Madou Monogatari 1-2-3 English translation
魔導物語 1-2-3 · Madō Monogatari 1-2-3
Eight Mansions' English patches for all three PC-98 Madou Monogatari games, Compile's dungeon crawlers starring Puyo Puyo's Arle Nadja, in their darker computer-era look.
What's translated
Each of the three games has its own patch, released over a year: part 1 in July 2023, part 2 in February 2024 and part 3 in June 2024. Arle's text, the menus and the battle messages are in English. As in the original, there are no hit point numbers: Arle describes how she is feeling, and those lines are translated too. The only known leftover is that empty save slots still show a Japanese label, which doesn't affect play.
The three games
- Madou Monogatari 1: six-year-old Arle takes her magic kindergarten exam in a tower full of monsters (patch page).
- Madou Monogatari 2: an older Arle escapes a dark wizard's underground prison (patch page).
- Madou Monogatari 3: chased by a jealous rival, Arle ends up lost in a deadly forest (patch page).
Playing it
Each patch is applied to your own copy of that game's system disk with the Pachy98 patcher included, following the creators' README; the patches were tested on real PC-9821 hardware. The READMEs also share tips for each game. Translation by SnowyAria and Yuvi of Eight Mansions.