For fans of chaotic, B-movie-style shooter action, the Earth Defense Force (EDF) series needs no introduction. The franchise, known for its gleefully over-the-top premise of humanity fighting giant insects and alien spacecraft with absurdly powerful weaponry, has a long and storied history. Before the mainstream success of EDF 2017 on Xbox 360 or EDF 4.1 on PC and PlayStation, there was a hidden gem on the PlayStation Portable: Earth Defense Force 2 (known in Japan as Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space ).
: Modders discovered a half-finished English translation already present in the Japanese ISO. earth defense force 2 psp english patch
Deep in the forums of the early 2010s, a lone coder known as a "translator" began the grueling process of a fan-translation. They weren't paid in credits; they were paid in the satisfaction of finally knowing which rocket launcher had "High Explosive" rounds and which one just shot fireworks. They spent nights hex-editing strings of text, replacing Japanese characters with English letters, pixel by pixel. English Patch For fans of chaotic, B-movie-style shooter action, the