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How the Famicom’s ultimate “legendary shitty game” got translated after 36 years

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How the Famicom’s ultimate “legendary shitty game” got translated after 36 years

And another fan translation: the much less shitty Samurai Shodown RPG is playable in English after 26 years, itself!

By Wes Fenlon Dec 3, 2023

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