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Novus September 1st, 2009 3:10 AM

Playing Japanese HGSS
 
Hey,

I was wondering if anyone who can't actually read Japanese is going to import either Heart Gold or Soul Silver from Japan and play it.

Personally I am going to at least try, learning as I go along and translating it while I play. It's either try to play it in Japanese or wait till it's released in english which means waiting till next year, and I know which one I'd choose.

Just wondering if anyone else is going to.

-Novus-

PsychoTines September 1st, 2009 3:36 AM

haha.
I'm in a Japanese class.
but our teacher fails so we pretty much don't learn anything. But I'm importing it =D

RedViper1990 September 1st, 2009 3:58 AM

I think I will import it too.
I also played Pokémon Sapphire in japanese and I didn't had any problem with that and since I played the original Pokémon Gold a long time, I don't think it HG and SS will cause me any problems.

Munch Dog September 1st, 2009 4:07 AM

I'm also importing, but I know absolutely no Japanese. I've played the crap out of G/S/C when they originally came out so I'm pretty sure I can make my way through it.

RedViper1990 September 1st, 2009 4:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiroshi Sotomura (Post 5063836)
In summary, for most of you it's goodbye, 60+ USD. :(

Yeah, I just saw the price at that pre-ordering site, and I now think I will wait for a while...

Novus September 1st, 2009 4:17 AM

I have an R4 so I can test hacked DPPl so I think I'll probably get it on that and then buy it properly when it comes out in the uk.

-Novus-

The Fourteenth Doctor September 1st, 2009 4:30 AM

i dont understand japanese but i'll be downloading the rom as soon as one is available to download, most of the dialogue would probably be similar to the original games (rival outside of elm's lab) but with some extras (safari zone etc), i will be playing it on my cyclods until an english rom is available then i'll be switching to that, and i will be buying the opposite game to whatever i download (e.g. if i download heart gold i will buy soul silver and vice versa) when they are released in the uk

Mr.Silver September 1st, 2009 4:33 AM

I always import the japanese...I might even do a Let's play tutorial

RedViper1990 September 1st, 2009 6:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Novus (Post 5063858)
I have an R4 so I can test hacked DPPl so I think I'll probably get it on that and then buy it properly when it comes out in the uk.

-Novus-

Yeah, I think I will do the same...

The Fourteenth Doctor September 1st, 2009 6:31 AM

i think the dialogue from elm, the rival, mr pokemon and oak will be the same as the original, it will just be new features such as the safari zone and items received during the game that will be different, and also the building where you meet the kimono girls will be different, i will just play the japanese rom on my ds and try to guess what they're saying, there will be a walkthrough on how to play the japanese version after the rom has been out for a while anyway so i will wait for that if i have to

Kyo Wolf September 1st, 2009 6:42 AM

I'm getting it as well. And to be honest, for launguage complications, storyline will be nearly same I'm guessing (Except for seeing the other rival and etc as just proven by Hiroshi below) and as for "which move means what in battle?", you can just look up the DPPt moveset for the Pokemon somewhere and look at that the whole time, since the moves will be the same. And if storyline is different and we get stuck or something, a walkthrough of the game will begin to be uploaded on youtube as soon as it comes out I bet, so really, I don't believe launguage will cause too many complications.
Pretty much I know because I played PMD2 in japanese and didnt have much trouble with understanding what to do.

Novus September 1st, 2009 6:53 AM

^ ^ Exactly. As the above post proves, there are obviously going to be dialogue differneces and completely new events and places full of new dialogue.

And regarding the mentioned Youtube walkthroughs and written walkthroughs, someone's still going to have to play it and translate it, just they'd have to do it without walkthroughs.

-Novus-

ShinyMeganium September 1st, 2009 7:03 AM

Written walkthrough (NOT VIDEOS), so you won't destroy yourself the enjoyment totally, when you're stuck or when you want to know what item you picked up+some information website to realize what move your Pokemon is trying to learn etc will solve all your problems.
Plus, the English version is coming out on approximately April (not that long, really), and there will probably be some fan translations by the time. I already played a few Pokemon games (if not at least 1 from each gen...Green, Crystal, FR, Platinum...maybe something from RSE too) and it was kinda easy.

Kyo Wolf September 1st, 2009 7:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiroshi Sotomura (Post 5064204)
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/hgss/character/images/img_character_main01_01.jpg

I wholeheartedly disagree and disregard the above quoted.

(Not that I can - but the above screenshot shows the possibilities of change no less.)



And unlike Pokémon handheld RPGs, with winging Mystery Dungeon you've just missed a whole storyline - that's a bigger deal than this. (Not that, if you've played the first game, it was so drastically different.)

Well, as for that, I played the first and couldnt wait for second so I played through in Japanese, of course I played through the english as soon as it came out as well to know the storyline, but as for the complications for stuff I did have to know whether I was supposed to talk to a certain npc or something to continue and activating certain events and etc, which the possibility of something like that coming up in HG/SS could be very likely, especially with there being two rivals in the game instead of one I guess..didnt really think of that possibility since it is a remake, not saying I didnt know of the extra storyline events but, didn't think of that, so disreguard my saying it would be easy to get by, wasn't thinking about that possibility.
But, anywho, about the storyline, hopefully a fan-translation will still be made, but we might have to wait till English release to get that. And, my main point in the other post was playing through the game in japanese is possible and hopefully there wont be a point where we have to know japanese to get by it...but as for storyline, that gives us the reason to buy the English version as well instead of just saying "I played the Japanese version already, why play it again?"
At least, that was my point I meant to make anyway. Sorry if it didn't sound like that. >_<
And sorry if I sound repetitive a bit in that paragraph...happens a lot and I'm trying to get better at it.

Firebird306 September 1st, 2009 9:07 AM

Assuming I will buy HS/SS I think I'll wait it out until it's released in Australia. For the full on experience and the sake of knowing what they're rambling on about. =S

mikey September 1st, 2009 9:11 AM

I am going to wait until the English version is released. I don't really see a point in buying the Japanese version if you don't know Japanese. Though I do watch videos on youtube of Japanese versions before it comes out in English, so I can see the graphics and stuff.

venom12 September 1st, 2009 9:31 AM

I will play japanse hgss i dont see any problem with this, i finished few games in japanse that is not hard, so im waiting for this just few days.

shaqattacks September 1st, 2009 12:26 PM

I played gsc probably about 100 times and I know the game like the back of my hand. The only things I won't know are the special events and the attacks but I'll figure it out.

Rich Boy Rob September 1st, 2009 1:08 PM

I'm definitely waiting for the UK release, why fork out about £50 of my cash on game that I won't understand. I'm not going to enjoy a game that I'll miss the story of. I may have played Silver to death, I still don't want to play a game that I'll miss the plot of.

Kyledove September 1st, 2009 1:28 PM

Of course I'm importing! I did Japanese at college for two years, and I've been self-learning since I left college. I imported DP and Platinum and had no problem at all. It's pretty easy and there's not much you're missing out on, pokemon games are generally the same and this will be even easier considering its a remake.

Novus September 1st, 2009 1:42 PM

I was guessing you'd be one of the ones importing Kyledove, seeing as I got the HGSS Importing Club thing from your sig lol.

-Novus-

CrashmanX September 1st, 2009 1:46 PM

Ill definatly be getting the Japanese version for the sake of at least trying it out before I get the English. Besides the fact that the game will be almost the same there wont be too many changes, plus Silver and Gold had such high reply value compared to the newer ones that I'll be able to play them 100 times more over and still not get board. XD

Ellie September 1st, 2009 7:52 PM

I was thinking about it, but in all honesty, I'd rather play the game and be able to enjoy it and understand it but have to wait a bit. A few more months isn't so terrible, and although it's a remake, a lot of things will likely be changed and since I know absolutely zero Japanese, I'd have to try and figure everything out basically blind. Sure, the basic storyline will be the same, but I know I definitely do not remember every exact detail of what to do from GSC, and even then, some will probably be changed, and I really think it'd just ruin the game to play it in a language I don't understand.

Just my thoughts.

Late September 1st, 2009 8:40 PM

I am going to play japanese HeartGold. Becuase Gold is (still) my favorite game and I went that through so many times, I don't have any trouble in this game (I think..). I think I have beat Red at Mount Silver after few days as I have it. (If they keep it so easy...)

Haza September 1st, 2009 8:41 PM

I will give it a try on my R4 but Im not importing. I dont want to discover that Ill get stuck and waste my money so yeah, R4s are good for trying things before you buy them.


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