skynub

I got it; thank you so much ! :> I was doing all the steps properly, but with the extracted files being in my downloads rather than program files. I didn't know it made a difference where the files were stored haha again thank you so much!!

Yes, every time I let it go to the first line, which is always in Japanese :/ 「ここは、どこだろう。」is what it always opens up with no matter how I try to install the patch. I can read a bit of Japanese and was considering just trying to play with the original text since I got the first few lines but I pretty quickly lost my way so I'm kinda riding on this english patch haha

The game is running perfectly on my computer; but even after replacing the rio.arc file as instructed, the game still displays in only Japanese. I did a few experiments of my own, such as multiple times deleting + re-extracting the re:birthday files + following the instructions once more; going to the translators page + downloading the patch directly from the source to replace the original rio.arc file; manually deleting the Japanese rio.arc file and dragging the english patch into the game location; but still no dice. As a test, I even just deleted the rio.arc file (the script file) and attempted to run the game and it still comes up in Japanese, no problem displaying text/script. I am beyond confused and any help would be SERIOUSLY appreciated.