Breath of Fire has a plethora of elements to choose from, yet for some reason spells are categorized as "Fire, Water, Holy, Everything Else." (Earthquakes, lightning, explosions, and Comet are all the same element.)
This patch gives more variety to each element. (Earthquakes are Crush-elemental, lightning is Shock-elemental, explosions are Projectile-elemental, and Comet is Shadow-elemental.)
This also fixes a retail bug wherein Ryu's FirDgn form was erroneously Holy-elemental.
Also featured in the author's mod,
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6611/.
BREATH OF FIRE
ELEMENTAL RESURGENCE
v1.00 (Apr 17 2023)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Disclaimer .. [DSC1]
Changelog ... [CHG2]
Credits ..... [CRD3]
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Disclaimer [DSC1]
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- Breath of Fire (c) Capcom. All rights reserved.
- No ownership is claimed by FlamePurge over Breath of Fire or the franchise from which it
originates. Commercial use of this patch, including but not limited to reproduction, sale, etc.
is strictly prohibited.
- This unofficial, fan-made patch is provided "as-is" on a voluntary (i.e. non-profit) basis.
FlamePurge is not liable for damage incurred to the end-user, their OS, or their hardware while
using this patch.
- Apply this patch only to an Unheadered ROM with the following specifications.
Breath of Fire (U) [!].sfc
Unheadered
SHA1 - B8A9E3023B92E0F4139428F6D7A9E0F9DB70F60E
MD5 - CDEF890E99A0FB62C4D449D867C4244A
CRC32 - C788B696
- Players are encouraged to keep a backup of their original game file in case an error occurs.
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For some reason, Breath of Fire's attack spells fall into one of four categories.
1. Fire
2. Water
3. Holy
4. Everything else
Despite this, there are many more elements that the spells could have utilized. This small patch
spices things up a bit.
Further, Ryu's FirDgn form is, perplexingly, holy-elemental; this is an obvious bug, so it has been
fixed in the process.
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Changelog [CHG3]
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v1.00 (Apr 17 2023)
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| SPELL | PRIOR ELEM. | NEW ELEM. |
|----------------------------------|
| 3.5 | Shock | Crush |
|-------|-------------|------------|
| 5.5 | Shock | Crush |
|-------|-------------|------------|
| 9.5 | Shock | Crush |
|-------|-------------|------------|
| Bomb | Shock | Projectile |
|-------|-------------|------------|
| Boom | Shock | Projectile |
|-------|-------------|------------|
| Blast | Shock | Projectile |
|-------|-------------|------------|
| Nova | Shock | Projectile |
|-------|-------------|------------|
| NovaX | Shock | Projectile |
|-------|-------------|------------|
| Comet | Shock | Shadow |
|----------------------------------|
| FirDgn| Holy | Fire |
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Credits [CRD4]
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- Landmine36: Providing/explaining data.
- Capcom.
...and all you Breath of Fire fans out there! We Desire Breath of Fire!
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Breath of Fire (U) [!].sfc
Header: NO
No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File/ROM SHA-1: B8A9E3023B92E0F4139428F6D7A9E0F9DB70F60E
File/ROM CRC32: C788B696
