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The Legend of Zelda - Relocalized

Original game : The Legend of Zelda

Platform : NES

Author : KillerBob

Release date : 23 October 2020

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : G, T

Downloads : 2321

ROM Information

Legend of Zelda (U) (PRG0)
No-Intro: Legend of Zelda, The (USA)
CRC32: 3FE272FB
MD5: 337BD6F1A1163DF31BF2633665589AB0
File SHA-1: DAB79C84934F9AA5DB4E7DAD390E5D0C12443FA2
ROM SHA-1: A12D74C73A0481599A5D832361D168F4737BBCF6

Hack description

This is an English "relocalization/restoration" patch for the original North American NES version of The Legend of Zelda.
The aim is to provide an English localization that is more faithful to the Japanese version. There isn't much text in this game, but what is there have been cleaned up and revised for an improved presentation.

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
KillerBobScript Editing/RevisionHacking
TomatoOriginal TranslationLegends of Localization

Reviews

Not a proper relocalization.BlazeHeatnix2018-01-30Version 0.9

This basically copy and pastes what Tomato wrote on LOL. The problem is that Tomato's translations were quick, dirty and literal. For example, he states that the old man will say "It's dangerous to go alone. I'll give you this." But he also says that the old man says it in a very "old wise man" sort of way, which was lost in translation.

So if this game were properly relocalized, the script would say something like "Hyrule is a dangerous land. I will give you aid." It's not perfect, but it's similar to what a real localization team would write.

In addition, there are some Japanese lines that don't actually get the point across that they need to. The White Sword requires a certain number of hearts to claim it, but neither line makes this clear. A good replacement would be something like "If you are strong enough, you will be worthy to have this."

Excellent, but..Rafaelele2017-08-02Version 0.9

Don't change "it's dangerous to go alone, take this!" As it is a very iconic and beloved phrase for this game. Everything else is fine. Also, if you could add smooth-scrolling like the 'readme' promises, that would be great.

Thank you.Animation Guru2016-04-14Version 0.9

Totally cleans up the game's text. Even better than the Gamecube version.