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Kaisaan

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hi bskers I've been working on an English translation hack for Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand for the PS2.

You can find updates for it and all my other hacking/translation projects at my Discord: discord.gg/JnqvyDryen

I'm always looking for more people to help so please let me know!

Join the Kaisaan Hacking Stuff Discord Server!

Check out the Kaisaan Hacking Stuff community on Discord - hang out with 13 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you for your support as always! 🙏

Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 4h

lost kevin

Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

Hi y'all! It's been a while! I made a thread to include all the latest updates with my projects!

Also here is Adol in a chest!

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

I think that's everything! I'll try to actively post here more. I really do appreciate the support from everyone here! I'm hoping to share more updates and releases real soon!

Also small reminder to join my Discord as well for updates and to also donate to my ko-fi if you like the work I've done!

Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

Another thing I was able to help with was the Network Test for Ys vs Trails' remaster! I was able to play some matches with friends and the game ran well! Big congratulations to @refint.games for the successful launch! This game's remaster and localization is a true work of passionate fans!

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

And an especially big thanks to @sugunii.bsky.social for testing the translation and also introducing the game to me! I wanted to get this game translated for Sugunii 🙏

You can find download info here: romhack.ing/database/con...

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

I also helped with the release of another translation! This obscure Japanese indie game called Ersr Kerf. I really love the game's presentation and especially it's music! I didn't do too much work myself. Big thanks goes to Etokapa for doing all the translation and also NightWolve for some hacking!

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

I also still sometimes tinker with other games to take breaks from all the other projects (which ends up making more projects for me LOL) I managed to get the text extracted and reinserted for "Gachitora! Abarenbou Kyoushi in High School" as requested by Etokapa, who's been a great help for me!

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

As for my friends at The Geofront, they are looking for more programmers to help push their projects to the finish line! They are looking for folks that are familiar with hacking games for Windows XP and older. geofront.esterior.net/2025/10/12/a... Please share this around too!

geofront.esterior.net

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

As for other projects, I've been busy with Ys 5 but that hasn't stopped Forrealsyall on working on Popful Mail. All of the text is translated and now they're looking for folks to voice act for a dub of the game! You can find more details here: www.castingcall.club/projects/pop...

https://d1m9vqlvl3fy94.cloudfront.net/project/attachment/327008/1103395popmaildubproj.jpg

Popful Mail PC Engine English Dub. <p><em>Magical Fantasy Adventure Popful Mail</em> is a 1991 computer game for the PC88 developed by ...

www.castingcall.club

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

This does mean I will be adding in custom "empty chest" lines just like the first few Trails games do! Very glad to be able to continue this tradition after so long.

I also need to fix all the repointed text as right now there's a lot of crashes, but it shouldn't be too difficult to fix.

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

Lost Kefin is programmed very, strange. Once you open a chest it remains empty, but you literally can't interact with them again. Yet there's lines in the game for every empty chest line. Thankfully Everdred was able to restore this!

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

I managed to also get the game to load larger images! This makes translations more clear and not limited by the original sizes.

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 10h

Hi everyone! I apologize for the lack of updates. There is a *lot* to go over, and not just for Lost Kefin stuff! So let's start!

Lost Kefin is progressing well! I got graphics reinsertion going very smoothly! This is in big thanks to Etokapa's work with editing the images.

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 15h

I need to get a CRT so I can experience peak in the best way possible. 🙏

Neimi @aquaticscent.digital · 11d

Game: Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand
Developer: Taito
Platform: Playstation 2
📺: Sanyo DS24425

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · 8d

I really admire all the work that has been done by everyone to bring this game to modern systems and to more audiences with its localization! All this work being done by fans is really inspiring and I hope I can give back to the wonderful Falcom community! Thank you to everyone that worked on this!

Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · Aug 24

Day 2 of Fan Expo:

I MET AN ESTELLE COSPLAYER AND SHE RECOGNIZED ME AS DOGI ‼️‼️‼️

Though she was in a rush so sadly we couldn't get a photo (she didn't even have her twintails thing on yet LOL)

Lots of people recognized me as myself LOL, I met a lot of friends there!

Very fun time at fanexpo ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

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Guan @gu4n.bsky.social · Aug 24

Good news: the Kiseki Wiki is migrating away from Fandom.

The better news? Our friends at Ys Wiki are joining us to collectively form the Falcom Wiki, your future home for all Falcom lore.

Read the announcement at kiseki.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

Kiseki Wiki

kiseki.fandom.com

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · Aug 24

Glad I could help share more knowledge about Ys 5's PS2 remake! Lost Kefin gang rise up ‼️‼️‼️

Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · Aug 24

Screenshot from @sugunii.bsky.social from getting the True Ending for Lost Kefin PS2 ‼️

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · Aug 24

Some kid, I kinda felt bad when I had to say "No it's not Shrek" I should've just lied LOL

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · Aug 24

Day 1 Results ‼️

nobody recognized Dogi, one person thought I was Sonic, another as Shrek

i found many cool stuff but didnt find anything of a series/game that I really love

not even the game sellers had any Ys games or knew what it was

Overall a very fun day ‼️

Looking forward for Day 2 ‼️‼️‼️

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · Aug 23

Fan Expo time ‼️‼️‼️

Will anyone recognize my Dogi cosplay ⁉️

Will I buy lots of things ⁉️

Will I find anything Ys related ⁉️

Find out soon ‼️

Regardless of what happens I am very excited ‼️

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Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · Aug 20

Yeah! I just need to stay locked in and hopefully I'll get all of this done.

Kaisaan @kaisaan.bsky.social · Aug 20

All the lines in Lost Kefin has been translated!
There's still a long way to go with editing and re-insertion.
I still have to do graphics re-insertion which is not fun lol.
Thank you to everyone for supporting and helping me with all this! If things go well, I might be able to release this soon(tm)

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