WonderSwan:Region Information

Region Lock

Unlike other popular handhelds such as the Game Boy, the WonderSwan was only ever released inside of Japan. There are no region locks or limitations because the WonderSwan only has the one region.

Translations

There has been some translations of Japanese language games as well. There seems to be no central location of all available translations, but below are some useful links. Note that these links all contain translation patches only. Please source your own ROM files.

RomHacking.net's English WS Page

Zophar's List of English WS Translations (Incomplete)

The WonderSwan Translators GitHub

English Speaker Friendly

Unfortunately since the WonderSwan was only released in Japan, the entire WonderSwan library is in Japanese. This list is comprised of games that English speakers can pick up and play without previous knowledge of the game or knowledge of the Japanese language, originally compiled on the RetroGamingNetwork subreddit.

Title	Genre	Color or B&W	Gameplay Video	Notes
Beat Mania	Music	B&W	Video
Buffers Evolution	Platform	B&W	Video
Crazy Climber	Arcade	B&W	Video	Conversion of Taito's classic arcade game. Similar to Donkey Kong.
D's Garage 21: Koubo Game - Tane wo Maku Tori	Puzzle	B&W	Video
Dicing Knight Period	Action RPG	Color	Video	Was developed via WonderWitch, Bandai's official homebrew development kit. The game is a random dungeon crawler.
Digimon Digital Monsters: Anode/Cathode Tamer Veedramon Version	Tactical RPG	Color	Video
Digimon Digital Monsters ver wonderswan	Card Battle	B&W	Video
Digimon Frontiers Battle Spirit	Action/Platform	Color	Video
Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit Ver. 1.5	Action/Platform	Color	Video	Expansion on previous game.
Engacho!	Puzzle	B&W	Video
Fever Sankyo Koushiki Pachinko Simulation	Pachinko	B&W	Video
Final Lap 2000	Driving	B&W	Video	Formula One Racing.
Final Lap Special	Driving	Color	Video	Upgrade of previous game.
Fire Pro Wrestling	Wrestling	B&W	Video
Ganso Jajamaru Kun	Action/Platform	B&W	Video	Sequel to Ninja JaJaMaru-kun on Famicom.
Glocal Hexcite	Puzzle	B&W	Video
Golden Axe	Action	Color	Video	Straightforward conversion of Sega's classic arcade hit.
Gomoku Narabe & Reversi	Board Game	B&W	Video	This is Reversi.
Guilty Gear Petit	Fighting	Color	Video	Portable version of Sammy's popular 2D fighter.
Guilty Gear Petit 2	Fighting	Color	Video
GunPey	Puzzle	B&W	Video	Named for WonderSwan creator Gunpei Yokoi. He also invented Game & Watch, the d-pad, Game Boy, and Virtual Boy.
GunPey Ex	Puzzle	Color	Video	Updated version of the original.
Judgement Silversword - Rebirth Edition	Vertical Shooter	Color	Video	Was developed with WonderWitch. It also appears as an extra on the region free Japan released Xbox 360 game Eschatos alongside Cardinal Sins, another WonderWitch game, but one that didn't see a physical release.
Kaze no Klonoa: Moonlight Museum	Platform/Adventure	B&W	Video
Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed	Fighting	Color	Video
KinnikuMan Second Generations Dream Tag Match	Wrestling	Color	Video
Kurupara!	Puzzle	Color	Video
Lode Runner	Action/Puzzle	B&W	Video
Magical Drop	Puzzle	B&W	Video
Makaimura	Action/Platform	B&W	Video	This is Ghosts N' Goblins.
Mingle Magnet	Puzzle	B&W	Video
Moero!! Pro Yakyuu Rookies	Baseball	B&W	Video
Mr. Driller	Puzzle	Color	Video	This game has been widely released in the U.S. and Europe on many platforms.
Nice On	Golf	B&W	Video
One Piece Grand Battle: Swan Colosseum	Fighting	Color	Video
Ou-chan no Oekaki Logic	Picross	B&W	Video
Pocket Fighter	Fighting	B&W	Video
Puyo Puyo Tsu	Puzzle	B&W	Video
Puzzle Bobble	Puzzle	B&W	Video
Rainbow Islands: Putty's Party	Platform	B&W	Video
Rhyme Rider Kerorikan	Music	Color	Video
Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousen Sha	Action/Platform	B&W	Video	This game is in the Mega Man series.
Rockman EXE WS	Action/Platform	Color	Video	This is a title in the Mega Man Battle Network series. This game is a platformer like Mega Man Network Transmission, rather than an RPG.
RUN=DIM: Return to Earth	Sidescrolling Shooter	Color	Video
SD Gundam: Operation U.C.	Sidescrolling Shooter	Color	Video
Sennou Millennium	Puzzle	B&W	Video
Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Toukon Retsuden	Wrestling	B&W	Video
Side Pocket	Billiards	B&W	Video
Soccer Yarou! Challenge the World	Soccer	B&W	Video
Space Invaders	Shooter	B&W	Video
Tetris	Puzzle	Color	Video
Turntablist: DJ Battle	Music	B&W	Video
Ultraman: Hikari no Kuni no Shisha	Fighting	Color	Video
Umizuri Ni Ikou!	Fishing	B&W	Video
Wasabi Produce: Street Dancer	Music	B&W	Video
Wonder Classic	Golf	Color	Video
Wonder Stadium '99	Baseball	B&W	Video
XI [Sai] Little	Puzzle	Color	Video	Also known as "Devil Dice." It was one of the few Yaroze homebrews to see a commercial release on PlayStation. It was later ported to WonderSwan.