Holy Umbrella: Dondera no Mubou!! English translation
ホーリーアンブレラ ドンデラの無謀!! · Holy Umbrella: Dondera's Wild!!
Aeon Genesis's complete English patch for Holy Umbrella, a silly Super Famicom platformer in the spirit of Violinist of Hameln.
What it is
Holy Umbrella sends a boy into a fantasy world after he grabs a magical umbrella, and he can only get home by saving it from the villain Dondera. You alternate between side-scrolling action stages and towns full of oddball characters to talk to, and the whole thing plays out as an over-the-top parody of adventure clichés, a little like Violinist of Hameln.
What's translated
All the dialogue, signs, hints and menus are in English, and the jokes survive the trip. Hexafire translated the script and the Aeon Genesis lead edited it. After a beta test in late October, version 1.00 came out on 2 November 2009 and is complete.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge following the instructions included by Aeon Genesis. It is available from the project page.