Final Fantasy VIII is getting a remaster!

Yes.


Also, hopefully this brings back the FFVIII War during Wrestling matches in the audience.

A welcome surprise, I think my biggest hope for this remaster is that it will get a better translation.

I'll probably pick this up, but of the three PS1 FF's this is the one I was least interested in.

I hope they keep the Triple Triad music.

Awesome. I’ve been itching to replay VIII for some time and this will do nicely! The new models look really nice.

I've been meaning to give FF8 another go, now looks like the time.

Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno

A welcome surprise, I think my biggest hope for this remaster is that it will get a better translation.

Honestly though, VIII’s translation was solid. This was the time they brought in Alexander O. Smith and gaming localization suddenly started having more effort put into it

Originally Posted by Fynn

Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno

A welcome surprise, I think my biggest hope for this remaster is that it will get a better translation.

Honestly though, VIII’s translation was solid. This was the time they brought in Alexander O. Smith and gaming localization suddenly started having more effort put into it

They changed Squall's personality too much in the English version though.

Not that much though? There’s only so much a translation can change.

There are some notable mistakes made in the translation that has helped to feed a lot of the fanon nonsense this game seems to be really susceptible to. Overall, I would just be interested to see how much gets changed by getting a retranslation.

They changed a few of the dialogue options. The "whatever" line was never in the Japanese version.

https://dilkashi.tumblr.com/post/725...tever-leonhart

Is there even a direct equivalent to whatever in Japanese? People get so hung up on “faithful” translations, not really getting that it’s not exactly good practice to translate every single bit directly.


Honestly, the translation flows well and reads like actual English and not a blatantly obvious translation. Regardless of what details have been chanted (because in the end they’re usually meaningless), that makes it a good translation.

EDIT: Having looked at that link, whatever is honestly an entirely acceptable way to translate those particular bits, especially when taking into account cultural difference.

The 'whatever' line is great, I've never had any issues with the FFVIII script

but why

Originally Posted by Jinx

but why

Actually, an official SE twitter post that has since been deleted specifically stated that they are doing this to spite you in particular. Though they did refer to you as “Tifa’s Boobs“

I would like them t include the Pocket Station mini game to enjoy the full experience western fans never got to enjoy.

Honestly, I was wondering when this would come, like all of them have gotten this treatment now except VIII. It was like the forgotten step kid.

Maybe it being updated will let me actually get through it.

I'm quite excited about this, as FF8 is objectively the best FF and I would like to play it again!!

I'm going to refrain from commenting much on this until they announce:

- The extent of the remastering
- The price tag

Because I have opinions right now, and they're probably unpopular.

For me a new translation would make buying it more enticing since it would feel new. I can still easily play the original on a few systems I own, so just having a face lift would not be enough for me to pick it up. If Zodiac Age had just been a cleaned up version of the original XII, I probably would have passed over it as well. You need something new to make the deal sweeter.

Well yeah, but there's actual worthwhile cool stuff that completely changes the experience, like the Zodiac Job System, and then there's redundant changes for the sake of change, which is what the new translation would be. I can see them brushing up several lines like they did for FFVII PC, but other than that FFVIII's translation flows really well and reads like good English, making it at the very least an entirely competent localization, to the point that I don't think a new translation would improve it - rather just give it a new flavor, a la the difference between FFIV GBA and DS.

That said, as much as I love VIII's systems, it'd be cool if they could refine them a bit, though I don't see that happening without Ito's involvement (which, let's face it, is not happening). Then there's the pocket station minigame that has become lost to time that they should add in some way shape or form.