Gunparade March English translation
Koukidou Gensou Gunparade March · 高機動幻想ガンパレード・マーチ
A work-in-progress English playtest patch for Gunparade March, written by hand rather than with AI, now covering the opening hours of the story along with the menus and item names.
What's translated
AsterHex (also known as PSXCraver) is translating Alfa System's school-life and mecha strategy game by hand, and states clearly that no AI was used. The project is released as playtest builds. From build EN60 onwards the patch only carries lines that have been both translated and edited, so the game is not fully playable in English yet: the early part of the story is done, together with the menus and all 146 item names, while later scenes, casual chatter and item descriptions are still in Japanese.
Build EN63 brings the count to roughly 2,600 edited lines, about 13.6% of the script. It adds the events after the first sortie, war status reports, the maintenance briefing and several tutorial conversations with classmates, and it shortens unlock notices so they fit on screen.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese PlayStation release (the single-track version), following the instructions in the project's README. The README also lists several freezes and progress-breaking bugs that come from the original game, with ways to avoid them, so read it before starting. Memory card saves carry over between builds, while save states from older builds may not. New builds come out regularly, and bug reports for the English sections are welcome on the translator's Discord.
All credit goes to AsterHex for the translation.