My post was not a complaint though, but a question - and I take it the answer is that, yes, there is no english version available, and yes you can't install it unless you also install eastern language support, install japanese fonts, and change your windows regional settings to japanese.
Right, there is no english version. I admit getting the game could be somewhat harder for you and I didnt take that into account, since I got my copy when I went home for last winter break. Adding easter language support is a breeze, and that will take care of japanese fonts. I have always installed fresh english versions of windows and not once I remember having to add japanese fonts seperately with my slew of japanese bishoujo games and all. you do NOT have to change regional settings to japanese; what you want to do instead is changing "Language for non-unicode programs" to japanese. Sorry if I sound being nitpicky on techinicality, but there is a huge difference : changing this setting does not incur any inconvinience for your other daily use of the computer unlike changing the whole regional setting. In the end, if you have a legal copy of windows, it really is a one step process that may take you anywhere between 5 to 15 minutes including a couple of swift reboots.
As a random question - why *are* the menus in plain english if it's a japanese game and none of the rest of it is ?
my guess is that the developers might have felt it would be "cool" to use english here and there, not an unusual practice, really. In case you do get to try the game, you will get a dose of some even cooler "engrish" floating around in the background while the game loads up
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EDIT : I will correct myself, the first screen that appears is a mix of japanese and english, which reads "VS mode." From there on, however, you get to choose between <vs human, vs com, replay>, which brings up either character select screen or replay screen. Everything from there is pretty much self-explanatory and labeled in english like "1 player side", "player color is 1st." Once you get in the game, you will see all the gauges in english, and even the announcements of wins and losses are in engrish!
😀 If my totally ABC roomate with zero background in japanese can get this perfectly straight , i dont see why anyone else wouldnt. then again, the story mode is a whole different story. Type-Moon lterature is known to be very heavy on allusions and rhetoric as you can readily notice from Fate/Stay Night demo translated to English (google if interested, highly recommended)
