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[sleeper_hit]

Some other ROM Hacks to try.

For Lufia II Rise of The Sinistrals, there's a ROM hack called Lufia II Age of The Sinistrals that a lot better than the Frue edition. It replaces the old retry mode with an optional Hard mode from the start, unlocks Gift mode from start too (ancient cave), the story is the same, it fixes a lot of bugs from the original, and lets you get abilities for characters instead of only spells. Helping the characters that can't cast. It also adds difficulty in all the right places.
Lufia II is one of my all time fav SNES RPGs and I enjoyed Age of The Sinistrals much more than Frue.

For Final Fantasy VI, Divergent Paths also included a Leo arc like Antinomia but a little more robust. Also, Antinomia bug fixes concluded last year i thought, where as Divergent Paths just finished it's last version a few months ago. it's pretty much done. The team was just adding some community requested tweaks here and there that weren't really noticeable. Antinomia was great, but it felt like a bug fix and slight story adjustment, and then there's what they did with Mog. When i come back to FFVI. I need me the full Mog experience.
I'd suggest Divergent Paths. It's story is a perfect mirror of what Square would have done, and the adjustments it made are top tier.
T-Edition is for sure a great ROM hack for FFVI too. The visual changes to be closer to the art alone are great. The added quest's you mentioned are addicting too. It's a robust hack.
Antinomia is up their with T-Edition, but on the milder adjustment scale. Dark Sorcerer looks like a whole new game entirely. I'd try it for sure, but it looks like it's for players looking for a whole new spin. Which can be a great thing. Give Divergent Paths a shot. It's a fun ride.


For Final Fantasy V. There are Advanced/Expert versions that take the translated version you mentioned and adds a few things. The sprint function, font fixes, and obviously a slightly harder difficulty.

If you want another great ROM Hacked SNES RPG not mentioned, try Chrono Trigger+. It was even still modified for improvements as recently as July of 2024. This game adds the deleted content (including music, enemies, and locations), as well as making it slightly harder. Which is a plus since the enemies were always too easy. Just beware, you'll have to be much more on point with standard RPG enemy battles than before where you could do anything to win.
To add to Chrono Trigger nostalgia, try Schala Edition. It fixes the script and censorship issues, as well as some storyline changes that make Schala escape the Ocean Palace and being around the rest of the story. If you want something closer to the original, Chrono Trigger Retranslation is the one for you. It's a pure uncut version, with bug fixes to make it perfect.
If you want the full Chrono Trigger experience. First beat Chrono Trigger+. Then try Prophet's Guile. It's a full game in the style of Chrono Trigger and built around Magus. It's a fully built story/game. Last, get your hands on Flames of Eternity. It's been mentioned in chat a few times and that's for a reason. It's a well done sequel to the original game. Fully fleshed out.

My last recommendation is Super Mario RPG: Armageddon. It adds some additional bosses from games (like it did with Final Fantasy) and adds them perfectly. Also does a lot to add additional effects, spells, items, weapons, armor, accessories, even music. It increases the level cap and the post game rewards/features are great. It's a must play.

[eloy]

I completely agree with your Breathe of the Wild comment. Breakable weapons is such a horrible idea

[theshadowranger]

I suggest Final Fantasy VI: Divergent Paths. It also has Leo as a playable character and a adds a new playable character. I think it's the best version of FF6.

[DudeWheresMyJo-Car]

Nailed it with FF4 hahaha. Great list here. RIP romhacking. Don't know what you've got til it's gone

[drwombat]

Ive only played lufia ii . Great game. Looking forward to trying these rom hacks particularly ones that never got eng releases

[jewthulhu]

I'm really liking T-Edition, but the only reason I made it to WoR is auto-grinding on the Lethe River during the initial escape. Which is to say, it *is* very very cool, but *also* you're not wrong, and the extensive guide materials super help.

[StephanieHua]

Frue Lufia 2 was a great translation. I am sad they didn't "fix" the music restarting after a battle and other events. I am mind-blown that something like that was missed by the developers (Neverland) back in the day. A lot of great music is basically missed/forgotten.

[frankbrodie]

Not sure that I'd consider Faris' situation all that 'ahead of it's time' as you say in the video.
Unusual for a video game to have that in it fosho. Particularly in the West. (Where FFV was never originally released anyway.)
But it's just basically a play on the centuries old fable of 'The handsome cabin boy' if you think about it. A lady who wants to go to sea. So pretends to be a man etc. There's various literature and songs about that. Even in Western culture.

[Xeno]

I'm a big fan of the BoF2 retranslation Romhack, alongside the Maeson rebalance patch. Especially with the alternate intro. :D

What about Awful Fantasy?

[RedSpade]

Sorry for the double comment, but another discussion could be had about FF4 vs FF5.

For me, FF4 is more memorable, not just specific story beats, but also what the player has to do & where to go.

The reason I say this (and this only really applies to me) is because I ended up playing the randomizers for both FF4 & 5, and I had a much easier time remembering where to go for key items in 4 over 5.

5's story might be more consistent in tone, but you, the player, may not be a fan of the "Saturday Morning Anime" vibe of 5, consistent as it might be.

But I absolutely agree with you about the "Willy-Nilly Sacrifice" thing in 4. It was kind of goofy, especially Cid's.

Tellah's, however, can still make me a bit misty eyed.

But, having said all of that, I had planned on replaying vanilla FF5 at some point, because I couldn't remember it well enough to finish the randomizer without looking at the "spoiler sheet" so it could just be me, haha.

And thanks for this video! I'm especially interested in the first two hacks you covered!

[RedSpade]

I especially agree about the "Romhack with really interesting ideas, but is just so wildly hard"

FF4 Ultima Edition and Super Mario RPG Armageddon are the 2 most outstanding examples in my mind. Still finished both of them, but it was quite a journey in difficulty. I wish there werre versions that had the new mechanics and concepts, but maybe a tad bit easier?

Still though, they are really neat either way.

[younesakdah]

Your sound is off balance, the right side is louder.