Hi, this is the patch author. Let me explain myself - maybe I was too glib, even for April Fool's Day.



Despite this being an April Fool's Day joke and a fan translation, I knew this was an eagerly awaited project and pushed myself to as high a standard as I could. In this case, with the Etrian Odyssey series already translated into sparkling English as a close comparison, I had an impossible standard to match. I was doing this myself, and also handling the entire technical side, which wasn't as hard as it could have been but was certainly no picnic. (I'd also note like literally every RPG ever made, the game has a lot more text than you might expect.)



It's not as good as Etrian Odyssey, and it's not as good as Mother 3, and it's not as good as some of the other top-shelf fan translations we've seen in recent years. But having invested all the time and pain into hacking this game, I didn't blow off the translation. It's the very best I could do, and when I say more was rewritten than is ideal, I mean only that I opted for smoother English over very literal Japanese. I don't have the experience to know that I got every pun in Japanese and shade of meaning, so I'm sure I missed some stuff. But I didn't stray intentionally, and while I embellished a few bits of dialogue (I can think of ten or so) I did so only when the Japanese was flat and little would be lost.



If you're skeptical, I suggest you give it a try and see if you enjoy it. And, like I said, I'll try to make my work available so people can assess the quality for themselves and retranslate it if desired. I definitely welcome any suggestions and corrections anyone has (and especially bug reports!).







No kidding! The readme mentions a way to get a cheat item that prevents all Bloom damage, and even in the USA patch, I strongly recommend you use it after the novelty wears off. Even with a Knight, recasting Walk Safe every 40 steps is the worst.