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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. | 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. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:09, 14 February 2023
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. |