Magna Braban is an RPG. You are in a castle, and you get some armor, and then you fight a guy and die. Then you come back and talk to the king and then you leave. Man, I hate reviewing Japanese RPGs.

So when you see the graphics, you will probably think “God damn, they ripped off Final Fantasy” because man, those sprites are totally FF, man. The combat’s pretty weird, you just kinda watch as your party attacks this other party. Yup, see? Weird.

This is the completed 1.0 release of KingMike’s Magna Braban English Translation.

Alternate Font - This is an alternate font patch made by DaMarsMan. This patch applies on top of the English translation.

As of 2011, it has recently been discovered the translation patch is not compatible with accurate emulators such as BSNES, causing severe graphics glitches.

The game starts off with an interesting note. A boy sets off to participate in a tournament, so he can be a knight, but loses spectacularly in the first round.

While getting drunk in a bar with two of the other losers, the Colosseum is attacked and destroyed, and all the rest of the participants are killed. When they return to investigate, they are discovered by the king’s men. Due to the fact that they were the only survivors of the attack, it is assumed they are incredibly skilled, when in truth it was dumb luck that they survived. Still, they don’t admit to this, and thusly are knighted and sent on a quest to save the world.

Thus, the adventure begins.

Recommended - Yes