Translations of wapanese games

[deuxhero]

A large romhack for the first Mega Man Star Force game has been released. It does a lot of things, but it restores the cut Boktai crossover stuff and translates it, so it belongs in this thread.
https://forums.therockmanexezone.com/mega-man-star-force-dx-t16546.html

I've seen these isometric Mega Man games for years but never played any of them, are they any good?

Battle Network 2, 3, and 6 and Star Force 3 are considered amazing. BN1 (it was a first attempt and a launch title so it's really underpolished. Even the DS remake has some improvements, but not enough), 5 (too much filler, limited combat options) and SF1 (without this patch) are merely OK. BN4 (everything about this is crap and there's enough wrong with it to cover in its own post) and SF2 (more polished combat than the first game, but everything else suffers thanks to terrible writing and an absurd random encounter rate) are crap. Play Operation Shooting Star (remake of BN1) till you get bored of it, then look up the twist and skip to 2.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I don't know why this makes me think of a japanese shooter.

 

[Duraframe300]

The Sakura Wars (Saturn) patch got a surprise update:

Romhacking.net - Translations - Sakura Wars

• Lip syncing works now
• Fixed sprite glitches during battles
• New battle menus
• Script has received a major polish pass
• Translated menus in theater mode
• Koi Koi tournament has been patched
• Fixed colors in load screen prior to battles
• System warning screens have been translated
• “Vechanya Slava” special move changed to “Park Villoi”
• Fixed corrupted “Obstacle” image
• Translated the “Fin” image

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

We're done. Ricardo should have something for you this week.

 

[LJ40]

We're done. Ricardo should have something for you this week.

Indeed, a translation for Starfire, a "role playing action rpg game" for the PC-98 has been released.

https://www.romhacking.net/translations/6138/

(Once again, romhacking killing it with the genre description)

 

[Grauken]

a "role playing action rpg game"

 

[Grauken]

Script insertion of the officially localized Shin Megami port for iOS into the GBA version
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/6129/

That said, you need both the GBA rom and the iOS rom to make this work

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

We're done. Ricardo should have something for you this week.

Indeed, a translation for Starfire, a "role playing action rpg game" for the PC-98 has been released.

https://www.romhacking.net/translations/6138/

(Once again, romhacking killing it with the genre description)

I wanted to post this once RH approved the news submission, but yeah, it's out now.

 

[Siveon]

Script insertion of the officially localized Shin Megami port for iOS into the GBA version
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/6129/

That said, you need both the GBA rom and the iOS rom to make this work

I've been waiting for this for a while
Theoretically I have access to this rom but i have no idea how I could get it from iTunes.

 

[Derringer]

Script insertion of the officially localized Shin Megami port for iOS into the GBA version
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/6129/

That said, you need both the GBA rom and the iOS rom to make this work

I've been waiting for this for a while
Theoretically I have access to this rom but i have no idea how I could get it from iTunes.

I downloaded the english translation from cee dee romance about a month ago.

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Is there any advantage to the GBA version over the original Shin Megami Tensei?

 

[Derringer]

Not much different really, it's a cheap port of the PS1 version with the redone backgrounds and music but they're GBA-tier quality-asset ports with the shitty gradients and crackling mono music. It's a tiny bit faster than the SNES version and has a auto-map button like SMT2 but you'd just end up fucking around with it moreso than anything else.

 

[Siveon]

Not much different really, it's a cheap port of the PS1 version with the redone backgrounds and music but they're GBA-tier quality-asset ports with the shitty gradients and crackling mono music. It's a tiny bit faster than the SNES version and has a auto-map button like SMT2 but you'd just end up fucking around with it moreso than anything else.

At least it has the benefit of an easier access to a fast-forward button, due to GBA hardware being easier to emulate across the board. But, I would like to see a PS1 port as well.

Lord knows most JRPGs need a fast-forward button.

 

[Deflowerer]

Fast-forward with normal music, to be more exact. The former can be easily solved with emulators, but it usually fucks up the sound too.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

The curse prevents anyone even attempting translation of this mediorcre game.

 

[infidel]

Top tier work here in UWO

 

[Duraframe300]

...Iru! A Japanese horror adventure for psx got translated

Romhacking.net - Translations - ...Iru! - Images

 

[Duraframe300]

Gotta say, PSX translations have really picked up steam.

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Gotta say, PSX translations have really picked up steam.

Hasn't basically every game of note on the NES and SNES been translated? Genesis too, I'm sure. By process of elimination, people would naturally be trying to work on PSX games, since every other system has either been done, too obscure, or difficult to decompile and recompile.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Gotta say, PSX translations have really picked up steam.

Hasn't basically every game of note on the NES and SNES been translated? Genesis too, I'm sure. By process of elimination, people would naturally be trying to work on PSX games, since every other system has either been done, too obscure, or difficult to decompile and recompile.

Far from it. Just because you haven't heard of some cool stuff that never left Japan it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Some games are a massive bitch to hack and take years until someone skillful and motivated enough actually gets to them.

To avoid talking out of my ass, I'll give you one notable example: SNES has Maten Densetsu: Senriitsu no Ooparts, which I jokingly refer to as 'true SMT3'.

 

[Grauken]

Gotta say, PSX translations have really picked up steam.

Hasn't basically every game of note on the NES and SNES been translated? Genesis too, I'm sure. By process of elimination, people would naturally be trying to work on PSX games, since every other system has either been done, too obscure, or difficult to decompile and recompile.

Far from it. Just because you haven't heard of some cool stuff that never left Japan it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Some games are a massive bitch to hack and take years until someone skillful and motivated enough actually gets to them.

To avoid talking out of my ass, I'll give you one notable example: SNES has Maten Densetsu: Senriitsu no Ooparts, which I jokingly refer to as 'true SMT3'.

Or this https://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/bakumatsu-krinden-oni/screenshots

 

[Sreggin Etah I]

PSX games that i would like to see translations:

Draqon Quest IV - this game needs a translation, it's the best version.

Persona 1 - without all the fucked up shit from revelations, the PSP version of Persona 1 is not my thing.

Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner Soul Hackers - i would like to play the original version.

Front Mission 2 - with the event scripts translated.

Wizardry 7 - just for fun.

GrowLanser - yeah, no idea why this game does not have a translation yet.

Summon Night series - the strategy RPG series.

this game also looks fun:



Also, i would like to see a retranslation of Wild Arms 2 because the original translation is really bad, this game is supposed to have a great story but i can't understand wtf going on in this game.

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Gotta say, PSX translations have really picked up steam.

Hasn't basically every game of note on the NES and SNES been translated? Genesis too, I'm sure. By process of elimination, people would naturally be trying to work on PSX games, since every other system has either been done, too obscure, or difficult to decompile and recompile.

Far from it. Just because you haven't heard of some cool stuff that never left Japan it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Some games are a massive bitch to hack and take years until someone skillful and motivated enough actually gets to them.

To avoid talking out of my ass, I'll give you one notable example: SNES has Maten Densetsu: Senriitsu no Ooparts, which I jokingly refer to as 'true SMT3'.

Okay, I probably should have clarified that, just haphazardly sticking the difficult to recompile bit at the end doesn't cut it. Nothing much "easy" is left to translate on those systems, so the comparatively harder PSX system is now the default "easy" choice.

 

[Sreggin Etah I]

Also Langrisser 1&2 would be a good PSX game to have a translation:



Better than the Steam version of Langrisser 1&2 ? i don't know, but it looks way better.

Not PSX games but Langrisser III and V also needs an english translation so we can have all the Langrisser games in english.

Edit: Correction, Langrisser V it's a PSX game and needs translation !

 

[Grauken]

The translated PC version of Langrisser is based on the PSX version via the Saturn version, at least that's my understanding