In the spirit of The Year of Luigi, which in fact did NOT end in 2013, Luigi is being inserted into classic Mario games in place of the red plumber! This was originally inspired by an April Fools' joke on NintendoLife.com teasing Luigi versions of classic NES games and later Nintendo's own Luigi Bros. and Dr. Luigi for Wii U.
Introducing: Dr. Luigi!
It's even got a little trailer!
http://youtu.be/2knU_8u9VFI
Features:
-Dr. Mario is now Dr. Luigi! All of his sprites are redrawn to feature the taller, thinner brother in medical attire. His appearance is based on other 80's/90's games that featured him rather than his modern appearance.
-New title logo based on the logo from the Wii U Dr. Luigi.
-New, completely redrawn virus designs based on the ones from the Wii U title.
-New color palettes - pills, viruses, backgrounds, etc. Most of the changes are based on the Wii U Dr. Luigi.
-There's been a slight redesign of a certain something else, too... Beat HI speed on level 20 to see it!
Refer to the readme for patch instructions; there are multiple versions of the patch included.
-The Year of Luigi Collection-
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In the spirit of The Year of Luigi, which in fact did NOT end in 2013, I'm
inserting Luigi into classic Mario games in place of the red plumber! I was
originally inspired by an April Fools' joke on NintendoLife.com teasing Luigi
versions of classic NES games, specifically Dr. Luigi, which I wished was a
thing so much that I decided to make it one!
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Features:
-Dr. Mario is now Dr. Luigi! All of his sprites are redrawn to feature the
taller, thinner brother in medical attire. His appearance is based on other
80's/90's games that featured him rather than his modern appearance.
-New title logo based on the logo from the Wii U Dr. Luigi.
-New, completely redrawn virus designs based on the ones from the Wii U title.
-New color palettes - pills, viruses, backgrounds, etc. Most of the changes
are based on the Wii U Dr. Luigi.
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Patching Instructions:
You should probably know this by now if you're on romhacking.net, but use an
IPS patcher such as LunarIPS to apply one of the included patches to a clean
Dr. Mario ROM. The one I used was named "Dr. Mario (JU).nes".
In the archive I've included three different patches to suit different users'
tastes. Here are the differences between them:
DrLuigi_lite.ips
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The standard Dr. Mario with minor changes. Only the logos and Mario himself
are edited in this one. This is for the purists out there who just want a
straight brother swap. I like to say this is "how Nintendo would do it".
DrLuigi.ips
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All of the features listed above are included in this patch. I like to say
this is "how Nintendo would do it if they decided to put some effort into it".
DrLuigi_yole.ips (Dr. Luigi: Year of Luigi Edition)
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All of the features listed above plus an extra bar on the title screen
displaying "The Year of Luigi". I almost didn't include this idea but a good
amount of people thought it was cool...while another good amount thought it
wasn't. So I've included both versions.
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I hope you enjoy it! Wahoo! Let me know on the forums if there's a problem I
should patch up.
Created by: Shugo
shugotakahashi at gmail dot com
File name: Dr. Mario (JU).nes
No-Intro Name: Dr. Mario (Japan, USA)
(No-Intro version 20130731-235630)
File MD5: D3EC44424B5AC1A4DC77709829F721C9
File SHA-1: 01DE1E04C396298358E86468BA96148066688194
File CRC32: B1F7E3E9
ROM MD5: 5B401F4CA7E1B12AF3F29D8FC758DD2F
ROM SHA-1: FF6459BC3AF5743E3D303823999F33D74ABDF1AA
ROM CRC32: 198C2F41
