Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer English translation
デジモンテイマーズ ブレイブテイマー · Dejimon Teimāzu Bureibu Teimā
An English patch for the Japan-only WonderSwan Color Digimon RPG starring Ryo Akiyama, made entirely with AI by mariovirgili, with a second edition that keeps the Japanese-style names.
What's translated
The patch covers the whole script, roughly 3,000 messages: story scenes, townspeople, tutorials, shops and the side attractions such as the quiz show. Battle text, menus, the 310 Digimon names, techniques, items, cards and their descriptions are in English too. A new variable-width font was added, the name entry screen gets an English keyboard, and graphics such as the subtitle on the logo, the pre-battle banners and the building signs were redrawn.
Two editions
The standard edition uses the names from the English dub of the anime (Tai, Davis, Gatomon and so on). An alternative edition keeps the Japanese-style names and terms (Taichi, V-mon, Jogress), built on earlier fan reference work on the game.
About this translation
The author states that the translation and the ROM hacking were done with AI (Claude) as a personal project, and asks that it not be uploaded to patch databases. It has not yet been tested from start to finish, and a few screens used by the WonderGate and link cable still show some Japanese graphics.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese WonderSwan Color game, following the instructions on mariovirgili's release page. Bug reports with a save state are welcome there.