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[Sir VG]

For those that don't speak Japanese, there's a translation patch out for the game. The people behind it have stated that they will NOT translate the dialogue, just the important stuff...items, locations, etc.

*NOTE - There are no plans to translate the script or NPC dialog. The amount of hacking required to format the text is too much work for us to undertake. This patch translates almost everything except for the dialog, so the game is easier to understand.*The semi-final beta of the patch has been released! You can grab v0.99 from one of the links at the end of this post. Here's the info from the included readme.

Welcome to the semi-final releaseof the translation patch for FinalFantasy IV DS. What, you're justhere for the free food? Sorry tobe the one that has to break thenews to ya, but the moogles havealready eaten it all.Why attempt such a project somemight ask? Well, FFIV was thefirst FF game I ever played. Thememorable pixelated scenes areforever etched into my memories.When I heard that the game wasbeing remade on the DS I couldbarely keep myself from creamingmy pants. Cecil was coming home.So, now that I've bored you todeath with useless chit-chatlets get on to the "info". Theoriginal project was founded bynone other than the omniscientbeing known as BelmontSlayer.After starting to translate themenus I decided to post a topicabout the project on GameFAQs.The mods deleted it in less thanfive minutes and left all thefanboys in tears. So what did Ido? Why I posted it on GBAtempinstead! After dozens of postsof support I received an IM froma forum user who called himselfJisteatin. He explained to methat he had some experience withROM hacking and would like tohelp out in anyway possible. Nextup was Raganook who contactedme with the eagerness to help anda willing heart to learn. Withhis 1337 Japanese language skillsour progress speeded up likeTellah casting Meteo on crack!Thus was the formation of "theteam". We spent OVER 9000 hourstranslating random Japanesewords and phrases to bring youthis release. I hope you enjoyit!+--------------+|How To Install|+--------------+1)Extract the files containedin the .zip to the same folderas the FFIV DS ROM. Make surethat there are no other ROMs inthe folder!2)Run xdelta.bat and wait untilthe black prompt disappears.3)Put the newly created nds filepatched.nds onto your flashcart.4)Enjoy!+-------+|CREDITS|+-------+BelmontSlayerJisteatinRaganook+--------------+|SPECIAL THANKS|+--------------+Doink - For creating the FFIVDS translation wiki.94dan - For suggesting that Igo back to the ye olde stylespells for a cleaner look.Carisear - For identifying atypo in the weapon names.B4mV - For correcting us on atypo on boss names. Demon Wallis not Leviathan. >.<GBAtemp - For not deleting mytopic for "illegal activities"like the asshats at GameFAQs did.FF4.WIKIDOT.COM - For providing awealth of information and hostingthe project page.You - For actually reading thisgigantic wall of text...or didyou just skip to the end?

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