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Apr. 20th, 2014 07:23 amEh... Well, sometimes I watch them all in one go... but other times... ...well... don't you get this sad, empty sensation after you finish watching the final episode? Sometimes I can't help but feel depressed, knowing that the characters, who you have seen develop and grow over a period of time, will never be seen again.
-Hiyori, during chapter 44 of the Lucky Star fic A Cluster of Stars.
Such is exactly how I used to feel about Makeruna! Makendou years ago. It was during the summer of 2007 that I had officially stopped working on SMW2: Yoshi's Island rewritten, which I started writing in the first place in hopes of reviving main protagonist Mai Tsurugino (whom I mistakenly called Hikari at the time). Months after that is when I became actively interested in both the Makendou OVA and the third and last game in that short-lived franchise. Let's go back and see what it was that interested me about it:
http://dmxrated.livejournal.com/2008/12/12/
1) I would like to see the Makendo OAV at least for myself. However, I'll also be sure to share it at least with TheNewX, and I do hope to also host it online.
Already fulfilled.
2) I wanted there to be more fanfiction of that series.
As it stands, there isn't even that much fanfiction for games that have been fan-translated. Mother 3 is a rare exception only because of its relationship to the already officially translated and highly popular Earthbound.
3) I would like to hear what the characters of Makeruna! Makendou Z would sound like if that game did get an English dub. (That's something I plan on making a reality myself, with both Project Mai and either a voice hack or a YouTube dub of MMZ.)
At this point, I have given up on Project Mai ages ago. Not to mention that the "Z" in the third game's title is specifically meant to indicate it as the end of canon. As far as a simple voice dub goes, I would be interested in hearing such a thing, but I'm not so actively interested in it now as I was back in 2008.
On that note, everything I fantasize about regarding a game adaptation of Starbound, including glossy graphics, CD-quality music and sound effects, voice acting, and even having all the main characters (including the lead character at any given point) actively talk (in direct contrast to the Earthbound trilogy)... It's all similar to what I had in mind for Project Mai, which I hoped to make the first 3D game, complete with exciting music and current-gen graphics. Considering how I've already lost interest in things like Sonic the Hedgehog and Mon Colle Knights (the latter which will probably get an entry someday), I just know that I'm bound to one day lose interest in Lucky Star in favor of something else.
4) A number of factors that led me to perceive this particular series as special. I didn't explain these to [Dr. Perret], but it started with me reading about "Kendo Rage" in Nintendo Power volume 48, and downloading the game months or a year later. Only several months after that, I made a list of anime-style games for the SNES/SFC, and found the second game in the series (Makeruna! Makendou 2: Kimero Youkai Souridaijin) right after the original Makeruna! Makendou (which turned out to be the real version of "Kendo Rage"). Then we have SMW2: Yoshi's Island rewritten, which I actually came up with several years before posting the first chapter on Fanfiction.net. This was the fanfic with which I would use primarily to resurrect Mai (whom I called Hikari at the time). That also happened to be the time when I first read about Makeruna! Makendou Z, which I wasn't interested in until two more years later (one year ago).
Similar were the circumstances that formed my attachments to Mon Colle Knights, Pokemon (the games), and Lucky Star.
And finally, there was TheNewX, who drew [something with the Kendo Rage title but depicting Mai in the outfit introduced in MMZ; long gone with X himself]. I chatted with him through the comments section, and he said "Although a forgotten, briefly popular game mascot, I don't think her or the Kendo Rage/Makeruna Makendo series should ever be truly forgotten."
Given what X said right there, there you go.
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All things considered, I would still like Makeruna! Makendou Z to have a translation. Link-NM, owner of Makendou Central, had even proposed creating some kind of wiki for it, and I had agreed to help her develop it. However, I think at this point that I'm going to call things off with Yoko, because after having thought about everything since yesterday, it's not really worth spending an exorbitant amount of money just for.
A major part of the reason why I wanted the whole thing done had to do with Jake's proposed version of the Yoshi's Island fic, and even more about a domestic sequel I would have commissioned him for, about fancharacter Joe coming to Japan to get together with Mai. However, originally planning for him to be a rival of Mai's for half the fic, Jake has told me yesterday that he doesn't like him all that much, and I'm not going to pressure him into applying him anyway, though I probably will ask that he not involve any of the bosses from MMZ either and just keep things relatively simple there.
What a script translation had to do with any of this was mainly continuity purposes. However, I can honestly say that we know enough about Mai's real personality and powers, and there will probably be few or no references to canon. We already have a general idea of what went on in canon, and the actual details will most likely have little or no impact on anything.
Jake, you are finally free to proceed with the fic once and for all.
-Hiyori, during chapter 44 of the Lucky Star fic A Cluster of Stars.
Such is exactly how I used to feel about Makeruna! Makendou years ago. It was during the summer of 2007 that I had officially stopped working on SMW2: Yoshi's Island rewritten, which I started writing in the first place in hopes of reviving main protagonist Mai Tsurugino (whom I mistakenly called Hikari at the time). Months after that is when I became actively interested in both the Makendou OVA and the third and last game in that short-lived franchise. Let's go back and see what it was that interested me about it:
http://dmxrated.livejournal.com/2008/12/12/
1) I would like to see the Makendo OAV at least for myself. However, I'll also be sure to share it at least with TheNewX, and I do hope to also host it online.
Already fulfilled.
2) I wanted there to be more fanfiction of that series.
As it stands, there isn't even that much fanfiction for games that have been fan-translated. Mother 3 is a rare exception only because of its relationship to the already officially translated and highly popular Earthbound.
3) I would like to hear what the characters of Makeruna! Makendou Z would sound like if that game did get an English dub. (That's something I plan on making a reality myself, with both Project Mai and either a voice hack or a YouTube dub of MMZ.)
At this point, I have given up on Project Mai ages ago. Not to mention that the "Z" in the third game's title is specifically meant to indicate it as the end of canon. As far as a simple voice dub goes, I would be interested in hearing such a thing, but I'm not so actively interested in it now as I was back in 2008.
On that note, everything I fantasize about regarding a game adaptation of Starbound, including glossy graphics, CD-quality music and sound effects, voice acting, and even having all the main characters (including the lead character at any given point) actively talk (in direct contrast to the Earthbound trilogy)... It's all similar to what I had in mind for Project Mai, which I hoped to make the first 3D game, complete with exciting music and current-gen graphics. Considering how I've already lost interest in things like Sonic the Hedgehog and Mon Colle Knights (the latter which will probably get an entry someday), I just know that I'm bound to one day lose interest in Lucky Star in favor of something else.
4) A number of factors that led me to perceive this particular series as special. I didn't explain these to [Dr. Perret], but it started with me reading about "Kendo Rage" in Nintendo Power volume 48, and downloading the game months or a year later. Only several months after that, I made a list of anime-style games for the SNES/SFC, and found the second game in the series (Makeruna! Makendou 2: Kimero Youkai Souridaijin) right after the original Makeruna! Makendou (which turned out to be the real version of "Kendo Rage"). Then we have SMW2: Yoshi's Island rewritten, which I actually came up with several years before posting the first chapter on Fanfiction.net. This was the fanfic with which I would use primarily to resurrect Mai (whom I called Hikari at the time). That also happened to be the time when I first read about Makeruna! Makendou Z, which I wasn't interested in until two more years later (one year ago).
Similar were the circumstances that formed my attachments to Mon Colle Knights, Pokemon (the games), and Lucky Star.
And finally, there was TheNewX, who drew [something with the Kendo Rage title but depicting Mai in the outfit introduced in MMZ; long gone with X himself]. I chatted with him through the comments section, and he said "Although a forgotten, briefly popular game mascot, I don't think her or the Kendo Rage/Makeruna Makendo series should ever be truly forgotten."
Given what X said right there, there you go.
-----
All things considered, I would still like Makeruna! Makendou Z to have a translation. Link-NM, owner of Makendou Central, had even proposed creating some kind of wiki for it, and I had agreed to help her develop it. However, I think at this point that I'm going to call things off with Yoko, because after having thought about everything since yesterday, it's not really worth spending an exorbitant amount of money just for.
A major part of the reason why I wanted the whole thing done had to do with Jake's proposed version of the Yoshi's Island fic, and even more about a domestic sequel I would have commissioned him for, about fancharacter Joe coming to Japan to get together with Mai. However, originally planning for him to be a rival of Mai's for half the fic, Jake has told me yesterday that he doesn't like him all that much, and I'm not going to pressure him into applying him anyway, though I probably will ask that he not involve any of the bosses from MMZ either and just keep things relatively simple there.
What a script translation had to do with any of this was mainly continuity purposes. However, I can honestly say that we know enough about Mai's real personality and powers, and there will probably be few or no references to canon. We already have a general idea of what went on in canon, and the actual details will most likely have little or no impact on anything.
Jake, you are finally free to proceed with the fic once and for all.