Kuro no Ken: Blade of the Darkness English translation
黒の剣 ～Blade of the Darkness～
An AI-assisted English patch for the 1997 PlayStation RPG Kuro no Ken, covering the story, battles, menus and even the opening prologue movie.
What's translated
The patch puts the field dialogue, story scenes and battle conversations into English, along with menus, items, equipment, spells and sword techniques, and the battle and system messages. The opening prologue movie was re-encoded with English text, and the staff credits and save/load prompts were redrawn. The title logo and the memory card file name stay in Japanese.
The translator says the work was done with heavy AI assistance, so some lines may read a little stiffly; corrections are welcome through the project's issue tracker.
What's new in v1.1
Version 1.1 switches to a new, easier-to-read English font with a drop shadow, stops story captions from clipping the bottom of letters, and widens the battle command box so longer words fit.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese disc, following the instructions on the project page. The repository also holds the full script and the build tools, for anyone who wants to check or improve the translation.
Translation by minhnhattonthat.