Sonic Battle is a commonly overlooked gem in the Sonic series, featuring fun character interactions, rich characterization, a compelling story that builds upon Shadow’s backstory and Sonic lore as a whole, and a hectic yet fun battle system.

Unfortunately, the official localization is fraught with translation errors, typos, inaccuracies, awkward phrasing, minor censorship, and various liberties made to the script that mess with the tone and intent of the original Japanese dialogue. In the words of Japanese translator and Sonic fan, Windii Gaylord: “a good story that was sadly mangled by the official English localization almost as badly as Sonic Adventure 2‘s story.”

This patch aims to fix that.

Featuring an all-new translation by Windii Gaylord (known for their translation work seen in other Sonic retranslation mods such as Sonic Adventure 2 Retranslated), this ROM hack replaces the official English translation with a brand new translation from the original Japanese that more accurately reflects the original intent of the game's story mode planner, Asahiko Kikuchi.

This retranslation includes:

• All 8 Story Mode episodes
• All Skill Names and Skill Descriptions
• All 8 Pr. Gerald's diary entries
• All location names on the overworld maps and game save screen
• Revamped “Skill Captured” screen text to better reflect the original Japanese
• NEW!!! Three separate versions of the patch, one for each regional ROM. (USA, JP, EU)
• JP ROM ONLY: Certain text graphics have been replaced with their US ROM counterparts. (E.g. “Holly Summit” with “Holy Summit,” “Option” with “Options,” etc.)

(NOTE: If you want to play with Japanese voices, use the patch for the JP ROM.)

Want to revisit Sonic Battle but with a more accurate translation, or maybe you want to experience its story for the first time?

Then this is the hack for you!

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