It seems like every time I find and watch an anime I really like that turns out to be some sort of visual novel or game, you guys are in the midst of translating. I think lady luck has a thing for me...hmm hope shes hot.

You guys work so hard and I want to say I appreciate all the work, which only real reward is the satisfaction of completion. It takes real commitment and dedication to do what you do that too few have these days. I'm really looking forward to the final release from modern day heroes. Hm...too flattering? XD Hope not.

~The dream and story one man writes with the tip of the blade, another man can write even better with the tip of a pen~

It's a race to the finish. Utawarerumono vs. Unlimited Blade Works. Which patch will be completed first!?!?!?

...Well, maybe it's not as serious as that.

Yeah, UBW would come up first. Testings would take awhile... But picture-wise, i donno... Depends on how much needs editing.

But then again, personally, im expecting Utawarerumono more than UBW. *Prepares for the shot to the head*

UBW is still only just one path to look forward to. While Utawarerumono is a whole new game. And after the few clips i've seen, I cant wait to stroke Ururuu's tail... Hehehehe... *Drools*

PS.
A Question to Ryuu and all others who have watched the anime:

~I've just got the entire Utawarerumono series on DVD. What should i do? Wait for the patch to come out THEN watch the series, or watch the series FIRST? Would there be any 'Spoilers' if i watch the anime first?

~So as I pray, UNLIMITED BISHOUJO WORKS.~

@inferno_flamex the anime for utawarerumono is awesome its pretty much the reason why i found out about the game but the anime is a little rushed towards the end. Obviously if u watch the anime it will spoil the main game story for you its like watching fate before playing the fate storyline in fsn. So it all depends on whether you want to spoil the main story before playing or not. I personally found that i want to play the game even more now but thats just me ...

>inferno_flamex
On the other hand the games tend to be more indept than the animes, so id put it up like do you want to read the book before watching the movie? (usually the answer should be no)

Yes watching the anime will show you the main story but on the other hand youll properbly enjoy it...
The Game can still be enjoyable even if you know the basis of the story as the game properbly is alot more detailed and gives more infomation ^^

In the end itll be up to you

I saw the anime first and then listened to the radio show, which was purely awesome. It had a few Utawarerumono themes, but was more about the real life personalities in the cast of Utawarerumono. The main cast was Yuzuki Ryouka (Eruruw) and Koyama Rikiya (Hakuoro) with periodic guest appearances by other cast members. Their chemistry is awesome, primarily due to the fact that Yuzuki Ryouka is head over heels for Koyama Rikiya in real life. It was a sad day when the radio show ended after a year.

Anyway, I succumbed to marketing and bought the game much later and still enjoyed it greatly. I enjoyed it so much that it drove me to translate it, if that says anything.

Either way, I think both will be enjoyed regardless of the order.

We are considering doing a "text only" patch release, similar to the original patch by Soylations that contained up until the first battle. Of course, this time it would have the whole story translated. Probably won't be too far off if that is the case.

Wow. So many replies..

Thanks to BW, Drizzt, SoulBringer and Ryuusoul for your input on this guys!

From what i heard, either way... Its something i should look forward to. So i decided to go with the "in order" version... In this case, the game then the anime.

As that's the order of how (or when) the 2 were realeased. Sounds fair enuff for me. XD

Once again thanks to BW, Drizzt and SoulBringer..
And Especially Ryuu for taking the time from his busy schedule to even tell us about the radio show! Seriously i dont even know they existed.. lol

~So as I pray, UNLIMITED BISHOUJO WORKS.~

Hm. I might recommend watching the anime first. Sure, it may spoil the game, but playing the game afterwards will give you the full story whereas the anime was forced to abbreviate some things or leave out some things entirely. That being said, the anime was still good.

Watching the anime after playing the game might give people over expectation of what will be included in the anime (Tsukihime / Fate/stay night syndrome) and "ruin" the person's experience of an otherwise perfectly good anime. Playing the game after watching the anime might be more fulfilling because it fills out everything and answers questions unresolved from the show.

Just a little more of my two cents.

65.34%~

waaa~ should I wait for this or go and play the chinese ps2 ver? sad...

I didn't get too much testing done, but on the bright side, me and phiber (more like phiber, I just tested stuff) got the picture extraction problem solved now.

I have about 4 image editors asking to help, so we will have to see. Hopefully they can all combine efforts to get that done quickly.

While proofing, I have been playing with the text inserted, so most if not all of that should hopefully be squared away (once I get done).

1-1-100%?????

Excellent work.

*Faints*

...

*Gets up still spasming*

Seems like Utaware's gonna be out first after all ^^

Woah this is some amazing speed!

Indeed, your speed is incredible. After the picture editing, you'll practically be done. ._. Nice work~

50% on images

awesome

50%... A big jump on the images! And according to Ryu, its the ones that he had CONFIRMED TO BE WORKING IN-GAME!

Alittle bit more and all that's left are beta testings..

~So as I pray, UNLIMITED BISHOUJO WORKS.~

66.74% zomg

Brilliant news. I'm really getting revved up for this, and I'm starting to free up some space. Keep up the good work~

66.74% already ? nice !!! Keep up the good work

oh. wow.
thanks for your hard work everyone!
i am looking forward to being able to understand this game, yay!

87.87% on the pics? Nice job guys :D

No need to rush, always relax. Keep up the good work guys. ^_^

Wow, you guys are really "kickin' it hardcore", as they say! Keep up the good work and the great pace! X3

The only thing suppressing my impatience is the fact that I know you guys are doing (and have done) great work.

Stay awesome, and hurry up. :D

SO TRUE UBERLEGEN, SO TRUE.

where could i buy this game?

http://www.paletweb.com/selectpage.asp?code=00798

Paletweb is the cheapest place I've been able to find online.

Woohoo 100 % ^_^ great job guys

you guys are awesome!

Excellent job, congrats on finishing the tough parts. =)

*fangasm*

youguyspnwnwnwnnw

Ah so we have hit the final stretch it seems, such beautiful work guy's and really looking forward to the final product. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put in! I already have my disc shaking in my hands in anticipation.

~The dream and story one man writes with the tip of the blade, another man can write even better with the tip of a pen~

This is brilliant news. I simply cannot wait.<33

By Dagon, you guys work fast!
Cannot wait for the finished product, I am trembling with anticipation!

I know I can't wait to see it come to life...

Everyone involved in this project and even the fans; I give my thanks ;)

I think this will be a fun game. More than half of the game being the VN style we love (storyyy!!), and the other half being tactical battles that bring back memories of Final Fantasy Tactics...

For some reason the closer it gets to completion the harder it is to wait it out

Yep we are all going through those pre-release anxiety, some of us checking the site every hour for updates...others pacing their room as their old video games no longer give that same feeling of fun. I feel bad for Message though, isn't he building the installers for both Utawarerumono and FSN? That's got to be a huge amount of work, I really admire his dedication.

~The dream and story one man writes with the tip of the blade, another man can write even better with the tip of a pen~

this and ultimate blade works probably during this month yay! This is my christmas present.

Yeah F/SN's UBW gonna rock, still getting the tiger dojo stamps XD, and having our japannes forign exchange student translate some more games of his for me to keep me waiting till then.

Yeah christmas is gonna be awsome with all the software that mirror moon is completing.

Keep up the great work!

will this patch work with the original utawarerumono and the renewal package edition?

It may only work with the DVD version. We will see about getting support for the CD versions later, but there are some extra things in the DVD version that don't have counterparts in the CD versions... we will just have to see how it affects things.

Well I would think the game itself would still be intact through both versions, so although it is only an assumption...It should still work on the game itself, though it might leave some untranslated parts. Honestly since I have no technical knowledge on the subject, I can't be sure...so as Ryuusoul says, we will have to wait and see.

~The dream and story one man writes with the tip of the blade, another man can write even better with the tip of a pen~

Utawarerumono and UBW route both almost complete. And a holiday season to play them to boot!

Somehow i get the feeling that its gonna b a great christmas.

*imagines Santa takin out boxes of VNs as presents* ~Hohoho...

I just hope you guys dont make us wait till its actually christmas before distributing the patches both at once... LOL. I can forsee a christmas free-for-all brawl if that's the case. XD

~So as I pray, UNLIMITED BISHOUJO WORKS.~

Well honestly most of the work is on Message right now so I wouldn't be surprised if it takes awhile, since he is working on two games at once...unless of course he chooses to finish one then move on to the other. Either way just being this close to release makes me happy, I will wait as long as it takes.

~The dream and story one man writes with the tip of the blade, another man can write even better with the tip of a pen~

You know, sometimes it's really torture to have so detailed status reports. If you don't know what's up at all with a project you also have zero expectations. When the project is ready it's a nice surprise then.

If you know that it's so close to completion however it gets you to check the site 5 times a day, everytime feeling a bit disappointed.

I didn't know one person has both UBW and Uta now... makes me kind of sad since I'd guess UBW will get the most attention. Personally I don't care for the FS/N patch until all routes are done and I can play the game from start to finish completely.

Good luck with the project and please don't take my comments negatively in any way. We waited so long already, a few days or weeks more won't hurt anyone now.

Looks like this could be coming out really soon :D I can't wait, keep up the good work guys!

Hi!, sorry about my bad english, i wanted to ask if the patch will work with utawarerumono dvd only or also will work with utawarerumono renewal package edition.
Thanks for yor hard work!!.

DVD only for now.