Hi everyone!

We are excited to announce the very first release—Alpha 1.0—of our fan English translation patch for Future Card Buddyfight: Our Strongest Buddy! on Nintendo 3DS!

🌐 Downloads & Links

✨ What’s in Alpha 1.0

Story Mode Translation: Fully playable via auto-translation, with 25% already manually translated and polished!
UI & Menu Graphics: Key UI elements, menus, and system graphics are translated (card artwork images remain untranslated for now).

🙏 Special Thanks & Acknowledgments

A massive shout-out to the incredible team members who helped make this initial launch possible:

Kaleb Daub (Mooshra) – Created 99% of the translated UI graphics (huge GG to him!), worked on manual story translation, and ran extensive game testing!
masterriolu – For extensive testing support.
Orenji_Reiji & ambienthound – For detailed bug reporting.

🛠️ Quick Installation Guide

🎮 Real 3DS (Luma3DS)

Ensure Luma3DS is installed on your console.
Hold SELECT on boot to open the Luma menu and enable “Enable game patching”.
Extract the downloaded .zip file.
Copy the 00040000001CA400 folder to sdmc:/luma/titles/ on your SD card (merge/replace files if prompted).

💻 Emulator (Citra / Azahar)

Right-click the game in your emulator’s game list.
Select “Open Mods Location”.
Copy the patch contents into that directory (ending in /load/mods/00040000001CA400/).
Overwrite existing files if prompted.

⚠️ Known Issues & Bug Reporting

Character Names: Certain characters currently display incorrect or unformatted names.
Targeted Card Names: Cards that reference or target specific card names in their skill descriptions may not function properly due to string mismatches.

>📣 Help Us Fix Card Bugs!
If you encounter any card whose effect fails because of a targeted card name requirement, please report it to us on Discord, Reddit, or in the comments below!

🤝 Contact & How to Help

Whether you want to translate, proofread dialogue, or edit textures, any help is greatly appreciated!

Reddit: DM u/SpongeFrog or reply directly to this post.
Discord: torti_chopi or u/Winter

r/BuddyfightTCG

[3DS][RELEASE][OSB] - Future Card Buddyfight: Our Strongest Buddy! – English Patch Alpha 1.0