Title: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (ドラゴンボールZ)
Platform: GameCube
Region: USA
Undub: audio swap

Some games are worth coming back to, and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (titled simply Dragon Ball Z in Japan) is one such game. It features an amazing story mode (something that was lost in the sequels), a cast of characters that actually sticks to the manga, clean menus, and really great 2D character art. The GameCube version's cel-shaded graphics round out the improvements over the original PS2 game and make it a true DBZ classic and one of our favorites (although we do wish the Buu saga characters were included).

As expected, Atari (which was then owned by the now-defunct Infogrames), removed the Japanese voice track and replaced it with whatever was thrown at them by FUNimation. They also committed the herecy of replacing the timeless intro song Cha-La Head-Cha-La with Rock the Dragon, a mind-numbing tune that we used to have the displeasure of hearing on Cartoon Network...

Title: Metroid: Other M (メトロイドアザーエム)
Platform: Wii
Region: Japan
Undub: Official/Publisher

After thoroughly enjoying this fantastic game in English, we immediately set out on a quest to undub it. Despite the amazing production values on the NCL/Team Ninja/D-Rocket side, NOA disappointed us in the localization department by casting a local actress from Seattle with no experience in voiceover work whatseover. The result was a stiff-sounding Samus who did little to advance the plot or to contribute to the immersiveness of one of the best Metroid games ever.

Thankfully, there is an easy solution. The Japanese version of the game comes with two voice tracks while allowing the actual game to be played with English menus and optional subtitles. We recommend importing this one, folks.





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Title: Space Invaders: Get Even (スペースインベーダーゲットイーヴン ～逆襲のスペースインベーダー～)
Platform: Wii
Region: USA
Undub: audio swap

Today we are proud to present the first ever WiiWare undub. For this announcement we have chosen Taito's excellent take on an old classic, Space Invaders: Get Even. Not surprisingly, Square Enix quickly turned this $5 download into a $20 one by releasing three separate pay-for-play stage packs, all of which come with separate voice files. Let's go through this undub step by step.

To undub the game, you need the wads of both the U.S. and the Japanese version of the game. You will also need the following tools: 1) bfgr wadtools, which include wadpacker and wadunpacker; 2) U8 Tools by gally, and 3) common-key.bin

Once you have all the tools, follow these steps to undub the main game.

1) Copy common-key.bin to your bfgr wadtools directory
2) Extract the wads with wadunpacker. For each wad, you will get eight .app archives (0 through 7), as well as .cert, .tik, .tmd...

Title: Final Fantasy IV (ファイナルファンタジーIV)
Platform: DS
Region: USA
Undub: audio swap

Final Fantasy IV for Nintendo DS is a pretty easy undub. All the cut scenes are rendered in real-time, so all you need to do is replace the voice samples. Extract your U.S. rom with the DS tool of your choice (we used dsbuff) and locate the \data\voice directory. Copy the voice files from the Japanese version into that directory.

Note that the U.S. game contains 730 voice files (6 with unique names) while the Japanese one has 868. We're not sure if some of the excess Japanese files are pieced together during gameplay to make up longer samples. If that's the case, the speech should theoretically skip in a few places. Please report if you observe this or other strange behavior. Your undubbed voice directory should contain 874 files.

Re-pack the ROM and enjoy this remake in all its low-polygon glory.

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For our inaugural undub, we are bringing you SEGA's final Dreamcast game and instant classic, Puyo Puyo Fever. A Western release in 2004 was out of the question, but SEGA graciously built the undubbing options directly into the Japanese version, so no hacking is required whatsoever. Just follow the screenshots to navigate the menus, and you will have a complete undub with English menus and translated story text. Welcome to Undubbing.com and enjoy your stay!

Title: Puyo Puyo Fever (ぷよぷよフィーバー)
Platform: Dreamcast
Region: Japan
Undub: Official/Publisher