[WIP] Yo-kai Watch 4 ++ Switch English Translation Project

DISCLAIMER:
THIS MOD IS A STRICTLY NON-PROFIT PROJECT CREATED BY THE FANS FOR THE FANS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.
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The time has finally come to take on the ultimate adventure of translating Yo-kai Watch 4 ++ for the lovely Yo-kai Watch community! If you aren't aware I have already translated Yo-kai Watch 1 for the Nintendo Switch and it was a treat and my introduction to this amazing series. If you haven't already go check out that awesome project here at the link below!

Link to the YW1 English Translation Project:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-yo-kai-watch-1-switch-english-translation-project.577591/

Now back to the subject at hand, Yokai Watch 4 ++ is a massive and content heavy game so this project will take a lot longer than Yokai Watch 1 did. But luckily unlike 1 I'm not working on this project all by myself. I'm blessed to have recruited a phenomenal team of fellow Yo-kai Watch fans within our discord that have been assisting with the project doing so much work to help out and they are beyond driven and dedicated to see this project through to the end! So I hope everyone will stick with us through this adventure and even potentially come join our Discord community yourself if you are interested in joining the team to help us out with this project in anyway or just want to meet some fellow Yo-kai fans to chat and have a good time community wise. I'll post the link to our discord below so do please come join the family!

Mad shout outs to MasaGratoR, Destockjapan and Miken!
Without these guys and all their hard work this project would not have been made a reality.
So make sure to go show them some love! They are the true MVP's of this entire project!

Screenshots of the project:









Link to our Project Discord: https://discord.gg/zPEc7ffqrc

Link to download the Mod's latest release version 0.0.1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xRFZJHk7oR8_wydav1RKTWIN_izo_wbl/view?usp=sharing

Installation:

(MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THE LATEST UPDATED GAME VERSION)

Installation of the project is very easy its a simple drag and drop. Everything is built around LayeredFS. So all you have to do is move the supplied "010086C00AF7C000" folder to the corresponding directory listed below depending on what Firmware you are using.

ATMOSPHERE DIRECTORY: Atmosphere/contents

SXOS DIRECTORY: SXOS/titles

Keep in mind when updating the mod to a newer released version it is always advisable to delete all the old files to avoid any possible errors or data corruption that might occur. Just delete the entire old folder and move the new versions folder in its place.

 

Alright so for the first progress post on this project I've got a question for all my fellow modder savvy friends out there. The main files for Yokai Watch 4 ++ are .cpk for compression and then when extracted it's g4pk files and g4mt files. Anyone familiar with these file types? With Yokai Watch 1 I used the Kuriimu and Kuriimu2 program for all the translations and packing/unpacking file management. Was hoping to do the same with this game. Could anyone assist me with some knowledge or point me in the right direction for the correct way to go with these file structures? I've got the games files extracted and found the folders holding everything I need but no idea how to once again go about these file formats. Thanks in advance for all the help my friends!

 

Yokai Watch 1 has been fully finished you can find the link for that in the description. Yokai Watch 4 is still a work in progress and a new project for me at that so it will take a little bit.

 

I’ve done everything solo up to this point.

 

Yes that Is correct!

 

Alright everyone the first full chapter of YW4 has officially been released with the 0.0.1 release! More polishing and many many many more updates and good things to come for this game soon! So keep an eye out and once again feel free to come join our Discord community to lend a hand with this project and a lot more awesome Yo-kai Watch English translation projects currently in the works by our team.