Diabolik Lovers: Haunted Dark Bridal

English translation project for Diabolik Lovers: Haunted Dark Bridal on the PSP

[yorubiya]

Diabolik Lovers: HDB fan translation DISCONTINUED

Hello everyone! I thought it was about time for me to get on here and explain what has been happening to the HDB fan translation for the PSP that we have been working on. I started this project when PSVita emulators were still having a rough time running games, and wanted to create a PSP translation of the game for those who either own a physical PSP (like myself) or wanted to play the game on a PSP emulator. Since there haven't been any translations for any other Diabolik Lovers games, I was hoping we could also work on those as well in the future. I had a tough time finding translators willing to work with me on the project, until one person reached out to me and offered to help translate. Even though they did not speak Japanese, they knew someone who did and wanted to help out by translating the game from Japanese to their native language, and from their native language to English. This is how 2 translators ended up joining the team. Good progress was being made and we finished the prologue, as well as almost finishing Shu's route. However, mid August I lost contact with the translators. I was hoping they would still come back into contact with me, but seeing as it is already the end of May I doubt this will still happen. I've seen that the PSVita emulator Vita3K has made amazing progress in its emulations and all Diabolik Lovers games are now fully playable! It is great news, but has also made me wonder what the point of our project has become. Though I mostly started it as a passion project for myself since I own a physical PSP and wanted to play the game on it, having such difficulty finding translators has sadly made me lose all my motivation when it comes to creating a PSP fan translation for this game. I'm really sorry to those who were excited by the idea of this project, and were looking forward to a PSP translation. I have not looked into whether it is possible to use the already existent HDB Limited V edition english patch on the Vita3K emulator, but I hope it is!

So hereby, I'd like to officially announce that the english fan translation of Diabolik Lovers: Haunted Dark Bridal for the PSP is discontinued. If there are people ever interested in starting this project up again, or any other projects like Ouran Highschool Host Club for the DS and are looking for a hacker, feel free to send me a message! But I will no longer be actively working on this fan translation </3

[yorubiya]

Diabolik Lovers: Translation update #1

Hello everyone! As promised I would keep everyone updated on the project! The translating of @artiatrac and Isamaru has been going smoothly! So far they have translated the prologue, and have started on Shu's route.

The prologue has been implemented into the game!

In the meantime, I've also been working on image editing. I am able to edit all the in game images, however I've only finished a test image.

Once again, any help would be appreciated! If you'd like to contribute to the project feel free to send me a message :)

[yorubiya]

Diabolik Lovers: HDB fan translation CONTINUED

Hey everyone!! Almost a year ago now I decided to start working on an english fan translation of Diabolik Lovers: Haunted Dark Bridal. As a hacker there was not much more I could do than get into the game. The project has been halted for a while since I hadn't been able to find any translators. However @artiatrac has decided to reach out to work on this project with me as a translator, together with Isamaru!!!

Just as before this patch will be for the PSP, which you can also play on an emulator! PSP emulators are very stable and can be used on both your pc and phone making it widely available (and easy) for anyone that wants to play!

So hereby, we will be continuing the translation project with @artiatrac and Isamaru as translators!

For anyone else that would still like to help out with this project, please contact me!

I will be making regular posts from now on updating the state of our english patch!!

[yorubiya]

Translation

Hey guys, I would like to come on here and apologize for not immediately giving credit where credits due. I made those posts last night not realising I made the mistake of saying I translated the prologue when I definitely did NOT. I fixed this mistake and am very sorry to anyone I hurt in the process.

Furthermore, as discussed with dialovers-translations, I will not be using her translations for this project anymore. This is just a passion project of mine as a hacker and someone who really loves diabolik lovers, I made these posts last night thinking it would slowly gain attraction and that I would have enough time to state my resources in the morning. Completely wrong of me ofcourse I should have done that immediately. I should have also asked for permission beforehand which was a mistake on my part. I won't let it happen again.

I will ofcourse credit everyone that will ever work on this project with me! Very sorry once again and I will once again say, I'M JUST A HACKER. I don't speak japanese and I can't translate this game. I just know how to get in, and get it out. Very sorry once again, and if anyone's interested in working with me as a translator, please contact me!

[yorubiya]

Diabolik Lovers: HDB fan translation

The past week I've been working on an English patch for Diabolik Lovers: Haunted Dark Bridal. Seeing as this game does not have an English patch for the PSP (which is widely available to people and playable on an emulator) I've decided to start making one. So far I've translated the Prologue (with help of translations from @dialovers-translations ) and all seems to be going well. So, I've decided to officially start this project! I will be posting regular progress updates on here as well.

(Side note: All character names will be translated as well, except for the main character. I personally believe what's fun about these games is being able to pick your own name if you wanted to, so I've decided to keep the MC's name in Japanese.)