Aretha II: Ariel no Fushigi na Tabi English translation
アレサII アリエルの不思議な旅 · Aretha II: Ariel's Wonderful Adventure
Dynamic Designs' English patch for Aretha II, a cute, story-driven Super Famicom RPG starring the heroine Ariel, a project ten years in the making.
What it is
Aretha II, subtitled Ariel's Wonderful Adventure in the translation, is a traditional turn-based RPG with a female lead. Ariel travels through snowy villages and dungeons looking for allies, chats with a cast of eccentric locals and fights in menu-based battles.
What's translated
The dialogue, menus, status screens and battle text are in English, with coloured names in conversations. Wildbill coordinated the project and wrote the English story, Filler translated with help from Mecha Gaijin, BRPXQZME, Ryusui, DeVinnyKenneth and LostTemplar, Bongo` built the tools and assembly, Taskforce formatted the story text, and Draken and Recca handled production and testing.
History
Filler started working on the script in 2009 and had the translation largely done by late 2010, but the patch only came out in February 2020. Version 0.91 followed in November 2020; the team rates the project at 99 percent, and the game is fully playable.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge following the included instructions. Patches in several formats are on the project page, and translator Filler also keeps a project page.