Shadow dropped (no pun intended) on the 19th of September, ShadowMask (With editing and translation help from SoloNerfherder) released a beta fan translation of Mobile Suit Gundam for the Saturn.
This game follows the events of the original Gundam series, telling the story through FMV videos, still frame narration, and even recreating scenes in a 2D platformer style.
All the narrative FMV scenes have been translated, and work on the in game dialogue is underway thanks to help from Malenko (Drift King, Bomberman Fight, Terra Phantastica).
Currently, the game still needs the menus, slide show voice over scenes, and the mission title screens translated.
For the static screens with narration, the team is hoping to hack the VDP to draw subtitles over those sequences.
If you have any experience translating Japanese, or working with assembly, ShadowMask is looking for your assistance on the project.
So far, the fan translation looks awesome, and we’re eagerly anticipating the completed project!
If you’d like to try out the beta yourself, you can download the .SSP patch here:
https://segaxtreme.net/resources/mobile-suit-gundam-english-beta-0-1.226/
Or post in the discussion thread: https://segaxtreme.net/threads/mobile-suit-gundam-english-0-1.25419/
Follow us here on SHIRO! to keep up to date on the translation progress!
We need more gundam translations on the saturn!