I'm fairly certain anyone with even a mild interest in Final Fantasy IV knows that the Easy Type version, which was released in Japan at about the same time the US got its Final Fantasy II, has many interesting changes that aren't present in any other version of the game. Nonetheless if you spend enough time on forums you will inevitably find people who use “Easy Type” and “Final Fantasy II” interchangeably, as if they were identical to one another, despite all the evidence to the contrary available via a quick search online.
However, this erroneous claim is what inspired me to make this hack. Every byte of data that was changed for Easy Type has been ported to the 1.1 revision of Final Fantasy II US, text changes have only been made for the two new swords and anything else that needed text, the rest of the game is left entirely intact. This is as close to what we would have gotten in 1991 had Final Fantasy II US been a localized version of Easy Type. I hope you enjoy playing through this under-appreciated version of Final Fantasy IV.
Final Fantasy II *is* Easy Type
Created by Dragonsbrethren
Version 1.0 - July 6th, 2008
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Description
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I'm fairly certain anyone with even a mild interest in Final Fantasy IV knows
that the Easy Type version, which was released in Japan at about the same time
the US got its Final Fantasy II, has many interesting changes that aren't
present in any other version of the game. Nonetheless if you spend enough time
on forums you will inevitably find people who use "Easy Type" and "Final
Fantasy II" interchangeably, as if they were identical to one another, despite
all the evidence to the contrary available via a quick search online.
However, this erroneous claim is what inspired me to make this hack. Every
byte of data that was changed for Easy Type has been ported to the 1.1
revision of Final Fantasy II US, text changes have only been made for the two
new swords and anything else that needed text, the rest of the game is left
entirely intact. This is as close to what we would have gotten in 1991 had
Final Fantasy II US been a localized version of Easy Type. I hope you enjoy
playing through this under-appreciated version of Final Fantasy IV.
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Patching
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Patch this hack to a clean copy of Final Fantasy II US Revision 1.1 using
your preferred patching format and utility, two UPS patches and two IPS
patches are included. If you are using the IPS patches verify that your ROM is
clean using NSRT before patching. You can also use NSRT to determine if your
ROM has a header or not, if you don't know.
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Known Issues
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Many enemy, item, and skill names were changed between the original Japanese
release of Final Fantasy IV and Easy Type. Final Fantasy II US's names are
mostly based on the names used in the original Final Fantasy IV but some were
also based on Easy Type's names. This hack only changes text that absolutely
had to be changed: The names of two weapons that were replaced with new ones
and three items and one command that weren't present in Final Fantasy II US.
Additionally Easy Type had some clarification added to its dialogue, most of
this was already present in Final Fantasy II US and including any changes that
were not was beyond the scope of this hack.
Easy Type features more configuration menu options than Final Fantasy II US,
I didn't bother to restore the full menu. If you want to change one of the
missing settings the save files between all SNES/SFC versions of the game are
compatible with one another and you should be able to load your save in a
different version, set your options, and switch back to playing this hack with
the changes in place.
The apple icon is taken from J2e's Final Fantasy IV translation.
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Contact
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Feel free to contact me with any issues related to this hack:
Email:
[email protected]
Forum: http://slickproductions.org/forum
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?2008 Dragonsbrethren Industries
Final Fantasy II (U) (V1.1).smc
CRC32: 23084FCD
MD5: 27D02A4F03E172E029C9B82AC3DB79F7
SHA-1: 41A74EB369A7A91815529EF99AB1B20E2BDF3E26
SHA-256: 414BACC05A18A6137C0DE060B4094AB6D1B75105342B0BB36A42E45D945A0E4D
