Skyblazer Retranslation
Karuraou · 迦楼羅王
krokodyl's retranslation of the SNES action game Skyblazer brings back the Hindu and Buddhist mythology the 1994 English release left out, working from the Japanese original.
What's changed
When Karuraou came to the West as Skyblazer, the localisation renamed characters and places and dropped most of the game's mythological flavour. krokodyl's patch retranslates the dialogue from the Japanese version: the hero is Karura again, the villain is Ashura, the divine powers are called deva, and the shrines of the Eight Legions get their original names back. The story text follows the Japanese manual.
The patch is built on the US cartridge, which already had a Latin-alphabet font, so the gameplay is that of the Western release with the script brought back in line with the original.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the North American Skyblazer cartridge, following the instructions in krokodyl's release post, which also explains the naming choices and shows the new text in play.
Credits: krokodyl.