What's up, RMers?
Yesterday, 09:25 PM
Woah... I had no idea that DonMiguel claimed to have permission for his translation. Guess everyone took his word for granted. As for ASCII's lack of interest in bringing the engines across the Pacific, it kind of makes sense to me: JRPGs were really niche back in the 90s even with the smashing success of Final Fantasy VII. I can only assume ASCII saw the American and European market as something they could do without.
Regarding the possibility of taking things to court, according to what I read in the wiki, ASCII's lawyers sent cease-and-desist emails to the group responsible for the first translation of RM95 as well as the SNES RPG makers so there was already a precedent.
Now I wonder if RPG Advocate, responsible for the first translation of RMXP, ran into similar trouble with ASCII/Enterbrain.
Regarding the possibility of taking things to court, according to what I read in the wiki, ASCII's lawyers sent cease-and-desist emails to the group responsible for the first translation of RM95 as well as the SNES RPG makers so there was already a precedent.
Now I wonder if RPG Advocate, responsible for the first translation of RMXP, ran into similar trouble with ASCII/Enterbrain.