What pulled you to start translating the Kurohyou games in the first place? There is definitely an art to it, which, I think, a lot of people don’t realize. You have to take into account the art assets, technical limitations, and then all the difficult parts of translating Japanese into English, as some things just do not make sense in a direct translation. It’s definitely not as easy as just inserting the English text into the files and calling it a day. I would almost describe it as having the game trying to work against you at some points. There are quite a lot of technical issues that you go through when trying to translate a game like this.
Are there any difficulties you’ve encountered during the localization and translation process? Now, it has a second chance of people getting enjoyment from it. The fact that eventually people will be able to pick up this game at any time and enjoy it makes me extremely happy as it wasn’t exactly the bestselling game at its official Japanese release. Game preservation is extremely important to me and translation projects are definitely a big part of that. What do translation projects like this mean to you? Do you think they’re important to game preservation? Usually, projects like this take a lot longer, but we’ve been lucky in that the talent and effort of our team has really sped up our progress. This project started in February 2021 and just had its release recently on January 7, 2022. How long does a project like the current Kurohyou 2 one usually take? I got into working on fan translations pretty much for the sole reason of giving my friends the experience to enjoy games that I had already fallen in love with, but yet was out of their reach due to a language barrier. What got you into working on fan translations? He explained why he’s putting the work into the Yakuza spinoff and talked about his fan-localization journey and what’s next for the team.
“There is definitely an art to it, which I think a lot of people don’t realize,” John explained when I spoke to him about the project. That’s not an easy task when it comes to video games, which are a complicated tangle of dialogue and assets. That was the case until John “AugmentedSmoke” (who asked Digital Trends not to use his last name) and his team, Team K4L, began chasing the goal of translating these titles for Yakuza’s new audience. There are two PSP Yakuza titles, (Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter) and Kurohyō 2: Ryū ga Gotoku Ashura Hen ( Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter), that were both released in Japan exclusively, with no official English translation in sight. That newfound popularity doesn’t mean that Western fans have gotten their hands on all there is to offer.
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