This is the 4-ch thread for the Shuffle! translation.
http://www.shii.org/translate/shuffle/
Go ahead and post. Name not required.
I am intrigued. Is this a good "first" visual novel? Should I watch the anime beforehand or wait?
Screenshots
http://imageboards.4-ch.net/v/res/3761.html
I'm looking forward to this.
Unfortunately it costs $95. For a "first" visual novel you should buy Planetarian ($10), or Kanon ($30, and it's considered a baptism for otaku). The Kanon translation is coming in February or so.
If you're going to splurge for this, the translation will be finished within a few months probably...
If you want to try a couple (legal) free visual novels, you can download some from the insani site. Most of their translations are short, but it should give you a good idea of what to expect from a visual novel.
>>6
This is my favorite:
http://altogether.insani.org/2005/resources/index/phase02-kuru.html
Thanks for translating Shuffle!. I have the game, have played with walkthrough, and even though I have a little knowledge of Japanese, but still couldn't understand thoroughly... This translation project is a very good news to me ^^. I pray that the translation patch would be finished as soon as possible.
Ganbatte!
Still waiting eagerly...hopefully it'll be done soon!
yo. well im actually thrilled to see that the shuffle patch is at 95% as of december but now that we are in jan. i would like to know how is the project comming alon are there a new info about when will it come out .
>>11
Be patient, man. Translating a visual novel isn't something you do in one afternoon.
your right is because im exited that is almost done ^^
Sure, but I'd like to point out that the remaining 5% is the hardest part.
Unless their estimator is experienced at this, they're probably 70% done, not 95%. People underestimate that last "5%" badly.
(Speaking from experience)
oh i see lol yes they do well i guess we just have to wait patiently then
for wich version of shuffle is going to be the translation or its going to be compatible with al of them??
for pc version
yeah for the pc version can't wait itll it come out
I just finished trying out Narcissu, and that was my first one. Any other suggestions and where to get them?
Try some of the demos at insani.org after that you can actually buy some. I recommend buying Ever17, I heard it's pretty good.
Oh and of the demos at insani, try Fate/Stay Night first.
I highly recommend Planetarian.
why is everyone calling it visual novel when its actually eroge
Why do you think it has to be exclusively one or the other?
Shuffle preliminary patch is out.
I played it with the patch, menus look great, and it's a good translation, too bad it's only the first two chapters that are translated. there's also a little bug with the place of the letters, a lot of letters are 2 far away from eachotherand some overlap eachother. well, at least it's readable. I'd say keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to the next patch.
Hmm, I dled the patch, but where do I add the files x_x
Feedback...
The text was wierdly spaced with the default font, however, changing that to the gothic font fixed that problem. Also, for some reason, every line started with "u" and had a "v" at the end.
Besides that, there were a few typos, but it's all fine. Good job on that patch so far.
About the "u" and the "v", that probably means you don't have non-unicode programs set to Japanese.
Well, I simply used Applocale since i though it would end fine since the game is translated in and all that. I'll try rebooting in jap mode.
Um... when will they release the full patch?
So, the next patch will translate the whole game?
By the way, nice job with the first two chapters.
Actually I have the "u" and "v" problem as well (no jap. language + broken Xp prof. install CD :S )
.. too bad :)
Any other ways to slove this problem? :/
How long has there been a virus on the site? It tried to load when i visited using Internet Explorer. My Anti-Virus went OMFG air raid siren but it killed it.
Awesome work. Yeah i had the u/v problem. CAn't wait till iuts released
How do I apply the Alpha patch?
Nevermind.. Found out how.
Well I have another question.. About how long might the Editing take? =P
Cant wait till its relased either. T_T
Hi, I have seen the Alpha Patch and I have played it, as I have rear everywere, its for only the first 2 days of the game, Is there a patch more worked or advanced over there? (Sorry, I just got a Little worried because I havent seen any new patch since april, jeje, is there any? thanks for the time.
Hi, I have seen the Alpha Patch and I have played it, as I have rear everywere, its for only the first 2 days of the game, Is there a patch more worked or advanced over there? (Sorry, I just got a Little worried because I havent seen any new patch since april, jeje, is there any? thanks for the time.
I think they're fixing some kind of problem in the font since most computers have weird fonts in Shuffle's alpha patch. I bought the game for $95 because I saw this english patch...
So does anyone know who long the editing is going to take for the English Patch
Well man keep up the good work an rest well ok
No updates or information regarding the translation project?
Some, but theyre like.. Old--
Hope they will update the news soon. =p
Who Long is it going to take for the new update for SHUFFLE! does anynkown?
Is the link to the patch broken? Would anyone be willing to host it somewhere?
Visit the forums. They have a link for the patch there.
Yeah, I tried downloading but the server/file is not available. How long do you think will the editing take? Please repair the link and finish up fast ^^.
Hey what is wrong with the form of animeSkuki?
lol why this fourm is really small comapre to anime suki....
and i, for one, am happy for that.
Man, it sure is a shame we're not getting all the wonderful AnimeSuki posters like >>59.
When's the ETA?
That's it... I lost my will to wait.
>>63 Play other eroge while waiting for the translation. (Do you think they dropped it?)
please everyone put the word out to anyone with translation experience that help is needed to finish. otaku's everywhere are eagerly waiting. For now go to animesuki and get the shuffle series torrent. it get's 4 stars in my book, along with fate stay night and full moon wo sagashite.
I'm really anticipating the final patch for it. I've tried so many different programs to get the text translated I've given up. So I decided to do what I do best: Play the game without getting it translated. Hell, I completed the Card Captor Sakura and the chobits games on the GBA in Japanese. This is the same just with random characters instead of Japanese (my computer won't put Japanese text in for some reason. All i get is a load of gibberish).
Well, I did it. I completed Kaede's storyline. All with the help of logic (and a pen and paper)
The alpha patch link is dead... I need it now >_<
>please everyone put the word out to anyone with translation experience that help is needed to finish.
What kind of translation are we talking about? Is all the Japanese ripped out into a text file or something? If so, I could lend a hand.
I mean, I could help if the text was just on screen, or if there was text+audio, but it would be more work and slightly harder.
Aww the link is dead.. anyone can share the patch whit me? ;_; any clue wen the link be back up?
there will be a full patch soon, so u dont need the alpha patch which is crap anyway and just a translation of the very beginning.
Well the people from gamepatch.se says it will come out when it does (shocking). It has been speculated in february at the earliest, probably even longer..
I`m downloading the geme right now!!
I hope its as great as Anime!! =^-^=
I'm fucking your mom right now!!
I hope its as great as Anime!! =^-^=
HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS
I hope its as great as Anime!! =^-^=
>>67 This is the same just with random characters instead of Japanese (my computer won't put Japanese text in for some reason. All i get is a load of gibberish).
Peter, you need to set up Japanese for non-Unicode programs.
Here is a link explaining how to do it. ttp://home.comcast.net/~kagamix2/xp-compatible/japanese_setting.html
Isn't your OS installer CD comes along with Eastern Language Pack?
Just install it at the Language and Regional
U juz have to re-programme the unicode programme and set it to japanese in the control panel if u haf any if not u can download it on the web. ARGH THE LINK BROKE ???
so like wher can i download this patch from ????????
I'd like to know also where to get the patch.
How come the link is dead?
in my opinion, i kinda think that the shuffle staff is doing the project for fame/popularity...
last news update i saw that related anything to the patch was a few months ago..
so.. hmm...
So... anyone played any good anime related gba/PS games? :D
>>83
I dunno about good, the closest I've gotten is the GBA Love Hina game with the translation patch. Not that great.
Does Comic Party Portable on the PSP count as anime related? I liked it a lot.
i wish that i could get an actually good english patch..........GRRRRRRR...>_<
Hmmm, when will the patch be completed, it's been too long since then..... did they dropped the project??
well, I hope not, I am still waiting and can still wait until the patch is availabe. For the meantime, do your best to complete the patch.
I wish we'd get more fan-translations for visual novels; it's really a neat medium. It's a real pity it hasn't caught on outside of Japan.
There are a few western game translators out there, I do remember seeing Hourglass of Summer / Natsuiro no Sunadokei in English. The real shame is that the really, really good visual novels never get picked up so we have to wait for fans to take years to do the work.
The link is dead, is anyone else doing the translation?
There was progress by a game translation group known as GAMEPATCH, run by Helkin. Unfortunately something has went wrong with the domain (www.gamepatch.se) and the site has been wiped off the web. The translation that is out (The alpha patch) is incomplete and only goes to the 3rd Day. Anyone please post information about the current status of the patch or any new developments.
おーいぇー
おーいぇー
おーいぇー
Does anyone have the alpha patch?
I have it I guess. A version of it at least. No big deal really, and has a lot of typing errors too. As far as that goes, you're better off without it.
GamePatch are back up, here's the status of the Shuffle! Project.
Fuck the Moderator
yea fuck him in his ass!!!!
Or in her pussy,while chewing off her clit. WOOOT post number 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ack... 25% >_< can't wait for 50%
Apparently it is in the "Beta Testing" status.... and the site is down... they said the latest they would have it done by is in July... that is only a few weeks away...
Gah... it's supposed to be out this month... but the only information the "down" site is giving me...
We're working on Tick-Tack!
Don't work on Tick-tack till shuffle is released please...
hey from what i heard the patch is allready out but the main site is down. can someone tell me where to get the patch.
i've waited for 2 years
Guys, i think the projecy might have been abondoned... i can't give it credit but i heard something like 'Heklin lost all the files on his computer'
As i said, i can't give it credit, but if its true... We are all FUCKED
project hasnt been abandoned, the problem is that Helkin has no internet in Japan, and we cant get the necesary scripts and crap from him. The thing is just about translated and edited, if Helkin had internet, the project could have been completed months ago.
OH, man...this sucks....
I think I'm going to cry....
There is always snail mail.
If that were the case couldn't he just stop by an internet cafe or something?
yeah I agree. I mean japan is a country at the peak of technological advancements...I'm 100% positive there's a cafe there somewhere.
Hurry Heklin...we need shuffle now... o_0
site is UP www.game-patch.org
let's all go study japanese just to play this game.
just so you know ero-jiji should be back in november and finish both shuffle and before january
>>114
Thank god, I can play it on New Years 2011 then.
>>116
I'm really not a troll.
Well you can always start believing me when the patch is actually released.
study japanese!
Very good. Thanks
sigh site's down again? >.> i know it's taking forever.. but it's taking forever.. i shoulda just learned jap, but then again it just displays weird characters.. and not jap.. idk why. i installed asian language stuff with xp.. but not sure whats going on
>>120
I think you need to set the "Language for non-Unicode programs" to Japanese in your Regional and Language Options. I assume you're using MS Windows.
me
Thats it, I'm learning moon.
Problem is... Where to start.
Ok, if Helkin really is in japan, and really doesn't have internet, how did they tell everyone? With a long-distance call? And yeah, I don't trust anything that is said about Helkin, because nobody seems to know anything beyond the fact that they don't have internet. Helkin might have DIED for all we know. And waiting for one person to come back after so long is kind-of meaningless. I advise the contributors find someone to replace Helkin, and finnish the patch. Waiting for them is wasting time and money. Not to mention annying little rumors flying around. Does anyone agree with that? I personally think that Helkin gave up and didn't tell anyone about their failure.
u r right
I sure hope not.
I think that they will just put site back up with completed patch.
According to gamepatch the patch is completly finished already and has been for awhile. They (Gamepatch admin) just cant find Helkin who has the only copy of the finished patch.
wtf is going on with the site? Welcome to nginx! did lordi get bored and decide to reset the server? ugh i dunno. will this patch EVER get released? (I've been here for a few yesrs waiting now)
I too have been waiting for the patch for years. My patience wears thin as my copy of Shuffle! gathers dust. I think it'd be faster to just learn Japanese than too wait until it is released...
perhaps I'm old fashioned, but I've always noticed this topic and wondered why it even existed.
Why are you guys so hooked on the Shuffle! game anyway? once it's translated into english, you'll probably play it for like 2 hours, fap, and forget about it.
Shuffle is not really a game, its a visual novel, so its got a good 80+ hours to it.
The Shuffle Universe is unique and lovable, just watching the Anime or reading the manga you can enjoy it, but it was a game beforehand, the reason behind the success of Project-Navel(the company that made it) so naturally we would want to see it. Being a visual novel it is also timeless, it would still interest people in years to come just like books do!
One thing that interests me however is that they are translating the game into english (i've downloaded the first 3days which they released to prove it would work) and the text is english and voice (ofc) remains japanese. i would like to use that and see how much japanese i can figure out from playing it, with my own little guide to what it actually means. Great for learning Japanese(as mentioned above may actually be able to play game in japanese by the time it comes out though ^^)
They have made atleast 3 days into english and also uploaded the complete translation onto thier server, which died mere hours later, its possible some people out there hold a copy i assume but i doubt they will be sharing it even just for lack of knowing that its no-longer around. The server "died" and the files were lost, helkin remaining the only one with the translation. they reuploaded the alpha patch the last patch that the website runners actually had.
they also posted on the website that they would be refreshing everything after another server death (not trusting these server people i think) but no positive update has been made since, latest it now says Nginx.
They should put something up but no-one seems to be compunicating between their team and the community, i belive most of the team were all close friends and probabley do not feel the need to give us updates, who knows maybe they just got busy, maybe helkin is dead. if i learn anything i'll pass it on where i can.
Chances:
10% Helkin's Dead
4% Server gets back online within a month
80% Server gets back online by september
13% Server comes online with the patch
98.88% You learn japanese before the patch comes out
43% Patch Is lost
47% Patch Never Existed Past 3 days
100% You read the chances
I want to play the game 'coz Asa anime end sucks.
well it's been forever since heklin "died" lol they should at least admit whats going on.. i really appreciate their work.. but if they hadn't picked it up, i'm sure another group woulda formed and gasp actually done something. lol
Yeah... I couldn,t wait on it. :P I try my best but it isn't help me :(
For the love of God, would someone just spread the word that it's a hoax? They've been sitting on a "completed" patch for what, like 5+ years? It's fake. Beats me why they're keeping this charade up. OWN UP TO THE HOAX. THIS IS THE INTERNET, CHANGE YOUR USER NAMES AND YOU WONT GET ANY FLAK, but if I were the creators, and the do finally own up, I would watch my back at night...
waiting won't do anything, just learn japanese.
if not, or rather u don't like to, then wait for your selves.
but if it's the moment that I posted here the time the patch is up...
what a coincidence I guess? XD
sometime sooner or later, if the patch exists then go~~~
this is the internet after all, don't mind my words too much if u hate it
Latest news:
2009-02-27, 14:13
Hello everyone!
So, its been a while hasn't it? Its update time.
Ero-Jiji is alive and well. He is currently stuck in USA waiting on his visa so that he can go back home to Japan. All of the Shuffle files are on his HD at home in Japan, so he does not have access to it. The reason he is still waiting on his visa (He applied for it 6 months ago) is because of the election (thats our best guess) and paperwork is backed up to hell. He has recently gotten his Passport in, hopefully his Visa will be soon to follow. So he is hoping to be able to return home within the next month or two.
The whole surgery thing was my wife and I. We had our baby, and to be honest, life has been hectic since. At 1 month our son had to have surgery for Pyloric Stenosis (google it), we moved in december, and now we are 1 month away from our wedding. I will be completely honest and say that I haven't had much time to get online at all since.
As for the website, our webmaster, Lordi, is working on the site, changing it over to a new system. At the moment, I believe college is catching up and he is focusing most of his time on that, since the website wouldn't do much good until Ero can get back to Japan anyway.
As for the shuffle patch. Yes, all the work is done is done, it just has to be finalized (make sure no files are missing or anything), compiled, and distributed. But as I said, its all inaccessible until EroJiji can go home.
As for the Welcome to NGINX thing, I am supposing that is something that Lordi threw up with the new server system. We will get in touch with him and ask about it, and when we can expect the website to be back up.
So yeah, with Ero stuck in US, me and my wife taking care of our son, and Lordi dealing with college, there is no progress to be made or reported at the moment. GamePatch is still alive and well, we are just having some IRL issues at the moment.
I will keep an eye on the thread, and try and answer any questions you folks may have.
Thank you,
The GamePatch Team
More comments by him:
Dessert
2009-03-04, 11:42
Well, the truth of the matter is, during most of the time you all were waiting on shuffle, so were we (the staff). During that time, Ero-jiji was unable to contact me or any other staffers. I finally got in touch with him July of 2008, and he is currently waiting on his Visa (he recently got his passport, so his visa should be coming soon) so that he can go back home. The only thing he has planned to do in america before going home is to attend mine and my fiance's wedding.
Dessert
2009-03-05, 10:58
He is a japanese citizen. But he filed for his new US visa (it had expired) about 6 months ago, because it could take up to 2 years and a lot of hoops to jump through to get a US visa in japan. So he is waiting on that, else he won't be able to come back to the US for a long time.
To be honest, I don't think many people is gonna buy that.
Hope..
There are plenty of other visual novels being translated into English. Just play them instead.
so they didn't work on the english translation patch at all???
There are so many visual novels and eroge translated into English since this topic was started. Just play one of them instead. It's dead, Jim.
there are updates
Yeah. Updates from MangaGamer that they're going to release it. So save up your 50 Euros or whatever and buy it!
Yeah, newsflash. It was all a joke. We never even started on a file. In fact, I'm the only one who's real. There was no crew. Nobody actually did any work. I just took credit of some uncompleted patch someone never finished, abandoned and moved on from. The game sucks. Really. It hardly compares to other Visual Novels. I'm overly-tired of you idiots emailing me. STOP. You've waited YEARS for one game's patch? How stupid can you be? Just move on and jerk off to something else. And if you really need a translation, just Google a Japanese to English translator. Hope you had a fun few years waiting for disappointment. You may want to look around for a canceled Shuffle! translation patcher. Seriously. How can you buy all these obvious lies for so long? I thought you'd give up in a few months. Have a good life. Goodbye.
>>146
You fail as a troll.
anyways, shuffle was translated and released by mangagamers who was working with Yandere translators to get it done.
Now we just need shuffle! essence plus translated and we will be golden.
Also, higurashi was released recently, go get yer copy.
is it possible to get this game on a mac. and if you need help translating ill see what i can do