Sounds like you're the one getting confused now, Skillster ^_^Front Mission Gun Hazard is a scrolling shooter where you control a fully upgradable mech over a number of missions. Myself, I enjoy the dynamic way some of these missions unfold, and that you can return to many of the landscapes these missions take place over. In addition, you gain experience for each weapon, upgrade and special you use, enhancing their abilities (you also gain normal experience with equals levels, and you need levels to increase your overall health and what higher level weapons you can use ^_^) Very interesting game.
What *you're* thinking of is Front Mission 1, which is a strategy type game similar in looks to FFT and Tactics Ogre (isometric landscapes, individual mechs that gain in experience and can be upgraded, etc). That's the one that's nearly finished, translation-wise, though it's been like that for a good couple of months now.