8-4 Ltd.

8-4 Ltd.
Founded	October 5, 2005
Headquarters	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	John Ricciardi Hiroko Minamoto Mark MacDonald
Products	Localization (Japanese-English)
Website	8-4.jp
Twitter	@84play

8-4 Ltd. is a localization company based in Japan founded in 2005. They worked with Nintendo on various games' localizations primarily during the 3DS/Wii U era. Starting with Shovel Knight, they started localizing English indie games into Japan. They also host a regular podcast called 8-4 Play which discusses the Japanese game industry.

Game Works

• Mario Tennis: Power Tour - Translation (J to E)
• Baten Kaitos Origins - Translation (J to E), Voiceover Supervision
• Gunpey DS - Translation (J to E)
• Lunar Knights - Translation (J to E)
• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Translation (J to E)
• Castlevania Judgment - Translation (J to E), Voiceover Supervision
• Imagine: Ballet Star - Translation (J to E)
• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon - Translation (J to E)
• Imagine: Makeup Artist - Translation (J to E)
• Tenchu: Shadow Assassins - Translation (J to E)
• Monster Hunter Tri - Translation (J to E)
• Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll - Translation (J to E)
• Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation - Translation (J to E)
• Dead or Alive: Dimensions - Translation (J to E)
• Epic Mickey - Translation (E to J)
• Zoo Resort 3D - Translation (J to E)
• The Black Eyed Peas Experience - Writing
• Fossil Fighters: Champions - Translation (J to E)
• Tales of the Abyss - Translation (J to E)
• Fire Emblem Awakening - Translation (J to E), Voiceover Supervision
• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - Translation (J to E)
• Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two - Translation (J to E)
• Azure Striker Gunvolt - Translation (J to E), Promotion, Marketing
• Mighty Gunvolt - Translation (J to E), Promotion, Marketing
• Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - Translation (J to E)
• Fossil Fighters: Frontier - Translation (J to E)
• Xenoblade Chronicles X - Translation (J to E)
• Shovel Knight - Translation (E to J), Promotion, Marketing
• Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Translation (J to E)
• Gotta Protectors - Translation (J to E)
• Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 - Translation (J to E)
• Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - Translation (J to E), Voiceover Supervision
• Style Savvy: Styling Star - Translation (J to E)
• Undertale - Translation (E to J), Console Ports, Publishing
• Celeste - Translation (E to J)
• Dragalia Lost - Translation (J to E)
• Deltarune - Translation (E to J), Console Ports, Publishing
• Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition - Translation (E to J) (original game contents)
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Translation (J to E)
• Return of the Obra Dinn - Translation (E to J)
• SaGa Scarlet Grace - Translation (J to E)
• 198X - Translation (E to J), Switch Port
• Into the Breach - Translation (E to J)
• Cyber Shadow - Translation (E to J)
• Little Nightmares II - Translation (E to J)
• Hades - Translation (E to J)
• Spelunky - Translation (E to J)
• Spelunky 2 - Translation (E to J)
• Ikenfell - Translation (E to J)
• Tetris Effect: Connected - Translation (E to J)
• Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon - Translation (E to J)
• Save me Mr. Tako: Definitive Edition - Translation (E to J)
• Gotta Protectors: Cart of Darkness - Translation (J to E), Publishing
• Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Translation (J to E)
• Shovel Knight Dig - Translation (E to J)
• Rogue Legacy 2 - Translation (E to J)
• NieR:Automata - Translation (J to E)
• Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! - Translation (J to E)
• Redemption Reapers - Translation (J to E)
• Backbeat - Translation (E to J)
• Mr. Saitou - Translation (E to J)
• Rakuen - Translation (E to J)
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale - Translation (E to J)
• Unicorn Overlord - Translation (J to E)

External links

• 8-4 at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia