Ningyo no Rakuin English translation
人魚の烙印 · The Curse of Ogaerito · Mark of the Mermaid
A full, hand-made English translation of Ningyo no Rakuin, a Japan-only horror tactics RPG on PlayStation, released as The Curse of Ogaerito.
What's translated
Every piece of text in the game is in English, including the custom character names, and the release comes with a translated scan of the manual and CD insert. The team stresses that no AI or machine translation was used at any stage. Version 1.01 fixed item descriptions that left stray characters on screen and corrected a typo in the script.
Extras
The translator also wrote a walkthrough for the game, and a playtester built a RetroAchievements set for it. The full patch source and assets are public on GitHub.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese disc, following the instructions on the release page. The game does not recognise analog controllers, so set your controller to digital if you can't get past the title screen. Credits: Chapu (programming and hacking), whowasphone404 (translation and localisation), vervalkon (graphics, video and trailer), LaytonLoztew (playtesting, proofreading and achievements).