Translation [HELP] What tools do you use to translate Japanese 3DS games?

[Alpha1008]

Hi everyone,


I’m currently looking into how to translate Japanese 3DS games into another language, especially by modifying the romFS.


Some games seem to use files like Clothes_JP_Japanese_LZ.bin (and similar ones), but I’m not sure:

• What tools are available to extract and repack these kinds of files?
• How do you usually edit the text once it’s decompressed (if it really is compressed text)?
• What’s the recommended workflow or set of tools for handling a full 3DS fan translation project?

I’m not interested in piracy, just the technical side of romhacking / fan translations.
Any advice, experience, or tutorials would be really appreciated!

 

[Nazuki152]

Did you succeed? Because I'd also like to translate Japanese games into another language.

 

[cearp]

It's different for every game, not every developer packs there files in the same way, they can all choose to store text in different ways.
(Of course, if a company releases GoodGame 1, then a few years later GoodGame 2, it's likely the file formats are the same / similar to each other)

Best case, the text will be in one of the files you find, in plain text.
Worst case, it will be encrypted in a format that you're not sure of (and not documented elsewhere), and you'll have to do a little reverse engineering to see how the file is parsed, and then write some code to handle the conversion process.

 

[Nazuki152]

for example Dragon Ball Heroes Ultimate Mission