Bakemonogatari Portable English translation
化物語 ポータブル
The Anime Game Translations Team's full English patch for the Monogatari PSP game, with swapped buttons and reworked vertical text.
What it is
The Anime Game Translations Team released version 1.0 of this English patch in August 2022. Illidan handled the hacking and video editing, Phantom the translation and graphics, and Haribeau the proofreading.
What's translated and changed
The story mode and its dialogue battles are in English, with subtitles in battle now centered like the ones in the videos. Text that the game showed vertically was replaced by rotated text so longer English lines fit, the confirm and cancel buttons follow the Western layout, and line lists are sorted in Latin alphabetical order. The two-player ad hoc mode was translated but could not be tested by the team.
Known limits
The Reminiscence and Delusion modes have no subtitles. Text can be slow to appear the first time, a quirk of the original game, and saves made before patching keep their Japanese descriptions until overwritten. The optional install data does not work with the patched game.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese UMD, following the team's setup guide; an online patcher is also offered on the project page linked below. The team's tools are published on GitHub.
Credits: Illidan, Phantom, Haribeau (Anime Game Translations Team).