diff --git a/arm9/source/game/nds.c b/arm9/source/game/nds.c
index c1b76ea..1f5aa3b 100644
--- a/arm9/source/game/nds.c
+++ b/arm9/source/game/nds.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "nds.h"
 #include "vff.h"
+#include "utf.h"
 
 #define CRC16_TABVAL  0x0000, 0xCC01, 0xD801, 0x1400, 0xF001, 0x3C00, 0x2800, 0xE401, 0xA001, 0x6C00, 0x7800, 0xB401, 0x5000, 0x9C01, 0x8801, 0x4400
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ u32 LoadTwlMetaData(const char* path, TwlHeader* hdr, TwlIconData* icon) {
 u32 GetTwlTitle(char* desc, const TwlIconData* twl_icon) {
     const u16* title = twl_icon->title_eng; // english title
     memset(desc, 0, TWLICON_SIZE_DESC + 1);
-    for (u32 i = 0; i < TWLICON_SIZE_DESC; i++) desc[i] = (title[i] >= 0x80) ? ' ' : title[i];
+    utf16_to_utf8((u8*) desc, title, TWLICON_SIZE_DESC, TWLICON_SIZE_DESC);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arm9/source/game/smdh.c b/arm9/source/game/smdh.c
index 89ac81b..ea860c5 100644
--- a/arm9/source/game/smdh.c
+++ b/arm9/source/game/smdh.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "smdh.h"
+#include "utf.h"
 
-#define SMDH_STRING(str, src, len) for (u32 i = 0; i < len; i++) str[i] = (src[i] >= 0x80) ? ' ' : src[i]
+#define SMDH_STRING(str, src, len) utf16_to_utf8((u8*) str, src, len, len)
 // shamelessly stolen from bch2obj.py / 3ds_hb_menu :)
 #define SMDH_LUT      0,  1,  8,  9,  2,  3, 10, 11, 16, 17, 24, 25, 18, 19, 26, 27, \
                       4,  5, 12, 13,  6,  7, 14, 15, 20, 21, 28, 29, 22, 23, 30, 31, \