Thank You Virtual Console :)

[sarah_sensei]

I decided to goof around with "Chrono Trigger" again. I was so happy to see that the Wii Virtual Console version of the game is the original SNES version (and not the PS1/DS retranslation). Some of the original lines in the SNES game were so stupid that they were funny. The newer translation just isn't as fun, it really has less character. (Also I only played this game a million times when I was in High School, so I get annoyed when things aren't said the same in the new ones :p and honestly the video files don't add much to the experience, the game was solid on its own).

Besides, the new translation leaves out the best escape plan excuse ever: "Belly button pain." I am totally going to rock that "Belly Button Pain" event when I get on the Blackbird (I believe Frog has to be in the middle of your party to trigger the line).

... So... even though I have played this a million times, I still kinda wonder why Frog is the only person in his time period who talks like he's at a Ren Faire. He must be the local nerd or something... ^_^; Now I like him even more.

Comments

[wandererriha]

I still kinda wonder why Frog is the only person in his time period who talks like he's at a Ren Faire.

I recall an epic fan of the series telling me that in the Japanese version, Frog delivers his lines in a very formal style of speech, as opposed to the more "common" speech of the rest of the characters. For some reason, his ultra-formal syntax was translated into Olde English.

I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time?

[sarah_sensei]

It's just funny because no one else in the entire world in the year 600 talks like that ^^; (not even the royal family). They all talk like, well, everyone from every other time period (except the prehistoric one where they all talk like stereotypical cave men).

It kinda makes sense, but he could just have used a larger vocabulary than other people. But sometimes I get the impression that game translators don't have that big of a vocabulary... (or they are just not paid enough to care).