Hanjuku Hero English translation
半熟英雄
Gan's hand-made English translation of Square's original Famicom Hanjuku Hero, a light-hearted strategy game about a pampered prince conquering castles. All text and graphics were done by hand, without AI.
The game
You guide the prince of Almamoon and his officers across the map, trying to capture every castle. Each month ends with a random event, after which you can strengthen your castles, buy cards that work as equipment, hire more soldiers and so on. Battles are decided by hammering the A button, with cards and monsters hatched from special eggs to turn the tide. There are three scenarios, and only finishing the third shows the true ending and credits.
About the translation
The translator says no AI was involved: the text and the graphics were all translated by hand, mostly over 2024 and 2025. To fit the English into the original cartridge size, some faction and general names were adapted. A window that was one tile too tall for the screen was also fixed.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge following the instructions on the release page. The translator still welcomes feedback and asks that bug reports come with a save file.