You want to play .hack//Link? There's English Patch Translation for you to play!

Reimagined PSP Box Art of .hack//Link -English Version- (Fan-Edited by Jikanet)
Sadly we didn't get an official English version of that game tho :(

Still Waiting for .hack//Link in English?

.hack//Link -English Patch- Title Screen

.hack//Link is a third installment main title of the game, and considered as the final chapter to the series (or not quietly), it was released back in March 3, 2010 on PlayStation Portable. However, as we all know today, it is only exclusively on Japan and never even come to US lately or even worldwide, with no English localization to come in for the game, so that left things for US fanbase in dark.

But you really want to play English version of .hack//Link? how about English Patch translation of .hack//Link?

.hack//Link -English Patch- Screenshot (Source: MovGameZone)

That's right, ever since the big disappointment from fans with no English version of .hack//Link been released to the US, fans had created a major fan-translation patch for .hack//Link which was started back in 2011 through team to another team, but most notable who are working on the patch are Kuukai, JunBansyoya, Keii, Kazetrigger, Angga, and Falions. It took 7 years with different version test been released in different number, until in December 2018, the development for English Patch Translation released to the media through .hack//Translation. Although there's some issues toward text, dialogues and few more, however, it does seems brings understand with how story can be progressed bit by bit, and because of this people can now play the English Translation of .hack//Link available exclusively for PlayStation Portable, it can uses with Jailbreak or use PPSSPP, the PSP emulator which can be played with Smartphone or PC.

.hack//Link -English Patch- Screenshot

As your first step to buy .hack//Link PSP Box Art or do the alternative ways, the second step is to download the latest English Patch version and follow the guide installation of the English patch for PSP, the guide is in the link here.

Almost twelve years ago, seems like people had jump conclusion about how story of .hack//Link progressed and how it ended with several moments and lores on it, however, with English Translation Patch being released, fans are now begin to understand deeply with how introduction a new lores to the .hack franchise begin affected and connected through all mainline of .hack series and third season of .hack, also how people can understand the characters like Tokio for a little bit or few of it with his character progression through main story.

Here's a video gameplay:

The source of the Youtube video gameplay of .hack//Link -English Patch- came from Emulator Universe

Although, the translation for every lines for other things might not be translated, but at least for the story main parts and sub-story parts are now been translated, people can now enjoy to play this game to re-experience .hack series story and original story that focuses on Tokio Kuryuu and Saika Amagi. You can try it on PSP or RPCS3.

It is barely unknown, if .hack//Link -Remake- would be announced at 20th Anniversary of .hack, however, it seems the chance might be slim due to a popular demand of IMOQ Remake. Unless they want to developed the anime series of .hack//Link or continuing .hack//Link manga serialization.