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I'm surprised after all this time that translation number 1 on this site had no review, so I took the time to give it a whirl. On translation reviews, I try to focus on the translation work as opposed to the game itself, since that's what these patches tend to address. In English translations, there are two things I look for when giving a recommendation of "Yes" - Can the game be navigated and understood from start to finish, and is it clear of all show-stopping bugs? In the case of this patch, the answer to both of those questions is "yes". However, that doesn't mean it's perfect.

The good:

• You can play the game from start to finish in English.
• You can navigate the menus.
• It's an addicting and fun puzzle game.

The bad:

• When you get the high score on a level in puzzle mode, the text that's supposed to tell you this hasn't been properly translated and shows up as garbled text.
• The name select screen still looks like a bit of a mess. There are "letters" you can select that appear as blank spaces, but place Japanese hiragana or other multi-character text bytes into your name.
• The game is hard, man. That's not a knock on the translation though, it just frustrates me somewhat.

The wrap-up: There are probably better ways to play Boxxle than this. Regardless, the translation pretty much does what it sets out to do. I can safely add this to my list of translated FDS files.