Dragon Ball 3: Gokuu Den English translation
ドラゴンボール3 悟空伝 · Dragon Ball 3: Legend of Goku
A complete English translation of Bandai's 1989 Dragon Ball card-battle RPG, with redrawn card symbols and logo, a save system, faster battles and a fix for an old level-up bug.
What's translated
Patch Clan's patch translates all 1,305 messages in the game, along with character and enemy names, techniques and battle names, which follow the official English manga names. Japanese drawn into the artwork has been redone: the kanji on the cards are now short Latin labels such as PCH, KCK and FIN, defense values show as numbers from 1 to 6, the logo reads Legend of Goku and the password screen uses Latin letters. Passwords from the original game still work.
What's new
Version 1.1 adds saving to two slots with a backup copy, a fast or normal text speed choice at power-on, continuous walking while you hold the D-pad and shorter waits in battle. Card stars are shown as numbers, the striped frame around the board and the flickering lines are gone, and a bug in the original that could leave Goku at level 31 with zero maximum HP is fixed. A short Patch Clan screen appears before the title and can be skipped.
Playing it
The patch is for revision 1 of the Japanese cartridge. Apply it to your own copy following the instructions on Patch Clan's site, which also offers Portuguese and Spanish versions.