I forgot to mention that the opening and ending subtitles will now be ON by default. Someone on GBAtemp brought up the point that people who want to see the translation might be missing out on the first line and we felt that was a good point. This is a translation project, so the last thing we want to do is make people miss part of the translation. If you don’t want to see the subtitles, of course, you only need press the Select button. Holding Select before the video starts will prevent the subtitles from appearing at all. So everybody wins.

This last week, Kingcom started having some issues with the GPU on his computer, but thanks to the donations that we’ve received, we were able to get him a new one right away. Your donations have helped the project avoid hitting what could have been a serious snag. So really, thank you from both of us.

In other news, I am very pleased to announce that as of yesterday, November 7th, 2009, the base translation for Tales of Innocence is complete. As those of you following me on the forum know, I had been working toward daily goals. I was originally hoping to complete the skit translation by the end of November, so we’re several weeks ahead of schedule in that regard. I decided a week ago to triple my daily goal and attempt to finish the bulk of the translation before I started my full time job. While this pace wouldn’t have been sustainable over a longer period of time, it allowed me to complete the translation well ahead of my original plan. That means that only editing and beta testing stand between us and a release date. While Yuli and I will be doing our best to get through the editing as quickly as we can, we don’t want to compromise the quality of it.

As for a release date, that’s something we can talk about once the beta begins. And speaking of the beta, we are NOT looking for more people to test at this time. If we do need more people, we will contact people who we think would make good testers. I appreciate the enthusiasm, but posting comments that you want to be a beta tester isn’t going to help anyone’s case at this point. It will be a closed beta of people that we know and trust.

Well, that’s about all I’ve got for now. Until next time. ^_^

Yeah, I really don’t know what to say this time. The video compressed really horribly. I updated the percentages on the Innocence page if that’s your thing. It isn’t really mine. Okay, glad we got that out of the way.

Scribblenauts is coming out soon. Go buy Scribblenauts. I’m buying it. I’m buying it at a store with money. Actually, I already paid, but I’m picking it up at store. Go buy it.

That’s all I’ve got. Good luck and all that.

150 skits are done.

300 skits remain.

So there!

This video, as I mention in it, is something new that I wanted to try. As promised, I made a poll in the forum. You can just vote or you can post and share your opinions. The main feature this time is the video, so that’s about all I’ve got to say.

Kingcom and I are both getting back into full gear on Tales of Innocence and to celebrate the event, we decided to post up a new video. This video shows off most of the menu content and layout. You’ve seen it before in screenshots, but we hope that this video will really give you a sense of what you can expect when you play our patch. As always, please keep in mind that the translations seen here are not yet final. I’m fully aware that there are still some awkward descriptions and names in there. I’m totally open to suggestions and corrections, so don’t hesitate to share your thoughts.

Big thanks to everyone who has continued to support us and cheer us on! This project is bigger (and longer!) than I ever expected it to be, but thanks to everyone out there, it has never stopped being fun. We’re working our hardest to make sure that we can provide you with the absolute best experience possible as soon as we can. Until next time!

This video shows off the first several minutes of Tales of Innocence! Don’t worry, there are no spoilers, this is the beginning of the game.

A few things to note -- the audio sounds like crap and the frame rate is a bit choppy. That’s not anything related to the patch, both are byproducts of Kingcom recording from an emulator on his older computer. That aside, we hope that you enjoy the video.

And of course, let’s not forget that it’s the 1 year anniversary of Tales of Phantasia’s patch! Thanks for supporting us in this past year and we hope that everyone will continue follow us in the new year! ^_^