Mother 1+2 English translation
マザー1+2 · MOTHER 1+2
Jeffman's long-running project to fully translate the MOTHER 2 half of the GBA compilation, built around a true variable-width font, with its latest automatic build published on GitHub.
What it does
The GBA port of MOTHER 2 is notoriously hard to hack, which is why earlier patches only translated its menus and names. Jeffman's project rewrites the game's text rendering to use a proper variable-width font, then fills in English dialogue, menus, battle text, item and PSI descriptions and status screens.
The project also includes a graphical script tool so several people can work on the text, and the repository hosts the full source of the hacks. The README still calls it a work in progress; the most recent automatic build was published in July 2022 with help from contributors such as Lorenzooone.
The MOTHER 1 side
The first game in the compilation has its own complete retranslation by Tomato and Jeffman from 2011, listed separately on this site.
Playing it
The patch is for the Japanese release of MOTHER 1+2. Apply the latest build to your own copy following the instructions on the project's GitHub page.
VWF hacking and tools by Jeffman, with the project's contributors.
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