Fans help Rising Star Games translate Fragile Dreams

It’s a wonderful thing when video game companies are willing to listen and work with their fans, and the latest news from Rising Star Games is particularly heartwarming. See, in Europe Rising Star Games is releasing the Wii game Fragile Dreams: Ruins of the Moon. The company was going to only release it in english, until DSWii.es asked if it would be possible to put together a Spanish translation of the game with the help of volunteers.

And so, a great endeavor began. 50 DSWii.es fans have begun working with Rising Star on a Spanish translation of Fragile Dreams: Ruins of the Moon! The 35,000 word script has been handed over to the fans, and once the fans have completed the Spanish translation and localization Rising Star will use that to release an official translation.

There’s no word yet on when this remarkable feat will be accomplished. However, Rising Star has stated that once it has been finished, the translation will be released as a free, digital download through the company’s website. I wonder if this means it’ll be released as a PDF script, or if Rising Star will actually create a patch, similar to the fanmade Fatal Frame IV patch.

This is an amazing breakthrough for fans! Perhaps this will serve as an example for other video game publishers, and encourage them to utilize fans to bring lesser known or ignored games to other countries in English and other languages. After all, there are a number of widely successful and comprehensive fan translations out there.

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