Archive for October, 2011

Mario Contest Results!

A while back I posted a contest/drawing for a beat-up Japanese Super Mario Bros. manual I used for my SMB localization page. Basically, people who posted their stories about their first time playing Super Mario Bros. and one winner would be chosen (see here). Well, here’s the winning result, courtesy of Ms. Poe: I’ll contact [...]

History of Squaresoft’s Localization

It’s a bit old, but here’s a really neat article about the evolution of Square’s localization stuff. They do some really awesome work now, but did a lot of crazy stuff in the early days. It’s neat seeing how that change came about. The Rise of Squaresoft Localization I look forward to analyzing a couple [...]