Shin Megami Tensei II QoL Addendum

What it changes

This patch is applied on top of the existing English translation of Shin Megami Tensei II. Its main goal is the demon race names: the series' official English names are often vague or left in romanized Japanese, so the author replaced them with names meant to make negotiation and fusion easier to reason about, for example showing which races are hostile versions of others. Some screens were reworked so the longer names fit.

It also bundles quality-of-life tweaks to the base translation. An alternate version of the patch is available with a different set of race names.

The author explains every choice in the repository, and notes that the new names come from studying the kanji with dictionaries and translation tools rather than from fluent Japanese. Some NPC dialogue still uses the older names.

Playing it

Apply it to your own copy of the Japanese Super Famicom game after the base English translation, following the instructions in the creator's GitHub repository.

Credits: A Friendly Irin, building on the Aeon Genesis translation.