Fans have released a western translation of Kirby's Super Star Stacker, a game which released on the Super Famicom just over 21 years ago.
The game is a remake of Game Boy title Kirby's Star Stacker and was only ever released in Japan (the original Game Boy game did launch in North America and Europe). The remake was intended to release worldwide, too, but with game localisation being a much slower process back then than what it is today, the SNES' lifespan was over before it could make the leap.
This new fan translation was started some time ago but abandoned, with hacking and translations being picked up by TheDanaAddams and Reld. All menus and text have been translated, including the option to add an English-language name, and "a significant amount of hacking has been done to present the game as a polished and official-looking localisation".
Kirby's Super Star Stacker was the final Kirby game to be released for the Super Famicom, so if you don't have access to Japanese games or a copy of the original on Game Boy, perhaps this is worth checking out?
[source siliconera.com]
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Can you imagine if the game got officially localised and it got a really cheesy and dark commercial like was standard Nintendo practice at the time?
21 years? Slacker.
Wow, they even went the extra mile to produce a localised title screen, and it looks great.
Will definitely check this out when I get the time.
Great stuff, a deluxe version of the Game Boy original sadly far too late to have any sort of chance at a Western release.
I'm sure Antdude is happy about this
Too bad the prices for a physical cart is way too high for me to muster, but at least I got it on Virtual Console for my Japanese N2DSXL. Definitely a better version than the GB original.
Nintendo should put this on Switch! Pretty please!
Thank you, I love it
I might give this a shot sometime.
I really enjoyed the a Gameboy version but playing it in colour would be so much better.
Amazing work! Congrats to everyone involved!
It looks like Dr. Mario but nicer. I just tried the patched game for the first time and it's a great game!
I don’t understand how it’s against the rules to discuss illegal emulators in the forums but you’re happy to advertise them in articles.
@Noid
I assume you're talking about this:
@ALinkttPresent @ALinkttPresent
They just reported that the fan translation is finally complete. They didn't say anything about how to play it.
Yes! Will have to look into it!
I hope it gets ported to physical SNES carts. I generally prefer to buy for their original system than to play them on the keyboard and mouse.
@NerdyBoutKirby You could always get a repro, Everdrive type device or use it on a Homebrew system. Even PC can use a standard controller.
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