How did you choose to handle Nohoho's accent in translation? We didn’t do anything particularly complex for Nohoho. He speaks with a Hiroshima accent (as noted in his PPQ descriptions) and ends his sentences with the final particle の “no” which is probably meant to reference his “nohoho” laugh, or のう…
You might’ve noticed some of the monster names in our translated menu previews – for fun, here’s what each name comes from. We had some help with these from Momochi, who you might know as a native Japanese speaker who also translates Puyo content. Rammit (ラミット ; Ramitto): Our best…
Why does Ocean Prince talk like that in your 20th Anniversery patch? Ocean Prince talks completely in katakana in the Japanese when he’s in fish form as a (painful to read) joke. Katakana is supposed to be reserved for foreign words or as emphasis—though there are a few exceptions here…
I wanna voice appreciation for not just ditching the Dark Prince moniker for Satan. A lot know they aren't mutually exclusive and I'm glad you see you guys take that route. (DP's real name's probably still Satan anyway, everyone just seems like they go out of their way not to…
okay so im very curious, sorry if this is very obvious or if its been asked before, why does witch talk like that -Anonymous Short answer: Because English doesn’t have 3+ degrees of politeness that would help you differentiate between Raffina, Rulue, and Witch. Extremely Long Technical Answer: The three…
Chapter 2, regarding Ally’s Honorifics Ally addresses everyone with ~sama (様) before Amitie gets her to stop, which is much more polite than ~san (usually translated to Mister or Miss) and very unusual outside of customer-service or addressing-royalty situations. To convey that speaking quirk, we opted to use “Noble” before…