After nearly 16 long years the Telefang.net team is overjoyed to announce that the translation patch for Keitai Denjuu Telefang 1 (both Power and Speed versions) is complete!
Are you a fan of Telefang? Have you heard of the bootleg games Pokémon Diamond and Jade? Or do you just enjoy Game Boy RPGs? Come in! We're the Telefang fan community!
Released in 2000 for the Game Boy Color with a Game Boy Advance follow-up in 2002, Keitai Denjuu Telefang is a series of games where you make friends with sentient monsters called Denjuu. Riffing on Japan's unique Keitai culture of the turn of the century, Denjuu are called into battle using cell phones, when defeated share their phone number with you and further communicate via text messages. Despite initial infamosity in the west for the unrepresentative bootleg releases Pokémon Diamond and Jade, the games have gained a cult following owing to an inspired creature design by Saiko Takaki, killer soundtracks, humorous monster-of-the-week story, and solid, if light gameplay. No fan of Pokémon or Game Boy games should miss them!
Bootleg Pokémon Diamond and Jade Telefang 1 translation project Telefang 2 translation project Interview with Saiko Takaki
