What are some of your favorite fan translations?

[χKai]

Some of my personal favorites would include:

NES and FDS:
Armadillo
Armana no Kiseki
Cocoron
Contra
Crystalis (or, God Slayer Sonata of the Distant Heavens)
Downtown Special - Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Da yo Zenin Shuugou!
Dragonball Z 1-4
Famicom Wars
Fire Emblem Gaiden
Final Fantasy 1-3
Grand Master
Hebereke
Hitler no Fukkatsu - Top Secret
Law of the West
Mad City
Magical Kid's Doropie
Minelvation Saga
Monty on the Run
Moon Crystal
Nekketsu Ganbare Dunk Heroes
Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu
Radia Senki - Reimei Hen
Relics - Ankoku Yousei
Salad no Kuni no Tomato Hime (Princess Tomato)
Seirei Gari
Space Hunter
Sugoro Quest - Dice no Senshitachi
Sweet Home (the one by Gaijin, not TheSiege)
The Quest of Ki
Wily & Light no Rockboard - That's Paradise
Youkai Club
Zombie Hunter

SNES & Broadcast Satellaview:
3x3 Eyes - Juuma Houkan
46 Okunen Monogatari
Alcahest
Araigumi Rascal
Assault Suits Valken
Ball Bullet Gun
Bastard!! Ankoku no Hakai-shin
Brandish 2
BS Zelda - Ancient Stone Tablets
Bushi Seiyuuden
Chaos Seed
Clock Tower
Crystal Beans from Dungeon Explorer
Cyborg 009
Der Langrisser
Donald Duck no Mahou no Boushi
Dossun - Ganseki Battle
Energy Breaker
Famicom Tantei Club
Final Fantasy V (RPGe translation)
Ganbare Goemon 1-4
Go Go Ackman 1-3
Ganpuru - Gunman's Proof
Hameln no Violin Hiki
Holy Umbrella - Dondera no Mubou
Hyper Iria
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero
Laplace's Demon
Little Magic
Live-a-Live
Magical Pop'n
Majuu Ou
Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibouken
Mickey to Donald - Magical Adventure 3
Nangoku Shounen Papuwa-kun
Neugier
Popeye
Radical Dreamers
Rockman & Forte
Spider-man - Lethal Foes
Star Fox 2
Super Famicom Wars
Tales of Phantasia
Umihara Kawase

 GBA:
Fire Emblen - Fuuin no Tsurugi
Fullmetal Alchemist 1&2
Tales of the World - Narikiri Dungeon 2 & 3

 N64:
Bomberman 64

 PS1:
Asuncia
Brave Prove
Castlevania - Symphony of the Night
King's Field
Policenauts
Tear Ring Saga
Tobal #2
Ultima Underworld

Genesis:
Beyond Oasis
Madou Monogatari
Psy-O-Blade
Undead Line

 DS:
Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo
Gyakuten Kenji 2

Bandai Wonderswan:
Dicing Knight

 PSP:
Digimon Adventure
Toaru Majutsu no Index
Tales of the World - Narikiri Dungeon X (unfinished)

What are some of yours?

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

Excellent examples friend, you have very varied and well-selected choices.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

So much good stuff on this list, you've got good taste!

 

[χKai]

So much good stuff on this list, you've got good taste!

You should see the stuff that's  not on the list!

 

[Viviana Santos]

The fan translation of Mother 3 is truly incredible, better than many official translations/localizations out there.

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the fan translations of Planet Laika and Linda Cube created by the translator Cargodin are excellent.

 

[Carlnshake Carlnshake]

The Megami Tensei fan translations are good

 

[χKai]

I think the translators generally did a good job. One has to consider the amount of hacking that goes into these fan projects, such as text limitations and addressing problems with font and whatnot. The sheer dedication to amount to the completion of a full translation of a game is of a sheer, staggering quantity, and this is unpaid work, straight from the decision of those who care enough to make these translations a reality, crossing boundaries beyond languages and regional release.

 

[Scotty]

The fan translation of Mother 3 is truly incredible, better than many official translations/localizations out there.

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the fan translations of Planet Laika and Linda Cube created by the translator Cargodin are excellent.

I believe the translator also did "Tomato Adventure" for GBA. It's just as good as "MOTHER 3's" translation. They nailed the humor and cheesy writing.

I remember being really excited when the fully complete translation patch released (alongside the one for the GBC prototype). I love Alphadream's "Mario & Luigi" RPGs, so playing through THE ENTIRETY of the game that predated "Superstar Saga" in English rather than just the first several minutes was like a dream come true.

 

[Viviana Santos]

I believe the translator also did "Tomato Adventure" for GBA. It's just as good as "MOTHER 3's" translation. They nailed the humor and cheesy writing.

I remember being really excited when the fully complete translation patch released (alongside the one for the GBC prototype).

Actually, the fan translation of Tomato Adventure was done by a different translator.

 

[Scotty]

Actually, the fan translation of Tomato Adventure was done by a different translator.

I suppose I was thinking of the older incomplete patch.

 

[Viviana Santos]

I suppose I was thinking of the older incomplete patch.

Yes, Tomato, the translator of Mother 3, was originally going to translate Tomato Adventure, but he gave up.

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The complete fan translation of Tomato Adventure was done by Unknown W. Brackets, CrazyMLC and DeMille.

 

[Zerohour2k12]

Just a few that comes to mind are
Tales of Phantasia
Seiken Densetsu 3
Ace Combat 3
Berserk PS2
Fire Emblem Binding Blade
SRW Alpha PSP and OGs PS2

 

[neromero]

Hmm probably gyakuten kenji 2 and the tmgs series on the ds

I'm still pissed they don't use the name Sebastian debeste and prefer Eustace winner what kinda name is Eustace

 

[fake-kun]

SFC Mega Man & Bass translation by Aeon Genesis, mostly because Bass calls Dr. Wily a dirty son of a bitch.

 

[MontyMole303]

In terms of skill and quality translation and what must have taken a long, long time...

Sakura Wars 1 & 2 on the Saturn

Rent a Hero no.1 and Blue Submarine no. 6 on the Dreamcast

The attention to detail really is out of this world and you can tell they were truly a labour of love.

 

[Ren96]

Saturn Wars 1 (english translation).
Mother 3 (spanish translation)
Akumajō Dracula X: Gekka no Yasōkyoku (spanish translation-Please play the undub version of SOTN).
Persona 4 Golden (I played the spanish translation before the official steam release).

 

[freebie#47]

gideon zhi
tomato
and everybody who did the fan translations to super robot wars series
actually thanks to everyone in the community in general for their hardwork making us fans a little bit happier.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Anything that lets me play a Japanese game in English is a great thing in my book.

HOWEVER... It's those really dedicated fans that bring absolutely niche games to international audiences that get my full love and respect. Like, one guy singlehandedly translated Taito's train-driving simulator "Densha de Go!" so it could be enjoyed in the west.

Mad respect.

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

For me it would be any translation into English language of a game of Japanese origin and also in the Spanish language of a game with the English language of origin (USA or UK) or already translated by the community if it refers to a Japanese game but at least they try.

 

[Theriise]

I would love to give Aeon Genesis the mother of all gold stars for their translation works.
Here is a look at their projects.