Translation Sega Saturn

Ninpen Manmaru English translation

忍ペンまん丸 · Ninja Penguin Manmaru

darkfalzx finishes a translation started back in 2001, putting Enix's Ninja Penguin Manmaru platformer into English down to its title screen and menus.

Translated title, stage intro, gameplay, save and cutscene screens
Translated title, stage intro, gameplay, save and cutscene screens

What's translated

This English localization by darkfalzx picks up work begun in 2001 by Simon Fang, Alex Kid and cafe-alpha. Every cutscene is translated, ending included, and the graphics were redone too: the title screen, menus, stage introduction screens, save screens and error messages all show English text, with stage names such as Hopping Highlands and Galloping Grotto.

Still on the list

The creator considers a few things unfinished: the cutscene dialogue could use another editing pass, the cutscene font might be switched to a narrower one, and the ending credits video and the spoken voices remain in Japanese, which would take far more work to change.

Playing it

Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese disc following the instructions on the creator's SegaXtreme page.

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