Final Fantasy VI Advance: FFVI Advance - Worthwhile Espers

Several espers in Final Fantasy VI Advance offer underwhelming spell choices or level up bonuses, most famously Raiden who "upgrades" at a loss. Many mods for the SNES original offer enhancements to the problem espers, but there hasn't been one for the GBA port. This project changes that.

Included are patches for the US and European ROMs.

Final Fantasy VI Advance
Worthwhile Espers
v1.00 (Sep 9 2020)

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Disclaimer
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- Final Fantasy VI Advance (c) Square Enix. All rights reserved.

- No ownership is claimed by FlamePurge over Final Fantasy VI 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 ROMs with the following specifications.

North American Release: Final Fantasy VI Advance (U)(Xenophobia).gba
Hashes: CRC32 - D708F5AB
MD5 - D1C3D1798A3F347FBAB41F151C99DECE
SHA1 - E9A2A58BC56ACE26CB56D0CF5CDAD1A10AA5DEDF

European Release: Final Fantasy VI Advance (E)(Eternity).gba
Hashes: CRC32 - D15DEBA5
MD5 - 7F6BF3B4D84F113AA454136E5B53FD77
SHA1 - C5B27ED0870EA64E6A001C5BC367F76571ACE973

- Players are encouraged to keep a backup of their original game file in case an error occurs.

- Two patches are included.

FFVIA_Worthwhile_v100-US.ips:
The patch for the North American version.

FFVIA_Worthwhile_v100-EU:
The patch for the European version.
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Preface
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A few esper bonuses in FFVI have always bothered me a bit: Raiden upgrading at a loss, Ramuh
teaching Thundara slower than Poison, Drain taking forever to learn, etc. There are a few "agreed
upon" changes that needed to be made, but no patch to improve them existed in the GBA port, until
now.
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Changelog
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v1.00

- The following espers received changes to their spell acquisition lists and/or level up bonuses.

1. Ramuh
* Teaches Thundara x5
* Teaches Poison x2

2. Ifrit
* Teaches Drain x2

3. Shiva
* No longer offers Cure

4. Raiden
* Teaches Meteor x2 (in addition to Quick x1)
* Gives Speed +1 at level up

5. Alexander
* Gives Strength +2 at level up (to compensate for losing Raiden's Strength +2)
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[05] Credits
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- Drakkhen: FF6 Miscellaneous Data Editor (FF6MDE)

- Square Enix

...and all you Final Fantasy fans out there!
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US - Final Fantasy VI Advance (U)(Xenophobia).gba
CRC32 - D708F5AB
MD5 - D1C3D1798A3F347FBAB41F151C99DECE
SHA1 - E9A2A58BC56ACE26CB56D0CF5CDAD1A10AA5DEDF

Europe - Final Fantasy VI Advance (E)(Eternity).gba
CRC32 - D15DEBA5
MD5 - 7F6BF3B4D84F113AA454136E5B53FD77
SHA1 - C5B27ED0870EA64E6A001C5BC367F76571ACE973