High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 8-4, Ltd. is an independent video game localization company based in Shibuya, Tokyo. The company was founded in 2005 by Hiroko Minamoto and former EGM editor John Ricciardi. They were joined by Ricciardi`s EGM colleague Mark MacDonald in 2008. It performs Japanese-to-English translation on a contract basis with credits including Monster Hunter Tri, Nier, and Shadows of the Damned. The company is named after the final level of Super Mario Bros.