Sonic Gems Collection English translation
ソニック ジェムズ コレクション
Masaru brings the English menus, logos and text of the American Sonic Gems Collection to the Japanese release, which keeps the extra Streets of Rage games and Sonic CD's Japanese soundtrack.
What it does
The Japanese edition of Sonic Gems Collection is the bigger one: it includes Bonanza Bros. and the whole Streets of Rage trilogy, and its Sonic CD plays the original Japanese music. Masaru's patch moves the English textures, logos and menu text from the American disc into this version, so the compilation's menus, descriptions and extras read in English while keeping the Japanese line-up.
What stays in Japanese
Only the compilation shell is changed. The games themselves are untouched, so the Streets of Rage titles run as their Japanese Bare Knuckle releases, with their own difficulty, and the digital manuals are still in Japanese. That is why the release is marked unfinished.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese GameCube disc, following the instructions on the patch's Romhack Plaza page. Patch by Masaru.