Translation Neo Geo Pocket

Mizuki Shigeru no Youkai Shashinkan English translation

水木しげるの妖怪写真館

An early, partial English patch for Mizuki Shigeru no Youkai Shashinkan on the Neo Geo Pocket Color: only the menus are translated so far.

What's translated

This is a very early release, numbered 0.01. The menus are in English; the rest of the game's text is still in Japanese. The patch's author intended to translate everything in later versions, so treat this as a first look rather than a finished translation.

The game

The idea is close to a creature-collecting game, but your tool is a camera: you hunt down yokai from Japanese folklore, as drawn by Shigeru Mizuki, and add their photos to an album. Having the menus in English makes it easier to find your way around the collection and the options, even if the descriptions and dialogue remain untranslated.

Playing it

Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge, following the instructions on the romhack.ing page, where its maker is credited.

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