Magic: The Gathering English translation
マジック：ザ・ギャザリング · Majikku za Gyazaringu
AstraleAmalthea's English translation of Sega's Japan-only Magic: The Gathering for Dreamcast, covering card names, rules text, flavor text, menus and now the tutorial videos.
What's translated
The card names, rules text and flavor text are in English, along with the menus, prompts and story dialogue. Version 1.2 catches a few missed strings, tidies up capitalization and adds English subtitles to the tutorial videos found under the About Magic menu. Some graphics were edited too.
Good to know
The game has tight, fixed limits on many text boxes, so a few prompts had to be shortened. The story subtitles follow the original Japanese subtitle text, which differs slightly from the English voice acting already on the disc. Because each card's effect is coded separately, the translator asks players to report the board state if a card ever crashes the game. The translation was done by hand; AI was used only to help write the text extraction scripts.
The creator suggests turning off battle effects in the options, since duels are slow paced.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese disc, following the instructions on the project page.
Credits
Translation and graphics by AstraleAmalthea; tutorial subtitles made with Derek Pascarella's Dreamcast FMV Auto-Subber.