Fan translations and other contributions that feel essential

I want to cry.

I have wanted to play this for so long.

https://mobile.twitter.com/everdredIIDX/status/1608648924629458944

Dragon Quest IV got an official english translation on the DS, but unfortunately party chat was left out. The DS version was later ported to mobile with party chat intact, but with much wonkier controls. For a long time, this has (unfortunately) been the definitive way to play DQIV. Until now! Somebody's patched all the party chat dialogue from the mobile version of the game into the DS version.

This is a pretty huge addition because DQIV's major narrative gimmick is a bunch of separate heroes coming together, so party chat's always felt like a really glaring omission from the DS port. I'm very excited to play it.

Another long time Chopemon want might be getting did

https://twitter.com/taibhsin/status/1611083199681028112

hot and sexy news

https://twitter.com/burntends2/status/1611518825417015303?s=46&t=89C-jAfR2pEOKCgwXJET4w

https://twitter.com/romhackingnet/status/1613953156706365441

@“Chopemon”#p100425 this looks sick, I wonder how long it is

This sounds cool as heck

https://mobile.twitter.com/CDRomance_Spike/status/1614237645898452992

@“Chopemon”#p100498 dem grayphics! it looks like a Playstation game! some of the best graphics on SFC probably! c👀l

https://twitter.com/vgcartography/status/1615329439134646274?s=20&t=9VUJRB2Wn4j_DC9iiCOEyg

https://twitter.com/CDRomance_Spike/status/1617849717433720833

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheDCJunkyard/status/1624067666460741634

https://mobile.twitter.com/CDRomance_Spike/status/1626032683770949632

This is not new by any means, but it is new to me! I just discovered the fan translation for Rhythm Tengoku.

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The gates of rhythm heaven won't quite open for me yet.

@“rejj”#p105138

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Is anyone familiar with the Committee Of Zero patches?

With [the current Spike Chunsoft sale](https://forums.insertcredit.com/d/677-games-for-cheapskates/558), I've grabbed Chaos;Head Noah, and Chaos;Child. I see steam reviews praising the [CoZ patch for Chaos;Head Noah](https://sonome.dareno.me/projects/chn-patch.html), but I am not entirely sure what to make of it from reading their website. Was the original really _that bad_ and a whole replacement translation is justified? Or are these some variant of awful internet people that get angry because the localisation wasn't 100% literal, and are going through all this effort to put honorifics and the like back in?

Are their other patches / translations worthwhile? I've been meaning to play Steins;Gate for ages, and I see they have a patch for that. Would anyone recommend for/against using that, also?

https://mobile.twitter.com/DerekPascarella/status/1630210711321231367

https://twitter.com/ElCaminoOscuro/status/1630029449109315589?t=iR9dfZi7wqK9-QCnRNIP5A&s=19

AAAAAAHHHHHHSATURN!!!


The Saturn version is the best way to play that one, right? There have been many discussions around this that I haven‘t been able to perfectly follow, but somehow I came away with that inclination. When I finally get around to this game I’ll use this translation – and if I'm off the mark of this being the best version, please someone feel free to correct me!!