Translation SNES / Super Famicom

Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-tachi no Banka English translation

新・熱血硬派 くにおたちの挽歌 · Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Tachi no Banka

Aeon Genesis' complete English translation of Kunio-tachi no Banka, Technos' story-driven Super Famicom beat 'em up in which Kunio is framed and thrown into juvenile detention.

Takayama addresses the new inmates in the detention center
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What's translated

All the story scenes and dialogue are in English, from Kunio's arrival in cell 218 to the fights across Tokyo as he tracks down the lookalike who framed him. The script keeps the rough, foul-mouthed tone of a gang of delinquents, so expect plenty of swearing.

This is a straight beat 'em up rather than an RPG-style brawler like River City Ransom, but it is long for the genre and has a lot of story between fights, which is why the translation matters.

kandowontu later made a FastROM version of the patched game, which runs a little faster.

Playing it

The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese release following the instructions on the Aeon Genesis project page.

Credits

Translation by Aeon Genesis; FastROM version by kandowontu.

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