Information:
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Name: Gardman
Region: Asia/China
Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Developer: Nice Code
Publisher: Shenzhen Najing
Genre: Platform
Players: 1
Release date: ??/??/2005

Description:
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A platform game where you can switch between 5 forms: dashing (default form, you can also defeat enemies by shooting a fireball), climbing (lets you climb vines and ladders), flying (allows you to fly by holding A), swimming (lets you swim on water without taking damage from it, and shooting fireballs as well) and hitting (hammer, can destroy certain blocks). The player character goes on a journey to explore the uncharted territories around the world and uncover their mysteries. In order to open the door that leads to the level's boss, you have to explore the levels to find the key.

Notes:
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The cutscene texts (the game's only Chinese texts) have been translated by mkwong98, who replied to my help wanted ad on the Romhacking.net forum.

Translation progress:
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General: 100%
Texts: 100%

Used tools:
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WindHex32: Used for text editing.
YY-CHR: Used for graphics editing.
DarkTabler: Used for table making.

ROM information:
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Name: Gardman (Asia) (Unl).nes (No-Intro)
File CRC32: 956A2EE5
ROM CRC32: 7B40535C
File MD5: 878FF7DD501F530B6DEA8F797E9238F0
ROM MD5: 45C48919122E657D56A4C37C8F9DE85F
File SHA-1: 5E707B25BC69C2342B01163F147536B6BF6E6365
ROM SHA-1: 46900B667F4149444063F798C7C1744D5695170D

How to install the translation:
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You can use either Lunar IPS (https://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/lips/) or Floating IPS (https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=4883). The patch is in the .IPS format. It must be applied to the ROM "Gardman (Asia) (Unl).nes" (No-Intro), with a CRC32 hash of 7B40535C and a size of 512 KB (524,304 bytes).