{"id":571892,"date":"2026-03-31T01:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/571892\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:30:11","slug":"toby-fox-defends-lack-of-undertale-and-deltarune-translations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/571892\/","title":{"rendered":"Toby Fox Defends Lack Of Undertale And Deltarune Translations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toby Fox, the solo developer and publisher behind the indie cult-hits Undertale and Deltarune, has attempted to quell the ire of his non-Japanese\/English-speaking fans in a recent post on Bluesky<\/a> after noticing \u201csome frustration from Latin American fans\u201d due to a lack of localization support for his games abroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRecently, Fangamer asked me to make a post in Japanese regarding the translation of OFF,\u201d Fox stated. \u201cWell, in the responses to that post, I noticed some frustration from Latin American fans\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The post in question that Fox is referring to was shared on X<\/a> in celebration of the official Japanese translation of the 2025 re-release of Fangamer\u2019s 2008 cult-classic OFF. The majority of the top comments on that post are from Latin American users. \u201cTranslations seem to be a privilege nowadays, huh? For a game about inclusion, its creator seems to only care about Japanese people, and the worst is that said creator is practically a millionaire,\u201d reads one<\/a> reply.<\/p>\n

You do know that there are OTHER languages besides English and Japanese, right? \ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n

\u2014 DylanXW3 \u2013 LEVEL5 FAN (@DylanXw3) March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The latter half of Fox\u2019s response on Bluesky details his reasoning for why both Undertale and Delatrune lack localizations outside of their Japanese and English versions. \u201cUnfortunately, there are no translations for Undertale\u00a0into other languages besides Japanese\u2026\u201d it began.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it sucks that there are no other official translations for Undertale,\u201d Fox continued, \u201cBut I want to make it clear that this isn\u2019t because I have a grudge against other countries. It\u2019s because, if I want to make something official, I want it to match my vision. I was only able to do this for the Japanese version because I know Japanese myself, and I worked very closely with our brilliant translator to thoroughly check the text.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back on X, several users defended Fox\u2019s decision not to localize the game for other languages. \u201cThere\u2019s a whole 271-page-long book about how Undertale was translated into Japanese and how meticulous that process was and what sacrifices were made in said process,\u201d posted user DRN_003<\/a>. \u201cAnd you really expect that perfectionist guy to want to translate the game into the language he doesn\u2019t know\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

I hate to be that person who talks about the loss of reading comprehension, but seriously, people need to understand that when a story is reliant on words and wordplay and double meanings, it\u2019s harder to translate and the author has to be involved in the process.<\/p>\n

For some people\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/k6Ex7BuGTP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 d\u1d07\u1d07 (@deejuusan) March 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

For context, one dedicated fan figured out that Undertale \u201cconsists of 78,000 words in total,\u201d which, for comparison\u2019s sake, is 1,000 words longer than Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone. Fox also stated in his post that attempting to translate Deltarune into other languages is \u201cjust not feasible from a development standpoint\u201d at this current time, as \u201cit would make the game take longer to come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

I doubt Fox\u2019s argument will actually be of much comfort to those who want to play his games in their own languages. He didn\u2019t state that future translations of his work are never going to happen, as he stated that he may \u201ctry a different approach\u201d to localizing his games in the future. But for now he hasn\u2019t been swayed by the recent backlash.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox signed off his post on Bluesky by saying, \u201cI\u2019m honored to have many fans across the world, and of course that means Latin America too. I don\u2019t want anyone to feel left out. I\u2019m sorry if my silence made me seem like I was ignoring anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n