Localizing Jump Ultimate Stars, the acclaimed 2D fighter featuring hundreds of Shonen Jump characters, would be a licensing nightmare for any US publisher, so don't expect an official announcement for a US release any time soon. We've rested our hopes of ever playing the game in English on the fan-lead translation project instead.But with over eleven months passed since the effort began, we've yet to see any public patches, and many are starting to worry that the project has stalled, doomed to sit around incomplete while interest dwindles. Deufeufeu, the same ROM hacker leading the FFTA2 translation team, has stepped in to kick the effort back into gear, forking the project and bringing some much-needed organization to the process.
Having already created a "working patch system," extracted all the game's text, and readied other elements important to the game's translation -- all within a week -- Deufeufeu promises to deliver a patch this weekend, with regular stable and unstable releases to follow. Bring your koma deck past the break for more Jump Ultimate Stars screenshots sprinkled with English text.
[Via GBAtemp]
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1-10-2008 @ 2:09PM
Matdredalia said...
I don't know who the new lead is, but I love him already. I wonder if he takes bribery in forms of baked goods and crafts.
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1-10-2008 @ 3:15PM
armagedalbeebop said...
DAMN , i love this guy ;_;
*prepares to download the lang. patch*
ready set go!
1-10-2008 @ 3:26PM
GoldenPie said...
That's pretty cool but, and sorry if I sound like an idiot here, how exactly would you apply the patch? I'm not up with all this homebrew or hacking or whatever stuff, y'see.
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1-10-2008 @ 3:34PM
ssuk said...
Well, it all depends on the patch. It could be a self-executing patch, which is a stand-alone application which you drag and drop the original ROM into and it edits what's needed and spits out an altered ROM.
Or it could be a stand-alone patch, such as an .ips patch, which requires another application to take the .ips file and attach it to the original ROM. There are several applications to do this, some Command Line, some with a GUI... But I'm sure instructions will be posted on the website on how to actually patch the game ROM.
1-10-2008 @ 3:31PM
ssuk said...
Already worked out a patch system... £10 it's an IPS.
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1-10-2008 @ 4:20PM
FantomRedux said...
Actually its more likely to be the same kind the FFTA2 translation uses, and that isn't IPS. Gimme a sec and I'll give it a quick look up for you....
*looks it up*
PPF from what I can gather
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=63881&st=0
Theres the GBAtemp forum link to the project.
1-10-2008 @ 4:26PM
deufeufeu said...
Do you send the £10 by paypal ? I've develloped my own patch system DPS : http://deufeufeu.free.fr/wiki/index.php?title=DPS . You can see an example of a DPS patch with the little translation and edit patch I've done for Daigasso Band Brothers! : http://deufeufeu.free.fr/wiki/index.php?title=Daigasso_Band_Brothers .
By the way, it answers a previous question, this patch will be a drag and drop one.
1-10-2008 @ 4:24PM
Joey said...
Well, well... there's been a Spanish patch for quite a while now. Almost everything translated, save for the Quizzes.
Glad to see there's something on the works for non-Spanish speakers, though :)
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1-12-2008 @ 12:18PM
Kiko said...
Wait. Spanish patch? Where?
1-10-2008 @ 4:46PM
deufeufeu said...
First patch was released here http://deufeufeu.free.fr/wiki/index.php?ti...JUS_Translation .
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1-10-2008 @ 7:21PM
Broco Lee said...
deufeufeu, i couldn't find the "enlarger.exe" for the ffta2... is it supossed to come in the same folder than the patch???
And, now that the ffta2 project is almost finished, do you have any other translation project in mind?
1-10-2008 @ 5:15PM
RunsWithFire said...
I have this game for the DS, yes, the actual cartridge game. I'm not up on all the homebrew/hacking stuff, so could someone explain to me if there is a way to get my game in english?(In terms an idiot could understand?) Or a nice link would work too. If not, thats cool, I can still play it anyway. Thanks~
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1-10-2008 @ 5:53PM
Chriv said...
Unless you dump it, hack it, and play it on a flashcart or emulator, you'll never get that game translated. Also, what game is it? It could be translated already, or be in the process of...
1-10-2008 @ 8:07PM
Broco Lee said...
The only way you will have this game translatedis with a rom, becouse, jump sold the rights (specially the older ones), so some characters and stuff doesn“t belong to them: ergo, jumnp can't release a game about something the don't own.
Waiting this one in english is like waiting for sony to release a mario game =)
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1-11-2008 @ 12:20AM
BPM64 - The Second Attack! said...
Too bad there's no way to patch a Game Card.
Oh, well. I can dump my ROM and save to my M3 Lite and use that. :D
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1-11-2008 @ 12:23AM
BPM64 - The Second Attack! said...
Too bad there's no way to patch a Game Card.
Oh, well. I can dump my ROM and save to my M3 Lite and use that. :D
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1-11-2008 @ 12:24AM
BPM64 - The Second Attack! said...
Grah, stupid borked comment system!
[kicks it]
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1-24-2008 @ 6:09AM
z_fallen said...
nice
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2-02-2008 @ 7:42AM
JockeG said...
When I try to patch my Jus rom nothing happens.
And when i try to open the DPS line program it just flickers and disappeares... I want this so bad :/
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