Rhythm Tengoku English translation
リズム天国 · Rhythm Heaven Advance
A full English localization of the Japan-only Game Boy Advance original of Rhythm Heaven, covering text, graphics and the sung sound effects, with an optional Plus edition that adds quality-of-life upgrades.
What's translated
The RHAdvance team built this patch on top of the community decompilation of the game, which let them localize much more than the text: menus, in-game graphics and the voiced sound effects inside the rhythm games and songs are all in English. A handful of things were left in Japanese on purpose, such as background text in one Karate Man stage and the singing in the Bon Odori games.
Four flavours
The release comes in four variants. The standard one is a straight localization; the Plus one adds a set of quality-of-life enhancements on top. Each also exists with "Rhythm Paradise" branding, the European name of the series, for players who prefer it.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the original Japanese cartridge (the first revision) following the instructions on the project page. If your emulator or flash cart lets you choose a save type, set it to SRAM so progress is kept.
Credits
The project is maintained by ShaffySwitcher and itaific, with many contributors for code, art and audio listed in the project's credits, and it builds on the work of everyone behind the decompilation.