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Vampires are creatures that live amidst the darkness of eternal night. They have absolutely no regard for human lives and treat them like stones to be kicked away.
One night, a girl was running in a forest while being chased by three bandits. Then a black-clothed man passed by and subsequently took them down easily. The girl, who thought she was saved by him, wanted to repay him and thus invited him to her village.
......The man, who was actually a vampire, smiled and accepted her invitation. After all, the more prey, the merrier......
Nocturne: Rebirth (月夜に響くノクターン Rebirth) is a popular 10 to 20-hour (story-wise) dark fantasy JRPG originally created using RPG Maker XP in 2009 by Shou (or Cogwheel) and translated into English by me, eplipswich. It is actually the remake of the game Nocturne created using RPG Maker 2000 way back in 2002. The differences between the two include new graphics and a new battle system, with only the story virtually unchanged. This version serves as the English version of Nocturne: Rebirth. It is also my second game translation after Seraphic Blue.
Nocturne: Rebirth is notable for
- A highly original ATB battle system
- Touch-based enemy encounters
- Slick battle animations
- A highly versatile character levelling system via skill upgrades
- Unique Familiar Summon System
- Almost 100% custom graphics
- Characters that players can sympathize with
- Unique soundtracks
and so much more!
Japanese Trailer (Will make an English trailer in the future):
You can view playthroughs of this game below:
Fragbug (Boss Only Playthrough)
Fragbug (New Game + Full Playthrough)
serenitycrystal/Shayoko
Tulpar Tengri
Check out the Brave Clear guide at https://bugfragged.tumblr.com/NocturneRebirthBraveClear (Thanks a lot, Bugfragged!)
And for the curious, here's the TVTropes page of Nocturne: Rebirth (thanks Bugfragged for creating the page!).
Also, check out my alternative site for my translated games here (eplipswich.tumblr.com).
And to top it off, have a go at listening to OSTs of the game below.
One night, a girl was running in a forest while being chased by three bandits. Then a black-clothed man passed by and subsequently took them down easily. The girl, who thought she was saved by him, wanted to repay him and thus invited him to her village.
......The man, who was actually a vampire, smiled and accepted her invitation. After all, the more prey, the merrier......
Nocturne: Rebirth (月夜に響くノクターン Rebirth) is a popular 10 to 20-hour (story-wise) dark fantasy JRPG originally created using RPG Maker XP in 2009 by Shou (or Cogwheel) and translated into English by me, eplipswich. It is actually the remake of the game Nocturne created using RPG Maker 2000 way back in 2002. The differences between the two include new graphics and a new battle system, with only the story virtually unchanged. This version serves as the English version of Nocturne: Rebirth. It is also my second game translation after Seraphic Blue.
Nocturne: Rebirth is notable for
- A highly original ATB battle system
- Touch-based enemy encounters
- Slick battle animations
- A highly versatile character levelling system via skill upgrades
- Unique Familiar Summon System
- Almost 100% custom graphics
- Characters that players can sympathize with
- Unique soundtracks
and so much more!
Japanese Trailer (Will make an English trailer in the future):
You can view playthroughs of this game below:
Fragbug (Boss Only Playthrough)
Fragbug (New Game + Full Playthrough)
serenitycrystal/Shayoko
Tulpar Tengri
Check out the Brave Clear guide at https://bugfragged.tumblr.com/NocturneRebirthBraveClear (Thanks a lot, Bugfragged!)
And for the curious, here's the TVTropes page of Nocturne: Rebirth (thanks Bugfragged for creating the page!).
Also, check out my alternative site for my translated games here (eplipswich.tumblr.com).
And to top it off, have a go at listening to OSTs of the game below.
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CloseYep, it's a random drop.
As for the bonus boss round 2,
As for the bonus boss round 2,
Anyone can be revived (mainly because of the barrier cast by Main, which cannot be stopped in round 2), so the best way to beat them is to kill them all in one go.
Bugfragged
280
I still couldn't get the Stone Bracelet to drop, but I did manage to beat round 2 anyways. Instead, the RNG trolls me with way more Full Moon Swords, Rising Sun Spears, and Setsunas than I need.
eplipswich
2728
author=Bugfragged
I still couldn't get the Stone Bracelet to drop, but I did manage to beat round 2 anyways. Instead, the RNG trolls me with way more Full Moon Swords, Rising Sun Spears, and Setsunas than I need.
It's called Cloud Bracelet btw, so check if you already have that. Probably not, though.
The alternative to getting it is via New Game + and then hopefully get it via Brave Clear :p (still a low chance, though).
And grats on clearing round 2!
EDIT: I just saw your boss video and noticed you have Barrier Amulet. That one protects against physical damage as well.
MetaSieg
0
For those of you who would like to play this game without changing your computer's language I've found that using a locale emulator works.
eplipswich
2728
author=MetaSieg
For those of you who would like to play this game without changing your computer's language I've found that using a locale emulator works.
Good to know! Any recommended locale emulator to use? :)
Random thoughts spoilers
General 11H 20M+
Overall
despite grievances i would say this is a highly enjoyable and even must play
in the rpg maker community. the amount of detail put into this is fantastic!
i highly recommend!
beautiful title screen
the visuals are orgasmic despite being a rpg maker game. honestly not surprised this is commercial.
considering what some people have done.
not actually sure why you needed to save Luna. she seems strong enough to handle that fodder by
herself as well. with more difficulty but still.(bandits)
its so rare that a shop keeper gets a introduction and some back story :O
:O is the world map like the classic mario/tactics game? if so awesome!
familiars :3
:O how come he has this god level skill which we cant use!?
oh more skills opened up! :D
how is it possible that Idith knows about the ancient healing magic? its literally impossible for anyone to have knowledge of its existence let alone recognize it! (90% of humanity was lost as well...its been ? millennia)
how...why...did Lunas will come back? your telling me this random villager with no knowledge of magic until a few days ago. who doesn't stand out in any way...is able to defy all logic and history that's been established for ? millennia???
bullshit...utter bullshit!
this games dragging out so much...its been tedious for a while now...
the reasoning behind Khaos goal is....pretty...disappointing...i cant grasp his logic at all....its so broken....well it would of made sense if he said the reason he was doing it was that he wanted to reunite with the person he loves earlier...instead he comes off as a idiot when saying this is the only way without a understandable reason...
(when he was trying to convince reviel before the fight)
Reviel seems to have regressed as a character...he is getting angry at Khaos who is saying reasonable things now...
is there a reason to be upset that all of his sins could be erased?
or the girl he now apparently likes could be human again?
why would he get made over that?
Luna went full retard! how after hearing humanity has kept doing the same stupid things for thousands of years from beings that have lived that long...and recorded documents...can she say people can change for the better? obviously that's wrong...
there are quite a few contradictions in the power scaling during this story...
at one point Reviel was suggest to be the strongest until Riftel was introduced...
but later it changes and says Reviel is stronger then her...and Syph said that it would take her master and Reviel to win...
and then...its said Khaos is the strongest...and even if Reviel and Riftel fought together they would lose...somewhere in all that they are all =
the plot needs to make up its mind!
if only Idith understood how much of a hypocrite she is hating vampires because they kill humans when vampires where created
by humans to kill humans...i am so disappointed in her character...after being spared she seriously should of tried changing for the better but instead she holds on to her unreasonable hatred when even the ancients who have existed for thousands of years can change over the course of a dam week...
WTF? the villagers which did something terrible to you come out now and start acting cocky!? wow....
FFS you couldn't save after the final battle and you have a endless chain of dialog...guh!
Luna is staying in the village and it sucks...she hasn't progressed as a character...you'd think she would have confidence after stopping a god from ending the world but she still manages to have doubts and its tiring to see this...
she has some medical knowledge and magic...its obvious she should be traveling the world now where she could learn so much more then in a small village...i am so disappointed...
Notes for characters
luna
my 2 issues with her are at the end when she is still showing a lack of confidence,and she doesn't leave the village...basically hindering her dream...she has not developed at all from the start.
revial
my problem with him starts with the khaos ark.keep in mind how old he is.
over the course of 7-10 days he turns from a empty killing machine that thinks everything is worthless...to what feels like a super hero...the way he is talking when he meets khaos saying things like i don't understand or why are you doing this really don't fit his character. he could of said something like he was doing it for luna (to keep the promise he made) and i would of been completely satisfied with his development.
but instead acted out of character considering his age and what he has done with only a few days to change...
khaos
my problem here is the order of information during his ark when reviel finally get to him.
how he was saying he has no choice to do this without any sound reasoning at all...
luna and reviel are fine. so when he was suggesting it was for them...it just killed his character for me...obviously its not for them...
also adding why did this guy who can wipe out armys of humans need to be saved by a human girl?
syph
i had to shed a tear as she almost got away with out any complains...of course this means her last scene is why i am upset...she wants to just stay alive and die slowly protecting her masters house despite that fact that he is somehow dead.and she has and has had free will...
seriously if she wants to honor him living on would make more sense and accepting ristals contract was the choice she should of made...
to make it worse she is a completely different person but has fragments of memories from khaos lovers life...WTF!? why syph...why...
Ideth
... :/ ... why... why does a character like this exist? so a millennia old being like reviel can change over the course of a week...but this character with a very insignificant back story is this obsessed with revenge?...to not drag out how disgusted i am with her characterization. i will just say that after her battle with you at riftals castles
SHE IS SUPPOSED TO CHANGE!!! even if gradual the realization that all vampires/devils
are not mindless killing machines should spark development...(especially when those same vampires were created by humans...and honestly she might know that since she conveniently knows about the ancients and ancient magic...)
the visuals are orgasmic despite being a rpg maker game. honestly not surprised this is commercial.
considering what some people have done.
not actually sure why you needed to save Luna. she seems strong enough to handle that fodder by
herself as well. with more difficulty but still.(bandits)
its so rare that a shop keeper gets a introduction and some back story :O
:O is the world map like the classic mario/tactics game? if so awesome!
familiars :3
:O how come he has this god level skill which we cant use!?
oh more skills opened up! :D
how is it possible that Idith knows about the ancient healing magic? its literally impossible for anyone to have knowledge of its existence let alone recognize it! (90% of humanity was lost as well...its been ? millennia)
how...why...did Lunas will come back? your telling me this random villager with no knowledge of magic until a few days ago. who doesn't stand out in any way...is able to defy all logic and history that's been established for ? millennia???
bullshit...utter bullshit!
this games dragging out so much...its been tedious for a while now...
the reasoning behind Khaos goal is....pretty...disappointing...i cant grasp his logic at all....its so broken....well it would of made sense if he said the reason he was doing it was that he wanted to reunite with the person he loves earlier...instead he comes off as a idiot when saying this is the only way without a understandable reason...
(when he was trying to convince reviel before the fight)
Reviel seems to have regressed as a character...he is getting angry at Khaos who is saying reasonable things now...
is there a reason to be upset that all of his sins could be erased?
or the girl he now apparently likes could be human again?
why would he get made over that?
Luna went full retard! how after hearing humanity has kept doing the same stupid things for thousands of years from beings that have lived that long...and recorded documents...can she say people can change for the better? obviously that's wrong...
there are quite a few contradictions in the power scaling during this story...
at one point Reviel was suggest to be the strongest until Riftel was introduced...
but later it changes and says Reviel is stronger then her...and Syph said that it would take her master and Reviel to win...
and then...its said Khaos is the strongest...and even if Reviel and Riftel fought together they would lose...somewhere in all that they are all =
the plot needs to make up its mind!
if only Idith understood how much of a hypocrite she is hating vampires because they kill humans when vampires where created
by humans to kill humans...i am so disappointed in her character...after being spared she seriously should of tried changing for the better but instead she holds on to her unreasonable hatred when even the ancients who have existed for thousands of years can change over the course of a dam week...
WTF? the villagers which did something terrible to you come out now and start acting cocky!? wow....
FFS you couldn't save after the final battle and you have a endless chain of dialog...guh!
Luna is staying in the village and it sucks...she hasn't progressed as a character...you'd think she would have confidence after stopping a god from ending the world but she still manages to have doubts and its tiring to see this...
she has some medical knowledge and magic...its obvious she should be traveling the world now where she could learn so much more then in a small village...i am so disappointed...
Notes for characters
luna
my 2 issues with her are at the end when she is still showing a lack of confidence,and she doesn't leave the village...basically hindering her dream...she has not developed at all from the start.
revial
my problem with him starts with the khaos ark.keep in mind how old he is.
over the course of 7-10 days he turns from a empty killing machine that thinks everything is worthless...to what feels like a super hero...the way he is talking when he meets khaos saying things like i don't understand or why are you doing this really don't fit his character. he could of said something like he was doing it for luna (to keep the promise he made) and i would of been completely satisfied with his development.
but instead acted out of character considering his age and what he has done with only a few days to change...
khaos
my problem here is the order of information during his ark when reviel finally get to him.
how he was saying he has no choice to do this without any sound reasoning at all...
luna and reviel are fine. so when he was suggesting it was for them...it just killed his character for me...obviously its not for them...
also adding why did this guy who can wipe out armys of humans need to be saved by a human girl?
syph
i had to shed a tear as she almost got away with out any complains...of course this means her last scene is why i am upset...she wants to just stay alive and die slowly protecting her masters house despite that fact that he is somehow dead.and she has and has had free will...
seriously if she wants to honor him living on would make more sense and accepting ristals contract was the choice she should of made...
to make it worse she is a completely different person but has fragments of memories from khaos lovers life...WTF!? why syph...why...
Ideth
... :/ ... why... why does a character like this exist? so a millennia old being like reviel can change over the course of a week...but this character with a very insignificant back story is this obsessed with revenge?...to not drag out how disgusted i am with her characterization. i will just say that after her battle with you at riftals castles
SHE IS SUPPOSED TO CHANGE!!! even if gradual the realization that all vampires/devils
are not mindless killing machines should spark development...(especially when those same vampires were created by humans...and honestly she might know that since she conveniently knows about the ancients and ancient magic...)
General 11H 20M+
The Plot and visuals are great
the battles system was good+ my issue with this is that you have limited skills to use. which makes no sense at all because you can switch them in battle too.in that case why isn't every skill available? it seems pointless to put a limitation on when you can even swap out skills in battle.
The gameplay mechanics were well done as well! giving the player 2 options to get though areas! they could either grind and use Experience points and sometimes mana to continue (which should be avoided as they are used to make you stronger)
or you can do puzzles! :D
and finally the characters (notes at the end of above) now this...is the part of the game i am disappointed with.
its was all fine at the start but their development/choices...really disappointed me...
why did this one do this? why did this one not do that? how does that even make sense?
is was a painful experience.
the battles system was good+ my issue with this is that you have limited skills to use. which makes no sense at all because you can switch them in battle too.in that case why isn't every skill available? it seems pointless to put a limitation on when you can even swap out skills in battle.
The gameplay mechanics were well done as well! giving the player 2 options to get though areas! they could either grind and use Experience points and sometimes mana to continue (which should be avoided as they are used to make you stronger)
or you can do puzzles! :D
and finally the characters (notes at the end of above) now this...is the part of the game i am disappointed with.
its was all fine at the start but their development/choices...really disappointed me...
why did this one do this? why did this one not do that? how does that even make sense?
is was a painful experience.
Overall
despite grievances i would say this is a highly enjoyable and even must play
in the rpg maker community. the amount of detail put into this is fantastic!
i highly recommend!
MetaSieg
0
author=eplipswichauthor=MetaSiegGood to know! Any recommended locale emulator to use? :)
For those of you who would like to play this game without changing your computer's language I've found that using a locale emulator works.
The one I use is literally called Locale Emulator. Works great.
Bugfragged
280
Is it possible to beat Minto's bunnies in the Dev Room? They just keep spamming their ultimate non-elemental spell.
eplipswich
2728
author=Bugfragged
Is it possible to beat Minto's bunnies in the Dev Room? They just keep spamming their ultimate non-elemental spell.
Nope, it's impossible :p. As one post in the Japanese wiki for this game stated, "Give it up." It's at any rate a definite punishment for choosing the wrong option. They're also "immortal".
Though I would really applaud you if you can defeat them :p
Bugfragged
280
Also, I found an image of playable Khaos on Cogwheel's site. A shame this never happened in the final release, unless there's some sidequest that I missed.
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/cogwheel/game/rebirth/kampa.html
BTW, I started a tropes page for this game, though it's a WIP and my memory might be a bit fuzzy.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Videogame/NocturneRPGMaker
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/cogwheel/game/rebirth/kampa.html
BTW, I started a tropes page for this game, though it's a WIP and my memory might be a bit fuzzy.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Videogame/NocturneRPGMaker
eplipswich
2728
author=Bugfragged
Also, I found an image of playable Khaos on Cogwheel's site. A shame this never happened in the final release, unless there's some sidequest that I missed.
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/cogwheel/game/rebirth/kampa.html
BTW, I started a tropes page for this game, though it's a WIP and my memory might be a bit fuzzy.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Videogame/NocturneRPGMaker
Yeah, it said something about those who have donated will get to have any main character, including Khaos, Ristill and Shylphiel, for play in your party at any time. There's also the bonus dungeon. But those have yet to be confirmed.
And thanks for creating the Nocturne: Rebirth TVTropes page!
Zadok83
85
What a game! I stumbled upon this gem last weekend and I've already played 38 hrs(mind you I have a full time 8 to 5er). I'm currently preparing for bonus boss #2.
Anyway, thanks for the top notch translation job eplipswich! This game deserves a whole lot more recognition and exposure. It's easily one of the best games on this site and one of the best RPGs, in general, that I've ever played. Nocturne will surely be a Misao magnet.
Anyway, thanks for the top notch translation job eplipswich! This game deserves a whole lot more recognition and exposure. It's easily one of the best games on this site and one of the best RPGs, in general, that I've ever played. Nocturne will surely be a Misao magnet.
eplipswich
2728
author=Zadok83
What a game! I stumbled upon this gem last weekend and I've already played 38 hrs(mind you I have a full time 8 to 5er). I'm currently preparing for bonus boss #2.
Anyway, thanks for the top notch translation job eplipswich! This game deserves a whole lot more recognition and exposure. It's easily one of the best games on this site and one of the best RPGs, in general, that I've ever played. Nocturne will surely be a Misao magnet.
Glad that you're enjoying this game! I'm looking to bring more high-quality RPGs like this into the English community, so look forward to them :)
eplipswich
2728
author=darkmiwa
When i tried running it none of the text showed up and yes i do have the fonts installed
Computer language/locale in English? Check here on how to set the computer language/locale to English: http://rpgmaker.net/games/7809/?post=701487#post701487
Make sure your computer language has to be in English so that the fonts will show.
Or if you don't want to change the computer language without restarting the computer, you can use a software like Locale Emulator to set the language to English.
darkmiwa
0
author=eplipswichauthor=darkmiwaComputer language/locale in English? Check here on how to set the computer language/locale to English: http://rpgmaker.net/games/7809/?post=701487#post701487
When i tried running it none of the text showed up and yes i do have the fonts installed
Make sure your computer language has to be in English so that the fonts will show.
Or if you don't want to change the computer language without restarting the computer, you can use a software like Locale Emulator to set the language to English.
Yup everything is as it should be i have the fonts installed and the region is set to english but i still get blank white boxes
eplipswich
2728
@darkniwa: Hmm, then can you try running the game using Locale Emulator instead?
That, or can you check this post: http://rpgmaker.net/games/7809/?post=698708#post698708 Look at the screenshot and let me know if that one is set to English (under Region, Administrative).
It's more like you have to change the System Locale to English rather than the language.
That, or can you check this post: http://rpgmaker.net/games/7809/?post=698708#post698708 Look at the screenshot and let me know if that one is set to English (under Region, Administrative).
It's more like you have to change the System Locale to English rather than the language.
darkmiwa
0
Yeah i figured out whats going on but i have no way to fix it i have windows xp so in order to switch the region i need the cd and im not exactly sure how to get it to run with locale emulator
eplipswich
2728
@darkniwa: Ok, you installed locale emulator, right?
Now, what you need to do is as follows:
1) Run the file called LEGUI.exe. A window will pop up.
2) Change the Location to English (United States).
3) Click Save As and type in any name for New Profile Name.
4) You can close LEGUI.exe.
5) Now, go to the game folder and right-click Game.exe.
6) Scroll down to Locale Emulator and select the profile with the name that you have just saved in 3).
7) The game will run and you now should see the text.
Hope it's clear enough for you. Let me know if it works :)
Now, what you need to do is as follows:
1) Run the file called LEGUI.exe. A window will pop up.
2) Change the Location to English (United States).
3) Click Save As and type in any name for New Profile Name.
4) You can close LEGUI.exe.
5) Now, go to the game folder and right-click Game.exe.
6) Scroll down to Locale Emulator and select the profile with the name that you have just saved in 3).
7) The game will run and you now should see the text.
Hope it's clear enough for you. Let me know if it works :)
