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Little Busters! Converted Edition for the PSP gets an English patch

Christmas is in a week and we have fitting anouncements for such occasion.

If you’re a fan of Key have always wished you could play your visual novels while you’re away from your computer, then stick around, because this article is for you!  patr0805 wrote on the Fuwanovel Forums that he is working on an english patch for the PSP version of Little Busters using the translated scripts from the PC version. He said that he had been working on the project for a couple months now by himself and does not intend to drop it. We wish we had known about it sooner but it’s still a great early Christmas announcement for Little Busters fans.

According to patr0805, the patch is fully compatible with physical copies of the game. Not only that, but since the Converted Edition actually needs installing when you play on a PSP, the patch will simply affect the installed files, not the UMD itself. This is great news for users who are afraid of having to hack into a game or simply don’t want to mess with one.

As you may know, the Converted Edition of Little Busters is the same in content as the Memorial Edition (ME) of the PC version which includes the Sasami, Kanade and Saya routes. These will be excluded from the first patch, effectively reverting the game back to the normal version of Little Busters much like the current Ecstasy (EX) patch. The reason being the still untranslated scripts for the ME version as patr0805 is not a translator himself. Fear not, there will be a full translation once the ME scripts are translated and a second patch will be made so you can enjoy the extra routes on your PSP as well.

Currently the entire common route plus Komari’s route have been patched in since the project’s genesis on October 31st. How long will it take until the full patch is out? We can only wait to find out, but since this is not a direct translation but rather an overwriting of the PSP scripts with the already translated scripts, and with so much progress in just a couple of months I would say early next year we might have the game translated and a patch ready to be installed, if things keeps going steadily as they are now.

For any Little Busters fan this is great news. And since there is such a big lack of PSP visual novels that are fan translated, Little Busters might just be the one that changes this mindset. I hope this information gets you more excited for Winter as it might be before this Winter is over that we get an english patch for the game.

You can follow updates and patch progress on patr0805’s wordpress.

 

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SieghartXx
10 years ago

That’s really cool of him! Good luck!

twoo447
10 years ago

Is the patch compatible for the PS Vita?

Nosebleed
Nosebleed
Reply to  twoo447
10 years ago

As far as I know it’s only for the normal PSP version.

patr0805
Reply to  twoo447
10 years ago

I don’t know yet if it will work for PS Vita. If the PS Vita version is using the same scenario archive as the PSP version then YES it should be possible. If not then there is still a high possibility that my tools can be used to make a Vita version as well, though I can’t be sure untill I obtain a Vita version of the game.

I suppose I will search for a person who owns the Vita version when the patch is ready.

Raptor
10 years ago

Any new news about the EX-Patch?

Ponyo
Reply to  Raptor
10 years ago

I’d also rather hear news about this than some PSP version.

Imationer
10 years ago

well, there’s nothing left to say, but:

IT’S HAPPENING.

Mykorrhiza
Mykorrhiza
10 years ago

I don’t have a psp. But I reaaaally hope they finish the translation for EX/ME Version next year. 😡 I’m so eager to read it.

Anonymous
10 years ago

i am farted

Perry Como
10 years ago

A mysterious message coming from nowhere…

Anthony
10 years ago

Woohoo!
I bought a PSP recently just to play VNs and when I was going through the LB! game on PSP, I noticed it’s the same as PC.(routes/choices).

You have my deepest gratitude for taking on this project and will anticipate for the release!

Soap Samurai
10 years ago

if it released, do you upload it with the game or just the patch?

ConfusedBro
10 years ago

Wow! Good luck man. I can’t wait for it to be released!

Lord Zero
Lord Zero
10 years ago

Well, there are several visual novels on psp, in fact you could call it the BIG VN machine.
Having a new great one its super great.

TenguSan
10 years ago

Now if only Doki would finish translating EX…..

Kunya
10 years ago

rly i cant wait for the translation release :3

Perry Como
10 years ago

A mysterious message coming from nowhere…