One little "quality of life" feature I'm adding with my English translation of "Ougon No Kizuna", is identifying the "bonding quests" with stars.This will help players progress into the story, instead of trying each and every quest.
Translation Ougon No Kizuna (Golden Bonds) English translation for Wii
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AI is the worst when it comes to creation, but when you need to recover details from low-res, poorely coded videos, it's a nice tool.Thanks to Topaz, I might be able to incorporate cutscenes of "Kizuna" in its trailer (zoom to see more clearly - left is #Wii). #goldenbonds
Sometimes (rarely), I end up being proud of a sentence that I think manages to retain the original meaning, while looking like it was written in English in 1st place.(アタシはお花を眺めてる方が好きなの野蛮なことはキライよ)
("I prefer to look at flowers. I hate barbarism")
("I prefer to look at flowers. I hate barbarism")
I love that quote Brand.
I also really like that shot. Lots of interesting stuff going on there. The guy sitting in a thinking pose at the table, the person in the left corner staring at "Big guy", the guards and the elf. Thanks for sharing it with us!
I also really like that shot. Lots of interesting stuff going on there. The guy sitting in a thinking pose at the table, the person in the left corner staring at "Big guy", the guards and the elf. Thanks for sharing it with us!
So, I won't say much before the patch is actually released (beta testing in progress, but the main story is almost complete)... But I've been working on "Golden Bonds" / "Ougon No Kizuna" trailer with a special guest, who you will get the privilege to hear ! Stay tuned! 
Excited to see the trailer! I rewatched all your other trailers in anticipation. I think my favorite is still Takt of Magic but they are all nice. Can't wait.
In the great tradition of Japanese games, finishing "Ougon No Kizuna" unlocks an "after credits" mode, with another city to explore, and more (and longer) quests to complete... I'm playing the game to exhaustion! 
Forgot to comment earlier. Please don't exhaust yourself Brand!!
I know there have been some games that have done something like that but can't think of any offhand. Definitely not something that I think happens regularly. Have any of your other games had something like that?
I actually think that's really a nice reward (for the player, not the translator), though I guess it depends on if they've been enjoying the game or not
I was hoping for some unlockables like art or music or something small but that works! Though it's also a bit funny, given that the game's main fault is probably lack of polish and they add so much content for beating the game.
I know there have been some games that have done something like that but can't think of any offhand. Definitely not something that I think happens regularly. Have any of your other games had something like that?
I actually think that's really a nice reward (for the player, not the translator), though I guess it depends on if they've been enjoying the game or not
I was hoping for some unlockables like art or music or something small but that works! Though it's also a bit funny, given that the game's main fault is probably lack of polish and they add so much content for beating the game.
Actually, I believe almost all of the games I did had an "after credits" : Earth Seeker would unlock more missions, Ikenie had the "true ending", and even an "Eroge" chapter if you completed all the challenges, most of "Takt" story would be playable after you did the "light" and "dark" storylines...
As for "Kizuna", it is a bit of a shame the last city gets unlocked so late, considering the last quests (which are too long for their own good) even unlock new weapons, and most players will have stopped playing after the credits (I found only one "playthrough" video on the Internet, and the player didn't see there was one more city to visit).
Anyway, I'm left with 2 last quests (on a total of a hundred), but since the list of quests is random, I'm trying to find a cheatcode to make them appear : then we'll be good to go!
I guess I'll be working on a readme this weekend...
I found some other artworks on the Internet, coming from what used to be the game's website (has been down for a while, and since it was apparently in Flash, even the Internet Archive can't really help me).
Thankfully, someone had taken screenshots (albeit in low quality), and I'm doing my best to recreate the wallpaper, so I can incorporate them in the "readme".
Meaning you'll have to wait a little more few days, but I think the result might come out nice.
At least the first picture I cropped turned out well, as evidenced below:
Thankfully, someone had taken screenshots (albeit in low quality), and I'm doing my best to recreate the wallpaper, so I can incorporate them in the "readme".
Meaning you'll have to wait a little more few days, but I think the result might come out nice.
At least the first picture I cropped turned out well, as evidenced below:
Good day everyone!
The patch for "Golden Bonds" is available for download (link published on the 1st page of this thread).
Thank you all for your patience, I hope the game will, despite its flaws, still be somehow enjoyable to you!
Time for me to get some rest, but I'll gladly read about your feedbacks!
Have a nice sunday!
The patch for "Golden Bonds" is available for download (link published on the 1st page of this thread).
Thank you all for your patience, I hope the game will, despite its flaws, still be somehow enjoyable to you!
Time for me to get some rest, but I'll gladly read about your feedbacks!
Have a nice sunday!
Great work on the trailer Brand. It's great! In it, we see some locations that haven't ever been shown in video form, which is a treat. Also, as an aside, I can't believe you got Jon to narrate it.
Get some well deserved rest. Thank you for the translation!!
Get some well deserved rest. Thank you for the translation!!
Oooo can't wait to try this when I get a copy! Thanks for your works and cheers to another JP game being translated!
It takes a lot of dedication to work on a translation project or patch to the very end, bravo!
This is off topic but I gotta ask. Is that Tsubasa Oribe in your pic?It takes a lot of dedication to work on a translation project or patch to the very end, bravo!
Yeah! It's from a blog post written by toi8, the lead character designer of TMS#FE. He talks a bit about the design decisions made as a team, like Tsubasa wearing glasses or not, which ended up coming back in Encore!
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