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==The damn list==
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|'''7th Dragon'''
 
[[File:7thdragon_battle.png|200px]]
 
|RPG
 
|You create a guild with a party of four tasked to rid Eden of its dragon problems. Plays almost identically to ''Etrian Odyssey'', but now with a ''Dragon Quest''-style overworld. Has tons of dynamic skills, like synergies, exhausts and reaction abilities, which make for broken parties. There's also fucking annoying red flowers EVERYWHERE that reduce your HP by a set percentage when stepped on. The art style is nothing short of adorable as ''Atlus'' hired an outside artist to handle its design process. It's possible to play without a translation patch with some knowledge of ''EO'' and use of [http://7thdragon.wikidot.com/ the translated skills and quests wiki].
 
|
 
Project entirely cancelled due to legal issues.
 
Plus the guy was becoming increasingly sick of working on this tiresome project. Waaay too many tables, but he did upload all of his work on gbatemp so if you can translate moon runes then please finish what he's started (3 months of work).
 
 
 
(some of us wish for you to prove this. no source I can find says anything about it being cancelled for legal issues)
 
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|'''Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth: Prosecutor's Path'''
 
[[File:Aai2-screen.png|200px]]
 
|Adventure
 
|An adventure game for the Nintendo DS, and the sequel to Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth. You play as the eponymous prosecutor Edgeworth as he and his assistant Kay Faraday solve cases by investigating crime scenes, gathering evidence and confronting suspects and witnesses.
 
|Active project
 
|-
 
|'''Arabian Nights: Sabaku no Seirei'''
 
[[File:Arabian_nights_yeah.png|200px]]
 
|RPG
 
|A curious JRPG based on Arabian lore. Not much too much storywise is known to those outside of the original translator group and a handful of others, but here goes: You play as Shukran, a young girl, who desires world peace. She seeks to obtain this goal by allying with mystic spirits to kill the Earth Mother Goddess. ...What? Well, the story makes sense in context. The neat thing about this game is that battles play like normal RPG fare, but you also use cards to affect enemies and allies with various effects and also the battlefield toward your favor.
 
|
 
<s>???, the translating group hasn't posted any signs of life since September 2009 and nobody seems to have taken up their mantle...</s> IT'S DONE! YEAAAAHHHH!
 
 
You can find the patch [http://www.au-ro-ra.net/index.php?page=antrans&lang=en here.]
 
 
|-
 
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|'''ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat'''
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!ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat<br />[[File:ASH_battle.jpg|100px]]
[[File:ASH_battle.jpg|200px]]
 
 
|Tactical RPG
 
|Tactical RPG
 
|Mistwalker's first DS title. The kingdom of Milinear is razed to the ground during a crowning ceremony of which you, the princess, are the only soul to survive. From the ashes you can reanimate loyal ashen warriors to fight alongside you. Political intrigue abound. The gameplay is standard fare for tactical RPGs, bearing likeness to ''SMT: Devil Survivor''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s party system in that you need to kill the leader to dismantle a squad. It has some pretty terrible stylus-only controls which are further plagued by confirmation screens, forcing you to tap shit twice. Still, it's a solid TRPG if you can look past its flaws.
 
|Mistwalker's first DS title. The kingdom of Milinear is razed to the ground during a crowning ceremony of which you, the princess, are the only soul to survive. From the ashes you can reanimate loyal ashen warriors to fight alongside you. Political intrigue abound. The gameplay is standard fare for tactical RPGs, bearing likeness to ''SMT: Devil Survivor''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s party system in that you need to kill the leader to dismantle a squad. It has some pretty terrible stylus-only controls which are further plagued by confirmation screens, forcing you to tap shit twice. Still, it's a solid TRPG if you can look past its flaws.
 
|Active project (?) (beta stage, translation 100% complete)
 
|Active project (?) (beta stage, translation 100% complete)
 
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!Far East of Eden: Ziria<br />[[File:FarEastOfEdenZiria.jpg|200px]]
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'''Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers'''
 
 
[[File:SMTSoulhackers.png|200px]]
 
 
|RPG
 
|RPG
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|Ziria is the first game in the Tengai Makyou/Far East of Eden series, a wacky and colorful RPG series by Hudson. None of the games in the series ever left Japan, and most people outside Japan only know about it's existence because of the Neo-Geo fighting game.
|A much improved sequel to the original ''Devil Summoner'' on the Saturn. The game's premise is around a new virtual reality game called Paradigm X, inside of which user's souls are vanishing after playing. Your group the "Spookies" decides to hack into its mainframe with GUMPs ('''GU'''n co'''MP'''uters) to see what's up. During your venture into the online world your friend Hitomi is possessed by the sexy demoness Nemissa, but the protagonist is the only one who notices her change. It's pretty much ''.hack'' in the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' universe. A lot of elements are refined but combat and demon loyalty are still somewhat tedious.
 
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|Abandoned project. Last progress was in 2012. The group who did the Far east of Eden ZERO translation is interested in picking this up next though.
|Active project ([http://gemini.aerdan.org/?p=462 latest update: February 2011] / [http://gemini.aerdan.org/ project website])
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Front Mission 2<br />[[File:FM2_gs.jpg|200px]]
|'''Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu'''
 
 
[[File:FE12.jpg|200px]]
 
|SRPG
 
|
 
AKA Fire Emblem 12. To tell a bad joke, it's the Fire Emblem that made Nintendo abandon any plan for localization just by looking at the title. The game itself is good old Fire Emblem yarn - weapon triangle, permadeath,... you know the deal. New to the series is Casual Mode which eliminates permadeath and a self-customized Player's character called "My Unit" (or "Avatar", going by Nintendo's official term) that was carried over to Fire Emblem 13.
 
 
Translation efforts of older games in the series are kept track on its [http://fireemblemwiki.org/Fan_translation own wiki page].
 
|[http://www.heroesofshadow.net/ Project completed on Nov 21st 2012].
 
|-
 
|
 
'''Front Mission 2'''
 
 
[[File:FM2_gs.jpg|200px]]
 
 
|Tactical RPG
 
|Tactical RPG
 
|Imagine ''Front Mission 3'' without the teenagers and overdose of mecha anime trope''s, ''but with a truly mature story and a crushing atmosphere rife with realism. ''Front Mission 2'' takes place in Alordesh after the events of the 2nd Huffman Conflict (''Front Mission''). After the war, anti-OCU sentiments reached a breaking point in 2098 when the Alordeshi military stages a coup d'état, and a second one in 2102. You explore this unrest through one of three main leads from the OCU: Ash Faruk, Thomas Norland, and Lisa Stanley. The viewpoint switches between these three characters, with all three merging towards the story's climax. Unlike all other Front Mission titles, missions boast a massive scale as it pits your team of 12 against over 25 enemies on many maps. Its mature story and grandiose scale give it eminence within the franchise's games, making it one of Japan's best kept secrets and among die-hard fans, the best Front Mission outside of ''Front Mission 5''. '''Update:''' While the translation itself is complete, frontmission.info has confirmed that there are no plans to finish the text insertion (30% unfinished) as of March\2013 due to encryption issues. The current patch, however, comes with their fully-translated script, which means you can get the full story by reading it.
 
|Imagine ''Front Mission 3'' without the teenagers and overdose of mecha anime trope''s, ''but with a truly mature story and a crushing atmosphere rife with realism. ''Front Mission 2'' takes place in Alordesh after the events of the 2nd Huffman Conflict (''Front Mission''). After the war, anti-OCU sentiments reached a breaking point in 2098 when the Alordeshi military stages a coup d'état, and a second one in 2102. You explore this unrest through one of three main leads from the OCU: Ash Faruk, Thomas Norland, and Lisa Stanley. The viewpoint switches between these three characters, with all three merging towards the story's climax. Unlike all other Front Mission titles, missions boast a massive scale as it pits your team of 12 against over 25 enemies on many maps. Its mature story and grandiose scale give it eminence within the franchise's games, making it one of Japan's best kept secrets and among die-hard fans, the best Front Mission outside of ''Front Mission 5''. '''Update:''' While the translation itself is complete, frontmission.info has confirmed that there are no plans to finish the text insertion (30% unfinished) as of March\2013 due to encryption issues. The current patch, however, comes with their fully-translated script, which means you can get the full story by reading it.
 
|On Hold.
 
|On Hold.
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Front Mission: Alternative<br />[[File:FMA_gs.jpg|200px]]
|
 
'''Front Mission: Alternative'''
 
 
[[File:FMA_gs.jpg|200px]]
 
 
|RTS
 
|RTS
 
|''Front Mission'' ''Alternative'' is one of four spin-offs in the franchise. Ditching the turn-based system, the game is played in real time with the player controlling the AI of their platoons and issuing waypoints to move to. ''Alternative'' did innovate on a lot of elements later seen in other Front Mission titles like a range system which alters weapon accuracy based on distance, adding tons of part diversity (night vision, missile jamming, and radar add-ons), and introducing Cockpit Mode which lets you control the action in first-person view. Has a ranking system later seen in ''Front Mission 3'', which determines what kind of parts you get based on your performance. Branching missions and multiple endings add a lot to its replayability.
 
|''Front Mission'' ''Alternative'' is one of four spin-offs in the franchise. Ditching the turn-based system, the game is played in real time with the player controlling the AI of their platoons and issuing waypoints to move to. ''Alternative'' did innovate on a lot of elements later seen in other Front Mission titles like a range system which alters weapon accuracy based on distance, adding tons of part diversity (night vision, missile jamming, and radar add-ons), and introducing Cockpit Mode which lets you control the action in first-person view. Has a ranking system later seen in ''Front Mission 3'', which determines what kind of parts you get based on your performance. Branching missions and multiple endings add a lot to its replayability.
 
|Abandoned pre-production phases (in queue)
 
|Abandoned pre-production phases (in queue)
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Mitsumete Knight<br />[[File:Mitsumete.jpg|100px]]
|
 
 
|Dating Sim/RPG/Strategy
'''Glory of Heracles 4: Gift from the Gods'''
 
 
|[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MitsumeteKnight "Spiritual Successor of Tokimeki Memorial. A Medieval/Heroic Fantasy story-driven non-H Dating Sim where Anyone Can Die."] Everything is cute and cheery on the surface, but horribly miserable and depressing on the inside thanks to a war-torn world filled with corruption and manipulation. You alone can stand for what's right, leading by example to help others and stand as testament for good will '''OR''' you can even say fuck that and not even do so. This is a colossal game, with 22 different endings and many, MANY paths, decisions, and options to enter. Not only that, but there's also RPG-esque duels and Fire Emblem-like strategy battles that take place as well. Mitsumete Knight R is a spinoff of sorts, but it's a different game entirely, and honestly, not nearly as good.
 
 
|A Youtube+TV Trope user has started translating a few things here and there, but due to the game's massive number of events, nothing may come to fruition for a good while. That said, Godspeed to that person and any others who assist in MK's translation.
[[File:Heracles 4.png|200px]]
 
|RPG
 
|Considered one of the Greek JRPG series' strongest entries and technically the closest thing to the DS game. The most intriguing aspect is that the hero loses his body after Pandora's Box is opened and everything goes Grecian batshit. Throughout the game you are constantly changing bodies (and not always male OR human either!) as you quest to regain your body and uncover the truth behind the Pandora's Box incident and the mysterious Almore. Heracles also returns as usual to lend a hand to the forces of good and he's as ready to kick ass as ever was. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMaQ3to8PpE Video]
 
|???, recent developments have been able to work with coding issues, and progress is moving along, though an actual date has not been unveiled yet.
 
 
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!Princess Crown<br />[[File:PrincessCrown.png|200px]]
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|Action-RPG
'''Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei'''
 
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|A cool Saturn action-RPG, and the spiritual predecessor to Odin Sphere, Muramasa and the recent Dragon's Crown.
 
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|Active, sort of. Just don't expect it to come out anytime soon.
[[File:Dds_blog10.png|200px]]
 
|
 
RPG
 
|
 
A MegaTen game so it speaks for itself. This time it's Super Famicom remake of first two games in the series - Megami Tensei 1 and 2. Both games are roots for whole Megaten franchise. This is especially true in a case of Megami Tensei II where it began to take shape as we know today. Graphics and sound were improved in comparison with their Famicom counterparts. There are also few new gameplay features added to this remake.
 
|Active project. Script has been translated and project is in the rom hacking stage. Overall translation is quite [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1vqWkk35nc advanced] There is no release date but DDS assured that he won't let this project die. He had busy time lately so project has been dragged out.
 
 
|-
 
|-
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!Samurai Shodown RPG<br />[[File:SamuraiShodownRPG.png|200px]]
|
 
 
|RPG
'''LovePlus / LovePlus+'''
 
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|Exactly what it says on the tin. It retells the story of the first two Samurai Shodown games, with you choosing from various characters and meeting with many other veterans from the series who join your party.
 
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|Abandoned.
[[File:Loveplus_side.jpg|200px]]
 
|Dating Sim
 
|<s>CANNOT HAVE</s> CAN have! Your very own waifu that will love you even if you're an unkempt, jobless mess, provided you show her enough attention. Crazy in-depth when you have certain features enabled; like ''Real Time Mode'', where your love interest becomes aware of meeting arrangements of real dates and time. This level of interaction has proven to be fantastic immersion, and helpful with ensnaring [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26mWFuOWwuU feeble minded otakus.]
 
|
 
Complete project (100% complete, You can find the patch [https://sites.google.com/site/loveplustrans/ here]. )
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Super Robot Wars Alpha
|
 
'''Mitsumete Knight'''
 
 
[[File:Mitsumete.jpg|200px]]
 
|Dating Sim/RPG/Strategy
 
|[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MitsumeteKnight "Spiritual Successor of Tokimeki Memorial. A Medieval/Heroic Fantasy story-driven non-H Dating Sim where Anyone Can Die."] Everything is cute and cheery on the surface, but horribly miserable and depressing on the inside thanks to a war-torn world filled with corruption and manipulation. You alone can stand for what's right, leading by example to help others and stand as testament for good will '''OR''' you can even say fuck that and not even do so. This is a colossal game, with 22 different endings and many, MANY paths, decisions, and options to enter. Not only that, but there's also RPG-esque duels and Fire Emblem-like strategy battles that take place as well. Mitsumete Knight R is a spinoff of sorts, but it's a different game entirely, and honestly, not nearly as good.
 
|???, a Youtube+TV Trope user has started translating a few things here and there, but due to the game's massive number of events, nothing may come to fruition for a good while. That said, Godspeed to that person and any others who assist in MK's translation.
 
|-
 
|'''Super Robot Wars Alpha'''
 
 
|SRPG
 
|SRPG
 
|This project is being done by Aeon Genesis, best known for translating the freeware Cave Story, as well as Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden, which as the name suggests, is a sidestory of this game. The reason Aeon Genesis completed the sidestory first when the two games are so mechanically similar and both on the PS1 is that Alpha has a metric fuckton of text, even when compared to other SRW games. Basically, the game has 4 sets of text and dialogue, based on which main character and mech you choose at the start.
 
|This project is being done by Aeon Genesis, best known for translating the freeware Cave Story, as well as Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden, which as the name suggests, is a sidestory of this game. The reason Aeon Genesis completed the sidestory first when the two games are so mechanically similar and both on the PS1 is that Alpha has a metric fuckton of text, even when compared to other SRW games. Basically, the game has 4 sets of text and dialogue, based on which main character and mech you choose at the start.
 
|Active project, but completion date nowhere in sight
 
|Active project, but completion date nowhere in sight
 
|-
 
|-
|'''Super Robot Wars D'''
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!Super Robot Wars D
 
|SRPG
 
|SRPG
 
|This game, the third SRW game for the GBA (excluding the Original Generation games) was being translated by the Romhacking Aerie, who did a full translation of the more recent Super Robot Wars J, also for the GBA. Compared to that one, the difficulty is higher, the graphics choppier, and more robot series that show up in the more recent SRW Z games make their debut here.
 
|This game, the third SRW game for the GBA (excluding the Original Generation games) was being translated by the Romhacking Aerie, who did a full translation of the more recent Super Robot Wars J, also for the GBA. Compared to that one, the difficulty is higher, the graphics choppier, and more robot series that show up in the more recent SRW Z games make their debut here.
 
|Abandoned, the translators are looking for skilled romhackers to continue the project
 
|Abandoned, the translators are looking for skilled romhackers to continue the project
 
|-
 
|-
|'''Super Robot Wars GC'''
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!Super Robot Wars GC
 
|SRPG
 
|SRPG
 
|The good folks on [http://boards.4chan.org/m/ /m/] figured out that, due to the unique way in which Dolphin works, it is possible to edit text in Gamecube and Wii ROMs with relative ease. They're taking advantage of this fact by creating a fan translation of the Super Robot Wars game with arguably the best soundtrack in the series.
 
|The good folks on [http://boards.4chan.org/m/ /m/] figured out that, due to the unique way in which Dolphin works, it is possible to edit text in Gamecube and Wii ROMs with relative ease. They're taking advantage of this fact by creating a fan translation of the Super Robot Wars game with arguably the best soundtrack in the series.
 
|Active Project
 
|Active Project
 
|-
 
|-
|'''Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut'''
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!Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut
 
|RPG
 
|RPG
 
|It's no secret that the original Tales of Destiny on the PS1 didn't stand the test of time very well (its butchered American version didn't help either) and now it's more like a relic than a classic. The PS2 remake has revamped almost everything: rewritten script, new graphics, revamped world map, more dungeons and sidequests, convenient skit activation. A solid RPG by all standards.
 
|It's no secret that the original Tales of Destiny on the PS1 didn't stand the test of time very well (its butchered American version didn't help either) and now it's more like a relic than a classic. The PS2 remake has revamped almost everything: rewritten script, new graphics, revamped world map, more dungeons and sidequests, convenient skit activation. A solid RPG by all standards.
 
|Active project
 
|Active project
 
|-
 
|-
|'''Tales of Hearts'''
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!Tales of Hearts
 
|RPG
 
|RPG
 
|The game that [http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/12/tales-producer-says-you-should-play-tales-of-hearts/ Tales series producer wants you to play] but Namco executives don't. So Tales fan Kajitani-Eizen and a his team accepted the challenge. The game itself is not far from the series' formula, except for the battle system, which is a fusion of mechanics from Destiny PS2, Innocence and some of its own stuff (like Connect Command). That's enough freshness for a franchise like Tales.
|
 
The game that [http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/12/tales-producer-says-you-should-play-tales-of-hearts/ Tales series producer wants you to play] but Namco executives don't. So Tales fan Kajitani-Eizen and a his team accepted the challenge. The game itself is not far from the series' formula, except for the battle system, which is a fusion of mechanics from Destiny PS2, Innocence and some of its own stuff (like Connect Command). That's enough freshness for a franchise like Tales.
 
   
 
Be careful when you pick up the CG Movie Edition. Its cutscenes can fall steep into the Uncanny Valley at times.
 
Be careful when you pick up the CG Movie Edition. Its cutscenes can fall steep into the Uncanny Valley at times.
 
|Active project. Demo patch. Translator's Cut planned to fix bugs and rebalance the game as an optional patch.
 
|Active project. Demo patch. Translator's Cut planned to fix bugs and rebalance the game as an optional patch.
 
|-
 
|-
|'''Valkyria Chronicles 3'''
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!Valkyria Chronicles 3
 
|Turn-Based Strategy
 
|Turn-Based Strategy
 
|Since Sega cares more about Sonic and abandoned the plan to bring the last entry of this X-Com style trilogy over to the West, the fans had to take that upon themselves. Units now have individual progression and newly added Special Powers, Scout class is nerfed to prevent being overpowered, but then so are Orders.
 
|Since Sega cares more about Sonic and abandoned the plan to bring the last entry of this X-Com style trilogy over to the West, the fans had to take that upon themselves. Units now have individual progression and newly added Special Powers, Scout class is nerfed to prevent being overpowered, but then so are Orders.
 
|Active project. Only main translation done. No editing done yet. Text insertion is slow but progressing.
|
 
Active project. Only main translation done. No editing done yet. Text insertion is slow but progressing.
 
|-
 
|'''Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2 / Retro Game Challenge 2'''
 
|Various / Retro
 
|The sequel to Retro Game Challenge. You know, that game where you're turned into a kid by Arino and transported into the 80s to beat challenges in various NES games with Arino's child self?
 
|Currently semi-active, but the team is hung up on some graphical elements.
 
|}
 
[[Category:Community]]
 
[[Category:PC Games]]
 
[[Category:Helpful Lists]]
 
 
==From English Sources==
 
For game translations from English (or that were previously released in English) into other languages that aren't English.
 
 
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!Crash Bandicoot 2: Master Quest
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<p class="title">'''Crash Bandicoot 2: Master Quest'''</p>
 
 
|Platformer
 
|Platformer
|A Crash Bandicoot 2 game mod that basicly makes the entire game [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X9gOskr0Xxg exeptionaly hard]. It's still being worked on, but any news on it can be found [http://crash2masterquest.blogspot.com/ here].
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|A Crash Bandicoot 2 game mod that basically makes the entire game [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X9gOskr0Xxg exceptionaly hard]. It's still being worked on, but any news on it can be found [http://crash2masterquest.blogspot.com/ here].
 
|Under Developement
 
|Under Developement
 
|[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rwOQoMsKBdY/UWSory3IPzI/AAAAAAAAAFI/FXJbtcSmeh4/s1600/10-tnthint.PNG]
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[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rwOQoMsKBdY/UWSory3IPzI/AAAAAAAAAFI/FXJbtcSmeh4/s1600/10-tnthint.PNG]
 
   
 
[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QePisJuUnXs/UWSopfkuCcI/AAAAAAAAAE4/xEqH84svQrg/s1600/10-nitrobridge1.PNG]
 
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Revision as of 17:11, 31 March 2020

Even though translators and romhackers have a history of delays due to personal issues, there's nothing wrong with hoping for a finished product, and cheering those who put in the effort along the way. This is a page for both Translations and Romhacks that are currently incomplete, but in the process of completion (though hopefully they have not been entirely abandoned). Put any interesting games or hacks that you know about in their proper section that you think are worth sharing and getting excited for. Or better yet, make yourself useful to these translation groups. If a general date is announced for estimated completion time, try to include that as well, though it isn't always a given, as mentioned above.

For games particularly of the visual novel genre, there's a dedicated site that does the job for us, so no need to update them here. Link

From Not-English Sources

For translations from other languages into English.

The damn list

Title and Screenshot Genre Description May Be Finished by...
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat
ASH battle
Tactical RPG Mistwalker's first DS title. The kingdom of Milinear is razed to the ground during a crowning ceremony of which you, the princess, are the only soul to survive. From the ashes you can reanimate loyal ashen warriors to fight alongside you. Political intrigue abound. The gameplay is standard fare for tactical RPGs, bearing likeness to SMT: Devil Survivor's party system in that you need to kill the leader to dismantle a squad. It has some pretty terrible stylus-only controls which are further plagued by confirmation screens, forcing you to tap shit twice. Still, it's a solid TRPG if you can look past its flaws. Active project (?) (beta stage, translation 100% complete)
Far East of Eden: Ziria
FarEastOfEdenZiria
RPG Ziria is the first game in the Tengai Makyou/Far East of Eden series, a wacky and colorful RPG series by Hudson. None of the games in the series ever left Japan, and most people outside Japan only know about it's existence because of the Neo-Geo fighting game. Abandoned project. Last progress was in 2012. The group who did the Far east of Eden ZERO translation is interested in picking this up next though.
Front Mission 2
FM2 gs
Tactical RPG Imagine Front Mission 3 without the teenagers and overdose of mecha anime tropes, but with a truly mature story and a crushing atmosphere rife with realism. Front Mission 2 takes place in Alordesh after the events of the 2nd Huffman Conflict (Front Mission). After the war, anti-OCU sentiments reached a breaking point in 2098 when the Alordeshi military stages a coup d'état, and a second one in 2102. You explore this unrest through one of three main leads from the OCU: Ash Faruk, Thomas Norland, and Lisa Stanley. The viewpoint switches between these three characters, with all three merging towards the story's climax. Unlike all other Front Mission titles, missions boast a massive scale as it pits your team of 12 against over 25 enemies on many maps. Its mature story and grandiose scale give it eminence within the franchise's games, making it one of Japan's best kept secrets and among die-hard fans, the best Front Mission outside of Front Mission 5. Update: While the translation itself is complete, frontmission.info has confirmed that there are no plans to finish the text insertion (30% unfinished) as of March\2013 due to encryption issues. The current patch, however, comes with their fully-translated script, which means you can get the full story by reading it. On Hold.
Front Mission: Alternative
FMA gs
RTS Front Mission Alternative is one of four spin-offs in the franchise. Ditching the turn-based system, the game is played in real time with the player controlling the AI of their platoons and issuing waypoints to move to. Alternative did innovate on a lot of elements later seen in other Front Mission titles like a range system which alters weapon accuracy based on distance, adding tons of part diversity (night vision, missile jamming, and radar add-ons), and introducing Cockpit Mode which lets you control the action in first-person view. Has a ranking system later seen in Front Mission 3, which determines what kind of parts you get based on your performance. Branching missions and multiple endings add a lot to its replayability. Abandoned pre-production phases (in queue)
Mitsumete Knight
Mitsumete
Dating Sim/RPG/Strategy "Spiritual Successor of Tokimeki Memorial. A Medieval/Heroic Fantasy story-driven non-H Dating Sim where Anyone Can Die." Everything is cute and cheery on the surface, but horribly miserable and depressing on the inside thanks to a war-torn world filled with corruption and manipulation. You alone can stand for what's right, leading by example to help others and stand as testament for good will OR you can even say fuck that and not even do so. This is a colossal game, with 22 different endings and many, MANY paths, decisions, and options to enter. Not only that, but there's also RPG-esque duels and Fire Emblem-like strategy battles that take place as well. Mitsumete Knight R is a spinoff of sorts, but it's a different game entirely, and honestly, not nearly as good. A Youtube+TV Trope user has started translating a few things here and there, but due to the game's massive number of events, nothing may come to fruition for a good while. That said, Godspeed to that person and any others who assist in MK's translation.
Princess Crown
PrincessCrown
Action-RPG A cool Saturn action-RPG, and the spiritual predecessor to Odin Sphere, Muramasa and the recent Dragon's Crown. Active, sort of. Just don't expect it to come out anytime soon.
Samurai Shodown RPG
SamuraiShodownRPG
RPG Exactly what it says on the tin. It retells the story of the first two Samurai Shodown games, with you choosing from various characters and meeting with many other veterans from the series who join your party. Abandoned.
Super Robot Wars Alpha SRPG This project is being done by Aeon Genesis, best known for translating the freeware Cave Story, as well as Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden, which as the name suggests, is a sidestory of this game. The reason Aeon Genesis completed the sidestory first when the two games are so mechanically similar and both on the PS1 is that Alpha has a metric fuckton of text, even when compared to other SRW games. Basically, the game has 4 sets of text and dialogue, based on which main character and mech you choose at the start. Active project, but completion date nowhere in sight
Super Robot Wars D SRPG This game, the third SRW game for the GBA (excluding the Original Generation games) was being translated by the Romhacking Aerie, who did a full translation of the more recent Super Robot Wars J, also for the GBA. Compared to that one, the difficulty is higher, the graphics choppier, and more robot series that show up in the more recent SRW Z games make their debut here. Abandoned, the translators are looking for skilled romhackers to continue the project
Super Robot Wars GC SRPG The good folks on /m/ figured out that, due to the unique way in which Dolphin works, it is possible to edit text in Gamecube and Wii ROMs with relative ease. They're taking advantage of this fact by creating a fan translation of the Super Robot Wars game with arguably the best soundtrack in the series. Active Project
Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut RPG It's no secret that the original Tales of Destiny on the PS1 didn't stand the test of time very well (its butchered American version didn't help either) and now it's more like a relic than a classic. The PS2 remake has revamped almost everything: rewritten script, new graphics, revamped world map, more dungeons and sidequests, convenient skit activation. A solid RPG by all standards. Active project
Tales of Hearts RPG The game that Tales series producer wants you to play but Namco executives don't. So Tales fan Kajitani-Eizen and a his team accepted the challenge. The game itself is not far from the series' formula, except for the battle system, which is a fusion of mechanics from Destiny PS2, Innocence and some of its own stuff (like Connect Command). That's enough freshness for a franchise like Tales.

Be careful when you pick up the CG Movie Edition. Its cutscenes can fall steep into the Uncanny Valley at times.

Active project. Demo patch. Translator's Cut planned to fix bugs and rebalance the game as an optional patch.
Valkyria Chronicles 3 Turn-Based Strategy Since Sega cares more about Sonic and abandoned the plan to bring the last entry of this X-Com style trilogy over to the West, the fans had to take that upon themselves. Units now have individual progression and newly added Special Powers, Scout class is nerfed to prevent being overpowered, but then so are Orders. Active project. Only main translation done. No editing done yet. Text insertion is slow but progressing.

Romhacks

For upcoming Romhacks, regardless of language.

Title Genre Description Status Screenshot
Crash Bandicoot 2: Master Quest Platformer A Crash Bandicoot 2 game mod that basically makes the entire game exceptionaly hard. It's still being worked on, but any news on it can be found here. Under Developement [1]

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