Fire Emblem If(Fates) Translation Mod

[Kyonko802]

Greetings Varischads. Some of you were already aware of this project before the post dropped, but I bet it'll be a surprise to people who aren't. Around six or so years ago I joined Team If with the intent of helping translate Fire Emblem Fates as an editor due to the censorship and other localization decisions surrounding the game. After we released 4.2 the team burned out hard. A few of us continued to work diligently but the fact of the matter is that wasn't enough to get us through. It felt really bad. We went from a 30 strong crew to a handful of people doing work. With the release of Engage came more censorship drama and its own re-translation, at least for the really nasty parts.

This got me thinking about going back and finishing Fates. So me and a few others got together and started working. Just like the old days. There's still a lot to be done, but I feel like we've made enough progress to go public with what we have so far.

We've decided to move further away from the localization of the game, so from this patch onwards the country names will be Byakuya and Anya. This is a work in progress and we still have to check the supports, but they need touching up anyways.

The new patch, 4.3, after 6 years, includes the entire Conquest(Anya) campaign, and many new translated second gen supports. I hope you enjoy and continue to support us on resuming our journey.

Patch with patcher
LayeredFS Instructions
Game ID for Fire Emblem If Special Edition: 000400000012DE00
Game ID for Fire Emblem If Byakuya: 000400000012DC00
Game ID for Fire Emblem If Anya: 000400000012DD00
Hacking your 3DS

Note that you need an unencrypted CIA of Fire Emblem If Special Editon for the patching method to work. If you cannot manage this then use the LayeredFS method, it's the same method the uncensor patch for Engage uses and works great. If you do have an unencrypted CIA the patcher is very simple. Link your CIA, your mod folder, and the patcher does the work.

It is very important that you make sure you are using Fire Emblem If and not Fates. If is the JP version. If=petting waifus, Fates=no petting waifus.

Also please note that this patch will not be tested on Citra so any tickets related to that will be closed with no answer. Citra is a bit finnicky with FE games. Hack your 3DS, it's ez.

 

[cris1010]

I'm so glad to see this, I skipped IF because of the censorship, but I guess after so many years of wanting to play it, it's finally time to enjoy it as it was meant to be.

Thanks for all your hard work and for coming back to finish it after all these years!

 

[xXSoulGeoXx]

Its just an amazing time for the community as a whole

Gonna be honest, its just amazing to see projects like this still going

Me, avoiding Fates mostly due to the disaster of the localization when it came out years ago

From what I remember, most of the errors were affected in some way by that translation that was leaked on tumblr when it released in JP, right?
Something about convertion therapy, and always felt that did lead to the final product that was Fates in the West

 

[Wat]

I've been going through the Fire Emblem games recently and I've been waiting for this to finally play FE If, thank you so much for this!

 

[Trangalho]

Thanks for still going at it after all these years.

 

[Carpincho]

Amazing, played the patched version of your team a couple of years ago, one of the reasons to learn japanese was to be able to read the untranslated DLC of that game (and the children supports), now i'm working on my own translation of games so i have to thank you for the inspiration. At this rate the website will turn into a fan translator hub, which is something i welcome. The industry changed a lot since If release, now games get censored during development and get global releases so now translator only censor scripts instead of leaving out mini games or entire DLCs.

 

[NotShared]

I have some of the mods for the US versions saved, like UnDub, Swimsuit, etc. Multiple versions for the different editions. I can send OP a private link if you want to host them somewhere for this project.

 

[Kyonko802]

I have some of the mods for the US versions saved, like UnDub, Swimsuit, etc. Multiple versions for the different editions. I can send OP a private link if you want to host them somewhere for this project.
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These aren't needed for If but I guess they'd be a good thing to have for people who want to apply our patch to Fates. You'd still be missing out on the skinship, though.

 

[NotShared]

These aren't needed for If but I guess they'd be a good thing to have for people who want to apply our patch to Fates. You'd still be missing out on the skinship, though.

I only have one If mod, I believe it is the 4.1 translation for the Special Edition. I can reupload them somewhere and send you the link to avoid getting the originals copyright struck. It’s been so long since I thought about these I don’t really remember why I made them. I have If installed on my 3DS with the 4.1 translation, the rest I kept around because of how long it took to repack them. I think I have standalone versions, and variants of each mod repacked for Birthright and the Special Edition.

 

[VidMasterEon]

Tell me if you need any assistance

 

[Kyonko802]

Tell me if you need any assistance

Could playtest for us, let us know about any issues in the Conquest chapter and any translated supports.

 

[monoken3]

this is amazing! thanks for your work

btw will this work with gay mod patch from gamebanana?

 

[Kyonko802]

this is amazing! thanks for your work

btw will this work with gay mod patch from gamebanana?

I think it will but don't quote me. You would need to install our patch first and then that one.

Soliel I take it?

Some issues I could see rearing their heads are some things not quite aligning right. It's difficult to explain, but the file structure for the games is mostly the same. It depends on how their mod is structured too. I've never used it so I don't know.

 

[Kratoscar2008]

That's cool. I remember being Dissapointed I didnt get Corrin's second gen support to the very least.
Hope someone makes a patched rom because I remember getting to load mods in the 3DS rather daunting (Also why I haven't hacked my switch yet).

 

[Kyonko802]

We're currently having some issues getting Revelations working with the included patcher, so if you wanted to play it early and you're getting this error that's why. We'll figure it out. I don't wanna have to make you guys extract and build your own CIA for the DLC, especially since we're planning on translating the festival dlc.

 

[xXSoulGeoXx]

If any one is confused with the 3 folders if you guys are deciding on using the LayeredFS option
Copy the "rom" folder to /luma/titles/000400000012DE00

and rename the "rom" folder to romfs

and take the chance to add a locale.txt file in the same place
it should have JPN JP on the text file ( for the DLC to work )

If anyone its checking for corrections
Check this page and go from there

Fire Emblem If - English Translation File List - Division II

docs.google.com

 

[Jumbletuff]

Greetings Varischads. Some of you were already aware of this project before the post dropped, but I bet it'll be a surprise to people who aren't. Around six or so years ago I joined Team If with the intent of helping translate Fire Emblem Fates as an editor due to the censorship and other localization decisions surrounding the game. After we released 4.2 the team burned out hard. A few of us continued to work diligently but the fact of the matter is that wasn't enough to get us through. It felt really bad. We went from a 30 strong crew to a handful of people doing work. With the release of Engage came more censorship drama and its own re-translation, at least for the really nasty parts.

This got me thinking about going back and finishing Fates. So me and a few others got together and started working. Just like the old days. There's still a lot to be done, but I feel like we've made enough progress to go public with what we have so far.

We've decided to move further away from the localization of the game, so from this patch onwards the country names will be Byakuya and Anya. This is a work in progress and we still have to check the supports, but they need touching up anyways.

The new patch, 4.3, after 6 years, includes the entire Conquest(Anya) campaign, and many new translated second gen supports. I hope you enjoy and continue to support us on resuming our journey.

Patch with patcher
LayeredFS Instructions
Game ID for Fire Emblem If Special Edition: 000400000012DE00
Game ID for Fire Emblem If Byakuya: 000400000012DC00
Game ID for Fire Emblem If Anya: 000400000012DD00
Hacking your 3DS

Note that you need an unencrypted CIA of Fire Emblem If Special Editon for the patching method to work. If you cannot manage this then use the LayeredFS method, it's the same method the uncensor patch for Engage uses and works great. If you do have an unencrypted CIA the patcher is very simple. Link your CIA, your mod folder, and the patcher does the work.

It is very important that you make sure you are using Fire Emblem If and not Fates. If is the JP version. If=petting waifus, Fates=no petting waifus.

Also please note that this patch will not be tested on Citra so any tickets related to that will be closed with no answer. Citra is a bit finnicky with FE games. Hack your 3DS, it's ez.

Appreciate y'all's dedication to this project!

Unfortunately I JUST patched a file with your old translation along side making a number of mod merges. The old one had support for NA/EN roms. Is there any plans to support NA/EN again? Just because if not that makes my multi-mod setup more... complicated lol.

Either way I love what y'all have done and appreciate it immensely!

 

[Kyonko802]

Appreciate y'all's dedication to this project!

Unfortunately I JUST patched a file with your old translation along side making a number of mod merges. The old one had support for NA/EN roms. Is there any plans to support NA/EN again? Just because if not that makes my multi-mod setup more... complicated lol.

Either way I love what y'all have done and appreciate it immensely!

The file structure is the same for both games so it SHOULD still work. We're still using the old github.

 

[Ebicentre]

I bought a copy of FE:If from Play-Asia specifically for the day this patch would come to life, and I'm really happy to see it's finally here.

Now, where did I keep that old, un-updated 3DS...

 

[immahnoob]

It's time for me to let go of the past and finally play this game with a proper patch.