Modders doing what Sega don’t

We by no means obtained a style of Sega’s 2000 Dreamcast title, Lease-A-Hero No. 1. However followers have stepped in the place the corporate allow us to down by creating a really complete translation of the title.

Initially launched in Japan in Might, 2000, Lease-A-Hero No. 1 was a sport that obtained misplaced within the implosion of the Dreamcast. Sega ultimately ported it to Xbox in 2003, however since that was when the corporate’s assist of Microsoft was beginning to waver, it by no means made it throughout the pond. That is even if some reviewers on the time have been really supplied with copies of the translated model.

Lease-A-Hero No. 1 is an motion RPG a few 16-year-old who will get a set of armor that enables them to take a part-time job as a super-hero. Maybe Sega by no means needed to promote it over right here due to its deep roots in Japanese tradition. That’s much less of an issue in at the moment’s world of Yakuza and Persona titles, however on the time, it was sufficient to present publishers pause.

Lease-A-Hero No. 1, is definitely a remake of the 1991 Genesis/Mega Drive title that additionally was by no means localized. You understand, it’s by no means too late, Sega.

Till they understand that, a hefty workforce of unofficial modders (dubbed the Lease-A-Modders) did a fairly excellent job at dealing with the localization. Past translating the textual content, the workforce added many unique options, together with new fashions and animations, VMU graphics, and secret modes. It’s a hefty little patch that has loads of love behind it.

You will discover the patch, in addition to the total credit of the Lease-A-Modders, proper right here on their Github.