| Odekake! Earth Seeker | |
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| General | |
| Author | Brand Newman |
| Type | Translations |
| Version | 1.0 |
| License | Mixed |
| Last Updated | 2022/07/19 |
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This is an English translation patch for the DSiware Odekake Earth Seeker, which was released simultaneously to the Earth Seeker Wii game in Japan on 2011/06/23.
Although being playable alone, the main feature of this DSiware is to be used in conjugation with the Wii, since the player can send materials, for the DSi user to use or "investigate" them.
Earth Seeker for the Wii was also translated and the translation patch is available here.
Installation
| Game information | |
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| Japanese title | おでかけ!アースシーカー |
| English title | Odekake! Earth Seeker |
| ROM information | |
| Database match | Odekake! Earth Seeker (Japan) |
| Database | No-Intro: DS (all) (v. 20210227-111036) |
| SHA-1 | 0B6D3318EEA294F8E4D88D8589886BAFB4391019 |
| CRC32 | 908308DB |
The patch is in xdelta format. To apply the patch:
- Windows - Use Delta Patcher or xdelta UI.
- Mac - Use MultiPatch.
- Linux - Use xdelta or Delta Patcher.
User guide
Note that first boot might be a little bit long, due to the game creating save life.
Game story
Earth Seeker's story takes place in a distant future, where Humanity had to escape the Earth before a black hole would destroy it.
Trying to find a new home aboard gigantic spacecrafts, Mankind has taken a lot of testimonies of life on Earth (such as paintings, electric devices, animals DNA), which the game calls "Heritage".
Sadly, after approaching a potential new Earth, all the ships went out of control and crashed on the star, killing everybody inside...
The game actually takes place centuries after these events, as the spacecrafts's computer, called "Mother", has somehow managed to terraform the star, although only female humans have been born on it so far.
A young woman call "Ferre", who has shown a lot of interest into Heritage, has been summoned by Elder "Rosa" to her hometown, "Pangea".
In her quest for reviving Mankind, Ferre and her friends can count on the "guardians", small creatures that are obsessed with food and drink, and can help them obtain rare items and materials by doing several activities on "Odekake".
Connect Odekake with Earth Seeker on the Wii
That's the most interesting part of the game: it can connect Earth Seeker, and make it much easier for the player to find rare material, especially when looking for "P.A.S" parts in the Adam quest (be sure to drill every rock the game gives you).
In the Wii game, go to Zubro Village, and talk to the guardians: choose to "play DSi".
The game will ask you if you to connect to "Odekake", Choose "Yes", and select "DSi to Wii" on your handheld console.
The game will wait for connection: remember both your Wii and handheld consoles must be connected to the same WiFi. You will then be presented with a menu to exchange items and parts, it will determine which games you'll be able to play on DSi (Trial mode with remain totally unlocked, though)
FAQ
Q. I've connected my Wii and DSi, and now some games are greyed out!
This is because the game actually needs materials from the Wii to be played.
But you can still play on "Trial", which is the only game mode you actually had access to, prior to connecting to the Wii.
Remember you will need to use materials from the Wii to play in "Normal mode", but you will then be able to send items back to the main game.
Q. Who was Veronique CHANTEL, the women you dedicated your translation of the Wii game to?
If you were a French kid in the nineties, Veronique CHANTEL was the very reason you could play RPG and adventure games on a Nintendo platform: she was the French translator of massive hits like Secret of Mana, The Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening, Illusion of Time, and much more.
I remember reading an interview of her as a kid, in which she would explain the difficulty to translate a game with limited space on a cartridge, not to mention the need to adapt certain parts of the script, mostly the cultural and/or funny ones.
I went fascinated by her work, and how it would gice us access to games you practically couldn't beat without knowing the language. So when I started to translate Earth Seeker, and met the same limitations she did, it felt natural for me to thank her somewhere in the credits.
But then I discovered she has passed away some years ago. So instead of thanking her, I decided to pay homage: that's why her name will be the very first thing you'll see by booting the translated game on Wii.
Q. How to obtain the P.A.S parts for Adam?
If you don't rely on Odekake, you'll need to use the fire technique on the ground when playing the Wii, so do not forget to have several "EMR" in your bag to hit the ground.
Here are the locations of the different PS parts, although they don't all seem necessary to play Adam:
- PAS-Low - On the ground of the corridor west of Mother Computer's chamber in quest NO.44.
- PAS-Middle - It is given to you after completing 20 categories of heritage.
- PAS-Chest - It is given to you after completing 25 categories of heritage.
- PAS-Helmet - Can be found while playing quest NO.13, when in Anglie Forest, go to the very first corridor you went through on your quest NO.01. The hamlet will be on the floor next to the electromagnetic fence.
- PAS-Front - In the corridor south to the Coliseum when playing quest NO.22.
- PAS-Backpack - On the last floor of Asian Belt while playing quest NO.26, be careful of Acantilado when retrieving it.
- PAS-Leg - Next to a gargoyle statue in the Pantheon's chamber when playing quest NO.33.
- PAS-Right Arm - Located in the far-west corridor of Asian Belt in quest NO.37.
- PAS-Left Arm - Down the stairs leading to the Casino in quest NO.39, left to the electromagnetic fence.
Screenshots
Media
Odekake Earth Seeker (DSi) translation (GO GO EARTH SEEKER) (Brand Newman)
Compatibility
Playable on either DSi or 3DS console (tested on New 3DS XL).
Does not work properly on emulator (cannot go pass title screen).
Credits
- Fangirl, for the review she did for the Wii game in which she told pieces of the story that help me starting.
- PK11, for helping me find out how to translate "Odekake" without breaking the DSi features.
- Vic FIEVER, for his ARMALITE RIGLE font.