Koto Battle: Tengai no Moribito English translation
コトバトル－天外の守人－ · Koto Battle: Guardian of Tengai
An English patch for AlphaDream's Game Boy Color RPG Koto Battle, where you collect word-spirits called Kotodama and use them to summon monsters into card battles.
What's translated
The patch puts the game into English, from the opening tutorials, where the first characters explain the basics and the equip menu, to the Kotodama collection screens, the card views, the monster and attack names and the story text. Boss attack names are translated as well, though they weren't seen on screen during testing.
Known issues
Ten long names had to be shortened to fit their boxes, and restoring the full forms would need several screens laid out again, which is planned. In the large card view, the element row can show garbled tiles while the Guard label is shown, and a couple of text boxes have uneven line lengths.
How it was made
The patch is by pzapzap, and the translation is flagged as machine translated with AI help, so the entry carries both tags. The project is still being worked on.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge, following the instructions on the patch's romhacking.net page.