>>1021997 >that webm wouldn't it be easier to just learn English? I thought most jap schools had it as a second language? I learned English since almost all dubs are centered around it and am learning nip now for similar reasons

>>1022016 Their English classes and language teaching suck.

>>1022016 Learning English is hard when you're surrounded by Nips, it's already somewhat unusual for a continental European but it must be a complete nightmare for someone who's used to one(1) sound per kana along with the way Nipponese conjugation and sentence structure works compared to the wholly different Indo-European beast that doesn't even have easily identifiable runes to differentiate between meanings at a glance, and that isn't even accounting for the 6 trillion ancient chinese idioms used in everyday life. The localization problem exists just as much over there as it does here minus trannies, but unlike in the west they don't have to depend on foreign games to meet base needs of the soul and the ass adoption of スマホ has utterly killed Nipponese desktop computing skills outside of the オタク community. >>1022025 That as well, plus I honestly think they'd be better off learning Dutch or German which are far more structured than the colonial abomination that is Anglo and also fit the limited Japanese vocalization base much better.

>>1022025 hey to be fair most teachers even when I grew up sucked at English too.

>>1021914 >Best girl in XI and why? Serena, easygoing.

>>1021914 They're all great. Except Gemma, she's kind of annoying and doesn't contribute much to the story. At least mike9k1's postpostgame mod gives her a cool fight. >>1021997 >>1022016 Different languages have different lexical distances to other languages based on sounds and intonation. The Japanese language is particularly weird because for some reason it comes very close to Italian but as far away from English as possible. You also have to keep in mind that the Japanese have to learn two different sets of basic syllables, then a bunch of weird-ass characters that can be read in multiple ways and mean multiple things, and all of this just to actually interact with peers outside of middle school. By the time they're ready to learn English, which itself is a rather weird language with a ton of exceptions to its grammatical rules and constantly evolving due to its leeching nature, they're already pretty much screwed. >>1022035 >The localization problem exists just as much over there as it does here minus trannies I wish we could have some website dedicated not just to translating stuff from one language to another, but also that gave actual primers for proper localization (idioms, national in-jokes, in-depth explanations of specific words). I find it almost impossible to give a localized translation of text from English to my mother tongue and vice-versa because so much of the meaning behind certain things is lost in the context, and most people don't have the mental flexibility to keep up with both. Dunno if it's also an issue with any of you non-Anglos, but there are some words that I just refuse to use since there's a more specific one in my own language, and viceversa.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake's here in 3 days, who's going to play?

>>1038640 I hope it works in Ryujinx.

>>1038640 Not touching it till its uncensored.

>>1038640 Me. A family member asked what I want for Christmas so I picked a Switch game so I've got something portable to play while I'm away on holidays. And it's one of my favourite games ever. >>1038644 The censorship sucks big time, which is why I didn't want to spend my own money on it. I know that technically it's still showing up to SE as the same sale but muh feelings are betterer about it being a gift.

>>1038640 I'll wait and see how much of the dialogue was changed and if mods are available for it to restore shit. I heard there's some QoL features and an extra class but it's really not enough if it's poz'd. >>1038657 I think it's a gray area but overall a fine assessment. You personally didn't spend money on it and technically you can just return it once you're done with it.

>>1038640 >>1038657 Me too. It's one of the Dragon Quest games I didn't play, so I'm fixing that.

>>1038640 Never, as long as it is censored. I don't want to support a company that embraces DEI and is afraid to use the terms male and female, either. >>1021914 >Best girl in XI and why? Serena for sure. I like her personality and she's pretty, so that seals the deal.

>>1039350 I wonder if we can organize a raid on the JP Steam forums. Make it clear that we're foreigners and using ML translation but then educate them on Square Enix changing shit and the censored interview before linking them to sprite swap mods for UE that restore the original sprites and illustrations. This ambassador effort will serve two purposes: >first, broader awareness of the sinister but weakening globohomo agenda from the West, since Dragon Quest is a JP cultural institution. >second, introduce the green JP demographic to the power of modding and how it affords them greater power over the censors seeking to wipe out their heritage. Japan has had a problem of just taking whatever policore crap the console gatekeepers threw at them. Teaching them about decensor modding will grant them greater rebellion against these pieces of shit by weaponizing the advantages of PC gaming and allow them to realize they can't take this fuckery anymore.

>>1021914 >Best girl in XI and why? Gemma, she's likeable and has more history with the Luminary.

>>1038640 >Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake's here in 3 days, who's going to play? I am not even gonna pirate it unless it's uncensored. The only things that should be censored are the leftist faggots and their propaganda who keep ruining everything nice

>>860737 >but why isn't there so much more art of adult Veronica? She's pretty damn lewd. Because most non-lolicons are put off by the fact that she's a loli 95% of the time.

>>1038640 Give us the magnet link

i honestly don't know much about this series outside jerking off to jade and Toriyama did stuff for this, are the games good?

>>1041467 If you're new to the series it will feel generic. That's because DQ is the JRPG genre. Nearly everything JRPGs do stems from DQ in some way, specifically DQ3. There are people playing DQ3 for the first time with the recent remake that don't understand why this game is held in such high regard because they're playing it out of context. Prior to this game console RPGs were much more simple affairs without the whole open-world class-changing thing going on. It's a bit like if you were to play Ocarina of Time today for the first time. It would feel quaint because a lot of what it does is so mainstream and expected now, whereas it was the first game to do a lot of these things and created those genre conventions. So to answer your question, yes, the games are good, but you won't be blown away by them.

>>1041483 Ok, thank you. I'll try to play XI sometime.

>>1041499 11 is a great place to start, I hope you enjoy it. Veronica best girl

>>1041483 I mean technically you can go even further back and play Ultima >>1041467 DQ8 for the PS2 is also a good starting point.

>>1041520 >I mean technically you can go even further back and play Ultima Yeah you could, but DQ3 is the game that made the biggest impact. DQ1 was a modest attempt at making Ultima/Wizardry on the NES, DQ2 expanded the formula but was rushed and suffered for it, but DQ3 really nailed it and launched the genre as we know it. Sure other games existed before, but every game that came after was influenced by DQ3. In many ways DQ3 is to Japan what FF7 is to the west with regard to JRPGs, but even more important..

https://gamebanana.com/mods/555706 BASED MIKE DOES IT AGAIN, UNCENSOR PATCH SOON >>1041539 Oh yeah I get what you mean. Technically DQ2 created the concept of multiple party members, didn't it?

I tried DQ3 for the first time with the recent remake, and it was a slog, and I dropped it. I liked newer Dragon Quests, like DQ11. Other classics aged well, I play them for the first time and like them, but DQ3 didn't age well.

>>1041543 >BASED MIKE DOES IT AGAIN >again What are his previous endeavors?

>>1041613 He created a ton of mods for all Dragon Quest games (mostly DQ XI, both vanilla and definitve edition) which go from QoL features to shitpost to actual in-game content. It's not a stretch to say that he doubled the lifespan of DQ XI in my library. https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/mike9k1/mods https://gamebanana.com/members/1940759 He also has his own modding community for all the mods deemed too risquè for the cucked nexus/banana cartel.

>>1041664 What mods for DQ XI are the best mods, to you?

>Nude mods got deleted online Anybody have a backup?

>>1041669 DQ XI: Definitive Edition on PC is the, huh, defintive edition in terms of content. However, for reasons beyond our comprehension, Squeenix decided to downgrade every graphical aspect of the game so it's basically a glorified Switch port I remember being absolutely stunned by the details in the vanilla game on PC https://sites.google.com/view/dqxi-commands/faqs/about-project-rebuild Project Rebuild tries to undo the downgrades Squeenix implemented and adds a ton of graphical improvements. Then for the shitpost value there's the NPC Appearance Swap mod, which lets you change the looks of the main cast with any character from the models contained in the game, some are implemented better than others but for the most part it can lead to some amusing cutscenes. Another mod I liked when I was screwing around in the game is the Mount Selector, lets you get one of the available monsters to ride on any one map and explore the areas in ways mods didn't intend to, can be fun if you're that kind of autistic person. Finally, the mod I liked the most was New Battles (Arc 4), which basically counts as post-post game content with boss battles with insane stats that require very specific items/party member coordination, once again making use of some of the NPCs as assets. There's one battle against Gemma that basically softlocked me and I just found it really challenging to beat. DQ XI modding is a huge rabbit hole, there's even someone who reworked the entire game to put a female Heroine in it, reworked text boxes and all. >>1041789 Only one I could find is https://basedmods.eth.limo/mod/oszy_glZC8AqMQHsZ_R6mxe9Y6thccjzpPnVwAgb_dg/ but if you find them again you should def rehost them on some other site

>>1041919 >for reasons beyond our comprehension it was because they ported the game to an different version of Unreal so it could run on the Switch and restoring all the graphical effects for the PC re-release would have required more man hours than they thought would be worth it. It literally was just a direct Switch port

>>1041789 Nude mods got deleted where? Try Wayback Machine. What's the nude mod names?

>>1041569 >I tried DQ3 for the first time with the recent remake, and it was a slog, and I dropped it. I liked newer Dragon Quests, like DQ11. Other classics aged well, I play them for the first time and like them, but DQ3 didn't age well. The remake fixes the graphics, not sure what else didn't age well.

>>1042273 He said he "tried it for the first time with the recent remake," he's playing the remake and obviously didn't mean DQIII's graphics. An 80s RPG with polish is still an 80s RPG, and some aren't into them.