The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in Arabic

What is translated

• Dialogue
• Menus and settings
• Place and character names
• Items and equipment
• Move tutorials, hints and messages
• The game logo and boss titles
• 11 fonts to choose from, a different font for each part, or your own

Requirements

• The game's .nup file at version 1.1.1 (merged, or the base game with the 1.1.1 update)
• Game language English
• The Fritchii v5.1 emulator, with Fast CPU Time on Normal (game properties) so the game does not run too fast
• If the world renders black: Docked, 1x resolution, Sync memory operations on

Installation

1. Close the emulator. Download ZeldaOoT-Arabic-2.0.2.zip and extract it.
2. Close the emulator, then open ZeldaOoTArabic.exe. If "Windows protected your PC" appears, click More info, then Run anyway.
3. Step 1: pick "Game file", then "Choose game file" and select your .nup.
4. Step 2 (optional): "Choose font" from 11 fonts, one per part, or your own.
5. Step 3: text alignment. "Off (as before)" centres every line. The other options need an emulator that loads mods (Lichii, Eden or Eglantine).
6. Step 4: "Install", then start the game in the emulator. An older version on the file? The same button says "Update the patch".

Emulator

• The game's .nup file at version 1.1.1 (merged, or the base game with the 1.1.1 update)
• Game language English
• A Switch 2 emulator on PC. We recommend Fritchii v5.1, with Fast CPU Time on Normal so the game does not run too fast

1. Close the emulator, then open ZeldaOoTArabic.exe. If "Windows protected your PC" appears, click More info, then Run anyway.
2. Step 1: pick "Game file", then "Choose game file" and select your .nup.
3. Step 2 (optional): "Choose font" from 11 fonts, one per part, or your own.
4. Step 3: text alignment. "Off (as before)" centres every line. The other options need an emulator that loads mods (Lichii, Eden or Eglantine).
5. Step 4: "Install", then start the game in the emulator. An older version on the file? The same button says "Update the patch".

Hookshot PC Port

• A Hookshot game folder built from the 1.1.1 game file (with hookshot.exe and romfs), or your .nup so the installer builds it (45 GB or more, about 40 minutes)

1. Close Hookshot and the emulator, then open ZeldaOoTArabic.exe.
2. Step 1: pick "Hookshot PC Port", then "Choose Hookshot folder" and select the game folder with hookshot.exe and romfs (the installer shows a picture). No Hookshot yet? Pick "Build Hookshot" and choose your game file.
3. Step 2 (optional): pick a font.
4. Step 4: "Install".
5. Step 3: "Move my save" copies your save from Fritchii, Lichii or Eden to Hookshot.
6. Start hookshot.exe. After a Hookshot update that rebuilds the game, install the patch again.

Mod files

• The game at version 1.1.1, language English
• A port or emulator that loads mods (such as NX2navi, or Eglantine and Lichii on Mac)

1. Download ZeldaOoT-Arabic-2.0.2-Mod-Files.zip and extract it.
2. You get an "Arabic (iOsamai)" folder with romfs and exefs inside.
3. A port such as NX2navi: copy it into the mods folder next to the game's exe.
4. An emulator (on Mac or elsewhere): copy it into the game's mod folder (title 0400486024DEC000), the way that emulator adds mods.

Uninstall

Open the tool, pick the same file, press "Remove the patch" and confirm. The original file comes back exactly as it was.

Screenshots

Credits

• Arabic fonts: El Messiri, Fustat, Mirza, Katibeh, Rubik, Vazirmatn, Lalezar, Alexandria, Alan Sans, Marhey, Playpen Sans Arabic (all SIL Open Font License 1.1)
• Logo line: Kufam by the Kufam Project Authors (SIL Open Font License 1.1)
• Installer: HarfBuzz (Old MIT), HarfBuzzSharp (MIT), ZstdSharp (MIT), zstd (BSD)