Comments on: Names and Naming http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/ 1 + 1 = 3 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:27:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Hunter http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1647 Hunter Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:10:10 +0000 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1647 you da man, jeffman you da man, jeffman

]]> By: JeffMan http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1644 JeffMan Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:34:22 +0000 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1644 I tried changing Melon to be a bit more blue a while ago, but honestly, the game has dozens of sets of palettes for every flavour that would need to be changed, and I decided that it's probably more work than its worth. DoseiSan: There are zero NDS slot 1-based flash carts that can run GBA ROMs right now. You would need a slot 2-based card to run it. All such modern flash carts should be able to run it, you just need more than 32MB (256Mbit) of memory to store it. With slot-2 cards though, you have to wait for it to transfer the ROM into temporary flash memory, and the size of MOTHER 3 could introduce problems with some carts; either it takes a long time or it might not load at all, depending on how much flash memory your flash cart has. I know that my EZ4 has a nifty feature that lets me pre-store 48MB worth of GBA ROMs in a dedicated NOR flash chip, and it eliminates any and all loading times. :P I tried changing Melon to be a bit more blue a while ago, but honestly, the game has dozens of sets of palettes for every flavour that would need to be changed, and I decided that it’s probably more work than its worth.

DoseiSan: There are zero NDS slot 1-based flash carts that can run GBA ROMs right now. You would need a slot 2-based card to run it. All such modern flash carts should be able to run it, you just need more than 32MB (256Mbit) of memory to store it.

With slot-2 cards though, you have to wait for it to transfer the ROM into temporary flash memory, and the size of MOTHER 3 could introduce problems with some carts; either it takes a long time or it might not load at all, depending on how much flash memory your flash cart has. I know that my EZ4 has a nifty feature that lets me pre-store 48MB worth of GBA ROMs in a dedicated NOR flash chip, and it eliminates any and all loading times. :P

]]> By: Mato http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1642 Mato Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:37:03 +0000 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1642 GBoyMakoto: I started writing this a few months ago but haven't gotten around to finishing it. But it might still be of use to you in your case: <a href="http://tomato.fobby.net/jpntranslator1.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a> BTW we've already got tons of stuff ready to promote EB on VC, you'll see :) LordNecros: Not likely, but that'd be a neat hack for someone to do after the patch is out. Unless Jeff or someone is up to trying a palette hack to replace one of the current flavors, but I don't know if it's worth it. Doseisan: I don't know much about flash carts and cards, but I'm going to assume the answer to your question is "no" for now. GBoyMakoto: I started writing this a few months ago but haven’t gotten around to finishing it. But it might still be of use to you in your case: here

BTW we’ve already got tons of stuff ready to promote EB on VC, you’ll see :)

LordNecros: Not likely, but that’d be a neat hack for someone to do after the patch is out. Unless Jeff or someone is up to trying a palette hack to replace one of the current flavors, but I don’t know if it’s worth it.

Doseisan: I don’t know much about flash carts and cards, but I’m going to assume the answer to your question is “no” for now.

]]> By: LordNecros http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1641 LordNecros Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:43:14 +0000 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1641 Any chance of hacking in a flavor identical to the Plain in Earthbound? Any chance of hacking in a flavor identical to the Plain in Earthbound?

]]> By: danc http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1640 danc Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:46:07 +0000 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1640 find = fine* find = fine*

]]> By: danc http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1639 danc Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:45:04 +0000 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1639 I agree with evan, dont come on here just to post your crap... -- not that anyone takes you seriously or anything... but ..just because... you really look like a loser... seriously dude... for you to come on here just to say that..? im willing to bet you dont have many friends in real life, Anywhooo.... i really like the "You Won", it has a more Earthbound feeling to it... many emotions tied to that "You Won" sign, its taken directly from the Earthbound rom you say? thats just great and as for VWF on the namebox thing... it seems to be just find the way it is,.. it looks pretty cool without VWF but thats just my opinion I agree with evan,

dont come on here just to post your crap… — not that anyone takes you seriously or anything… but ..just because… you really look like a loser… seriously dude… for you to come on here just to say that..? im willing to bet you dont have many friends in real life,

Anywhooo….

i really like the “You Won”, it has a more Earthbound feeling to it… many emotions tied to that “You Won” sign,

its taken directly from the Earthbound rom you say? thats just great

and as for VWF on the namebox thing… it seems to be just find the way it is,.. it looks pretty cool without VWF
but thats just my opinion

]]> By: evansucks http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1635 evansucks Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:28:45 +0000 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1635 Wow...pessimism in THIS team of hackers just makes you look like an uneducated retard. Seriously, if you've ever played a translated rom before, you can ALMOST guarantee that at least ONE guy (or girl?) on this team played a part in it. Not only that, but they're probably motivated like 100x's more than most other projects they've done, just because of their love for Earthbound/Mother. This game WILL be translated and you WILL eat those words. Wow…pessimism in THIS team of hackers just makes you look like an uneducated retard. Seriously, if you’ve ever played a translated rom before, you can ALMOST guarantee that at least ONE guy (or girl?) on this team played a part in it. Not only that, but they’re probably motivated like 100x’s more than most other projects they’ve done, just because of their love for Earthbound/Mother. This game WILL be translated and you WILL eat those words.

]]> By: BlackSheepMoan http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1634 BlackSheepMoan Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:09:36 +0000 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1634 all evidence points to this never being finished. all evidence points to this never being finished.

]]> By: A Fan http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1633 A Fan Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:35:17 +0000 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1633 I don't claim to be any sort of expert on Japanese (like you, I know hiragana + katakana, a few simple kanji and a bunch of common words and phrases) but http://www.nihongoresources.com/ has helped me a lot. Also, I forget where you download it but there's a program called Kanji Gold or something that's essentially a flashcard program. I think you could find it by going to http://www.mangahelpers.com/ then browsing the General Questions forum and looking for the sticky thread at the top on learning kanji. On the other hand, I've also heard many people advising you to learn WORDS with kanji in them rather than isolated kanji, the problem being that you'll never learn to use kanji correctly if you don't and you won't know which reading is the correct one when they're used in compounds. Reminds me of that 'silly exam answers' site I saw a while back where a Japanese test asked for antonyms and the guy just drew all the characters upside down (hey, at least the kanji for up/above and its opposite, down/below are ALMOST upside down versions of each other). Sorry if it's too offtopic, but this IS relevant to learning enough to play Mother 3 in Japanese, which is certainly a worthwhile goal for anyone obsessively reading this site, if only because it will help us appreciate Mato's hard work ... :-) I don’t claim to be any sort of expert on Japanese (like you, I know hiragana + katakana, a few simple kanji and a bunch of common words and phrases) but http://www.nihongoresources.com/ has helped me a lot. Also, I forget where you download it but there’s a program called Kanji Gold or something that’s essentially a flashcard program. I think you could find it by going to http://www.mangahelpers.com/ then browsing the General Questions forum and looking for the sticky thread at the top on learning kanji.

On the other hand, I’ve also heard many people advising you to learn WORDS with kanji in them rather than isolated kanji, the problem being that you’ll never learn to use kanji correctly if you don’t and you won’t know which reading is the correct one when they’re used in compounds. Reminds me of that ’silly exam answers’ site I saw a while back where a Japanese test asked for antonyms and the guy just drew all the characters upside down (hey, at least the kanji for up/above and its opposite, down/below are ALMOST upside down versions of each other).

Sorry if it’s too offtopic, but this IS relevant to learning enough to play Mother 3 in Japanese, which is certainly a worthwhile goal for anyone obsessively reading this site, if only because it will help us appreciate Mato’s hard work … :-)

]]> By: mking13 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1631 mking13 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:16:50 +0000 http://mother3.fobby.net/2007/11/12/names-and-naming/#comment-1631 lol... i feel like an idiot. I've been reading and a lot of people have already finished the game... lol. I'm fiding it diffucult to keep playin a game ina diff language. I tried playing the original Animal Crossings, but i don't understand a word. I kind of lose interest. So... in anticipation I've been trying to finish Earthbound, which is a hard game, for me (i don't know about the rest of you) But i really appreciate your efforts in trying to translate this game. It is just amazing how much is involved in this. I didn't think it would take this much effort, but after seeing what is involved it has changed my mind. So again I thank you for all of your efforts and look forward to seeing the full translation. (sorry for the long message) lol… i feel like an idiot. I’ve been reading and a lot of people have already finished the game… lol. I’m fiding it diffucult to keep playin a game ina diff language. I tried playing the original Animal Crossings, but i don’t understand a word. I kind of lose interest. So… in anticipation I’ve been trying to finish Earthbound, which is a hard game, for me (i don’t know about the rest of you) But i really appreciate your efforts in trying to translate this game. It is just amazing how much is involved in this. I didn’t think it would take this much effort, but after seeing what is involved it has changed my mind. So again I thank you for all of your efforts and look forward to seeing the full translation. (sorry for the long message)

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