.hack//Link English translation
.hack//LINK · ドットハック リンク
The long-running fan translation of .hack//Link reaches version 3.0.0, with the full story and side content in English, a new font and fixes for the known freezes.
What's translated
This team project has been translating .hack//Link since 2011, first as a story video series and then as playable patches. Since version 2.0 the whole story, the side quests and extra content, the e-mails and the menus are in English, with a subtitled version of the opening movie.
What's new in 3.0.0
The May 2026 release, nicknamed Returner, swaps the old misaligned font for a new one, fixes every freeze and crash the team knows of (including on the Friend Skit screen), sorts the in-game database alphabetically and corrects dozens of lines. If you still hit a freeze, the team asks you to report it.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese UMD following the instructions on the project page.
Credits
- Kazetrigger: translation, patching, testing
- Kuukai, Keii, Angga, Deniz/Falions: story translation
- JunBansyoya: coding, patching, menu translation
- Hilltop: help with texture patching