12/25/2023 0 Comments Cave story grasstownStraight when a character died, BOOM! You fought them, no time to grieve, you had to fight. The way characters died was the perfect example of this. Sorry about the rant, but I played Cave Story pretty much when it was first translated by Aeon Genesis and the tone and atmosphere was perfect. They destroyed it by making it read, look and sound like all the shit you find online for $5.00.ĭon’t even get me started on the 3DS version. So to see him saying “LOL” in the first few minutes of the game just makes him a fucking joke and made me realize that they couldn’t just leave this heartwarming, homegrown indie game alone. He’s a scientist who’s down on his luck but comes off as noble (his sprite icon especially). Pixel’s characters in Cave Story are so well written, Kazuma especially. In the fan translation it’s hilarious because it’s very underplayed and down to earth. It’s the first part with Kazuma where he makes a joke about eating cockroaches. I can point out in the very first screen what I love about your translation and what I hate about the official translation. Mato, I wasn’t aware you worked on this translation with the team, but now I know, seriously, thank you. Sure the resolution was small, but there is something warm about that, like playing old SCUMM games that don’t go higher than 30% of a modern flatscreen. I especially hate the redone graphics and music. I fucking hate everything about that version. The official translation is my opinion is fucking TERRIBLE. It’s such a unique situation that I’m really curious to know how much contact the translator(s) had with the creator, actually.Īnyway, hopefully that helps shed some light on the Grasstown/Bushlands thing! I say “probably” because it’s always possible some word play was intended, but given that this is the official translation of a game developed by the tiniest team possible, it’s likely the creator was asked for details and confirmation of stuff. So with this in mind, calling this place the “Bushlands” probably is a more accurate translation. A word that comes to mind is “thicket”, but “bushlands” works too. That’s actually a risky and likely-incorrect assumption, though, as “kusamura” is an actual, everyday word – it refers to a field or location with really thick grass. To an inexperienced translator, this might seem to be the combination of “kusa” (grass) and “mura” (village), hence the decision to translate it as “Grasstown”. I know this name was a big issue among fans of the game when the official translation was first released, so what’s up with the name change? Which name is right?įirst, let’s take a look at the Japanese name: The next question was about an area in the game that was known as “Grass Town” in the fan translation and “Bushlands” in the official translation: That might seem like a weird thing to say or ask about, but it’s pretty common for Japanese game creators to use English for stuff like this, so it’s a good question. The Japanese version does indeed say “Empty”, although it isn’t written in English text. Here’s what it looks like in both versions of the original game: Okay, let’s take a look! First, if you run out of missiles but try to fire a missile anyway, a little bit of text pops up. Even though I haven’t played very far in the game myself it’s pretty easy to look into these questions □ Also, just as a disclaimer, I was involved with the original fan translation project although it’s been so long that I honestly can’t remember what I did. Nice! This is a good excuse for me to get back into this game. I just played Cave Story for the first time and was just curious whether the english flavor text like “EMPTY” when your missile launcher runs out of ammo is in english even in the original freeware version of the game.Īlso is the correct name for that grassy place “Grasstown” or “Bushlands” like, what’s the difference. Jacob Beets sent in a question about the game Cave Story:
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