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Translating Capcom's already translated titles?

bishopcruz - Mar 25, 2021

		bishopcruz	Mar 25, 2021
		Hey all, quick question here, and it has probably been looked into, but I was wondering if anyone tried to do translation for X-men vs Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter, the D&D duology, and finally Vampire Savior. From what I understand the Saturn ports are the best versions of these games, and there are English version available for other systems. Was inserting the different files from say the English releases unworkable, or did no one ever try?

		Knight0fDragon	Mar 25, 2021
		Most of these games are already "playable" enough, and the Saturn community has not have had many translators. I started the Shining Force 3 translation 15+ years ago, and in that amount of time, we have only seen a handful amount of translations. (Probably less than 30 is my best estimate). There is just not enough interest from talented people to make translations for the Saturn when there are far easier consoles people have more of a love for.

		fafling	Mar 25, 2021
		Vampire Savior has a hidden english language option. Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire Cheats, Codes,...

		Amiceli1983	Mar 25, 2021
		Or you can go on paul_met page Sega Saturn -... And patch it yourself so it will always boot up in English mode

		bishopcruz	Mar 25, 2021
		Cool beans. Saw that vampire savior one just before coming back here. So might look into the differences between Zero 3 and Alpha 3 on PSX and see if the files are similar, can't hurt I suppose.

		AyeYoYoYO	Oct 24, 2021
		fafling said: A thousand salutes for this !

		Malenko	Dec 22, 2021
		bishopcruz said: On the Saturn version each line of text is just 1 big graphic tile. I poked around and its doable.

		TrekkiesUnite118	Dec 22, 2021
		Well not all of the text is stored that way. Just the text for that screen. I've dug into Street Fighter Zero 3 a few times and there are similarities between the PS1 and Dreamcast versions, it also has some significant differences.

		Malenko	Dec 22, 2021
		I didnt dig too deep, but the main menu text and the world tour text is stored like that (but the world tour text is sort of jigsaw puzzled together). I dont really see the purpose of bothering with the win quotes or changing the Boxer's name to Balrog and stuff like that.

		TrekkiesUnite118	Dec 22, 2021
		Well there's also the endings, the story battles, world tour mode, the character bio's, etc. There's actually quite a bit if someone wanted to do a full translation.

		Malenko	Aug 28, 2023
		never uploaded screenies, but the world tour stuff doesnt work the way I thought it would.

		thiago_simoes	Aug 28, 2023
		It's definitely amusing to see a screenshot of SFZ3 in English for the Saturn. My favorite version of the game by a mile.

		yuyumaster	Aug 30, 2023
		The quotes from the characters would be quite cool to understand, not mandatory obviously, but they'd be welcome. I'd do it if I had the programming knowledge required, it can't be as deep as an RPG like Grandia or SFIII and they have been translated.

		Malenko	Sep 1, 2023
		I put a quick save patch up for a redditor. Eventually me and trekkies or someone else can get this all sorted for a real patch https://segaxtreme.net/resources/street-fighte...

		Taitorama	Sep 1, 2023
		I was thinking about this in few days ago: have so many Capcom games, but to Dreamcast as the series For Matching Service to be translated because they are living the internet servers again. Will be cool play game online again and in English like: Super Street Fighter 2X, Super Puzzle Fighter, Vampire Savior, Street Fighter Zero 3, Marvel VS Capcom 2, Capcom VS SNK 2

		SEGA_Arcade_Baby	Jun 22, 2025
		Knight0fDragon said: Greetings. I know that this is an old thread and I may be posting in the wrong area. I am interested in finding out more information about helping to translate games for the Saturn. I have a couple of games that need translations. Terra Phantastica and Shadow Over Mystara. I would love to help if I could. Thanks

		Malenko	Jun 23, 2025
		Im already doing Terra Phantastica Lets localize Terra Phantastica!...

		SEGA_Arcade_Baby	Jun 25, 2025
		Malenko said: Thank you for the prompt response. Good luck with the project.