Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling: Chou Senshi in Tokyo Dome English translation
新日本プロレスリング 超戦士 IN 闘強導夢 · Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling - Chou Senshi in Tokyo Dome - Fantastic Story
An English patch for Varie's Japan-only New Japan wrestling game: menus, wrestler names, the match-intro marquee and the post-match comments, with a new 8x16 font.
What's translated
There isn't a huge amount of text in this wrestler, and kactusken's patch covers all of it: the 37 game messages (mode descriptions, menus, the line on the VS screen and the wrestlers' comments after a match), the names on Player Select and the VS screen, the opening caption, the scrolling BLUE CORNER / RED CORNER marquee with each wrestler's height and weight, and the names on the match HUD. Only the stylised title logo stays Japanese.
How it was done
The original draws every character as a large 16x16 glyph, which leaves room for very few English letters per line, so the patch adds a narrower 8x16 font and reworks the game's message routine to use it. Names and captions are stored as pictures and were redrawn as English tiles. The creator flags the work as AI assisted.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge following the instructions on the project page. The game has no save memory, so there is nothing to carry over. The creator also put together a player's guide on the roster, controls, grappling and rules. Tested in Mesen.