Editing User:X loto

Hi there! I'm Jason Kuntz, and I'm a ドラクエ ("DoraKue," Dragon Quest) fan! ^_^

I've been interested for quite a long time in the ways that games are changed when they are localized, and decided to teach myself Japanese so that I could investigate first-hand--and of course, also so I could play games that were never released at home.

I've done several translation projects like this that I posted on [http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/63509.html GameFAQs.com], including Dragon Quest I, II, and III, and Final Fantasy. I'm also laboriously (read, "slowly") working on a [http://letsplaysidexside.blogspot.com blog] in which I'm comparing the original releases of the games to their localizations and remakes. This is right up my alley!

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Current LLTVG project: None at the moment

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My video game interests:
*Dragon Quest--My first RPG series, and always a favorite!
*Final Fantasy--FF and FF6 were my two favorite games for a long time...only recently has DQ eclipsed them for me, but they're still great!
*"Xeno" series--Both Xenogears and Xenosaga; I even pre-ordered Xenoblade Chronicles. Go Operation Rainfall!
*.hack--[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrackIsCheaper Crack is Cheaper], but I really enjoy them.
*SaGa--Akitoshi Kawazu is one of my favorite people, seriously. As much as people seem to hate Unlimited Saga, the game has a ''deepness.''
*Metroid--I had to have at least ''one'' non-RPG in this list, didn't I?! :-P

My language abilities:
*English--The mother tongue. American, and I have a ''very'' good grasp of grammar.
*Japanese--Meh. I'm okay at it, if you speak to me like a slow child. ''However,'' armed with JWPce, EDICT, and ''The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary,'' '''''I am a complete monster~!''''' This language will be my primary focus here.
*Spanish--Two years in high school; I can read it much better than I can speak or listen.
*Latin--I've forgotten almost everything I knew. But I did study it one year.
*German--My wife took a class once. I learned the thing with her to be her support system. I have a dictionary, but I've forgotten most of it.

Japanese reference books I own and use:
*''The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary,'' edited by Jack Halpern--Absolutely ''wonderful'' beginner's book!
*''Colloquial Japanese: The Complete Course for Beginners,'' by H.D.B. Clarke and Motoko Hamamura--Pretty good for learning grammar, but the way it slowly introduces kana is wonky. Uses the Japanese "consonant-root/vowel-root" method of teaching verb stems, which has both pros and cons versus the English "ichidan/yodan" method.
*''Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary,'' edited by Seigo Nakao--I honestly haven't used this one as much as the others, but it looks to be pretty good.
*''A Dictionary of Japanese Particles,'' by Sue A. Kawashima--A ''very'' thorough examination of all things "particular." It has a ''ton'' of information on the nuance that these oddities of the Japanese language can carry.
*''Japanese Slang Uncensored,'' by Peter Constantine--Not very helpful for gaming, but an interesting read nonetheless!
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-'''Current LLTVG projects:'''
+Current LLTVG project: None at the moment
-*''[[Torneko: The Last Hope]]'' - Finally started! Turns out the text was encoded in simple Shift-JIS all along. >_>
-'''LLTVG projects I've put a lot of work into:'''
-*''[[Dragon Warrior]]''
-*''[[Final Fantasy]]'' - (Although I didn't do the work ''here,'' I did create one of the resource works)
-'''LLTVG projects I've started but haven't gotten very far:'''
-*''[[Dragon Quest I&II (SNES)]]''
-*''[[Dragon Warrior I&II (GBC)]]''
-** (DQI portion of both)
-'''Under future consideration:'''
-*''[[Kawa no Nushi Tsuri]]''
-*''[[Final Fantasy]]'' - almost complete already, but it makes a nice heading for...
-**''[[Final Fantasy (WSC)]]''
-**''[[Final Fantasy (PS)]]'' - possibly identical to WSC
-**''[[Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls]]''
-*''[[Dragon Warrior II]] (NES)''
-**''[[Dragon Quest I&II (SNES)]]'' - DQII portion
-**''[[Dragon Warrior I&II (GBC)]]'' - DQII portion
-*''[[Dragon Warrior III]] (NES)''
-**''[[Dragon Quest III (SNES)]]''
-**''[[Dragon Warrior III (GBC)]]''
-*''[[Final Fantasy II]] (NES)''
-*''[[Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken]] (NES)''
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 *SaGa--Akitoshi Kawazu is one of my favorite people, seriously. As much as people seem to hate Unlimited Saga, the game has a ''deepness.''
 *Metroid--I had to have at least ''one'' non-RPG in this list, didn't I?! :-P
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 My language abilities:
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 *Latin--I've forgotten almost everything I knew. But I did study it one year.
 *German--My wife took a class once. I learned the thing with her to be her support system. I have a dictionary, but I've forgotten most of it.
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 Japanese reference books I own and use: