Darkside Translations and Zeppy have recently completed their English localization of [erka:es]’s love letter to retro gaming.
Rosenkreuzstilette is a sidescroller that should feel quite familiar to fans of the original Megaman series. The game contains subtle hat-tips and blatant shout-outs to gaming classics - going as far back as the Atari 2600 and the Commodore 64, so old-school gamers are in for a treat.
Rosenkreuzstilette ~Blades of the Rose Cross~ translates all of the Japanese text into English (in both Arcade Mode and Story Mode) and corrects most, if not all, of the errors in the original game’s flavor text. Minor tweaks have been made here and there to reinforce references and improve the game’s overall presentation.
An English trial version of the game’s Arcade Mode can be downloaded from Darkside’s project page. The full game (which is now very hard to come by) has been reissued as a digital download. Separate installers have been developed to support the original pressing and the digital re-release.