Opening Video

Anime Game Translations Team

• Hacking: Illidan
• Translation: Phantom
• Video Editing: Illidan
• Graphics: Phantom
• Proofreading: Haribeau

Changes to the game

Button Swaps: The game originally followed the Japanese control scheme, wherein O = select and X = back. These have been swapped in the patch.

Vertical Text: All instances of vertical text in the game were replaced with rotated text to allow for more characters to be used.

Subtitle Centering: The in-battle subtitles were changed from being left aligned to centered, to be consistent with the movies (which are centered in the original version as well.)

Alphabetical Sorting: Filtering lines in alphabetical order originally sorted them into Japanese "aiueo" order. This was changed to follow Latin alphabetical order.

Install Data: The install data was designed to speed up load times for those playing the game using a UMD. While it can still be installed, it is not functional in the patched version.

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About the game

Based on the hit light novel/anime series of the same name, Bakemonogatari Portable is a game so true to its unique source material, the developers had to invent a new genre. In this “crazy mad delusional drama”, words become weapons in fast-paced dialogue battles.

The story mode follows the ordeals of Koyomi Araragi, a high school boy turned vampire and back again. Trouble soon gets a taste for him, as he encounters a cast of quirky characters with mysterious disorders that blur the lines between the supernatural and psychological.

Notes

Slow Text Load: The text may sometimes take a while to render for the first time, leading to empty menus/missing choices. This is an issue present in the original game, and is more apparent on hardware.

Save Game Text: Any saves made in the unpatched version of the game will still show the save information in Japanese until overwritten.

Communication Mode: The game contains an ad hoc mode allowing two local players to go head-to-head. To the best of our knowledge, this has been fully translated, but we were unable to test it so there may be some errors.

Battle UI Display: It is not explained in the game controls, but pressing the up/down buttons on the D-Pad toggles the display for the battle gauges and subtitles respectively.

Reminiscence/Delusion Subtitles: Despite our best efforts, we were unable to add subtitles to the Reminiscence and Delusion modes. Unless someone else is able to make a breakthrough, this will not be updated in future versions.