SD The Great Battle: Aratanaru Chousen English translation
SDザ・グレイトバトル 新たなる挑戦 · SD The Great Battle: A New Challenge
Aeon Genesis's complete English patch for the first Great Battle game, a top-down Compati Hero crossover with Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Gundam.
What it is
The first entry of Banpresto's Great Battle series plays from above: you walk your SD heroes through fields, bases and dungeons, shooting enemies and stopping for short story scenes. The plot is simple, with a peace-keeping machine going haywire and bringing old villains back, and it is told through intro text, dialogue boxes and episode title cards.
What's translated
Aeon Genesis put the whole thing into English: the opening story, the conversations with bosses and allies, and the chapter cards between stages. The title screen carries the English subtitle "A New Challenge".
Background
The patch came out on 5 March 2018 as part of a batch in which the group released translations for the first five Great Battle games together, celebrating its anniversary. This one is version 1.00 and is complete. The group itself calls this first game a prelude to the more interesting sequels, so it is a good starting point before moving on to the later entries.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese Super Famicom cartridge, following the instructions that come with it. Everything is on the project page.