Translating Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Most of the different changes to the scenario in a replay of the game aren't in the original Saturn version. Those were added later in the PS1 and 3DS releases. Part of getting this to work has been identifying that text and removing it because the Saturn game bugs out with it in place. Even the Extra Dungeon isn't fully present as it was a separate bonus disc released later through mail order only.

To reiterate, what I need is people who know this game exceptionally well. Not just a first time playthrough with a machine translation, I mean people who know not just the Saturn game but the 3DS localization as well since that's where the translation is coming from. I need people with good knowledge so they can point out if a character is saying the wrong line, or a demon's name or it's dialogue is swapped with another demon, items having the wrong description, etc.

So this isn't really the job for someone wanting to play it for the first time or someone who's only played it once or twice. Those kind of people will be needed eventually but not until we are in the beta testing phase. This is still in the early alpha testing phases.
 
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In testing I've been able to identify a few more areas where Japanese text was still present or the game wasn't using the proper text draw routine. As a result the following have now been corrected:

The Healing Room menu previously called a different text routine for certain options resulting in this:

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This has now been corrected:
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I was also able to find and translate the disc change screen for both Disc 1 and 2. In testing I used Disc 2 to make sure it displayed properly:
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Finally, I've been testing translating the title screen graphics. I've been able to rework the "Devil Summoner" portion so far. Looking at the original it looked like they used the logo as a stencil over another graphic as a backdrop. So I had AI look at the original and generate a similar looking backdrop, I then used the logo from the unreleased translation of Devil Summoner that was shown in Magazines back in the 90s as a stencil. Overall I think it came out ok:

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For comparison this is the original:
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What I'll probably do next is see if I can rework the Katakana "Soul Hackers" portion to instead say "Shin Megami Tensei" and move it above the "Devil Summoner" portion.
 
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