The Hybrid Front English translation
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Nebulous Translations' English patch for Sega's Japan-only sci-fi war game, with a rebuilt interface and a translated manual.
What's translated
The whole game is in English: the story told between missions, the dialogue on the battlefield, unit and pilot names, character profiles, the in-game encyclopedia and the history timeline. Because the original screens packed Japanese text very tightly (some stat panels even use vertical kanji), most of the interface was redrawn. The hardest part was the boarding screen where pilots are assigned to units before a mission, which was redesigned from scratch so the longer English names fit.
About the project
The script was translated by TheMajinZenki around 2018, but technical problems held the release back for years. After earlier hacking work by celcion and miralita, cybermind finished the hacking, the graphics and the tools needed to insert the text. cccmar edited the script, Fei and Spolan tested it, and Jiggeh translated the map and unit chart. The team also produced an English version of the instruction manual, available from the same page.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese cartridge, following the instructions on Nebulous Translations' project page.