Sakura Wars: Columns 2 English translation
サクラ大戦 花組対戦コラムス2 · Sakura Taisen: Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2
Derek Pascarella's team fully localized the Dreamcast puzzle game Sakura Wars: Columns 2, from every story mode to the menus, extras and in-game graphics.
What's translated
The team led by Derek Pascarella (ateam), with Chanh Nguyen coordinating the translation, turned a game that had no English beyond "Press Start Button" into a fully English release:
- all twelve story modes, including the LIPS dialogue choices;
- menus, options, the extras section and the VMU save labels and icons;
- the title logo, battle icons and on-screen labels, redrawn in English;
- subtitles or speech bubbles whenever characters speak Japanese, and a subtitled attract-mode trailer;
- the ending credits, which now also list the patch team.
Only the online battle section remains untranslated.
What's new
The patch enables VGA mode and makes the original DLC and a fully unlocked save available from the main menu. Version 1.2 (March 2022) fixed a few typos and removed a check that kept the built-in browser for that content from opening without a modem.
Playing it
The patch is in DCP format for Universal Dreamcast Patcher: apply it to your own disc image of the Japanese game, following the instructions in the project's repository.