Japanese Reader Needed (September 10, 2004)

[Bandit LOAF]

No matter how much you've found, there's always another little piece of Wing Commander lore out there. Case in point: the Super Famicom port includes an extended version of the Claw Marks' timeline... unfortunately, it's in Japanese! Can anyone out there translate two pages of Japanese text for us? If so, contact the staff as soon as possible. We know, for instance, that the timeline starts off by giving a 2615 date for the initial exploration of the Vega Sector... who knows what else could be in there? If you can read Japanese, you can download high resolution PNG files here:
[*]Page 1 (1.7 mb)
[*]Page 2 (1.7 mb)
And if you can't, here's a picture of the game's fantastic box art:

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Original update published on September 10, 2004

 

[Pedro]

Started learning Kanji all of 6 days ago Knew I should have started last year well obviously the figure eight style symbol represents day (also sun) so I know exactly when everything is happening, just not what
Fillers been learning hiragana for a while, he might be of more use if theres really no native speakers.

 

[Eder]

Damn, that is some amazing box art indeed.

 

[Iceman16]

dude, that box art rocks! what kind of ship is that in the foreground?

 

[Mincemeat]

That looks like a stylised Gratha lunging at you, a Dralthi somewhere below, and an exploding Fralthi in the background. However the cockpit itself looks like an imaginary construct - but the left VDU suggests that it is a Hornet.

 

[Bandit LOAF]

I see a Fralthi, a Dralthi, a Gratha and a Hornet.

Other cool Japanese-unique art:

(Dralthi, Fralthi, Rapiers)

(Fralthra, Jalkehi, Drakhri)

The timeline has been translated, we'll be posting the new information later today!

 

[Cpl Hades]

See, the Japanese put red flightsuits in 2654 long before the WC movie did.