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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:27 pm
by krelian
well
the first thing is the great respect I have for Snatcher, Osiris and everybody else involved in the project
never met people with such a passion

I think that NOT asking for money is not only very kind of you but also wise
so to avoid any possible kind of legal problem

now I'm probably just being crazy but...
have you guys considered the idea of contacting Konami, tell'em what you've done and start working for them??

just imagine what a Kojima game with a "proper" English adaptation would be

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:31 pm
by 8bitsonic
krelian wrote:just imagine what a Kojima game with a "proper" English adaptation would be
In my opinion, not as good as a fan-made one. They're keeping the original Japanese voices so the chance of a mediocre English dub is eliminated. Also, "official" translations have things localized or changed rather inexplicably, due to their commercial nature- the point is to sell more. Since these guys are doing it for the love of the game, and Osiris is a pro translator, it'll most definitely be better than a "proper" English adaption, as he said before.

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:42 pm
by krelian
haha
sorry I probably haven't been clear enough
by "proper" translation I meant a fan-made one....made by Osiris & Co.

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:20 pm
by Marc
Thanks guys, your faith means a lot to us. It would be nice if this project did something for Snatcher and Policenauts overseas, but any such progress would have to come from Konami contacting us, not the other way around.

However, since there was nothing on either title at Gamers Day (we waited to launch until after the event, just in case), it's probably best not to get any hopes up.

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:32 am
by Henry Spencer
Of course, the Gamer's Day event was a huge disappointment for me, especially considering it IS Konami and all. :sad:

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:43 am
by Ghaleon
Didn't you guys talk about adding English voice overs to the PSX translation sometime in the (possibly distant) future? I know that'd be a ton of MORE work and a whole different thing to take on, but thought I saw it mentioned.

I know the King's Quest remakes and it's sequel-in-development have full voice-overs and are fan-made.

Not really anyone's concern right now for Policenauts, in any case, and rightfully so.

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:50 am
by Artemio
Ghaleon wrote:Didn't you guys talk about adding English voice overs to the PSX translation sometime in the (possibly distant) future? I know that'd be a ton of MORE work and a whole different thing to take on, but thought I saw it mentioned.
We only made fun out of it.

I believe we all prefer the voices in Japanese with the subtitles, and also that a really professional team of voice actors would be needed, with tons of money and resources (from our limited budget perspective at least).

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:59 am
by Charlie Johnson
Speaking of voice overs, I just read through Policenauts.net and found out that Hideo Kojima himself has a little voice acting part. I'm looking forward to hear him. :smile:

Although, I guess it's just a small part concidering that he's only referred to as AP officer 2, the character hasn't even got a real name.

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:24 am
by Snake700
Snatcher wrote:
Ghaleon wrote:Didn't you guys talk about adding English voice overs to the PSX translation sometime in the (possibly distant) future? I know that'd be a ton of MORE work and a whole different thing to take on, but thought I saw it mentioned.
We only made fun out of it.

I believe we all prefer the voices in Japanese with the subtitles, and also that a really professional team of voice actors would be needed, with tons of money and resources (from our limited budget perspective at least).
Good! Dubbing isin´t always the best option. (we don´t want another Siren right?)

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:22 pm
by Henry Spencer
Yeah and besides, I can see people fighting over the parts as Jonathan and Tony. I'd personally like to go for a smaller part like Jun Ishida if the offer came up for a fan dubbing (my favourite of the smaller roles in the game). :razz:

Oh and yeah, I much prefer it in the original Japanese voice track, they all nailed the roles perfectly for each character I think, many of them have also played some of my favourite anime characters also and I always watch anime in its original Japanese language, same for this game.

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:32 pm
by Snake700
Why do for the smaller parts?

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:58 pm
by Henry Spencer
Less chance of fucking up, and I like the character a lot anyway, easily my third favourite character in the whole game.

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:30 pm
by shidoni
You could null the whole issue by getting someone to cast everyone who tried out for the parts. I elect whoever hates the idea the most hahahahha~

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:58 pm
by 87th
One of my friends is a professional comedian, and an actor on the side. He's not a gamer though (although he loves Resident Evil and Crazy Taxi) and he pretty much hates anime (:lol:) so I doubt he'd be interested in helping out if anyone was to dub it. He has connections, but I doubt anyone would get involved without the prospect of getting paid anything.

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:34 am
by Henry Spencer
Heh. I actually am not that bad an actor you know (I've picked up an award or two from my drama class). But I wouldn't want to ruin what was already done so perfectly already (Japanese voice overs), there is no point.

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:47 pm
by seraphssavior
It would be pretty funny if we all got together to do this. It can't turn out any worse than Symphony of the night, right? :smile:

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:54 pm
by shidoni
Or ZOE:2....

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:57 pm
by seraphssavior
Yeah..."If you leave Jehuty, You'll DIE!!!" hah! and they all pronounce jehuty differently...

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:23 pm
by shidoni
God... I got embarrassed for Dingo.... Then I found out Dingo's Japanese VA.... Kazuhiko Inoue <3<3<3<3!
Ahem, so, yeah, everyone send in their demo tapes now! Hahahah~ It'd be fun for a laugh at least.

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:54 am
by Henry Spencer
:lol:

Didn't ratperson attempt to make a dub of Policenauts and it went all shitty?

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:36 am
by Charlie Johnson
By the way, is it also possible to play the patched Policenauts ISO on a PS2 with hard drive and HD loader?

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:51 am
by shidoni
Henry Spencer wrote::lol:

Didn't ratperson attempt to make a dub of Policenauts and it went all shitty?
:lol: Hey, you never know, maybe we don't all "suck".

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:53 am
by Modnar
Charlie Johnson wrote:By the way, is it also possible to play the patched Policenauts ISO on a PS2 with hard drive and HD loader?
Im pretty sure HD loader cant copy ps1 games. I think the only way to play it on the ps2 is to buy Breaker Pro and use it with either a flip top or Slide tool. Its cheap, i got mine for about 15 bucks.

little support

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:08 pm
by waltroid
Hello it's my first post and i wanted to say thanks for just trying(and hope it gets done) to do this great translationn!
It would be uber cool to play policenauts on the psp.
I tried running an iso of my japanese game snatcher for the ps1 and i didn't worked, it freezed on the playstaton logo.
Do you guys tried to run policenauts on psp?

Re: little support

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:42 pm
by Artemio
waltroid wrote: Do you guys tried to run policenauts on psp?
I did without problem. I was playing it in Japanese last night. I tried the Books and original versions.

I was going to test Snatcher, but after building the eboot, the PSP battery died on me, and I left the charger at the office. It'll have to wait to tomorrow I guess.