Hey y'all. Apologies it's been a while since I've added a new translation article here on Patreon, but I've got two for you today that add up to about 135 pages. Also got another short one coming fairly soon, just waiting on some artwork I commissioned to come in so it can be included in the translation article (to illustrate...
2023-07-24 18:25:49 +0000 UTC View Post
A couple weeks ago I added a Satoshi Tajiri book translation publicly available on my website: http://lavacutcontent.com/satoshi-tajiri-new-game-design/
And here's a new video translation from Game Freak's Japanese YouTube ...
2022-09-18 06:33:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, got a lengthy HeartGold/SoulSilver magazine interview translation for you today. The original Japanese interview was published as seven pages in the November 2009 edition of Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream, right around the same time HeartGold & SoulSilver launched in Japan. The primary focus of the interview a...
2022-08-07 09:35:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, I know I tend to make these updates super long, so I'll keep today's short. I just posted a new and very long interview with Sugimori and Masuda covering Ruby & Sapphire's development. As usual, the password to access is "Pokemon History Club", and here's the link: 2021-11-30 15:01:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, I've got three things for y'all today, and a few updates. The first is an interview with Takashi Kawaguchi, Gen 1's producer and the man who Tajiri pitched the Capumon concept to. Next, some of y'all have been asking for a (47 page) text version of the 1996 Japanese Pokedex that I wrote a series of videos on about 3...
2021-11-07 13:22:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all. So today's translation is an 8 page interview with Satoshi Tajiri talking about Gen 1 and 2's development, and also just having a bit of fun (he gives away a Red cartridge where the player's named Dumbass). It was originally published in the November 1997 issue of Japanese magazine Famimaga 64. As usual, I've inclu...
2021-09-18 14:39:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks. So today's translation is a 5 page interview with Junichi Masuda discussing the early days of Game Freak and Pokemon. As usual, I've included some outside sources, including about 25 translated pages from the Satoshi Tajiri biographical manga. Like all the Patreon-only articles, the password to access is "Pokemon H...
2021-08-31 14:16:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Last year I was doing a lot Gen 5 translations, and this year it's mostly been Gen 1 translations. So for a change of pace, I thought I'd bring y'all the only Pokemon Colosseum interview ever conducted, along with all the Colosseum concept art ever published. Don't get TOO excited though, there's only 4 pages of concept art. ...
2021-08-11 15:36:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya folks. For this update I've got a new translation/archive, some updates on other projects in the works, and links to all previous Patreon-exclusive articles (in case you missed them). Okay, I've just finished archiving and translating all 21 Pokemon-related pages of the 2014 art book "Ken Sugimori Works." Most of the art...
2021-07-29 15:34:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, as always I wanna start by thanking y'all so much for the support. It really makes a world of difference. Okay first a quick update, then the reason I'm actually making this post.
My apologies it's been kind of a slow month as far as Patreon translations. A lot of my energy's been sucked up into that 1996 Poke...
2021-07-07 17:54:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all -- as always I wanna start off by saying thanks so much for your continued Patreon support. These kinds of translations literally wouldn't be possible without you guys. Further down in this post I'll have links to all previous Patreon articles, but first I'll let you know what's new.
So I've been talking about...
2021-06-08 16:58:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys -- first off, thanks as always for the support. It really does mean a lot. For new Patrons, I just wanna mention that the previous Patreon post has links to all the Patreon-exclusive articles and videos. As for what's new today, I just posted all 26 maps from the 1996 Pokedex book (the same book as the recent Tajiri ...
2021-05-17 04:36:04 +0000 UTC View Post
First of all I just wanna thank y'all for all the support that makes these big translations possible. And to the folks who just signed up -- at the bottom of this post there are links to all the Patron-only translation articles. As for today's new article, it's an 8 page Tajiri interview (along with some comments from 8 other...
2021-05-03 10:55:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks, as always, I wanna start by saying so much for the monthly support :) I'll be quick in this one, just two things I share -- first, there's gonna be a huge Satoshi Tajiri translation article posted here in about 48 hours. The biggest and best one yet, in my opinion. It'll include an 8 page interview from the 1996 Ja...
2021-05-01 10:07:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Big update below. First off, let me just say to the new Patreon supporters -- thanks so much for signing up, it really means a lot. The previous 3 or 4 Patreon posts have links to some translation articles and videos only available here on this website, so check those out if you haven't already.
Okay, now for today's ne...
2021-04-24 05:13:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Before getting to the new information -- for new Patreon supporters, you can find some Patreon exclusive video and interview translations in the previous two Patreon posts. Thanks so much for your support :)
Okay, now on to today's new stuff. Some of y'all might remember me talking about a 120 page book from 1996 titled...
2021-04-17 08:24:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys. First of all, I just wanna say thanks once again for y'all's support on Patreon. It really means a lot personally, and it also helps fund various projects. Usually that means commissioning Japanese interview translations, paying for Lost Pokemon artwork, or buying old books and magazines with various pieces of histo...
2021-04-01 13:00:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, first off I just wanna say thanks so much y'all's support on Patreon. It really means a lot. About 20 of y'all just signed up this month, which has allowed me to commission a lot more translations and Lost Pokemon artwork. I recently had an 11 page interview translated, but it still needs commentary written, so that...
2021-03-24 08:57:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I just posted a new Diamond & Pearl development interview, featuring Masuda, Sugimori, Ohmori, and Unno. It's pretty long, and includes lots of information from outside sources like blog translations and the 2019 beta sprite leak. Highlights include details about the Masuda Method, an internal debate over the UI, an...
2021-03-04 14:37:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, I posted this a few weeks ago, but Daniel just pointed out there was an issue with the second link. For some reason even after replacing the part 2 link, it still led to part 1. So here's an update, I'll make sure after posting it that the links all work properly. Sorry about that, I thought y'all were able to read ...
2021-01-14 05:55:49 +0000 UTC View Post
New Pokemon interview translation, with Sugimori and four other developers discussing Gen 1 and a little Gen 2: lavacutcontent.com/sugimori-masuda-developer-interview/
2021-01-05 06:07:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, got a new translation for ya, a pretty long one: http://lavacutcontent.com/satoshi-tajiri-ishihara-interview/
This is actually part 1 of 2 of this super-long interview with Tajiri and Ishihara talking about Gam...
2020-11-25 12:32:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In this newly-transcribed 2009 interview, Junichi Masuda and (Platinum's director) Takeshi Kawachimaru discuss Gen 4's development, and in the process talk about earlier games as well. There's some interesting bits peppered all throughout -- like the series' musical inspirations and the Distortion World -- but the standout qu...
2020-11-23 16:49:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, I've got a new translation for y'all today. This one's pretty short, and to be honest isn't as exciting as most of the other translations I've posted in the past. But after I had it translated, it seemed like a waste just to throw it out, so I figured I'd post it. The highlights are Masuda briefly addre...
2020-09-27 09:12:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I just finished a huge new translation -- it was originally 6 pages in a Japanese book, and now with my commentary added, the length has about doubled. It's an interview with Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida, and Motofumi Fujiwara -- Eevee's three creators. They explain how all the whole Eevee family was created over the years, a...
2020-05-20 11:17:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Between my website, Twitter, and YouTube, I've posted a lot about Lost Pokemon History over the past couple years. But in recent months, I've also published some stuff here on Patreon that hasn't been made public. This summary is for new visitors, and also for current Patrons who might have missed previous posts:
1. Pok...
2020-02-21 11:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I've just finished a new Lost Pokemon article, this one's about White Pichu. Here's the link: http://lavacutcontent.com/white-pichu-lost-pokemon/
This is hidden on my website, so no one will be able to read it except you guys. As...
2020-02-18 07:47:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I've just finished a new translation-based article. I'll publish it probably in a couple weeks, but I wanted to let y'all see it first. Here's a download link for the PDF: http://lavacutcontent.com/corocoro-comic-pokemon-blu...
2020-02-01 06:20:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Working on three large projects together right now, but I thought I'd share this with you guys while those are still in progress. Here's a download link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=18QxSMZiKPQR_6fP_j4MWMpitE28kz19M...
2020-01-29 04:23:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, I'm used to covering Lost Pokemon History... but this is the first time Pokemon History BECAME lost because of me.
On December 15, I went through the entire Twitter history of James Turner, the current Pokemon series art director. I was looking for development details and information about design inspirations, and...
2019-12-27 10:48:23 +0000 UTC View Post
