Joshua Kaufman (kaufmajs@EMAIL.UC.EDU)
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 20:15:32 -0400
X-Sender: kaufmajs@email.uc.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Message-ID: <199908280016.UAA539270@pimout1-int.prodigy.net> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 20:15:32 -0400 From: Joshua Kaufman <kaufmajs@EMAIL.UC.EDU> Subject: Re: Petition For Sakura 3At 01:35 PM 8/27/99 -0700, you wrote: >> Atlus also translated all the voices in Thousand Arms into English, so by >> your estimation, if Atlus did the ST3 translation, the game would be ruined. > >Perhaps. but if Atlus is keeping the Japanese opening of TA intact(a >Hamasaki Ayumi song no less), it does give rise to a possiblity of subbed >games. We could always hope, right? > >> I dunno why everyone is so against WD doing the translation...I mean, it's >> not like it's going to make the import original hard to find. If WD were to >> translate ST3, just don't buy it and play the import. :P > >In theory that's correct. But i know tons of people who hate Bishoujo >Senshi Sailormoon because of what they've seen(ie DiC). So in that >respect, WE could in fact buy the import(and I'm sure we will buy the >import). But what if a company's handling of a game turns away people who >would have enjoyed the game? In that respect, I do believe sometimes it's >better to have nothing at all (in contrast to those idiots who keep saying >"It's better to have something even if jacked up, than nothing at all"). Interesting you mention that, as there's been a heated argument on the VGMusic forums based on this very thought. Personally, I think something is better than nothing in this case -- because more people won;'t know about it if it's stays untranslated, and can only get info by us telling them. However, a bigger exposure might turn off some, but will generate alot more fans, as is the case of BSSM. Almost everyone in the US, including yourself, wouldn't have been exposed to it if it weren;t for the dub, and wouldn;t have discovered the original. Hell, I'd be willing to bet that neither of us would be posting on THIS mailing list if it weren't for DiC's dub. -Joshua AOL-IM: TerraEpon ICQ: 5404138