Xenosaga is getting off the ground
Some of you may already know me, but I’m Kingcom, the one who joined during Dragon Quest Monsters. I’ve done most of the work of our current projects, and I’m proud to announce some major progresses today!
First and foremost, Xenosaga 1&2. We now got a competent and motivated translator for it who already started his work! We’re grateful for the help, especially since it’s such a beast to translate. On the left is a first sample screen, although still without a VWF.
The game still needs a lot of programming, both assembly and for my programs, but I’m happy to work on it, seeing as it’s a fantastic remake of two fantastic games. I will try to do the best I can for this game!
Of course, that wasn’t all for today. Next is Super Robot Wars J.
First, the translation is coming along steadily. It’s now at about 24%. And then, the hacking. I did a lot of the ugly work last weekend, and the last real gameplay relevant major hack, the naming screen, is now completed! A lot of other stuff as well, but nothing to write home about. There’s a screen for this one as well.
By the way, I also welcome dds in our group!
Thanks for the Xenosaga I&II hack. I’m really looking forward to it!
Comment by B.K.
June 6th, 2008 @ 04:58
First of all… Thank you guys so much! I’ve been wanting to play this game for the longest time, now I don’t feel as if my import was for waste.
Secondly, will you allow the script to be separate once finished in the end? I’d like to have the script since I own the game itself, but I wouldn’t mind playing the ROM as well, just I prefer playing the game itself via DS.
Sorry if that question was poorly worded. I’m a little tired at the moment. Once again, thank you so much! I can’t wait for it.
Comment by Kumori
June 6th, 2008 @ 11:31
Do what I’m going to do, get a flash card. As soon as they announce the release of the finished rom, I’m ordering a flash cart so I can play it on DS. I imported the game and played all the way through it. I never thought I’d see an English version of it.
Comment by B.K.
June 6th, 2008 @ 19:58
While a good suggestion, I’m a bit tight on money as I slapped down a pre-order on that new 80 GB PS3 model coming in on Tuesday. :/ But I do give thanks for the assistance.
Comment by Kumori
June 6th, 2008 @ 21:37
I wouldn’t worry about that right now. I’ve played through the game in Japanese. There’s a TON of text and they said there is a lot of programming to do, so we’ll be lucky if it only takes a year.
Comment by B.K.
June 7th, 2008 @ 01:24
Ah… Yeah, you have a point.
I’ll try to save up for one of those R4’s then.
Comment by Kumori
June 7th, 2008 @ 05:59
! ! ! ! finally noticed it on the gamefaqs board! THANKS!!!!!
loved your Caravan heart translation and now you’re picking this up? =D i’m in heaven
Comment by Hale
June 7th, 2008 @ 06:56
You guys are amazing! I was hoping that one day Xenosaga I-II would be translated, and now you’re making that happen
Thank you!!!!!!!! I can’t wait 
Comment by Abel
June 7th, 2008 @ 08:41
Maybe after J is done, they’ll take on SRWW?
Comment by YuushaFa
June 23rd, 2008 @ 00:57
I played the ps2 version of these games but i heard that it was coming out on ds with a english translation and for that i thank the traslator(s) who are currently working on it since im a xenosaga fan.
Comment by Jerard
June 24th, 2008 @ 05:58
I’m very grateful of your decision to start a translation. I just hope you carry it out to the end. If you do, I’m sure tens of thousands of Xenosaga fans will be grateful, including me. =D
Comment by Jordan
June 29th, 2008 @ 03:40
Great great news, can’t wait! This is my most most wanted JPN game.
Good luck with it.
Comment by Thug4L!f3
June 29th, 2008 @ 07:57
THANK YOU!!!! PLEASE translate this as soon as possible, even if it’s just a typed script that I have to print out , I’d still be happy. I want to play this game REALLY bad!!!!
Comment by adam clark
July 6th, 2008 @ 07:31
omg, you are just to awesome for words. I’m so happy that some one is actually translating this ! I look forward to seeing you releaseit :3!
Comment by Raina
July 13th, 2008 @ 14:57
Wow!! Just wow!!! Thanks for your efforts, I would love to play this game since I LOVED ep.1!
Comment by Glenn
July 15th, 2008 @ 14:38
Oh by the way, why not teaming-up with Jinx? He made a textual translation of the script, back then. He might help
Comment by Glenn
July 22nd, 2008 @ 13:38
But, uh, has it been lost along with Labirinthos.org?
Damn it…
Comment by Glenn
July 22nd, 2008 @ 14:22
Jinx has posted some translations of the I&II subscenarios at XenoTensei. I don’t know if she’s going to keep translating them, now that this project is going. Her translations of Truth of Xenosaga, the Episode III Perfect Guide, and Drama CD Flash movies are there too.
http://forums.xenotensei.com/index.php?board=18.0
Comment by B.K.
July 26th, 2008 @ 18:22
We… need… an update ;_;
Comment by Glenn
July 31st, 2008 @ 18:18
Great translation for a great games
But where i can download the translation patch plz ? ^^
Comment by Lenneth
August 5th, 2008 @ 15:57
Just wondering if you guys are still working on this…..im sure there are a number of people looking forward to it…i know i am
Comment by wildercard
September 9th, 2008 @ 07:10
like the guy before me, i wonder if the project is going on since i would like to get my hand on this game too.
Just in case if the project is not going on, can you lend me any tool you created so that i can translate it myself? I know nothing about programming, but i can at least translate it if i have tools.
Comment by Vincent
September 19th, 2008 @ 15:04
If we would drop any projects you’d read about it here. There are no magic translation tools that anyone can easily use. Our tools are custom made for each game and not for anyone else’s use. Besides, we don’t to have our work associated with any Babelfish translations. If you’re seriously able to translate from Japanese to English without tool help than you can always contact us about helping out on the translation front of the project.
Comment by KaioShin
September 20th, 2008 @ 10:08
Yuhuu, the project is still alive ^_^ We hope to hear news soon
Comment by Glenn
September 21st, 2008 @ 13:56
Well, i have passed my first japanese exam at university, and if my mother language was english i would rather accept your offer, but im italian, i dont think i can really help since sometimes for me is difficoult to translate in english my toughts or find the appropriate words for a specific sentence. I was going to translate the xenosaga trilogy in italian, based on the english version published on ps2 A group of italian boys created some tools and we were working on it till they started to be lazy and left all the job to me, forcing me to quit. Anyway i suppose i will have to search online how to learn how to hack a rom and how to translate it. Good luck with your work and take all the time you need
Comment by Vincent
September 22nd, 2008 @ 21:16
so how is it going? how much percent has complete? man if you make it , it ll be a history!
Comment by sendoh
October 26th, 2008 @ 02:13
You can check the % here:
http://kaioshin.romhacking.net/?page_id=54
Comment by Glenn
November 16th, 2008 @ 21:12
so when will be the release date of this translation..cant wait for this..haha..this will be a history in translating jap games..^_^
Comment by chapel07
December 7th, 2008 @ 13:04
DUDE good luck wit it al just wonderin how long do you think itll take (i dont mind ANY time but i want to no approximate)
Comment by GboSquared
January 21st, 2009 @ 04:25
Just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work and that I am eagerly awaiting this. I actually bought my DS after hearing about this game, so I was horribly disappointed to hear it was not coming to the US.
Comment by Tagir
February 24th, 2009 @ 18:53