Overworld/In-Duel Interactions (GX Tier 2) - Tag Force Special Re-Translation Update! (Project Announcement Post)
Dang, hit the image cap with this one lol
After a long *checks notes* 1.5 months since finalizing my GX 135-137 subs--and I didn't plan on going over the month I usually give myself between releases to work on this lol oops--the overworld text and in-duel stripe textlines for GX's Tier 2 characters are all done! Given my love for GX (as evidenced here), I definitely wanted to give it some extra love here and get everything looking spiffy and accurate, and as there are more characters for its Tier 2 than DM had, it did take a bit longer (we'll see how it goes with 5D's and ZEXAL's Tier 2s).
So, as of now:
Overworld text for GX's Tier 2 characters--Shou, Rei, Kenzan, Ed, Johan, Saiou, Mizuchi, Napoleon, Amon, Jim, O'Brien, Chronos, Fubuki, Junko, Momoe, Judai Kagurazaka, Seiko, Mrs. Tome, Ayukawa, Titan, Daitokuji, Camula, Hayato, Yubel, and Fujiwara *deep breath*--is all done! This puts the Story Mode text file's progress at about 68% done; next will be the OW text for 5D's, ZEXAL, and ARC-V's Tier 2 characters; the remaining Tier 3 characters across each series world; the Tournament-related text; and miscellaneous stuff like the Duel Statues, I'm sure.
Their corresponding in-duel "stripe" textlines are done, as well, which puts us at about 33% of the stripe lines being done. As mentioned in the DM Tier 2 update, the characters that are also in Duel Links and/or Duel Terminal will have new lines for cards in their decks that they have voicelines there for which will be used in the Deluxe version, though as I went through their in-duel lines, I realized how much of them were just copy/pasted from TF3, without any updates for cards that they have in their decks in TFSP. Wanting to give them a bit more love and put them up to par with the other casts (and after the OK from my project colleague), some characters will have an extra few new textlines in the base game for cards that are in all three of their decks and/or are of some value to them, like was done with Yugi and Mirror Force (for example, Shou [who only originally had lines for Power Bond and summoning/attacking with Steam Gyroid per his lines in TF3] will now have a few more lines for things like Vehicroid Connection Zone, Shield Crush, No Entry!!, Steamroid/Gyroid, Drillroid, Stealth Union, and Barbaroid [as a unique manga card of his] in the base game, while he'll have more lines in the Deluxe version for stuff he only has in one or two of his decks that he'll also have DL voicelines for); I probably won't need to do this with the 5D's cast, as I'm sure TF4-6 gave them a fair share of ace cards, but we'll see. (Also, fun fact: Kagurazaka's lines were 99% [heh] copy/pasted from Judai's, with the only difference being his "Gotcho!" replacing Judai's "Gotcha!" in his victory line, lol [is a bit of a pity he doesn't get his own sprite here].) (Also, as more "copy/paste" proof, how does Titan still have his lines for Daemon's Matador and Skull Archfiend of Lightning when neither are in any of his default decks??)
I'll also be maintaining hope that more of the cast gets added to DL, since I'm currently limited to their TF3 and/or occasional DT voicelines to incorporate into the Deluxe version (and as such, while I'll be undoing the duplicate default "I Special-Summon!" everyone has for Synchro/Xyz/Pendulum-Summoning as I did with the Meikyuu Brothers for the base game, I'll likely need to reincorporate that for the Deluxe due to the voiceline shortage). But for now, I've drafted up the voicelines I'm planning to include for everyone, along with notes about lines I'll rip from the show or how I'll edit together some lines as needed to get close to their TFSP lines where I can. I'm also exploring the game code some to see if, for multiple-choice effects, I can move the character textline display to after an effect is selected in the Deluxe, which I think DL does; I'm hoping this would let me implement two effect text/voicelines depending on which one is activated (so for example, Johan's "I activate Rainbow Dragon's effect!" can include "Rainbow Overdrive!!" only if it's the ATK-gain effect).
Progress with the on-the-side character list bio translations I've been doing on my commutes has me now going through the ZEXAL Tier 2 ones, and I just wrapped up a draft for Gauche's the other day.
Sorta buried the lede some, but I've also uncensored Yubel's bustup (close-up) sprite by applying the edit I did for TheBeard's Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution re-translation project, editing it a little for blending due to the shrinking involved on the edit layer itself in Photoshop (original sprite for comparison). I've also applied the edit to their OW sprite, and I'll also be applying the uncensoring edit I did for Mai's sprite; for Aki, I think I'll just need to swap in her sprite file from TF4 (unclear why they felt the need to censor them in TFSP, even when it wasn't going to be localized, as it turns out lol [though the Yubel edit goes back to TF3]).
So I think that'll just about do it for this round of translation; hopefully things look promising! Going to start shifting back to GX and work on finalizing 138-140 to make up some ground (and it being the start of the Supreme King arc, I've been itching to get to revisiting it). Stay tuned!
