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@lonechallenger.bsky.social

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Male・Pro E↔J Game Translator Works include: PMW2 Re-PAC, Shadow Labyrinth (Pac-Man), Bakeru (Goemon), Detective Instinct, Disco Elysium MOBILE (LQA), Hollow Cocoon, Atopes, Monospaced Lovers

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Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · Jan 20

Check out my portfolio for a snippet of games I've translated (will update as more get released):
lonechallenger.carrd.co

Past translation works

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Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 10h

ah yeah, the original series does have a few moments like that. it's (in)famous with Japanese people too

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 10h

after like half a year (100 consecutive work days, wooh) I finally got to the credits of DQ3. Huh, so it's a prequel... might consider checking out 1&2 as well then

def got a better insight into how this shaped the general RPG formula, and would be more than willing to check out future entires!

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 1d

And after 5 days, I got it together again (still not 100% sure how but)

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 4d

think you'll do pmw2 re-pac as well?

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 5d

...why does DQ3 have armor that reflects your own allies healing spells? never seen something like this before, really threw me off

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Mato @clydemandelin.bsky.social · 5d

Some old advice about starting big projects (game translation projects in my case, but a lot of it is probably universal)

#gametranslation

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 7d

After a lot of random fiddling, I somehow got it open.

Now for the second half of the puzzle... putting it back!

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 10d

heh, no problem. his shadowy brother is cool too!

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 10d

While at Pokémon Center Shibuya (for the codes) I noticed they had these metallic pokeball puzzles. I chose the master ball level one, so can't make heads or tails of it of course!

Goes very well with the Aegislash they had a few years back!

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 11d

ahaha, thanks. yeah, i work in both directions!

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 11d

oh yeah, and since i translated the sonic DLC stuff as well, does that count as having translated for sonic too...

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 11d

if anything, the trickiest things were probably things only slightly tweaked. i had to ask the devs if this was just a renaming, or an entirely different thing

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 11d

honestly, this was probably one of my smoothest sailing tasks ever XD

being a remake, having a wiki full of english language names, and plenty of playthroughs of the original game made it easy to find official terms or context for things.

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 11d

New entry for my portfolio!
I did the base EN translation for PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC!

It's been a long time in the making, so I hope you enjoy.
I'll definitely be playing it for myself as well.

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 12d

oh right, it's your birthday.
happy birth!!

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 14d

and not even 30. i swear, if i get confused for a high schooler in a few years time...

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 14d

at tgs, my fellow translators were thinking i was 18...
funny thing is, a few years ago i was often confused for 19

how is this even possible? aging in reverse?

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 15d

yeah, and similar stuff happened at TGS as well... I was so clueless working on it, lol

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 15d

sooo i didn't realize how big of a deal Disco Elysium was until recently

umm, yeah, i did the Japanese LQA for the mobile port, for those of you who don't know.

might need to feature it more prominently in my portfolio, lol

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 16d

Sonic Racing demo was pretty fun. A nice change of pace from Mario Kart honestly... def interested in checking it out. I think it appeals to core gamers a lot more too.

The Katamari demo meanwhile was too short for me to formulate an opinion on :/

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 16d

Demo for the new katamari game too. They went all out for this booth

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 16d

Waiting in line for the Sonic Racing Demo...

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 16d

At TGS this year as well!

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 20d

oh god, did i really stall on DQ3 for 5 months???
need to get back to it now that things are finally easing up...

Lone @lonechallenger.bsky.social · 27d

Heck yeah! And day one Japanese support by yours truly!

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 27d

ANNOUNCEMENT: Detective Instinct will be launching on Steam and Nintendo Switch...

November 26th, 2025! 🤩

Uncover the story in this DS-inspired adventure game about a mysterious woman who goes missing on a train 🚃

Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/...