Dragon Ball English translation
ドラゴンボール · Dragon Ball (WonderSwan Color)
An AI-made English patch for Bandai's Dragon Ball board game on the WonderSwan Color, covering the full script, menus and the redrawn battle cards. Names follow the English dub of the anime.
What's translated
All of the game's roughly 2,500 messages are in English: the story scenes, battle text, the card tutorials from Master Roshi, Korin and Mr. Popo, menus, names, places and the staff roll. The battle cards were redrawn so move types and numbers read in English, and a new all-capitals font squeezes two letters into each character cell. The DRAGON BALL logo stays as it was.
How it was made
The creator states that the translation and the ROM hacking were done with AI (Claude), with further AI review passes, and shares it as a personal project. Expect rough spots: the creator notes that the game was not played through from start to finish and that some names had to be shortened.
Version 0.9.1
This update fixes the START and status menus on the world map, which ran together on one line, and the password screen, which showed wrong symbols.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese game following the instructions on the release page. Bug reports are welcome there.