Ganso Jajamaru-kun English translation
元祖じゃじゃ丸くん
An AI-assisted English patch that redraws every piece of Japanese lettering in Jaleco's WonderSwan JaJaMaru remake, with an optional edition that unlocks a hidden stage select.
What's translated
This game has no text engine at all: each Japanese word on screen is a drawing. The patch by PokemonGoDB (Cloogr) redraws all of them, from the title logo to the chapter scrolls on the map (Hill Village, Graveyard, Castle Town, Giant Ship, Ancient Tomb), the enemy and boss introductions before each stage, the continue prompt and the closing "The End". The parts that were already in English in the original, such as the HUD, were left untouched.
Names of the classic characters follow the spellings used in the series' recent official English releases, while the yokai exclusive to this version are romanized and the bosses get English names that keep the joke of the Japanese.
Stage Select edition
A second patch exposes a stage select the developers left in the game but never made reachable. It adds a menu to the title screen where you pick the scene and the number of lives.
About this patch
The author explains that the work was done with AI (Claude), with a second AI pass reviewing the result and a person deciding every name and layout choice by hand. It has not yet been played through from start to finish by a person, so reports are welcome.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge following the instructions on the release page.