Final Fantasy III: Killer Life 3

Final Fantasy III, also known as Final Fantasy VI in Japan, is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It features a rich narrative and a diverse cast of characters. The Killer Life 3 bug fix patch addresses a glitch in the Life 3 spell, which unintentionally affects Undead enemies. This patch ensures that Life 3 does not trigger in specific circumstances involving these enemies.

If Life 3 gets cast on an Undead enemy, it will not usually revive them because Undead enemies do not get revived by Life spells; they get killed by them. However, Undead enemies do automatically revive themselves when struck by weapons that kill with an "X" animation. Then Life 3 would kick in, even though the enemy is still technically alive, and kill them. This patch exempts all Undead enemies from any effects of Life 3 spells.

Final Fantasy 3 (US/SNES), Final Fantasy 6 (JP/SFC), Final Fantasy 6 Advance (US,JP,EU/GBA)
Killer Life 3 Bug Fix patch

CONTENTS:
FF3-KillerLife3-H.ips: The fix patch for a headered SNES ROM file. Apply to fix the Killer Life 3 Bug.
FF3-KillerLife3-HR.ips: The reverse patch for a headered SNES ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF3-KillerLife3-N.ips: The fix patch for a non-headered SNES ROM file. Apply to fix the Killer Life 3 Bug.
FF3-KillerLife3-NR.ips: The reverse patch for a non-headered SNES ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6-KillerLife3-H.ips: The fix patch for a headered SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Killer Life 3 Bug.
FF6-KillerLife3-HR.ips: The reverse patch for a headered SFC ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6-KillerLife3-N.ips: The fix patch for a non-headered SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Killer Life 3 Bug.
FF6-KillerLife3-NR.ips: The reverse patch for a non-headered SFC ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6A-KillerLife3-JU.ips: The fix patch for a US or Japanese GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Killer Life 3 Bug.
FF6A-KillerLife3-JUR.ips: The reverse patch for a US or Japanese GBA ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6A-KillerLife3-E.ips: The fix patch for a European GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Killer Life 3 Bug.
FF6A-KillerLife3-ER.ips: The reverse patch for a European GBA ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
readme.txt: This file.
Killer Life 3.asm: An assembly format index of the code changes.
Killer Life 3.rtf: A text format index of the code changes.

PATCH INFORMATION:
SNES patches work on version 1.0 or 1.1.
SFC patches work with RPGOne's translation version 1.2.

AFFECTED AREAS:
SNES/SFC: C2/06FE-C2/06FF, C2/6772-C2/677D
GBA US/JP: 0807912C-08079145, 08079198-0807919B
GBA EU: 08079874-0807988D, 080798E0-080798E3

URGENCY:
Medium low.

PURPOSE:
The Life 3 spell is unique...and AWESOME! It's basically a proactive version of Life. Get this: you cast it on a LIVING character, and then it waits until the character dies before reviving that character. Whu-WHUT! It's an easy way to practically ensure that you can't lose...but for as amazing as it is, it also has a glitchy side effect.

A few weapons in the game, including the Assassin, the Striker, the Trump, the Doom Darts and the Wing Edge, have the effect of sometimes auto-killing their target. If that target happens to be an Undead enemy, it always works...ish, but then the enemy immediately revives itself because of its innate immunity to instant death. Thing is, though, Undead enemies also die instantly if Life is cast on them...meaning that if an Undead enemy with Life 3 is killed by one of those weapons, it'll die, then revive as expected...but then Life 3 will kill it. This isn't supposed to happen because the enemy is supposed to technically still be alive. This patch fixes the behaviour by preventing Life 3 from triggering on an enemy killed under these specific circumstances.

VERSION HISTORY:
v1.4 (January 30, 2018): Added GBA patches.

v1.3 (August 27, 2015): Added SFC patches.

v1.2 (July 20, 2015): Updated for compatibility with "Dead in the Air" (previous version at the time required it).

v1.1 (June 17, 2015): Fixed the patch; the previous version didn't work.

v1.0 (June 15, 2015): Initial release.

Final Fantasy III (USA)
CRC32: E969BD77
MD5: A684517EBD29308C2E3B55D371E15245
SHA-1: 23422176191B371F01AE3A7CFE7455A2022F8EE8
SHA-256: 6F6911ED4A0E9844770035A3C39157F8C3929C321D5AFACBAFDA39C835B44374
Includes patches for headered and non-headered ROMs
Includes patches for SNES and SFC ROMs

SNES Cores

Release Date

Jan 30, 2018

6 years ago

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