tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75482905820884825212011-11-27T19:23:08.538-07:00Sonozaki Futago-tachi & "Higurashi no NAku Koro ni" - Where Are They Now?Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-73180239934380165382011-04-01T15:30:00.004-06:002011-04-05T02:40:46.440-06:00

Update (April 2 2011): In case you were wondering, the April Fools joke with this post was that... it's not joking! Go right ahead & download our patch! - Mion(Updated April 4 2011, for a new patch version & ONScripter-EN release)Hey folks,Thought we'd go ahead and release that Higurashi minigames patch we were talking about doing.You'll need the original Japanese game Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-45977224588254368822010-11-18T21:40:00.000-07:002010-11-18T21:42:40.766-07:00

Hey guys...Sorry for the long silence. We wanted to have a release to post about, so we put off posting, and we still didn't have a release ready, and it'd been months and we were embarrassed it'd been so long... and we still don't have a release to announce, but I'm finally biting the bullet and posting about what's up. I hate giving bad news :( but here goes.For a while there, we were

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-51906179004620252132009-12-09T12:54:00.004-07:002010-03-22T14:32:49.411-06:00

French-language Higurashi fans may want to check out Tout d'Asie, which has copies of Version française du jeu higurashi no naku koro ni, renommé Le sanglot des cigales. This release contains Onikakushi, Watanagashi, and two mini-games, and comes on CD-ROM.The game runs on PONScripter, which Uncle Mion maintains over at her ONScripter Corner. Speaking of which, there should be a more general

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Howdy folks, just saw this news today from MangaGamer:“The release date for the upcoming game, "Higurashi when they cry" has been decided to December 15, 2009. This release will be the first 4 chapters of the original smash hit game made by 07th Expansion and will be sold for 36.95 Euros.”You can read more about the release, as well as about a contest [note: contest over as of Dec.15] to win a

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On October 22, Ryuukishi07 announced in his diary that BT, 07th Expansion's webmaster, debugger, and chief communicator (as well as one of the founding members of the circle), passed away this summer:(translation courtesy of chronotrig from Witch Hunt)・～・～・～・～・～・～・～・～・～・～・～・Today, I have some very sad news to report.On July 10 of this year.BT passed away due to an illness.I decided to wait for

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-77710043386282082542009-09-24T01:15:00.000-06:002009-09-24T01:15:30.281-06:00

A number of you may have noticed that I (Mion) have been doing a lot of ONScripter fixes, both for Higurashi and Umineko.As I've more or less taken over maintenance of ONScripter-EN from the previous maintainer, I finally put together a new site and subversion repository for the code.So from now on, if you want the latest and greatest ONScripter releases, come on down to Uncle Mion's ONScripter

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-27043880938720769242009-08-21T23:41:00.010-06:002009-09-20T17:23:19.075-06:00

Hello all,This is a long-overdue post for explaining how to install the Higurashi games after getting them, since it can take some extra effort to install Japanese games on a non-Japanese PC.Higurashi DemoLuckily for those of you who just want to try the game, the Higurashi demo doesn't require you to have Windows Japanese language support in order to install it! If you downloaded our patched

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-29236987548241417442009-08-01T21:22:00.003-06:002009-08-01T21:32:26.604-06:00

Hi everyone, Mion here!Sorry it's been a while. After a long month of thinking and discussing we can finally tell you guys what's been going on.First of all, we want you to know that I did get an offer from MangaGamer to work on their Higurashi release as a proofreader (Shion works full-time so she couldn't join in), which I was considering seriously.However, I ultimately realized that I work too

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-87366502323867721032009-07-16T17:56:00.000-06:002009-07-16T17:56:54.078-06:00

Hi folks,Nothing new to report, but based on some of the comments made about our extremely important news post, we're worried that some of you intend to contact Ryuukishi07 and 07th Expansion about the matter.DON'T.Not only are they uncomfortable with English, they are very very busy getting Umineko Ep 5 ready to release at Comiket in mid-August. These are not people you should be petitioning.

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-23260130461381331522009-07-13T18:45:00.016-06:002009-08-02T17:43:11.037-06:00

Update Note (August 2 2009):...Turns out we don't need to remove our translation patches after all, but since we still support MangaGamer's efforts to produce their official localizations of Higurashi, I'll just leave the post image as it is.MionWell folks, we've heard back from MangaGamer, and it looks like we have to take down our translation patches:Since the copy right holder has decided to

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-62817616052541445742009-06-28T23:59:00.004-06:002009-06-29T20:28:47.062-06:00

As promised, we have our first Watanagashi release ready during this Watanagashi month of June... but unfortunately we could only get the first chapter ready in time. It's a fun one though, and includes Chapter NOTES that you can access at the TIPS chapter afterward.It's been good to have a deadline to get back into the flow of editing together, so we expect to have the next couple chapters

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-79672945805913796272009-06-06T22:33:00.002-06:002009-06-06T22:44:24.198-06:00

Howdy folks,I've been finishing up helping out Witch Hunt with the imminent Umineko Ep 4 release and getting back to editing Higurashi.It was good for Shion to translate a number of days ahead, in light of getting parts of the story to match up properly (those of you who've seen the anime or manga will know what I mean), but I know you'd like to see a release before much longer.So then: I think

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-31832838000761807822009-04-29T21:49:00.002-06:002009-04-29T22:23:29.668-06:00

Hi everyone,Just a quick note before Mion and I go to visit our parents in Okinomiya for Golden Week ^^. We've just added a new feature under Acquiring our Releases: we're hosting a copy of the demo as a zipped folder that already includes our patch, for those who use Mac or Linux or are having trouble installing the program. Meanwhile, we've made progress on the project. I've finished a rough

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-43126592426856244282009-04-01T00:07:00.005-06:002009-08-02T17:44:12.363-06:00

We'd first like to thank all of you for your interest and support for our project. It's been fun working on it for the past year and few months.However, we recently heard back from 07th Expansion regarding our translation of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. We regret that we need to shut down the project.We hope you enjoyed reading our Onikakushi adaptation, but I'm afraid this is goodbye. ;_;Mion

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-36476526952242482682009-02-28T22:59:00.008-07:002009-03-09T19:22:28.966-06:00

Hi all,We hope you're enjoying Onikakushi! I've done a rough translation of the first few days of the next arc, Watanagashi, but there's still plenty left to the story, since it's even longer than Onikakushi. Not to mention the cleanup and adaptation so it makes sense and doesn't look like something run through Babelfish. Since we're planning to do just 2 or 3 total releases for the game,

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-6361000585874829622009-01-30T02:14:00.006-07:002009-07-13T18:03:43.375-06:00

Thank you for your patience! At last, we have Onikakushi finished and ready for your perusal, in both full-version and demo form! We've added translation notes as promised: you can read them in the included text file, from the TIPS screen after each chapter, and from the Omake menu after you finish the game! We hope you also enjoy the other English bonus feature that we added ;).Please go to

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-64377843555532908622009-01-08T21:41:00.003-07:002009-01-08T22:08:13.798-07:00

Happy New Year!We know it's been taking a long time for this final installment, but we hope you can be patient just a little longer. We've finished translating and adapting through to the end of day 15 and the extras that come after it, so the final release of Onikakushi is almost ready!However, we went back to check the story from the beginning, and are currently fixing a lot of awkward

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-73216911318283088322008-10-21T23:08:00.004-06:002009-01-31T23:30:48.125-07:00

Hi folks!Like us, you might've been intrigued by the home-cooked dinner Rena brought in Day 14 to tempt Keiichi: vegetable miso? side dishes? What are those?We were lucky enough to find Domo, a restaurant in Denver, Colorado that serves Japanese country-style cooking - including the same kinds of mouth-watering dishes Rena made! They even have a detailed explanation of side dishes.Feast your

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-74155548665837363712008-10-08T22:52:00.015-06:002009-08-04T22:52:33.359-06:00

(Updated August 4 2009):Hi everyone!In case you haven't heard, MangaGamer has announced plans to release an English localization of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni in October of this year.But if you'd like to have the original Japanese Higurashi games to use with our patches, here's how you get them:The easiest and cheapest way is to try out the free Higurashi demo. We have an already-patched version

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-88193678667294116342008-09-05T16:22:00.006-06:002009-08-13T00:29:10.772-06:00

We just fixed an issue found in the demo version of the Onikakushi Day 14 release. There aren't any problems in the latest chapter itself, but the program may crash during earlier chapters and TIPS. If you downloaded the Day 14 Demo patch before September 6, you will probably want to grab the fixed version.Edit 10/21/08: we've removed the link to the bugfix since everyone's likely updated their

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-71126968382522884952008-08-31T22:05:00.015-06:002009-08-13T00:28:08.934-06:00

(Updated Aug 13 2009 to remove old links)Hi everybody! Sorry for the long wait!The Sonozaki Futago-tachi English patch for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi (Days 1-5,9-14) is now ready!This release features Keiichi's favorite cup ramen, ginger tonkotsu (pork-bone) flavor. The pictured ramen cup is not exactly the same, since it's just tonkotsu without the ginger. It does taste pretty good

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-56391497836153156022008-08-01T20:42:00.002-06:002008-08-01T20:59:45.082-06:00

Hi everybody, Shion here!Sorry it's taking us longer than usual for the next installment. Day 14 is a looong day, but it'll be worth the wait - the creepy plot really 'swings' into action here ;-) . Meanwhile, I recently stumbled on this neat website that shows a Higurashi fan's pilgrimage to Shirakawa-Go (official site), the UNESCO World Heritage site that served as the model for Hinamizawa.

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-28402825095164609162008-06-21T23:48:00.005-06:002009-02-01T18:58:30.384-07:00

Hi everybody!The Sonozaki Futago-tachi English patch for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi (Days 1-5,9-13) is now ready! Check Acquiring our releases to find out how to get the patches and the original Higurashi games.As always, let us know what you think, or if you encounter problems playing the translated game.Nothing bad happens to Keiichi today. ...But that doesn't mean that things

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-73455855963215839582008-06-01T23:01:00.002-06:002008-06-01T23:41:31.381-06:00

The votes are in, the polls are closed, and we have the final tally for "How shall we provide translation notes?":A text file in the patch - 69 votes (46%)"Tooltips" within the game - 65 votes (43%)No need! The story is understandable (blah blah blah) - 17 votes (11%)Extra "scenario", like TIPS - 13 votes (8%) Total - 148 votesThanks to everyone for voting and commenting during this poll! We

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-51616613578164260832008-05-24T16:57:00.006-06:002008-05-24T17:50:30.832-06:00

Hi folks,Just thought I'd explain some new elements of our latest release.***First of all, those of you who use the Demo version of Higurashi may notice that the Day 12 release includes a 'WAV/LP' directory containing two MP3 files. These are provided as a (temporary?) fix for playback issues with the version of these files that came with the original Japanese demo. You can see the difference

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-46404854542151274402008-05-24T03:09:00.007-06:002009-02-01T18:58:30.384-07:00

Hi everyone! In honor of our Onikakushi Day 12 release, Shion decided to try making ohagi, the Japanese sweet that appears in this chapter. Ohagi are balls of sweet rice and sushi rice mixed together, with a coating of sweet red bean paste. It's fairly easy to make as far as sweets go, and the only cooking required is simmering the rice and cooking the beans (if you don't use canned bean paste

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-70652747253237575242008-05-08T23:18:00.011-06:002008-05-09T00:09:58.665-06:00

Hi everyone, Shion here.  I thought you might be interested to learn a bit about how we're conducting our project.I have more experience with Japanese than Mion, so I specialize in translating from Japanese to English.  I use a combination of JEDict, my Canon Wordtank, the ALC website, and my JLPT Level 1&2 grammar references to put together a somewhat literal rendering.  Sometimes they use an

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-72322346075163566242008-04-21T23:03:00.002-06:002009-02-01T18:58:30.385-07:00

The Sonozaki Futago-tachi English patch for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi (Days 1-5,9-11) is now ready! Check Acquiring our releases to find out how to get the patches and the original Higurashi games.Please note that saves made in the Day 5 release or earlier will not work with this version, but saves from the Day 9 release should load just fine! (Unless you did something silly like

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-1107815565793966072008-04-07T17:16:00.000-06:002008-04-07T17:28:40.162-06:00

Those of you who have been trying out our translation patches since Day 5 and before may have noticed that your saved games don't always load properly when you upgrade to a new patch.I made a fix in the script for the Day 9 release that should prevent these kinds of errors when you upgrade to any future patch. However, this only applies to games saved using the Day 9 patch; unfortunately,

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-29332770464957405082008-04-05T21:44:00.026-06:002009-09-24T00:46:57.312-06:00

(Updated August 8 2009)If you would like to play 'Higurashi no Naku Koro ni' in English, please note that our releases are just translation patches - you will need to get the original Japanese game first in order to use them!(Alternatively, you can wait for MangaGamer to release their official localizations later this year.)If you'd still like to try our patches, go to Getting the game to find

Sonozaki Futago-tachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01507947523726971888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548290582088482521.post-18693138618709236752008-04-05T21:25:00.000-06:002008-04-05T21:31:07.197-06:00

Greetings.This is Mion of Sonozaki Futago-tachi, beginning our foray into the world of blogdom.Watch this space for news of our ongoing Higurashi no NAku Koro ni translation project, including links to new releases and fixes.Thank you for your support.

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