Sunrise World War English translation
サンライズワールドウォー From サンライズ英雄譚 · Sunrise World War from Sunrise Eiyuutan
A first test release of an English patch for Sunrise World War, the PS2 crossover strategy game that throws robots and pilots from dozens of Sunrise anime into one story.
What's translated
Version 0.8.0 is the team's first test build, and it already covers a lot: the story dialogue, mission briefings, character profiles, unit and pilot names, system text and many of the interface graphics, with 43 text tables and well over two hundred redrawn sprites. The opening song gets romanized lyrics and English subtitles.
What's still missing
The project is in progress. A full playthrough of every route hasn't been done yet, some small labels on the tactical maps are still Japanese, and the textures in movies and 3D models haven't all been checked. The translation is flagged as machine translated, and some of the graphics were edited with an image generator, so the entry is tagged accordingly.
Who made it
The Retro Trans team did the translation, tools and testing. They welcome bug reports, proofreading and playtesting through the GitHub project.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese disc, following the instructions on the GitHub page, which names the release it expects. Start from a normal memory card save rather than an old save state, since a save state can bring back the untranslated game.