Developer builds 9-language static fan site for FromSoftware game without middleware

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A developer created a multilingual fan site for The Duskbloods, an upcoming FromSoftware game, supporting nine languages including English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. The site was built using Next.js 15 App Router and the next-intl v4 library, with all pages statically generated at build time. To avoid extra costs on Cloudflare Workers, the developer skipped middleware entirely, instead using route groups so English content loads at root paths while other languages use locale-prefixed URLs. Official translations were sourced directly from the game's multilingual gameplay guide rather than machine translation, ensuring accuracy across all nine languages. A custom helper function was also implemented to gracefully handle sections where translations are incomplete or missing.

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