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Native name | 有限会社ハチノヨン |
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Romanized name | Yūgen Gaisha Hachi no Yon |
| Company type | Limited company in now-obsolete yūgen gaisha form |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | October 5, 2005 |
| Headquarters | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Hiroko Minamoto, CEO John Ricciardi, COO |
| Services | Video game localization, Video game publisher |
| Website | 8-4.jp |
8-4, Ltd. (Japanese: 有限会社ハチノヨン, Hepburn: Yūgen Gaisha Hachi no Yon) is a Japanese video game localization company based in Shibuya, Tokyo.[1] The company was founded in 2005 by Hiroko Minamoto and former Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) editor John Ricciardi. They were joined by Ricciardi's EGM colleague Mark MacDonald in 2008, who departed in 2016 to work as VP, Production of Business and Development at Enhance Games. It performs Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese translation and localization on a contract basis with credits including Monster Hunter, Nier, Dragon Quest, Fire Emblem, Tales, Undertale and more.[2] The company is named after the final level of the original Super Mario Bros., where Mario defeats Bowser and rescues Princess Peach for the very first time.[3]
- ^ "About « 8-4". 8-4. 2005-10-05. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ^ "8-4 | Gameography". 8-4. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ^ Akibatteru (2010-11-09). "Akibatteru アキバってる - Taipei Comic Fair, Game localization and Tokyo Anime Fair". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-07-18.