Years ago, I played this totally untranslated. As a fan of anything with a mecha on it, the important part for me was not the story but the OMG YOU CAN PRESS BUTTONS AND LEVERS AND STUFF, so I quite enjoyed it even if I had to skip every single cutscene.

Now that an unofficial translation patch exists, I replayed it actually understanding what the heck was going on, and I have to say, it's been nice feeling again that "YAY BUTTONS" experience. While the story isn't the most original ever, and the game itself ends up feeling somewhat repetitive (I hate the race missions. With all my soul) it is still a fun experience, and I think very, very few games knew how to use the bottom screen of the DS as wonderfully as this one does.

Yay, robots!