theoretically speaking, could someone covert the language in a vc game?

if someone had a japanese vc game, and wanted all the text converted to english

is that something do-able?

In short, yes it is do-able, but not legally by anyone but the game publisher.raahsnavj

I'm not sure that it's illegal to patch a game. It depends on the developer. Some are actually open to patches and third-party content. For example, Maxis openly acknowledges the modding community and helps them. This is far less common on platforms other than PC, but it's a growing trend. Epic Games is open to community modding of Unreal Tournament 3. It all depends on how far the developer is willing to allow the community to go with their product. Just the same, some photographers allow others to modify their pictures, as long as proper attribution is given, while others don't.

The reason some developers get upset about community modding is that it can potentially alter in-game experience for other users, and thus the ESRB (and other rating boards) can reconsider their ratings, which affects sales and then the dev suffers. If you ever have any desire to mod or patch a game, you should check with the developer if you're unsure whether it's allowed and tell them what you want to do. Similarly, if you're unsure whether some photographer's picture on Flickr can be modified, just contact them and ask permission.

You'd need third party (unauthorized) software put into the Wii for the illegal-to-edit VC game using a non-approved translator to do what youre asking.

So yes you can do it, given time, resources, and knowingly breaking the law.

[QUOTE="raahsnavj"]In short, yes it is do-able, but not legally by anyone but the game publisher.clicketyclick

I'm not sure that it's illegal to patch a game. It depends on the developer. Some are actually open to patches and third-party content. For example, Maxis openly acknowledges the modding community and helps them. This is far less common on platforms other than PC, but it's a growing trend. Epic Games is open to community modding of Unreal Tournament 3. It all depends on how far the developer is willing to allow the community to go with their product. Just the same, some photographers allow others to modify their pictures, as long as proper attribution is given, while others don't.

The reason some developers get upset about community modding is that it can potentially alter in-game experience for other users, and thus the ESRB (and other rating boards) can reconsider their ratings, which affects sales and then the dev suffers. If you ever have any desire to mod or patch a game, you should check with the developer if you're unsure whether it's allowed and tell them what you want to do. Similarly, if you're unsure whether some photographer's picture on Flickr can be modified, just contact them and ask permission.

We are talking VC games, on a Nintendo system... They don't even help their 3rd party devs, let alone the modding community.raahsnavj

LOL! True enough. I addressing your comment more generally. And it certainly is possible that the Wii might open up a bit as a platform. We've already seen user-generated content with Boom Blox and BlastWorks. Mebbe big, developer-backed-and-approved modding community will develop? Or mebbe I just stick to PC... :lol: