Friday, January 16, 2009

The best people in the world


I was recently playing Final Fantasy V on my Super Nintendo emulator. It's a pretty good game, and I have loved it for a long time. The weird thing is, though, that Final Fantasy V was never released in America on the Super Nintendo. It had its day on these shores when it was released with Final Fantasy Anthology back in 1999, 7 years after its Japanese release. I don't know how to speak Japanese, yet I have played this game since 1998. This is because someone out there took it upon himself to make a patch for the game that translates it.
I just want to say:
I LOVE THAT GUY!! He's a saint! I mean, he didn't have to do it. He didn't get paid. He obviously knows Japanese, so the translation is even kind of useless as far as he's concerned. What a great guy!
There are more like him. If you go on to almost any emulation site, you can find translations for hundreds of games. God, that's awesome!

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