Ecco versus Medusa by *CaTigeReptile

liris-san:

“The Metasphere”. 

I think everyone who played “The Tides of Time” still remember one more amazing feature of this game: during the story Ecco transformed into a seagull, jellyfish, shark, Vortex drone and even a small shoal of fish! Metaspheres were created by Asterite to help our dolphin to overcome all the dangers, both in the present and in the future.
Game: Ecco the Dolphin - The Tides of Time, Sega, Novotrade, 1994
Materials: watercolor, acrylic, colored pencils.
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“Метасфера”

Я думаю, что каждый, кто играл в “Приливы Времени”, помнят еще одну удивительную особенность: в ходе повествования Экко успевает трансформироваться в чайку, медузу, акулу, дрона Вортекса и даже маленькую стайку рыб. Метасферы создала Астерит, чтобы помочь дельфину избежать опасностей, как в прошлом, так и в будущем.
Игра: Ecco the Dolphin - The Tides of Time, Sega, Novotrade, 1994
Материалы: акварель, акрил, цветные карандаши.

I just came up with this ASCII Art for Ecco. Everyone feel free to use it and spread awareness for this awesome franchise.

Here’s the blueprint: _(^~*^ \_ ß

the ß is a german letter pronounced “sS”

-Peter Kraus

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Thanks for the submission! :D Took me a moment, but I see him!

(via Futuristic Dolphin by zZzerg — Fur Affinity [dot] net)

liris-san:

The sad truth about Russian Ecco the Dolphin localization.

Unfortunately, at a time when Sega Mega Drive was popular in Russia, it was very difficult to find a licensed cartridges. So players often had to get acquainted with the games through pirated copies from China. But … As a child, we, of course, did not know about it and continued to play Sega, nothing suspecting.

But the most surprising was the fact that many of the hits had very quality Russian translation. 
Ecco series is very lucky with the translators - a huge game text had only few mistakes, but, in general, was made well. Interestingly, the font was as carefully edited. 
It is very unfortunate that this is not the official localization of the game - it is worthy to be called to it, no matter what.

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К большому сожалению, в те времена, когда Sega Mega Drive была популярна в России, было очень сложно найти лицензионные картриджи. Поэтому игрокам приходилось часто знакомиться с играми посредством китайских пиратских копий. Но… В детстве мы, конечно же, не знали об этом и продолжали играть в Сегу, ни о чем не подозревая.
Но самым удивительным было то, что многие хиты имели очень неплохой русский перевод.

Cерии Ecco the Dolphin очень повезло с переводчиками - огромный игровой текст имел лишь несколько ошибок, но, в целом, выполнен прекрасно. Интересно, что шрифт был так же тщательно отредактирован.
Очень жаль, что это не официальная локализация игры - она вполне достойна ей называться, несмотря ни на что.

I joked with Liris-san on Twitter that the pirates apparently thought it was a good game and wanted to share it, and this was her response:

liris-san:

Future dolphin playing with water.
Game: Ecco the Dolphin - The Tides of Time
Dolphins love to play with bubbles and air rings, but what games they come up with yourself in the future, having a telekinesis?

Fin To Feather - From Ecco The Tides Of Time (Ambient Remix) (by CodebladeWielder006)

Ecco The Dolphin : Tides Of Time Theme Remix (by GameOverRyona)

ecco the tides of time sega cd fin to feather (by EccoTheDolphinWorld)

I’ve never been able to play the CD versions of the first two games, but darn do I love their soundtracks.

“Fin to Feather” here is flight in song form.

Ecco: The Tides of Time Music (Genesis) - Two Tides (by explod2A03)