Ultraman Club: Chikyuu Dakkan Sakusen English translation
ウルトラマン倶楽部 地球奪還作戦 · Ultraman Club: Operation Retake Earth
BlackPaladin and Just J's English patch for the first Ultraman Club RPG on the Famicom Disk System, released as Operation: Retake Earth. Dialogue, menus, items and every hero and kaiju name are now in English.
The game
You control Ultraman on a mission to free the other Ultra Brothers, who are held by an army of kaiju across five areas. Rescuing all of them unlocks one last area and the final fight. Instead of earning experience, Ultraman grows stronger by doing favours for friendly kaiju he meets along the way, and in battle you move a cursor to aim at parts of the enemy's body: striking a weak spot does extra damage.
What's translated
The patch puts the whole script into English: conversations, menus, item names, and the names of the heroes and monsters. It also comes with a new English title screen and a reworked font.
Tips from the creators
- The first five areas can be done in any order, but leave the City for last, or you will have trouble getting back out of it.
- A bug from the original Japanese game remains: once Ultraman Taro joins, his Ultra Freezer does nothing in the Glacier area, though it works everywhere else.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese disk (Rev 1) following the instructions on the release page.
Credits
BlackPaladin (ROM hacking, font and disk expansion), Just J (translation), Mutvil (title screen) and FCC (ROM hacking).