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	English Retranslated Patch 				  
	        for													
        Metalgun Slinger for Game Boy Advance							  
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Version:	v1.1, Released Nov 29, 2025
			Original patch released Nov 23, 2025
Author: 	Rae Dawn Chongling Bay (RDCB)

Purpose & Background
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    	This patch is to translate the Japan-only game Metalgun Slinger to English. 
	It is based upon a prior English translation by KBLO, and all credit for
	initial hacking of the game goes to them. This patch is a full ground-
	up retranslation of the game to provide a closer translation and fix
	errors present in the original.


IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT KNOWN ISSUES
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	This patch works best with the mGBA emulator due to its higher tolerance.
	There are currently known errors running this patched game in the VBA-M 
	emulator.

	The game has very tight character limits, so some wonky line spacing
	can be attributed to that. 

	Outstanding issues: The Badges screen lists Wyatt's Badge as Wyatto.
	This is a baked-in graphical issue in the original game that is possible 
	but not extremely straightforward to fix. An early attempt to fix this
	was game-breaking, so I will let it ride for now, although it aggravates
	my perfectionism.

Version 1.1 Changelog
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	* Fixed a heinous bug in which opening the the Badges & Arts screen would 
	hard crash the game.
	
	
Version 1.0 Changelog (i.e., What the Patch Entails)
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    	* All text has been retranslated from Japanese to be grammatical,
	sensible, consistent, and correctly spelled. This includes dialogue,
	tutorial text, UI text, item/ability names, etc.
	
	* Text graphics have been updated, including map location names
	(specifically, Navanjo) and character names in dialogue screens

Installation instructions
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	1.) Find the ROM "Metalgun Slinger (Japan).gba"
	2.) Run an IPS patcher 
	3.) Enjoy the game!
