• Square Enix Crack Down on Fan Made TYPE-0 Patch

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    Night Fury
    Published on 07-21-2014 02:16 PM
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    An amateur team of Final Fantasy and Square Enix fans working on a patch to translate Final Fantasy Type-0 from Japanese to English and Spanish have been issued legal threats from Square Enix to cease their project immediately.



    "Unfortunately I’m forced to remove my posts and pages related to the popular Final Fantasy Type-0 fan translation project. That’s right, certain game company thinks that threats and false accusations are the way to treat its biggest fans. For the time being I can’t answer questions related to this matter, but I’ll write a more comprehensive post about all this once I get the chance."
    It isn't completely terrible news, as Type-0 has been confirmed for a western release. It is, however, a shame for the team who have worked hard on the patch but it is understandable that Square Enix want to keep their product under wraps for their own localised release.

    What are your thoughts on this? Are Square Enix right to shut down the project?

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    This article was originally published in forum thread: Square Enix Crack Down on Fan Made TYPE-0 Patch started by Lockharted View original post
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    Tags: type-0
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    1. Rostum's Avatar
      Rostum - 07-27-2014, 10:54 AM
      I'm generally of the opinion that a company can do whatever they want with their own IP, even if that includes having tight control over it. It's theirs, they have a lot invested in it, and they have to please their stake/shareholders - so quality control over IP is fairly important and I could definitely see how this could affect potential sales of Type-0.

      That and it seems the guy translating it was a dick anyways.

      Quote Originally Posted by Aelitalily View Post
      They are just lucky to have such a good game/series and blessed to have so many people who love it!
      It's not luck and being blessed. It's decades of large financial investment and bucket loads of extremely talented designers, programmers, musicians, artists, etc., and lots of focused marketing.
    1. Spooniest's Avatar
      Spooniest - 07-27-2014, 06:05 PM
      It's their game, they made it, and if they want to sue the guy who hacked it and released it without their consent, then they have legal grounds on which to do so.
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