by that thread, but looking at other people's posts, and my posts, and the replies to them, and revisiting the subject now, I can't put those two together. lol. I think I just need to not be on the Internet xD
Strangelove
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this is why i'm waiting for them to finish and move on from ffxv before buying it
also because i have few monies and don't want to be throwing them at a game and a season pass and possibly more later down the line
you're already splitting ffvii, square, don't fuck me
also because i have few monies and don't want to be throwing them at a game and a season pass and possibly more later down the line
you're already splitting ffvii, square, don't fuck me
Random Nobody
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Clement Rage
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I think If they went with Midgarsormr I'd want it to be a Weapon tier boss, or better, one of those things you can't put down permanently, just drive away.
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Harbinger O Great Justice
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Ok, this is hilarious...
'If VII had been released like XV'...
They forgot the most important part: where it started development in 1987 as FFVI-Versus
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