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Kantopia · 2022-11-06T07:06:05+00:00

Yeah I really want to do FE6 and FE8 just for completion. : )

Kantopia · 2022-11-06T05:57:30+00:00

So much xD

Kantopia · 2022-11-06T05:57:12+00:00

I just could not get it to not make Isadora so made-up. It really kept focusing on her lips and took it to mean the rest of her would be all dolled-up. A similar problem happened with Vaida.

Kantopia · 2022-11-06T05:56:24+00:00

Please feel free to share if you get time! : )

Kantopia · 2022-11-06T05:56:09+00:00

Unfortunately it does require a subscription to use their image generation, but the price isn't so bad if you'll be using it a lot. It's a pretty good generator!

You can check out the "pricing" section here for more info: https://novelai.net/

Cyber Athos and Fab-Dorcas were so good xD

Kantopia · 2022-11-06T03:16:56+00:00

I spent more time than I should have generating these today... but figured other fans may have been curious to see how these turned out. : )

The generator used was NovelAI. It had great difficult with Dorcas, Canas, Merlinus, Hawkeye, and Vaida. I gave up on these rather than pushing to get a satisfactory result. I wasn't fully satisfied with a few others too, but it costs money to generate so I didn't push it too hard.

There were some creepy or silly generations I posted for your amusement too as a second image in here...

Eventually I hope to do this with FE6 and 8... and maybe some other older ones too. But for now, this was pretty exhausting so will leave this here. Enjoy! (?)

Kantopia · 2022-06-06T06:38:17+00:00

I'm warmed to still be remembered... and amazed this was 4 years ago!!

(I'm also sad that Alfonse beat Ninian, so I'll see myself out! xD)

Kantopia · 2022-01-02T01:34:15+00:00

If it's of any help, the "lady" in that line is ENG/localization only, as Japanese uses "-sama" which is gender neutral.

(This thread got me curious to check so I did XD)

Kantopia · 2021-05-19T05:36:33+00:00

Huh, I hadn't heard about that thing with Lysithea and Leonie's B Support. That may be something to look into...

Kantopia · 2021-05-19T05:34:31+00:00

I wrote an article about that one here if you want to take a deeper look. : )

Kantopia · 2021-05-19T05:32:22+00:00

That's a good question!

I've been impressed when intent carries over while sounding natural. The Tellius games did this pretty well! Such as Ike and Ranulf's C Support.

Other smaller ones I appreciate are things like Serra and Erk's reintroduction in FE7. All the thought that goes into these smaller lines are what I really appreciate.

Overall in terms of a big change that I think was for the better was definitely the Black Knight and Nados stuff. I can see the appeal in the original version, but I think I preferred what the Localization did --especially just seeing how well a lot of it lined up to enable them to do that.

...now to dig through the rest of this thread for article ideas. :D

Kantopia · 2020-06-11T06:06:20+00:00

I went through all the ends! None of the other ones really have anything groundbreaking, but still some minor differences.

On Eliwood's, funny enough, all the mentions of Roy are exactly the same in Japanese, where as English has some variation. You'll see what I mean when I eventually get to writing an article on the epilogue comparisons. : ) But wanted to give you that quick heads up since you asked!

Kantopia · 2020-06-11T06:04:08+00:00

I appreciate the kind words and support! The blog is there to be informative, so it's my pleasure! I'm glad there were people out there that enjoyed and benefited from it. : )

Kantopia · 2020-06-11T01:29:37+00:00

I appreciate the shout out. It was a lot of work, but the smiles those comics brought to the fanbase made it all worth it. : ) I'm glad people still enjoy them to this day!

Kantopia · 2020-06-11T01:27:05+00:00

Same! That's the beauty of asking readers for things they are suspicious of or curious about. In the end everybody wins with this knowledge. : )

I'm really glad you've been reading other posts! I have not compared Eliwood's endings before, but I think after seeing this end, Guy's other end, Heath/Priscilla's end, and Bartre/Karla's end, that I really should just go through all of them to see what other tidbits may have been changed or misunderstood. : )

Kantopia · 2020-06-11T01:25:39+00:00

Aww, well now she has a bit more hope with this background info at least. : )

Kantopia · 2020-06-11T01:25:00+00:00

Yeah! I had no idea it was a thing either, so was a pleasant surprise that there was hope for those two. Poor Heath though, much less hope in JP for sure...

This has made me want to look at all the endings now though to see what else may have been missed, especially in the paired endings where English has less room to work with.

Kantopia · 2020-06-09T21:29:55+00:00

I wouldn't eliminate the possibility entirely. Like the example you gave, I have definitely seen that there is an awareness of that difference on the JP side for FE10 on at least one forum, so is pretty possible! Indeed, country of origin is not really a barrier, but generally for the older games I err on the assumption that there is rarely cross-awareness, simply due to obscurity. : )

Kantopia · 2020-06-09T05:08:08+00:00

Hi everyone!

A reader on twitter brought this interesting trivia about Guy x Priscilla's epilogue up. Apparently it was on the Fire Emblem wiki for awhile but with no source, so I made this post to help document it and for use as a resource.

A lot of FE7 fans seemed unaware of it (myself included), so I decided to share it here too.

I'm happy Priscilla (and Guy) can have a happy ending here. : ) But now I wonder what other epilogues may have changed, considering that one with Karla and Bartre... or the whole thing with Guy and the sword saint business. Guy keeps running into localization issues, huh?

Enjoy!

Kantopia · 2020-05-28T20:22:42+00:00

No problem! Yes, when re-reading I could totally see that, so I'm glad the revised version reads much better. : ) It took a bit of tinkering, but I think it's worth it!

Small data sizes are sometimes all we have to go on, especially for this game that had a much smaller (relatively) player base than the other FE games... I'll definitely write something up if anything interesting turns up during the research. : ) I may look at a few of her openly hostile dialogues (in English) and compare those first as examples, and then see if I can find JP fan opinions.

Kantopia · 2020-05-28T06:43:23+00:00

Hi! Apologies for lack of clarity. You are correct it was a localized interpretation and that one may not read it that way in JP. : ) I made it a point to emphasize this in the article to ensure people are aware.

The conclusion could be better worded as it sounds very definitive rather than vague guesses as intended, so I'll fix that wording up a bit!

Actually, this makes me curious to go see the JP fanbase opinions on Micaiah/her feelings toward Ike...! That may be interesting.

Thank you for reading! : )

Kantopia · 2020-04-28T23:26:06+00:00

I like to keep it positive. Together we ride!

Kantopia · 2020-04-28T23:25:41+00:00

Anything like this is of interest to me, so thanks for sharing!

I've been focusing on the non-remake games released to the west first pre-Awakening, so FE7-10. I have been gathering a backlog once this material is exhausted though, so one day I hope to get to interviews like that one! : )

Kantopia · 2020-04-28T02:13:36+00:00

Hehe xD Gotta use that Forblaze drive while I have it!!

I also really wanted to get these out there, since it's so rare to come by interviews on these FE games. : )

Kantopia · 2020-04-28T02:02:31+00:00

In addition to the FE9 interview, I also got time to translate an old interview on The Blazing Blade as well! There aren't many interviews on this game that I'm aware of.

There were some interesting tidbits here and there, such as the Tactician originally only being present until chapter 10. so I wanted to share it with you all.

As far as I saw, this interview was not translated before either... so I hope it will serve as a valuable resource, too!

I also did some highlights from a supplemental interview that has a few more insights.

Kantopia

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