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# Return of Mario Bros.: English Translation

## About

Source code: https://github.com/romh-acking/return-of-mario-bros-fds-en

Discord: [https://discord.gg/G9nd22F](https://discord.gg/G9nd22F)

This is another translation patch for Kaettekita Mario Brothers for the Famicom Disk System. A translated manual is included with this patch.

Return of Mario Bros. is a unique item. It's a return to the original Mario Bros. with a few tweaks and additions. The most significant change is that the player can change direction mid-air. This game was sponsored by the Japanese food company Nagatanien. To my understanding their products are rare or inaccessible outside of Japan. So if this game makes you hungry for Nagatanien products and you live outside of Japan, your best option is to order online.

Huge thanks to Sho from [Gaming Alexandria](https://www.patreon.com/gamingalexandria) for providing a manual scan for this game. It wasn't uploaded to the site as he said it didn't quite meet the site's quality standards (which, to be fair, is a very high bar).

## Patching Instructions

The patch is a Beat patch. Either use a [Beat patcher](https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/893/) or patch your disk image here:

[https://www.romhacking.net/patch/](https://www.romhacking.net/patch/)

## Translation Notes

* Everything has been translated (aside from the Kanji for "Nagatanien" in the slot machine). I could't edit this in a way that wasn't awkward as the name is split up between three slots. It makes sense in Japanese as it's three Kanji characters.
* The ads were translated. As far as I know, Nagatanien products are shipped with original Japanese branding with some English text, but alas. I was considering not using my translated graphics, but after consulting with LuigiBlood, I believe the translated ads are in a much more acceptable state.
* The "News" screen had the double spacing removed to fit in more text.
* The registration screen had some things shuffled around to fit in longer text strings. The name field was not expanded. I honestly didn't bother looking into whether I could, perhaps I could add expand them by two characters if enough people pester me about this. But considering this is an FDS game, it would probably be annoying to do.
* The intermission text for Nagataneien World (which is randomly generated) was shuffled around to make more grammatical sense. Due to the shuffling, there's a slight pause before printing the second player's name. This is because name printing is linked part of a larger system that controls that controls how the sprites move around on the screen and what text is printed.
	* And yes, I'm aware some text combinations are cringeworthy. Yes, Mario's Furikake sounds like Mario's Furry Cock. And yes, it's delicious. And no, I'm not changing it. [The product names were grabbed from the official Nagatanein website.](https://www.nagatanien.com/products/furikake/)
	* The text space for this screen was expanded, however, I suppose the text is still a bit constrained.
* The high score names were truncated.
* The games has two screens conveying codes to mail in to get prizes. The screen highlights key words in red. However, due to the text's brevity in English, the highlighting was removed. Also, there was text telling the player to write down the codes, which was removed for space and also because of how pointless the text is.

## Changelog
* 2021 November 30th: 1.0:
	* Initial release

## Credits

### Main Team
* FCandchill
	* Project lead
    * Hacking
	* Manual
	* Script revision
* Her-saki
    * Main translator

### Support
* Sho#6004
	* Manual scan (from Gaming Alexandria)
* LuigiBlood
	* Manual and advertisement feedback
* YasaSheep / Kadalyn#2959
    * Spot translation: save prompt
* DEMILLE / Spoon Me#8706
    * Spot translation: Mario 3 kanji id
* MrRichard999
    * Creator of the original translation project.
    * The script from this translation was used as a reference with MrRichard999's permission.
* Jamesmedia
    * Created translated versions of the ads.
    * The translated versions were used as a reference.
* Pluvius and Pennywise:
    * Title screen ideas
* Klarth
    * For tileshop pro

### Beta Testers
* Togemet2
* ppltoast
