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

[DrgnMasterKota]

Just curious but if you had to put a percentage on how much of the game is translated, what would it be?

90%

 

[Nynrah]

90%? With a percentage like that it sounds as though a full English translation is actually close.

 

[Samus12345]

I'm stuck at the bicycle quest in Chapter 2 where Nate wants you to buy 1 of each of the 4 ice creams at the convenience store. He refuses to let the story advance no matter what I do. I tried selling all my ice cream and buying the 4 again, no dice. Everything I can find online shows he is supposed to give you an option to say something to him when you have all 4. Has anyone else ever had this problem?

EDIT: If any future web searchers run into this problem, this quest cannot be completed unless you do the other 2 first.

EDIT 2: Just wanted to say thank you to the translators of this project for enabling me to discover and play this game. I was only vaguely aware of the Yo-Kai Watch games as Pokemon clones, and since I don't like Pokemon I ignored them. When I was looking through Switch translations, I initially passed this one over, but when I took a closer look I saw it had real time combat, which piqued my interest. Turns out I like this game a lot, which was a surprise to me. It sucks that the franchise is pretty much dead and we won't get any more, but I'm glad they made at least one game with gameplay I like so I could experience their world.

 

[jomaper]

Project is still being worked on. Just no set ETA on the final release. But it's coming with time.

That's good to know, I didn't know where else to ask haha. Take your time! Thanks for the update

 

[DrgnMasterKota]

Patch update 1.5.0 has been published.
The game is now 94% fully translated.
Overall, these are minor changes not too different from the last update patch, but here are some highlights:

• More NPC text translated
• Equipment text and effects translated
• A New Generation of Heroes!? translated
• Spicy x Pizza! Unyielding Battle! translated
• Be Sorry, Food Thief! translated
• Almost all tutorial images translated
• Tutorial text retranslation WIP started

As you'll note from the previous patch, the tutorial text was grossly mistranslated by someone, and It was kept for some reason. So while it might be a minor inconvenience for now, you'll have to deal with some tutorials being untranslated.
You should be fine due to the actual game mechanics and tutorial images being fully translated now.

 

[Samus12345]

Bug found in the most recent patch: In case 27, Dimmy is supposed to leave the restaurant if you bring him a rice ball, but the game doesn't recognize it if you have the patch applied. I had to revert to Japanese to complete the quest.

 

[theonlySHAPE]

Is it possible to use this with the PS4/PS5 version of 4++?

Post automatically merged: Apr 13, 2024

Is it possible to use this with the PS4/PS5 version of 4++?

 

[DrgnMasterKota]

The last 1.5.0 update accidentally removed a variable in a Chapter 7 Key Quest that made it impossible to progress the main story. That issue has now been fixed with Update 1.6.0 that has been released. The games translation progress has also increased from 94% last patch to now 95% this patch.

Highlights:

• A New Yo-kai Detective!? translated
• Rusty Bicycle translated
• Simple Sightseeing translated
• Tamamo Info, Blizzaria Edition trigger bugfix

 

[Lucinat03]

Hey, so I'm trying to use the emulator on my steamdeck using ryujinx. It might just be me but I can't make heads or tail of the explanation for ryujinx. Now it might just be that it's different cause of the steam deck, I can't be sure. Is there anyone that might be able to help me?

 

[anon_yokai_enjoyer]

Hey, so I'm trying to use the emulator on my steamdeck using ryujinx. It might just be me but I can't make heads or tail of the explanation for ryujinx. Now it might just be that it's different cause of the steam deck, I can't be sure. Is there anyone that might be able to help me?

I was confused at first too. Since this mod only works with version 2.2.0 I acquired that update NSP. I updated the game in Ryujinx by right-clicking the game icon and clicking "Manage Title Updates", then "Add" and navigated to the version 2.2.0 NSP file. Make sure you have it enabled by clicking on the icon in the update manager and saving. At this point you should run the game and verify it works. Now to enable the english translation mod; I found that in the "contents" folder of the mod, the folder inside is named after the yokai watch 4 title ID. For me when I replaced the game's "contents" folder with the mods' it lead to an immediate crash upon startup because the letters in the title ID were in all caps. That just might be a mac thing though so idk. I renamed the folder with lowercase letters and replaced the folders in the atmosphere folder as instructed and then it worked.

 

[nWo]

First of all, thank you! I'm going to finally play this game.

Now, onto the question: Is there a possible way to play YKW 4 and YKW 1 with both having your English translation? Or they enter in some kind of issue when together. I have both installed but now the YKW1 game shows totally in Japanese.

I don't have any problem, just want to know so I can safely uninstall temporarily one of them.

Thanks!!!

 

[DrgnMasterKota]

First of all, thank you! I'm going to finally play this game.

Now, onto the question: Is there a possible way to play YKW 4 and YKW 1 with both having your English translation? Or they enter in some kind of issue when together. I have both installed but now the YKW1 game shows totally in Japanese.

I don't have any problem, just want to know so I can safely uninstall temporarily one of them.

Thanks!!!

Both will work since they are seperate games all together. Just double check and make sure that you have the correct layeredfs game title ID for both.

 

[e_jones]

can you help me understand how i need to download this onto my switch?

 

[anon_yokai_enjoyer]

First of all, thank you! I'm going to finally play this game.

Now, onto the question: Is there a possible way to play YKW 4 and YKW 1 with both having your English translation? Or they enter in some kind of issue when together. I have both installed but now the YKW1 game shows totally in Japanese.

I don't have any problem, just want to know so I can safely uninstall temporarily one of them.

Thanks!!!

Idk if you're using Ryujinx but I'm gonna assume you are. So the instructions for installing on Ryujinx say to replace the 'contents' and 'exefs_patches' folders in the Ryujinx 'atmosphere' folder. You can do that first for the Yo-Kai Watch 4 English mod. Then to also install the Yo-Kai Watch 1 English mod you'll have to go into the Ryujinx 'atmosphere' folder, go into the 'contents' folder, and if you installed the Yo-Kai Watch 4 English mod correct you should see a folder there named with the game's title ID "010086c00ad7c000". When you download the Yo-Kai Watch 1 English mod you should see a folder inside with a different title ID name. Copy that mod folder and paste it into the 'contents' folder. If the Yo-Kai watch 1 mod doesn't work for you maybe try renaming the folder to lowercase letters "0100c0000ceea000".

 

[nWo]

Idk if you're using Ryujinx but I'm gonna assume you are. So the instructions for installing on Ryujinx say to replace the 'contents' and 'exefs_patches' folders in the Ryujinx 'atmosphere' folder. You can do that first for the Yo-Kai Watch 4 English mod. Then to also install the Yo-Kai Watch 1 English mod you'll have to go into the Ryujinx 'atmosphere' folder, go into the 'contents' folder, and if you installed the Yo-Kai Watch 4 English mod correct you should see a folder there named with the game's title ID "010086c00ad7c000". When you download the Yo-Kai Watch 1 English mod you should see a folder inside with a different title ID name. Copy that mod folder and paste it into the 'contents' folder. If the Yo-Kai watch 1 mod doesn't work for you maybe try renaming the folder to lowercase letters "0100c0000ceea000".

Thank you. I play directly on a Switch console. Oddly enough, the Ykw1 game appeared in japanese after I installed the patch for YKW4. But I am going to reinstall everything to see if everything goes back to normal. Although I have already finished YKW1 (except for the hardest to find Yokai)

But your advise is good, I'm sure that many Ryujinx users will benefit with it.

 

[Mister_X]

Graet Project

 

[DrgnMasterKota]

Thank you. I play directly on a Switch console. Oddly enough, the Ykw1 game appeared in japanese after I installed the patch for YKW4. But I am going to reinstall everything to see if everything goes back to normal. Although I have already finished YKW1 (except for the hardest to find Yokai)

But your advise is good, I'm sure that many Ryujinx users will benefit with it.

Hold out just a tad longer I'm actually cooking up a massive 2024 mod update for YW1 Switch as we speak to once again resolve the still few existing bug issues that are plaguing the current mod build for certain quests etc. Having to rebuild all the file structures for those overworld text banks from scratch but I'm determined to fix every last damn bug for it THIS year.

 

[Decade21Z]

is there a way for the patch to work with PS4 version ?

 

[jesterfester]

Is there a way to get damona and the other exclusive yokai?

 

[andersoncardoso]

is this fully translated?

Game is 94% fully translated.