Hacking About Super Mario Advance 4's release

[Hiccup]

in regards to the NES luigi bros roms i tried dumping ram a while back and it seems the rom stored in ram is also stock, so its probable the rom is being tweaked on the fly by the emulator or something rather than being directly patched in ram prior to launch

this was only tested on the nes remix game though i dont have the other luigi game unlocked on 3D world, but i would assume it will be using the same patching method

i might dump the ram again and see if i missed anything, but i only found the stock mario bros rom first time around

Take a 0x6060 portion from 0x20 in the decompressed code and then you have WUP-FAEJ.bin from the NES Remix Pack.

 

[ShadowOne333]

So both the NES Remix one and 3D World are handled in the same way?

 

[Hiccup]

It seems so.

 

[N64]

patch works great. thanks! now I can finally play "mad dash"
previously I was using a save file that had 37 of the 38 levels (only mad dash was missing)... so I'm excited that now I don't need the save file anymore and can use my OG save file from my GBA

 

[GHANMI]

That's notes taken. Thanks.

By the way, there's another something extremely interesting I just learned.

There's that rumor that NoE is hacking a Multi-5 translation inside Mother 3.
They said they're looking into the possibility of translating games back when Earthbound was to be released.
But that wouldn't be their first translated retro release.
They also did release last year a stealth translated European release (Multi-5) for Drill Dozer on PAL Wii U VC with all the bells and whistles. Original game never released in Europe.

 

[VinsCool]

By the way, there's another something extremely interesting I just learned.

There's that rumor that NoE is hacking a Multi-5 translation inside Mother 3.
They said they're looking into the possibility of translating games back when Earthbound was to be released.
But that wouldn't be their first translated retro release.
They also did release last year a stealth translated European release (Multi-5) for Drill Dozer on PAL Wii U VC with all the bells and whistles. Original game never released in Europe.

Speaking of which, I asked somene with Super Mario RPG (US), and they said that there is no graphical changes?

 

[GHANMI]

Speaking of which, I asked somene with Super Mario RPG (US), and they said that there is no graphical changes?

The change apparently concerns the PAL VC release, and only that.
It's "bugger" changed, Mode-7 spell effects having improved scaling/better textures, and the joypad graphics using 4-colors.

By the way, Megaman Zero 3 had e-Reader stuff dummied from the US version but translated inside the ROM. (A DS release came after implemeting said stuff in a slightly different way) Did it have a Wii U release?

 

[VinsCool]

The change apparently concerns the PAL VC release, and only that.
It's "bugger" changed, Mode-7 spell effects having improved scaling/better textures, and the joypad graphics using 4-colors.

By the way, Megaman Zero 3 had e-Reader stuff dummied from the US version but translated inside the ROM. (A DS release came after implemeting said stuff in a slightly different way) Did it have a Wii U release?

I don't think it has.

 

[GHANMI]

I don't think it has.

I figured.
Even if that game was released.. It's content of the switch card variety (scanned on the go), not permanent DLC like levels.
The former never got emulated for the VC SMA4, so getting one's hopes up here is maybe not the best thing to do.

 

[VinsCool]

I figured.
Even if that game was released.. It's content of the switch card variety (scanned on the go), not permanent DLC like levels.
The former never got emulated for the VC SMA4, so getting one's hopes up here is maybe not the best thing to do.

Yeah I'd assume so as well.

 

[Localhorst86]

Damn, these levels were challenging, especially with Luigi's horrible jump mechanics. But yeah, finally finished all levels with both brothers and got all coins.

 

[LuigiXHero]

Xdelta is usually recommended for really extensive hacks like the Sonic hacks from SSRG or Retro, and for hacks that might include data that's copyrighted, like compilation ROM hacks such as Super Mario Bros (NES) All Stars and the Megaman Collection hack for NES.

SSRG and Sonic Retro stopped using patches ages ago, they just share the rom files now because Sega couldn't care less.

 

[Hiccup]

A notice that SMA4 (Europe) was just released on Wii U. I'm sure that the European version would be appreciated. A RAM dump or the "content" files is enough to rip it. If you want to rip it yourself, please ask and I will explain how.

 

[seam]

so does this work in loadiine yet? i read it was giving corrupt save issues before

 

[VinsCool]

so does this work in loadiine yet? i read it was giving corrupt save issues before

It should work right away.

 

[seam]

It should work right away.

ok cool. thanks for the quick reply!

 

[Cornholio309]

Sadly it seems as if ROMHacking.net removed the hack under the conclusion that it wasn't legal to distribute. @Sonic_Cee_Dee might want to remove the link to that website since it doesn't contain anything useful now.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Sadly it seems as if ROMHacking.net removed the hack under the conclusion that it wasn't legal to distribute. @Sonic_Cee_Dee might want to remove the link to that website since it doesn't contain anything useful now.

It might be worth it if someone could upload the IPS into ZeBucket, since that site hosts files for an infinite time.
Several hacks that have been flagged as non-compliant in RomHacking are still available there, like the Megaman 1&2 hack.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

So are rom hacks or patches like that based on vc titles not okay?

 

[Cornholio309]

To be fair, ROMHacking.net seems to have some odd standards. There's a patch for Super Mario Bros. 3 that turns the game into a compilation of all four different games (Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, The Lost Levels, and Bros. 3), and this hasn't been flagged for being non-compliant. It should be flagged though since it means the user only has to have access to Bros. 3 in order to patch the ROM and play every game.

Not to bash them or anything, but I do think it was somewhat wrongly flagged sine the save files that have the eShop content were previously okay to distribute.