Mato
@clydemandelin.bsky.social
Professional translator, game programmer, Legends of Localization, EarthBound/MOTHER 3 guy, etc.
https://legendsoflocalization.com/
http://halito.tomato.game/about/
https://www.twitch.tv/clydemandelin
https://tomatogame.itch.io/
https://legendsoflocalization.com/
http://halito.tomato.game/about/
https://www.twitch.tv/clydemandelin
https://tomatogame.itch.io/
I remember that video, was really great
also I remember this
also I remember this
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I remember that video, was really great
also I remember this
also I remember this
Far off in the distance, a voice continues to shout:
"Why Japanese people???"
"Why Japanese people???"
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Far off in the distance, a voice continues to shout:
"Why Japanese people???"
"Why Japanese people???"
Is there a standardized name for this old retro pixel art phenomenon? I've always wondered
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Is there a standardized name for this old retro pixel art phenomenon? I've always wondered
OLD MEMBER CHECKING IN
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
OLD MEMBER CHECKING IN
I'm happy EarthBound fans are still making a million cool things for other fans!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'm happy EarthBound fans are still making a million cool things for other fans!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
Poemato CX fans, we're streaming later today! www.twitch.tv/clydemandelin
Playing some of my old, weird, unreleased, and unfinished spooky games, including "Kowa Kowa 4" and "3.14"
Playing some of my old, weird, unreleased, and unfinished spooky games, including "Kowa Kowa 4" and "3.14"
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Poemato CX fans, we're streaming later today! www.twitch.tv/clydemandelin
Playing some of my old, weird, unreleased, and unfinished spooky games, including "Kowa Kowa 4" and "3.14"
Playing some of my old, weird, unreleased, and unfinished spooky games, including "Kowa Kowa 4" and "3.14"
I want to print this #Yakuza game image on a poster for my walls, is there a jpg or dumped file anywhere online?
#newyorkstyle
#newyorkstyle
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I want to print this #Yakuza game image on a poster for my walls, is there a jpg or dumped file anywhere online?
#newyorkstyle
#newyorkstyle
[From an old Japanese-to-English #translation contest some years back]
We can see how often people translated しょうがない (shō ga nai) as "it can't be helped" during this contest - a surprisingly low 6%!
We can see how often people translated しょうがない (shō ga nai) as "it can't be helped" during this contest - a surprisingly low 6%!
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
[From an old Japanese-to-English #translation contest some years back]
We can see how often people translated しょうがない (shō ga nai) as "it can't be helped" during this contest - a surprisingly low 6%!
We can see how often people translated しょうがない (shō ga nai) as "it can't be helped" during this contest - a surprisingly low 6%!
youtu.be/UEr-vUGvSiY?...
Also, I started to translate #Zelda 1 into Choctaw for study purposes a few months ago, if you're interested in the stream
I hope to do this more with other games and improve a lot in the future!
Also, I started to translate #Zelda 1 into Choctaw for study purposes a few months ago, if you're interested in the stream
I hope to do this more with other games and improve a lot in the future!
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
youtu.be/UEr-vUGvSiY?...
Also, I started to translate #Zelda 1 into Choctaw for study purposes a few months ago, if you're interested in the stream
I hope to do this more with other games and improve a lot in the future!
Also, I started to translate #Zelda 1 into Choctaw for study purposes a few months ago, if you're interested in the stream
I hope to do this more with other games and improve a lot in the future!
Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay, so I hope you'll play my work-in-progress game demo about #Choctaw language and culture:
tomatogame.itch.io/halito-tomato
OR if you'd just rather read about the backstory instead, it would make me very happy:
halito.tomato.game/about/
Thanks for your time! YAKOKE!
tomatogame.itch.io/halito-tomato
OR if you'd just rather read about the backstory instead, it would make me very happy:
halito.tomato.game/about/
Thanks for your time! YAKOKE!
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay, so I hope you'll play my work-in-progress game demo about #Choctaw language and culture:
tomatogame.itch.io/halito-tomato
OR if you'd just rather read about the backstory instead, it would make me very happy:
halito.tomato.game/about/
Thanks for your time! YAKOKE!
tomatogame.itch.io/halito-tomato
OR if you'd just rather read about the backstory instead, it would make me very happy:
halito.tomato.game/about/
Thanks for your time! YAKOKE!
Related Question: was/is there a similar "imprinting" phenomenon in the #OnePiece fandom for the old English name "Zolo" vs. the newer "Zoro"? I'm especially interested in this name set
October 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Related Question: was/is there a similar "imprinting" phenomenon in the #OnePiece fandom for the old English name "Zolo" vs. the newer "Zoro"? I'm especially interested in this name set
From my book about #Undertale 's official English-to-Japanese translation
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
October 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
From my book about #Undertale 's official English-to-Japanese translation
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know
Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?
Some old advice about starting big projects (game translation projects in my case, but a lot of it is probably universal)
#gametranslation
#gametranslation
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Some old advice about starting big projects (game translation projects in my case, but a lot of it is probably universal)
#gametranslation
#gametranslation
Looking through my old Wanderbar dev folders, I REALLY want to continue developing/streaming this stuff sometime
Right now I'm especially interested in doing a comparison of Working Designs' Lunar games for Sega CD someday
(for reference: legendsoflocalization.com/research/wan... ) #emulation
Right now I'm especially interested in doing a comparison of Working Designs' Lunar games for Sega CD someday
(for reference: legendsoflocalization.com/research/wan... ) #emulation
October 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Looking through my old Wanderbar dev folders, I REALLY want to continue developing/streaming this stuff sometime
Right now I'm especially interested in doing a comparison of Working Designs' Lunar games for Sega CD someday
(for reference: legendsoflocalization.com/research/wan... ) #emulation
Right now I'm especially interested in doing a comparison of Working Designs' Lunar games for Sega CD someday
(for reference: legendsoflocalization.com/research/wan... ) #emulation
- "If the shoe fits..."
- "This game stinks"
- "More fun than a ferret down your trousers"
What are some other crazy game marketing quotes?
- "This game stinks"
- "More fun than a ferret down your trousers"
What are some other crazy game marketing quotes?
September 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
- "If the shoe fits..."
- "This game stinks"
- "More fun than a ferret down your trousers"
What are some other crazy game marketing quotes?
- "This game stinks"
- "More fun than a ferret down your trousers"
What are some other crazy game marketing quotes?
Years ago I made a bare-bones "EarthBound with Smash Bros.-style battles" game in a day or two - mostly to get it out of my system & to teach me basic Unity animation #gamedev #earthbound #smashbros
I don't intend to revisit it but here it is if you want to try it! tomatogame.itch.io/fartbound
I don't intend to revisit it but here it is if you want to try it! tomatogame.itch.io/fartbound
August 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Years ago I made a bare-bones "EarthBound with Smash Bros.-style battles" game in a day or two - mostly to get it out of my system & to teach me basic Unity animation #gamedev #earthbound #smashbros
I don't intend to revisit it but here it is if you want to try it! tomatogame.itch.io/fartbound
I don't intend to revisit it but here it is if you want to try it! tomatogame.itch.io/fartbound
A while ago I posted this "What is Localization?" PDF thing
It's a full chapter from my Undertale localization book if you're interested!
cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/00... #translation #localization #undertale
It's a full chapter from my Undertale localization book if you're interested!
cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/00... #translation #localization #undertale
August 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A while ago I posted this "What is Localization?" PDF thing
It's a full chapter from my Undertale localization book if you're interested!
cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/00... #translation #localization #undertale
It's a full chapter from my Undertale localization book if you're interested!
cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/00... #translation #localization #undertale
Upon further thought, I wound up making my own Poneglyph last year, better watch out for that Buster Call
#poneglyph #ポーネグリフ #ワンピース
#poneglyph #ポーネグリフ #ワンピース
August 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Upon further thought, I wound up making my own Poneglyph last year, better watch out for that Buster Call
#poneglyph #ポーネグリフ #ワンピース
#poneglyph #ポーネグリフ #ワンピース
I recently started watching One Piece with my wife, starting from the beginning, it's been fun revisiting the series and sharing memories I have from helping to officially translate it around 18 years ago
#onepiece #anime #translation
#onepiece #anime #translation
August 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I recently started watching One Piece with my wife, starting from the beginning, it's been fun revisiting the series and sharing memories I have from helping to officially translate it around 18 years ago
#onepiece #anime #translation
#onepiece #anime #translation
August 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Yuck, YouTube videos don't embed well in bluesky I guess, so here's non-YouTube, let's see how it embeds now
August 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yuck, YouTube videos don't embed well in bluesky I guess, so here's non-YouTube, let's see how it embeds now
Humanity's words for "bird" - we can faintly start to see underlying patterns as we plot them on a map 🍅
(this is from my halito.tomato.game - this Rosetta Stone wall of words is interactive, so YOU can make hundreds of your own maps too!)
#linguistics #gamedev #nativeamerican
(this is from my halito.tomato.game - this Rosetta Stone wall of words is interactive, so YOU can make hundreds of your own maps too!)
#linguistics #gamedev #nativeamerican
August 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Humanity's words for "bird" - we can faintly start to see underlying patterns as we plot them on a map 🍅
(this is from my halito.tomato.game - this Rosetta Stone wall of words is interactive, so YOU can make hundreds of your own maps too!)
#linguistics #gamedev #nativeamerican
(this is from my halito.tomato.game - this Rosetta Stone wall of words is interactive, so YOU can make hundreds of your own maps too!)
#linguistics #gamedev #nativeamerican
Back in 2018 I wrote an article about "political references added to video game translations"
Then I did it again, a few weeks ago in 2025, so here is PART 2!
legendsoflocalization.com/articles/pol...
#translation #politics #翻訳
Then I did it again, a few weeks ago in 2025, so here is PART 2!
legendsoflocalization.com/articles/pol...
#translation #politics #翻訳
August 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Back in 2018 I wrote an article about "political references added to video game translations"
Then I did it again, a few weeks ago in 2025, so here is PART 2!
legendsoflocalization.com/articles/pol...
#translation #politics #翻訳
Then I did it again, a few weeks ago in 2025, so here is PART 2!
legendsoflocalization.com/articles/pol...
#translation #politics #翻訳