Final Fantasy III: Final Fantasy III: Story Edition.

Yo. :)

This is a very simplistic patch made in mind for a niche group of people: people who enjoy stories and strong narratives in video games, but dislike the RPG genre/grinding.

I honestly believe this is one of the best stories I've ever encountered in a video game, and this patch aims to share the story without modifying
the actual narrative by allowing the player to excel through the gameplay itself. Changes are very simple:

- All enemies have had their stats (excluding MP so any magic-related battle scripts still function) lowered to 1.
- All enemies retain dropped gold, experience and item drops in case the player does want to grind (and, keep an "average" level within a certain area if they want to transfer the .srm to a unpatched version to try the game and not be over leveled.)
- The first clock in Arvis' house (formerly elixir) changed into 65025 GP to cut down on some future grinding for money needed for equipment.
- Relic shop in South Figaro sells "Moogle Charm" (for 2 gold) and all characters can equip them.
- TERRA starts with Sprint Shoes (also changed to 2 gold) and Moogle Charm equipped.

Patch will otherwise be worthless for veterans or someone looking for a challenge.

v1.0: Initial release (December 11th, 2018)

General:
Yo. :)

This is a very simplistic patch made in mind for a niche group of people: people who enjoy stories, but dislike the RPG genre/grinding.

I honestly believe this is one of the best stories I've ever encountered in a video game, and this patch aims to share the story without modifying
the actual narrative itself by allowing the player to excel through the gameplay itself. Changes are very simple:

- All enemies have had their stats (excluding MP so any magic-related battle scripts still function) lowered to 1.
- All enemies retain dropped gold, experience and item drops in case the player does want to grind (and, keep an "average" level within a certain area
if they want to transfer the .srm to a unpatched version to try the game and not be over leveled.)
- The first chest in Arvis' house (formerly elixir) changed into 65025 GP to cut down on some future grinding.
- Relic shop in South Figaro sells "Moogle Charm" (for 2 gold) and all characters can equip them.
- TERRA starts with Sprint Shoes (also changed to 2 gold) and Moogle Charm equipped.

Patch will otherwise be worthless for veterans or someone looking for a challenge.

Patching:
Use the 1.0 version (headerless) of the ROM. I chose this version as a base in case you still want to sketch glitch.

No other bugs have been fixed.

ROM information:
Final Fantasy III (USA).sfc
Name: FINAL FANTASY 3
Speed: 31/FastROM
ROM Map: HiROM
Type: 02
Kart contents: ROM+RAM+BAT
Header ROM Size: 32Mbits
Calculated ROM Size: 24 Mbits
SRAM size: 64Kbits (64Kbit)
Actual Checksum: 2DDE
Header Checksum: 5F32
Header Checksum Compliment: A0CD
Output: NTSC 60Hz
CRC32: CB497D86
Licensee: Unknown Company
ROM Version: 1.0
Region: USA/Canada

Contact:
Feel free to contact me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/junkyard_dave
Likewise, I speedrun retro games sometimes on Twitch. Come check out my stream. :)

https://www.twitch.tv/junkyard_dave
https://www.speedrun.com/user/junkyard_dave

Notes/thanks:
Much love to kat.

Also, you have no excuse not to try out this game now, kat.

SO DO IT! :D

File MD5 ADD7FC1B4EE15CABAC86E7075F597267
File SHA-1 A3AD93785C8D4B59C1298BA991D5ECC78AD98C4F
File CRC32 1AA26588
ROM MD5 ADD7FC1B4EE15CABAC86E7075F597267
ROM SHA-1 A3AD93785C8D4B59C1298BA991D5ECC78AD98C4F
ROM CRC32 1AA26588