Vantage Master Portable English translation
ヴァンテージマスターポータブル
A gameplay-focused English patch for Falcom's PSP tactics game: menus, rules, units, spells and textures are translated so you can finish it without Japanese, while story cutscenes stay untranslated.
What's translated
The aim of this patch is to let you play through the whole game without reading Japanese. All menu and gameplay text is in English, including the in-game rule and mechanics explanations, unit and spell names, maps and textures. Names follow the official English terms used for the Vantage Master mini-game in Falcom's later Trails games. Cutscene dialogue was left in Japanese on purpose.
The author says DeepL was used only as a first rough reading of the text, checked against the original 1997 PC game and testing; the final English was written by hand. Because space in the game files is tight, a few terms on the unit details screen are abbreviated.
Playing it
The xdelta patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese release, following the instructions on the project page. The author recommends xdelta or xdelta UI, as some other patchers fail with it.
Credits
Translation and hacking by Wandering-Heiho.