This thread is for my preliminary English translations of the information on the box and in the instruction booklet of “SD Gundam Dimension War,” one of the “Japan Only” Virtual Boy games. As I did with my translations for “V-Tetris,” “Virtual Bowling,” “Space Invaders Virtual Collection,” “Virtual Lab,” “Space Squash,” and “Insmouse No Yakata” (“Mansion of Insmouse”), I once again make mention of the fact that I myself do not know or speak Japanese and, rather, rely on translation software programs and online Japanese to English dictionaries and other online sources to make the translations. Nevertheless, I have gotten the hang of using such sources and am quite confident that these translations accurately convey the meaning of the original Japanese information. Still, I post my work here with the hope of receiving helpful input from others who may have better knowledge of the meaning of certain sections.
Preliminary English Translations for the Front of the Box:
[In the upper left-hand corner]
バーチャルボーイTM
専用カートリッジ
VIRTUAL BOY TM
EXCLUSIVE-USE CARTRIDGE
[The main title]
SDガンダム
ディメンション ウォー
SD GUNDAM
DIMENSION WAR
[Above the picture in the lower left white box]
創通エージェンシ
SOTSU AGENCY
[Beneath the picture in the lower left white box]
サンライズ
SUNRISE
[Beneath the lower left white box]
© 創通エージェンシ ・サンライズ
© 創通エージェンシ ・サンライズ ・テレビ朝日
© BANDAI 1995 MADE IN JAPAN
© SOTSU AGENCY / SUNRISE
© SOTSU AGENCY / SUNRISE / TV ASAHI
© BANDAI 1995 MADE IN JAPAN
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Translation for In-Game Story After Mission 4:
われわれは みごと てきの せんめつに せいこうした
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われわれは そんしょうのはげしいzガンダムのかわりにF91を
ほんたいからにゅうしゅしコロニーにむかったが
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しんにゅうにきがついたテキぶたいがすでにまちうけていた
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We had admirable success in annihilating the enemy units.
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As a substitute for the severely damaged Z Gundam, we obtained F91 from the enemy. We then headed towards the colony.
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As we approached, we noticed that enemy forces were already waiting.
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Translation for In-Game Story After Mission 5:
われわれは みごと てきの せんめつに せいこうした
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かいはつがおくれていたV2ガンダムがついにGぶたいにはいってきた
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「これでテキMSかいはつきちにむかうことができる」
とさきをいそいだわれわれのまえにテキがあらわれた
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We had admirable success in annihilating the enemy units.
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V2 Gundam, whose development had been delayed, finally came into G Force.
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“With this, we can head to the enemy’s mobile suit development base.” As we hurried to the destination, more enemy units appeared in front of us.
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Translation for In-Game Story After Mission 6:
われわれは みごと てきの せんめつに せいこうした
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テキきちへそうこうげきをかけるべく たのぶたいとごうりゅうした
Gぶたいは ここでもしんがたMSをとうさいした
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そこへテキぶたいがこうげきをしかけてきた
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We had admirable success in annihilating the enemy units.
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In order to make a full-scale attack on the enemy base, G Force was joined with other forces, being equipped with new mobile suit models once again.
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There, enemy forces came to attack.
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Translation for In-Game Story After Mission 7:
われわれは みごと てきの せんめつに せいこうした
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いよいよそうこうげきがはじまった
そのさなかテキのさいしゅうMSがしゅつげきした
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われわれもさいしゅうMSをとうよし テキMSをおった
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We had admirable success in annihilating the enemy units.
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So finally, the attack was to begin. We were to raid into the midst of the enemy’s last mobile suits.
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We treated our final mobile suits and pursued the enemy mobile suits.
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Translation for In-Game Story After Mission 8:
われわれは てきの しんがたMSの せんめつに せいこうした
このさくせんの せいこうで たたかいは しゅうけつへ むかった
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We were successful in annihilating the enemy’s new mobile suit models. With the success of our tactics, the war has come to its end.
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To see English translations on this site that were already made for the credits appearing on the following screens, under Games / Released Games / SD Gundam Dimension War, click on the “Game Credits” tab.
Translation for the Defeat Screen:
われわれは おおくの せんりょくを うしない はいぼくした
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We lost a lot of forces and were defeated.
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I read that a possible reproduction of the game on a cart would be available sometime and a label was needed. I am not super fantastic at label reworking but this is what I made.
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Heres a higher definition version of my label design for SD Gundam!
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That’s pretty good. One thing I notice, “VSDJ” would appear as “VSDE” for the English version of the game.
Actually, I notice that some games that were made both for Japan and the USA have “VXXJ” for the Japanese version of the game and “VXXE” for the English version, whereas others do, indeed, have “VXXJ” for both versions. Does anybody know why that occurs in some cases? Should it have always been “VXXE” for the English version and they simply forgot to change it themselves, perhaps?
Here is another possible image to be used as a sticker for a reproduction cartridge of SD Gundam Dimension War. This one was made by my friend Luke. Many thanks to him for this.
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KR155E wrote:
That’s very nice, great work by Luke on that logo! I wonder why he used the box front as a base and not the original cart sticker? Also, the aspect ratio is pretty off.
The box front was used because on the original sticker, too much text that would need to be eliminated overlapped the pictures. It would be hard for Luke to eliminate such text while preserving the pictures, but perhaps someone with better skills could do so. The box image was then distorted slightly to make the height and width of the whole image in the right proportions to the height and width of a cart sticker, without cropping off too much of the bottom of the picture in the process. If someone can modify the actual sticker image better, attached is a high res scan of such.
