Fan translations are nothing new. Usually, its the result of Japanese games not getting released in English despite fan demand. Which of course begs the question -- who the Hell is demanding their games in Latin!?

Whether people want it or not, one is coming. One plucky fan is working on creating a Latin version of Final Fantasy. The game has been ported by Square Enix countless times, so one more version shouldn't hurt. Of course, not being an official translation, you'll need to run it as a ROM, but it's still kind of cool to know it exists. Absolutely useless, but cool nonetheless. 

Now can I get a copy of Alundra in Esperanto?

Ecce! Final Fantasy In Latin [GameSetWatch]

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LB Jeffries

Heh, reminds me of when the Monkey Island CD-ROM came in like 9 different languages. I'm pretty sure the only reason I didn't fail Spanish was because I made myself play through the game in that mode.

Chronic Logic

The Pope wants in on the Final Fantasy goodness.

Occams electric toothbrush

Et tu, Jim?

stevenxonward

I'm glad Alundra got a mention. No one ever talks about that game.

HEL105

Dr. Wolverton would be so amused by this.

Stephen Beirne

For medieval time-travellers who want to soak up the culture.

TriforceLightning

Carpe ludus

Hipster Dante

And then......Klingon.

JulianProxy

I know this sounds strange, but that's why I'll say it:

I would love to get a simple game like Final Fantasy or Alundra translated into Esperanto! What a great way to learn!

Isay Isay

Latina Vivit! cool to see ad hoc projects like this ad infinitum

/still remembers "Ecce! in pictura est puella Romana nomine Cornelia" from latin I

hyakushiki1234

WTF? Kudos to the guy for the effort, though, although I can't imagine it getting many downloads to be honest.

keptsimple

"Which of course begs the question -- who the Hell is demanding their games in Latin!?"

Ugh. I hate to be that guy, but misuse of the phrase "begs the questions" makes my brain hurt. "Begging the question" is a type of logical fallacy that is similar to circular reasoning. "Begs the question" is not synonymous with "raises the question."

SnatchTease

Facepalm smacks itself on the asinine.

Xhumation

This is a very neat idea, I kinda like it.

Draxxlith

As someone who is currently reading Horace's peoms in the original Latin for a college class, this is exciting!

Armis

I heard it's gonna be translated into eleet next.

Shane Gill

Signed in just to praise the mention of Alundra.

dfactory

I know a version of legend of zelda in esperanto!

lewness

Magris

First Shadow Hearts, now Alundra?


I'm going to kidnap your babies, Jim.

Excel-2011

I wonder if whoever's doing this is planning to turn it in as a final project.

Mista Smegheneghan

I need a Welsh version of Alundra! That'd be freakin' sweet.

garethxxgod

There are worse ways you could be learning Latin.

Reginald

seems like a match made in heaven. Id like to see the Venn diagram overlap of Language nerds and Final Fantasy nerds.

Budogenkai

Final Fantasy XIII Latin traslation coming Summer, 2024.

Myrmidon16

games in other languages can be a great way to learn them. i know my friends is getting japanese games to learn the language, so why not latin? it prolly is for a project too.

BGFUSAB

Somehow it seems to me this is the way Final Fantasy was always meant to be played.

Roager

This blows my mind. Mostly because it's actually relatively GENIUS. It's an archaic game, in an archaic time, now complete with an archaic language.

And that's awesome.