Front Mission 1st and the semi state of localization

Later this month Square-Enix is releasing Front Mission 1^st, a remake of the SNES game with touch screen control and a tie in with one of the characters from Front Mission 5: The Scars of War. Usually import RPGs are text heavy with katakana or kanji menus to wade through, but not Front Mission 1^st. Screenshots of the DS remake show that the menus are in English, but before you get too excited story sequences are still in Japanese. Just in case Square-Enix opts to overlook Front Mission 1^st, you’ll be able to select attacks for your Wanzer without referencing a katakana to romanji chart.