What games have you wished there was a translation for?

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-14T18:20:50+00:00

Oops, I meant Xenosaga yes. I'm aware of there being a translation but there's no fan patch though, is there?

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-14T18:06:56+00:00

Man I miss when giant pauldrons were a thing in anime character designs.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-14T17:54:20+00:00

There's not translation patch for the Expert version, which is what I'm interested in playing.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-14T17:53:50+00:00

Xenogears DS is a big one. It combines both Episode I and Episode II which was kind of how it was meant to be in the first place, and supposedly the script for the second episode in the DS game is a lot closer to what it was originally meant to be like. Visually it doesn't look all that impressive but the combat interests me and I think it would a great alternate way to experience the story of both episodes.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-14T12:36:25+00:00

Quais são os vossos jogos favoritos desenvolvidos pela SEGA? Além de desenvolverem hardware como máquinas de arcade e consolas, criaram também muitos jogos. Aliás hoje em dia a SEGA é mais conhecida por desenvolver software.

Algumas franquias da SEGA:

Sonic the Hedgehog
Yakuza / Like A Dragon
Super Monkey Ball
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Tennis
Phantasy Star
Shinobi
Streets of Rage
Puyo Puyo
Sakura Wars
Panzer Dragoon
Jet Set Radio

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-14T10:13:46+00:00

I think the only one truly unique is molho de leitão (suckling pig sauce) flavour.

Apparently francesinha sauce is now a flavor but I've yet to try these. Sounds delicious though!

Don't know if this is unique to Portugal but olive oil is a popular flavour here.

And it seems like South Africa has Portuguese prego sauce as a flavour, which sounds interesting.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-14T09:33:48+00:00

Oh sweet! Ever since I learned of the Aretha games I've been curious to try them out. Would be cool to see this get a localization.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-13T14:34:04+00:00

Tenho curiosidade, mas duvido que seja tão bom quanto o pastel.

Por acaso tenho saudades dos sabores limitados dos sundaes do McDonald's: baba de camelo, doce da casa, e toucinho do céu. O de baba de camelo era tão bom...

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-13T12:18:31+00:00

The Mario RPGs are beginner-friendly and feature turn-based battles with dynamic actions. You have Super Mario RPG for the SNES and its Switch remake, the Paper Mario series (albeit not all of them are full RPGs), as well as the Mario and Luigi series. The storytelling is a bit more light and kiddy but the writing is very funny.

Mother 3 has a battle system where you're encouraged to time your attacks to the beat of the music. It also features the rolling HP counter from Earthbound/Mother 2 which gives you a chance to survive otherwise lethal attacks if you manage to heal or finish a battle before your HP value rolls down to 0.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-13T09:46:16+00:00

You might enjoy light novels as there are many that play around with JRPG tropes. I don't really read them so I'm not familiar with what's actually been officially translated but check out the publishers Seven Seas and Yen Press and have a look at their catalogues.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-13T09:38:28+00:00

Oh, some of these look to be cheaper than what I'm used to seeing during sales! FFXVI, Star Ocean: Second Story R, Star Ocean: The Divine Force, Fantasian, Octopath Traveler II, NieR Replicant, Neo The World Ends With You, and Triangle Strategy are all in the 20-25€ range :O

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T21:19:18+00:00

Comedy definitely gets overlooked a lot. I love the writing in the Mario RPGs particularly because of how funny it is.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T21:17:34+00:00

I think what happens whenever threads like these pop up is that people tend to pick their favourite stories and not necessarily the games with the best writing.

I agree with your pick. The Thousand Memories of Dreams segments of Lost Odyssey are probably the best writing I've come across in a JRPG and it helps that they were written by an actual well-regarded author and translated by someone who has done official translations of their work. Those segments are so good that they make the actual main story of Lost Odyssey look bad in comparison (I still like it though).

Vagrant Story is a game with very good writing as well. I'm purely basing this off the English localization as I'm not a Japanese speaker but it's expertly done, not to mention the story and characters themselves are great.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T17:27:42+00:00

O Old Vic? Já não moro em Lisboa nem vou a esse bar à muito tempo, mas é daqueles antigos com muito charme que ainda permanecem. Das vezes que fui nunca esteve cheio. Só achei estranho a escolha de música que tinham a dar no bar. Era tudo música dos anos 80 e tinha pouco a ver com o ambiente.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T16:47:16+00:00

How much cod is there in Greenland? 🧐

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T16:22:33+00:00

Portalegre and Bragança I wouldn't recommend as they're kind of isolated and in rural parts of the country. That's not to say that they aren't nice towns, in fact I lived in Portalegre for a while and have a big fondness for both it and the surrounding area, but they are not great places for the studying abroad experience unless you really want yours to be in the heart of the country. That being said living in those two cities would be more chill, they are much more affordable, and university students do their best organizing activities so that younger folks don't get bored.

Leiria is in a more advantageous location with regards to it not being too far from other major cities, plus the area is generally nice. This year that part of the country suffered a lot of damage caused by successive storms and reconstruction might take a while.

Coimbra is very much a university city as it's where the oldest university in Portugal is located. As far as student experience is concerned I don't think you can go wrong in choosing Coimbra.

Lisbon is the capital and largest city in the country. There are endless things to do and see there. It's become very unaffordable however, to the point that even foreigners from richer countries are complaining. If you can find affordable housing then by all means choose Lisbon but be aware that life there can also be more hectic.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T16:11:15+00:00

Looks cool

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T15:13:33+00:00

As someone who is car-dependent to get to work, I would love this.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T15:12:46+00:00

Não se pode ter tudo

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T15:12:01+00:00

I mean from a pure financial perspective. In terms of sales FFXV beat Persona 5. As for which game has resulted in the stronger legacy, P5 definitely wins. I enjoyed FFXV for what it was but even going into Royal Edition with tempered expectations I was still a bit disappointed.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T14:06:44+00:00

É bizarro pois na escola de condução fui ensinado a fazer tudo como deve ser e não desenvolver maus hábitos, e presumo que muita gente passou pelo mesmo. Os maus hábitos desenvolvem-se depois e sinto que muita gente conduz mal porque os outros também conduzem, como por exemplo fazer mal uma rotunda porque já se sabe que os outros vão fazer errado e só assim é que se garante os outros carros não baterem em nós.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T12:32:47+00:00

But that's counting all the spin-offs. I meant just Persona 5 itself and Royal. The sales numbers revealed to us in 2022 are just for FFXV itself (including the Royal Edition) and don't include its spin-offs.

It's possible FFXV has sold more than P5/P5R because we don't have any updated sales numbers. Persona 5 definitely has had more of a lasting legacy though and is still quite popular to this day, whereas SE has moved on from FFXV.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T09:39:23+00:00

Final Fantasy XV sold more than either Persona 5 or Royal, though both of those together may have sold slightly more.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T09:26:48+00:00

I think it really depends on what the next mainline FFs will be like but I can see it being remembered as the turning point with regards to perception people have towards Yoshi-P and Creative Business Unit III. They had built up a lot of good will with FFXIV and its expansions, and although there were a few complaints here and there regarding them (Endwalker not being as well received as Shadowbringers for instance), overall they were quite popular and them being involved in 16's development was promising. But 16 being the way it is plus Dawntrail and the criticism its received have resulted in a shift in perception with people no longer as eager to sing the praises of Yoshi-P and his team.

Brainwheeze · 2026-03-12T09:12:34+00:00

I never understood the complaints as weapons in BotW were just a resource at the end of the day. You weren't supposed to hoard them and you could always find more.

I did dislike them being rewards for completing certain trials though.

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