Tales of Hearts English translation
テイルズ オブ ハーツ
An English patch for both Japanese editions of Tales of Hearts on the Nintendo DS, covering the story, skits, menus and battles, with every cutscene subtitled by hand.
What's translated
The patch covers both the CG Movie Edition and the Anime Movie Edition. Story scenes and skits, townspeople and shops, menus, items, equipment, artes and Soma skills, enemies, titles and tutorials are in English, along with town banners, the title and save screens and battle text. Every cutscene was subtitled by hand. A few things stay in Japanese: text burned into the anime movies, the staff roll, the world map graphics and some battle labels, and one character's name is shortened on his name plate to fit a six-letter limit.
Version 4.0 R rewrites the subtitles of the first cutscene and adjusts some lines; earlier updates added a new font and many smaller fixes. The translator made it with AI assistance, so it carries a machine translation flag. The CG edition has had the most testing.
Playing it
Apply the patch for your edition to your own copy of the Japanese game, following the instructions on the patch page.
Translation by TheGreatDS, with a fan script by Jasmine B. used as a reference and menu text references and font by Crystal Mods.