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Episode 119: Translating Nakoruru with Derek Pascarella

July 24, 2023 The Dreamcast Junkyard
The Dreamcast Junkyard DreamPod
Episode 119: Translating Nakoruru with Derek Pascarella
Show Notes

Regular host Lewis catches up with Dreamcast community stalwart Derek Pascarella to discuss the fan translation of the Japanese-exclusive Dreamcast title Nakoruru: The Gift she Gave Me they worked on together. A spin-off visual novel from SNK's Samurai Shodown fighting series, Nakoruru took almost two years for Derek and the team to translate, and is the first official visual novel on the Dreamcast to receive an English fan translation.

Derek also appeared on episode 93 of the DreamPod.

Relevant Links:
Download the Nakoruru fan translation patch (GitHub):
https://github.com/DerekPascarella/NakoruruTheGiftSheGaveMe-EnglishPatchDreamcast
Nakoruru: The Gift She Gave Me - Samurai Shodown Spin-Off for Dreamcast Translated into English! (The Dreamcast Junkyard: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2023/06/nakoruru-gift-she-gave-me-samurai.html
Omakase! Savers (Sega Saturn, Shiro!)
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2021/04/17/omakase-savers-the-ghostly-saturn-adventure-inspired-by-magic-knight-rayearth-feat-filmcow/
Uzumaki on the Wonderswan (Alt:Mag):
https://www.altmaguk.net/2018/10/uzumakiswan.html


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