Games I Hope SuperFighter team translates

The following are fantastic Genesis RPGs that came out only in Tawain and China. I hope one of them can be the next game SuperFighter team releases in English!!

Thank you guys!

Shuihuzhuan (Tiger Hunter Hero Novel)

It’s a Taiwan-only strategy RPG, based off the book of the same name, sometimes known in the west as Water Margins or Outlaws of the Marsh. In this game, 108 heroes band together to defeat the corrupt Song Dynasty, in the 12th century. Towns and locales can be explored, though the majority of the game is composed of large battles. This game is also absolutely gorgeous, it’s just a real shame that not much is known about it in the West. It should not be confused with the beat ‘em up Shui Hu Feng Yu Zhuan, which was apparently never released.
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Heroic Legends of the Sealing Gods

a Taiwanese strategy RPG, sometimes known as Fengshen Yingjiechuan, with gorgeous artwork and some nice magic animations. The plot follows a legend from the Shang Dynasty, where Emperor Zhou fell in love with the goddess of Nu Wa. When he ordered his soldiers to capture her, they informed him of a mortal woman with beauty to rival Nu Wa’s, and captured her instead. Unfortunately, she had been possessed by a fox spirit, and this has lead to corruption and problems in the ruling household. To save China, you must rebel against the royal family. You start as the hero Lin Yuan, and must find the other 8 heroes to help you on your journey. The game focuses entirely on combat and story exposition, with a little travel on the world map thrown in. Once again, it’s a shame so little is known about it in the West.

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Ya-Se Chao Suo

This one’s a Chinese JRPG, again with some quite nice graphics. The title is also often spelled Yase Zhuanshuo. It’s based on the Arthurian legends, though they provide more of a framework than an actual plot. Some kind of evil force has infected King Arthur’s castle, infecting many of the inhabitants and slowly spreading to everyone in the kingdom. You play a young boy named Dilo, whose father goes missing one day. It’s up to you to find out what happened to him. Once again, not to much is known about this title. Expect the usual fair of turn-based combat and top-down exploration.


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Originally Posted by salamando

You play a young boy named Dilo

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Gosh, for one moment I laughed my ass off here because I missread the name! :)

lmfao

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Originally Posted by Kollision

Gosh, for one moment I laughed my ass off here because I missread the name! :)

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Heh, I chuckled too. :)

Those look like some fun games. Strategy RPG's are my favorite!

Maten no Soumetsu

this rpg needs a translation

great rpg encounter is high but it plays great

Hello.

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Originally Posted by salamando

The following are fantastic Genesis RPGs that came out only in Tawain and China. I hope one of them can be the next game SuperFighter team releases in English!!

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Thanks for your enthusiasm, but I'm sorry to inform you that neither of these games will very likely be localized by Super Fighter Team, at least not any time in the near future. The matter has been raised here at this very forum several times before, but I'll sum up main reasons behind the decision once more:

These games, while impressive, make use of graphical and / or musical resources that are under copyright by other firms in Japan, namely Square Enix. The company that produced these Mega Drive RPGs (ChuanPu Technical) "borrowed" said resources without permission, likely in an effort to simplify and speed up the development process. The games, after all, were developed for the company by teenagers, who were likely unaware that they were 'stealing' (or simply didn't care, due to the grea area nature of copyrights in Taiwan).

We've spoken with the people formerly of ChuanPu Technical and received their permission to localize the games. But sadly, that's far from enough permission to go to work on them. As a company, we will never produce a localization of someone else's product unless we can have the cooperation of all parties involved.

It would be a lot of time and work trying and track down for certain which resources were "borrowed" and which are completely original, so that they could be replaced with non-infringing ones. And, I feel that making such major changes would take away from the original look and feel of the titles.

The whole thing is a real noodle-scratcher, no question about it.

Someone could still do a fan translation. I mean, everyone speaks Chinese, right? :p

CMA death adder, thank you for clearing that up. Well, with that said, can you confirm any new RPG releases? To be honest I thought these were possible, but hopefully there is at least one more Gem of an RPG you guys at SuperFighter team have yet to bring us!

I appreciate your informative and educated response and thank you for reading.

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Originally Posted by Melf

Someone could still do a fan translation. I mean, everyone speaks Chinese, right? :p

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Heh. Hacking away at a Taiwan-produced Mega Drive RPG is a daunting task, to put it nicely. Any fan translation team would be in for a real "treat". :(

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CMA death adder, thank you for clearing that up.

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My pleasure. Thanks for your interest.

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Well, with that said, can you confirm any new RPG releases?

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Yes, we'll release another new RPG for the Genesis in 2010, following a re-stock of Legend of Wukong. However, I cannot provide any additional details at this time.

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Originally Posted by CMA Death Adder

Yes, we'll release another new RPG for the Genesis in 2010, following a re-stock of Legend of Wukong. However, I cannot provide any additional details at this time.

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I look forward to playing this new game in 2010 :)

YEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Not only is the Wukong reissue good news to me, but A NEW 2010 RELEASE!!!??? mAAANNN this is too much! thank you guys i look forward to it!

So glad

Surging Aura. Actually, any of the "lost in translation" RPGs that Melf covered in his article. But specifically Surging Aura.

yeah that game is amazing i hear

Surging Aura would be great yes, same for Soumetsu. But i don't think Brandon would be able to officialy sell JAP-US translated games at all. Simply as that. And noone would be.
Japanese games are heavier copyrighted then any taiwanese ones. YOu cannot just translate a game and then sell it. Cause it's originally created by some company which holds the rights.

And speaking about these old Taiwanese ones. Brandon, they are abandonware already. Long time ago. Were they licensed by SEGA at all? I don't remember.
And i am pretty sure Square Enix won't bother at all about some super old games pirated by some taiwanese kids who used some questionable graphic tiles...You may at least try to ask them maybe?
I am most sure they don't give a damn. Don't even know maybe..?