Yes another month is going by and it is time to celebrate my anime character choice for the month. This would happen to be moeka from the stein's;gate franchise due to her loving personality she portrays. Let us rejoice in lab member 005 or shining fingers glorious day of birth to show that she is loved outside of FB. So snatch up some Dr.peppers and enjoy my image dump for or lovely hikikomori's day~. Okay all play acting aside please enjoy this image dump, leave feed-back comments and so forth, I do have one question can you forgive her for just one day??
All Credits for the following artwork go to their original creators, I do not own or have any copy rights on these images. This falls under the fair-use clause and I will remove any images if asked to do. I also ask to support the artist that made these images~
Yes just as the title describes this is going to be a helpful guide to let you hack the stein's;gate ios app and play in game in English. This is all thanks to the guys over at the tsun;tsun blog who have worked hard taking the PC English patch and coding it over for the ios version. This is actually great way to help promote the game even more now that's accessible to the English so a huge barrier is finally out of the way. Now lets get down to business with the tools you need to get the job done, please make sure follow these instructions carefully, also keep in mind this is a manual patch you will need to cut/paste files.
I am not responsible if you f*** up your iPod or iPad by bricking the device
Your device will need to be Jail-Broken to install the app. The green poison free-ware installer is your best route here.
The next thing you will need is at least 1.83 gigs free space on your ios device to store the app. You can also legally purchase the game from iTunes if you choose to show your support.
Another piece of free-ware you will need is iFun-box which allows you dig around your ios device install folders and apply the patch directly.
The last thing you need is the patches which you can obtain at the tsuntsun blog unless you can read Nippon which beats the entire point of doing this patch in the first place.
After you have fully installed the app click open the iFun-box software which it will bring up a huge list of folders. Click on the folder that says user applications and you will see the stein's;gate logo.
Click on the said logo which will bring up four folders again click on the one that says steins;gate then you will be able to accesses the app installation folder. Your going to have to be a little patient here so keep your pants on while it waits to load.
Now if you have downloaded all the patches make sure they are unzipped so you can copy/paste the files directly in the steins gate app folder "this includes the movies and the English patches" However you will need to post the document patch in the document folder. Again it will take some to writer over the previous ones and the iFun-box might freeze just give it some time.
After doing this load up the steins;gate app and you will be able to enjoy the story in English, however note there is no word wrapping at this time but hey it's better than nothing at this point in time.
Enjoy The Op I Uploaded To You-Tube
Now if you have full followed all of these instructions you can play the steins;gate ios app with little to no problems. If you do run across any bugs report them to them people over at the tsuntsun blog and they should be able to help you. I know that this article was a bit boring this time around and it's been nearly a month since I last posted personally there has just been so much going through my mind lately. I will work harder to have more reviews up soon so please look forward to them. Until next time catch ya later~
Edit: Yeah it's only been a day since this post however there has been an update from the group doing the project. One thing is do not update the app for the newer patch I am going to link to. It seems that version V 1.3 is not compatible with their patch "5b+Nitro plus caught on to a glitch from the install. The second bit of news is that this patch is much simpler to install with the iFunbox software.
One last bit is that this patch for non-jail broken iPod/iPad so if you want to use the manual patch feel free to do so and it does work with the updated version. Now feel free to click the links below and please follow their instructions carefully or end up with an expensive paper-weight. That's it for now I will keep you all updated on anymore progress of this patch in the future.
This is just a small update to let you all know that the Stein's Gate Visual Novel is getting a few visual novel English translation from a hard/dedicated group. This is the only other visual novel besides Higurahsi/Umineko and Clannad that I can openly recommend to the all ages audience as well. That aside I am really exited about their small amount of progress they have made so far. I have already ordered my copy for the p.c. version from Japan so when the full translation is up that will be even more time taken out of my life. Stein's Gate also happens to be one of the best spring/summer shows for 2011 and I will have my review covering the show up soon, although it's posted on earlier date so I will provide a hyper-link for the review soon.
So what the hell is a Stein's Gate?? Well let's just
say you will need to drink a lot of Dr.Pepper to figure this one out.
Like most anime in this day and age It's adaption based off of a visual novel
developed by 5pb and Nitroplus that our came
out for the Xbox 360 on October 15th2009. A PC version
did come out a year later on August 26, 2010, which I am happy to
announce, is getting a fan translation which will complete before the year is
over. I also wish to add that Funimation added steins gate to their list
for a domestic DVD/Bluray release. The anime is being done studio white
fox which is a new comer to the stage on a project like this with music fromTakeshi Abo
I do realize that the series nearly over now but hell I
feel like it's better late than never to do the review for the series, also
don't mind the publish date I just did a time-leap to do it is all. I will say
one thing this series, based on the premise alone was enough to have me
asking... What?? "Sending Text Messages To The Past" but it
has blown my expectations out of the damn water, just like Clannad and Higurashi
did when I first watched them. I will admit I didn't expect much from this
series but it's what a good Sci-fi series should be. Also all of the roles in
the series are filled by characters that actually look/act their age as well.
Behold AHAHAHAHAHA
Steins Gate revolves around our main lead Okabe Rintarō who
quite frankly has to be one of the strangest male lead I have seen in a really
long time. "Mainly his habit of talking on a cell-phone about the evil
origination sern and drinking D.R. Pepper." The first episode starts
off Okabe going to class about time travel with his child hood friend Mayuri
Shiina who is off buying a coin slot item which she happens to loose by
accident but it's worth a cool 100,000 Yen "Just how rare was that Item??"
Mean-while Okabe is debating the theory and relativity of time travel Kurisu
Makise or CCCHHHRRRIIISSSTTIIINNNAAA as okabe calls her with his trad-mark laugh. Kurisu also happens to swear that she met Okabe
fifteen minutes prior but he has no memory of it..
A little time passes and while going upstairs he finds that
Kurisu has been stabbed covered in blood so he then texts one of the other male
leads Hashida Itaru. After sending the text, everything get's all damn
trippy where you see Okabe walking down the street alone even though he was
just talking Mayuri. When Okabe awakens from this surreal dream he learns that the class room that
he was hit by a huge satellite. It's later that Okabe discovers while he is
talking to Itaru on a elevator that the texts he sent him about Kurisu was some-how sent
a week ago. However the biggest
mind-fu** at the end of the episode is the fact Kurisu is still alive and well,
then that's it for the episode one.
So Tsun.. So Tsun..
I will admit that Steins Gate is a series that is really hard to follow,
despite this flaw once you catch on to the main focus it's one of best series
for 2011. The characters, story, they way it's being handled is just something
I was not expecting for a series like this. Stein's Gate genially makes you
care for each character, always keeps you guessing what's going to happen next
and the twist they have done so far I didn't even some coming from a mile away.
Another worthy note is the art style and music they choose for the series.
Okabe himself looks like he really is an mad scientist with the beard and
lab-coat, the focus on facial features for each characters and the back-ground
are really above par as well.
One thing I love the most is the theory of time-travel the
are using for this series. Mainly the use of world lines or the possibility of
every small choice can change our outcome in life, even our gender if we are not
careful enough. Small changes like this however are not enough to fully split
the world in A to B lines. Something so drastic such to split the world lines for example what if
“September 11th never happened or if Y2K did affect our computers”. I personally sit around pondering these what if scenarios all the time.
It needs to be something to drastic that it changes everyone’s life not just
yours. The other fascinating thing is that later on when a main character is
killed; despite Okabe’s best efforts he can not change her fate. This is due in
part that she is meant to die no matter what they would need something like I
just mentioned to make sure it doesn’t keep re-occurring but at what cost?? This could be linked to a theory called the butterfly effect, however I don't have the time to explain that here and I am sure for many of you this theory is way over your head.
Now for a series being based off of visual novel can go
either way and they really took the high ground with this one. The music is
just wonderful with a great Op and Ed that still even personally give me chills
every-time I see them. One funny thing to point out is the random product
placement of Dr. Pepper in the series. Okabe loves to mention the fact that
this soda/drink is only meant for high intellects such as him-self. Well I could go on and on about this series but
there isn’t a point I just want to get this review out of my way. If you
haven’t caught this show yet you really need to, it’s worth your time and you
will not be disappointed.
Edit/Update: After completing the full series I wish to add it has one of the most satisfying endings that I have personally seen in a long time. Most if not all the questions are answered and doesn't leave any logic error's lingering around. There is also an ova floating around the net that adds a little more to the series but nothing major. I do hope however that funimation will have this along with their release later next year.
Stein's Gate ED The Twelve Time-Governing Covenants
