Super Famicom in English Platform Project | Every Translated Game Imported/Represented 1G1R Style | inc. English Friendly Games Platform | All Unified Japanese Only Artwork | Pre Organised Platform XMLs, Just Add Games (sorta, mwaha) 1.0.1

NOW WITH VIDEOS!

For the longest time I've wanted to put together a definitive Super Famicom platform, but exclusively for games that are playable in English. There's a lot of translations out there, and going through each of those to compile a definitive list is no small feat. But now, thankfully and mercifully, there are a couple of different resources to track every Japanese SNES game with a translation. 

EDIT/UPDATE: This quickly spiralled into also figuring out which Japanese exclusives, with no translation, are ACTUALLY playable in English! @CriticalCid Provided a list of games "deemed" to be playable from the HyperSpin days. It seems they really went through every Japanese exclusive with no translation (at the time) and created a list. It's a good list, however, quite a few games aren't really playable in English. Some games with quiz elements slipped through and they were pretty liberal with adding to it. So, errrgh, I tested/watched a bunch of longplays for every game on the list, and culled it down to what it ACTUALLY playable in English. Some games you aren't even gonna notice the language barrier, others may have...like 1 menu in Japanese. The worst offenders are the Zero4 Champ games, a lot of menuing in Japanese, but the game is totally worth it. All other games I've been pretty strict with. Checked SNES Drunks lists, and had a general rummage around to make we got em'all (hopefully).

The Project is now in 2 Parts/Platforms.

Super Famicom is the T-En Platform, in other words, games guaranteed to play in English.

Super Famicom English Friendly platform, is for Japanese Exclusives (with no translation) that are "playable" in English! You may still encounter Japanese text & voice, but it'll be minimal.

These have been separated as not everyone may want the English Friendly games, and only opt for the "guaranteed to be in English" platform. If my assumption is wrong, lemme know and I'll combine them!   

"Rules" for the Translation Project

Now, there aren't really any "rules" when it comes to translations and Japanese platforms. Especially with game titles. A Japanese game can have its original title, the English translation title... and it's western release title, which can be different to the Japanese to English translation. Confusing...yes.

Also, artwork in general is a bit of a nightmare for Japanese games. Finding full unified 3D boxes that actually cover the full library is tough, and Box - Fronts can be different sizes depending on the source, causing my OCD to throw a fit.

Another point is the rom association with the DB. A lot of time has gone into ensuring all games and their artwork are correctly associated under the proper DB ID. Some games when imported under the translated title will catch a RomHACK ID or something completely different due to the difference in title, not on my watch.

Anyway, the rules I have applied for this platform are as follows.

• 1G1R. Only 1 game per entry
• ONLY Japanese unified artwork for Box Fronts, 3D boxes, 2D Carts and Clear Logos. Thanks to @firedropD12 for providing the updated/upscaled box fronts for the translation platform, among other things.
• Game titles set to the translated English title. This aligns the game name and title screen. Keep in mind not all translations have a translated title.
• A translation can be released with the Japanese title & the English title. In this scenario, the English title has been selected.
• Only the better translations with improvements (if any) listed/imported. (No FastROM hacks as I keep those in a separate platform)
• Artwork NOT named to Rom name. Instead I exported the images via the media pack maker, which names art to the DB entry, not the ROM name. This is best for 'ADD ROMS' situations.
• NO non Japanese translations. This includes French games translated to English, and Japanese games translated to anything other than English. Strictly Japanese to English here.
• NO USA Relocalisations for the above reason, also they really belong in the Improvements category.  
• NO Satellaview exclusives. This is really it's own platform and doesn't belong here. Satellaview will be covered separately, in depth, as it has loads of "confusing crossover" with the normal Super Famicom library.

"Rules" for the English Friendly Project

• No games with a translation
• Japanese exclusives only
• Games must be "enjoyable" in English. This is VERY transient, but to keep things realistic, if I found myself reaching for Google Translate, it got cut. However, there are like 5-10 games that are too good to not include, despite having move of a language barrier than I'd like. Your mileage may vary. 
• The same rules for Artwork apply as above for the Translation Project.

Now here comes the nasty part. ROM NAMING for TRANSLATIONS

Despite there not really being any solid naming standard, mostly looking like this... Dragon Quest III (Japan) [T-En] ....one has emerged and it looks like this.....

Dragon Quest III (Japan) [T-En by DQ Translations v1.1] [Add by Rod Mérida v1.0c] [SNES Mini] [i] [n]

This is based on MaybeIntros work from many years ago https://maybeintro.wordpress.com/about/ that now seems to be in use again.

Yes it's long, but information rich. Losing track of what you have applied to which rom is the WORST. Name them like this so you know exactly what's going on and be able to backtrack.

This way, we know who done the original translation along with the version, who made the addendums (if any) and any other additional info such as 'SNES Mini' or 'improvement patch x' applied on top.

[i] means Incomplete - [n] means the title screen has been changed to it's translated title

Some people don't change the Rom title to it's translated name, opting to keep the original Japanese title. THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE.

If a game has a translated title, the general rule of thumb is to rename the rom to match, which is what has been done here.

The fact this naming convention is the same as the best 'resource' out there is completely coincidental  

INSTRUCTIONS 

This applies to BOTH platforms! (Back up yo s*it if you need to)

• Download images and platform xmls from this page
• Make sure LB is NOT running
• Place Super Famicom/Super Famicom English Friendly platform xml into correct place... Data--> Platforms 
• Start LB
• Super Famicom/Super Famicom English Friendly platform should then appear in LB, if not, restart LB.
• Place 3D Boxes, Boxes, Cart Front & Clear Logo folders into.... Images --> Super Famicom/Super Famicom English Friendly
• Change roms file path to where you Super Famicom roms are. Click on any Super Famicom game, press Ctrl+A to sellect all games, go to Tools top left, go to File Management and select 'Change Roms Folder Path For Selected Games', select your folder location for Super Famicom games, and hit OK.
• (T-En Platform Only) If you have the correct source, rom names should be the same.
• (T-En Platform Only) If not... you have your work cut out for you. You can rename your roms to match how they are imported, or you can change the file name LB is expecting by.... Right Clicking on a game, edit Metadata and then change the launching path and name to match yours. This will be painstaking work.
• Make sure your emulator is setup AND ASSOCIATED with the Super Famicom/Super Famicom English Friendly platforms.

I wanna try to mitigate the main issue of rom names, and getting your specific roms associated to the correct games if you don't have the same naming convention. If people can let me know how they name their translation roms I'll put out an additional xml with those commonly used names instead. If anyone knows of a better way to..... like....reverse import!?...., please do let me know.

You can do whatever you want with the English Friendly platform. You can absorb it into your Super Famicom platform, if you wanna combine it into one.

LISTS

IN ANY CASE. This is the FULL list of every game with a translation in this Project using the best translations (I hope). There are also some Japanese games already in English that don't need patching listed at the bottom, of course these are also in the build. I the list you will see the translated name if there is one, and MOST importantly the LB Database ID. The ID's are paramount to tracking these entries and their associated translated titles. You can use these IDs if building yourself, they come in handy to say the least. With the rom name descriptors, you should be able to find those translations/patches with google, if you need to use these.

If you see anything incorrect or you see a "technically inferior" translation, drop a comment. This list will of course grow as new translations are released. Again, if you know of any new ones let us know.

(June 20, 2025) Full list of ENGLISH TRANSLATED Super Famicom Games in the Project -268-

List of Japanese Exclusive Games Already in English - No need to patch. Identifiable with '(Japan) (En)' tags, together -21-

As these are "guaranteed to play in English" they will be part of the Super Famicom platform.

English Friendly Platform Game List (No-Intro) -155-