KWhazit went ahead and translated it out of curiosity:
[title]Chrono Compendium[/title]
Today's tune.
Collaborative works tend not to betray expectations.
From [link:http://www.zirconstudios.com/]Zircon Studios[/link]'s
[link:http://www.zirconstudios.com/vgremixes.php]VG Remixes[/link]
[image: Link holding Triforce] When All Hope Has Faded
It's
an[link:http://blog.fc2.com/tag/アレンジ]arrangement[/link]
of "The Day The World Revived" from the famous music collection of Chrono
Trigger.
The remixers are zircon and friend Tyler Heath.
It has an electronica feel with a bit of orchestral flavor.
From the first half, reproducing the original melody's lonesome feeling,
it completely reverses once it passes about 2:00.
The way it's made lets the music have a story.
☆What's Chrono Compendium?☆
Even overseas, Chrono's popularity is deeply rooted,
Things similar to private fansites exist.
One of those is a site called [link:http://www.chronocompendium.com/]Chrono
Compendium[/link].
The contents are quite substantial, with many things worth seeing.
Poor at English though I am, I could look with deep interest at
something called a
[link:http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Retranslation.html]Retranslation[/link].
It's a project to replace the overseas version lines with the Japanese
version and translate that into English.
Hearing about it from the outside, the task smacks of filling in dug holes,
but it's rather enjoyable to try looking at.
Also, you can't mention Chrono without the music.
Through a link in Music called Japanese Doujins,
they introduce Japanese fan groups.
Starting with 5-4 Takepod, Azu, EtlanZ,
many Japanese arrangers are introduced.
Even the name of Daijin's site, which is linked to from this blog.
I can't help but admire the inquiring minds and enthusiasm of people
overseas.
Today's video.
[flash animation: low-level party vs. Lavos, part 1]
[flash animation: low-level party vs. Lavos, part 2]
Crushing Lavos at low levels (parts 1 and 2).
Dropping like flies and coming back to life, hectic battle [lol]
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At first I thought the 'filling dug holes' line meant it sounded
pointless, but it's probably more like 'repetitive and tedious'.
English name used for track name rather than a straight translation, and
doujin names taken directly from the mentioned links page.
Daijin's site, mentioned in the entry, is Zephyr Cradle.
The 'w' at the end is one of many Japanese 'emoticons'. This one is short
for 笑う (warau: smile/laugh).
And the video clips linked are almost disturbing. You know it's a
low-level game when the level 16 Robo in the final boss battle looks
overwhelmingly tough compared to the rest of the party (and he still can
only survive a few of the weakest attacks)... Crono has a surprisingly high
damage potential at level 1, though.
