When creating new entries earlier today I noticed the form states "Name (English Name)". Does this also apply to items that were never released in English or games that might have a different title in another languages?
Here are some examples:
Nazo no Murasame Jo
English (rough) translation:
The Mysterious Murasame Castlehttp://vgcollect.com/item/42500Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce
English translation:
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods(Released in Western regions as
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)
http://vgcollect.com/item/16884So what I'm saying is should the entry names be in full English or just spelled out in our alphabet? Skimming through some Japanese entries there doesn't really seem to be any consistency. There's games like the ones mentioned above that are left in Japanese but written in our alphabet and other games that are fully translated into English like the games below:
Legend of Zelda, The: Ocarina of Time (
Nintendo 64 [JP])
In Japanese:
Zeruda no Densetsu: Toki no Okarinahttp://vgcollect.com/item/17292Sin and Punishment
In Japanese:
Tsumi to Batsuhttp://vgcollect.com/item/21554Sorry for opening a can of worms but I was wondering what your (anyone's) opinion is on this topic. There's certainly some titles I would not mind seeing in
Engruish English, like the Zelda games. At the same time there some games that should almost remain in their native language because there's just some words that simply cannot be translated directly.