One of the features which Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time will bring to the table is worldwide online play. However, that leads to a new question: How will people from different regions, people who speak different languages be able to communicate?
Mario Kart Wii players may already be familiar with the answer.
Square Enix claims “the multiplayer mode can be played seamlessly even when each player selects a different language.” How are they tackling the problem?
Canned phrases.
Players can selected pre-programmed phrases from a menu and, theoretically, the game sends out the appropriate pre-scripted translation to whoever is playing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time in a different language. Final Fantasy XI has a similar system so this works to an extent. If you want to say something original you can register your own phrases too, but just don’t expect someone playing the game in a different language to understand you. — Siliconera
I guess this will have to do until we develop the tech for universal translators that we can just plug into our ears. Funny how technology has advanced so far over the years, yet so much of what we thought we’d have hasn’t arrived yet.
