Breath Of Fire II: Nina Revises Her Spellbook

Nina will now learn Bomb/Simoon at LV 11, Fireball/Inferno at LV 29, and Missile/Sirocco at LV 33. Note that these were levels at which she learned nothing in the unaltered game. Her other spell acquisitions remain the same as they always have.

Compatible with the https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1384/ by Ryusui and d4s, but requires an initialized SRM (Contained in the project archive) to bypass the retranslation patch's checksum verification. See readme for details.

v1.02
- Actually fixed bug wherein all dialogue choice prompts were broken. (BoFII doesn't like it when you change its expected checksum.)

BREATH OF FIRE II
NINA REVISES HER SPELLBOOK
v1.02 (Feb 5 2024)

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* IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THOSE PLAYING THE RETRANSLATION: *
* You NEED "BoFII.SRM"! Read on to learn why. *
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* d4s included a "checksum verification" when the game is first booted. This was intended to *
* prevent people from distributing bad dumps and reproduction copies. As a result, if one applies a *
* mod in conjunction with the retranslation, the verification process fails and the game won't *
* continue to the title screen. *
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* This can be circumvented by loading a SRM file that has already been initialized by the unaltered *
* patch. Therefore, those playing the retranslation will need BoFII.SRM, included in this archive. *
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* Simply ensure the name of your ROM and your SRM file match, and put the SRM file in the same spot *
* as your other saves. (e.g., if your ROM is named Breath2.sfc, rename the SRM appropriately and *
* place it in your emulator's "Save" folder. *
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Disclaimer .. [DSC1]
Changelog ... [CHG2]
Credits ..... [CRD4]

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Disclaimer [DSC1]
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- Breath of Fire II (c) Capcom. All rights reserved.

- No ownership is claimed by FlamePurge over Breath of Fire II 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 Unheadered ROMs with the following specifications.

Breath of Fire (U) [!].sfc
Unheadered
SHA1 - 1F7707E606B7E9FA8FB3908BBDDFCB5DEA93D776
MD5 - E1FF1ED4AD5DBDBE86774920DFB5E9D4
CRC32 - 67CDACC5

Breath of Fire II - The Fated Child (T-Eng v1.2b).sfc
Unheadered
SHA1 - 86CF3C2D850B066F099E217F9AD39813B45E9DE2
MD5 - 299E96968ACCB96B9E0D9A4154E220A5
CRC32 - 1320298E

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

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Strangely, Nina learns Bomb/Simoon, Fireball/Inferno, and Missile/Sirocco in the late level 50's.
Since this is rather unintuitive, I rearranged her spells so that she will learn these three spells
at more appropriate times.

Her spell list has not been significantly modified, and the new acquisition levels for the
aforementioned triad are at times when Nina simply learned nothing in the unaltered game.

A small bug was also fixed; the game actually tells Nina that she learns Ag.Down/Slow at level 8,
which is the level she joins the team at. As a result, she quietly plays "catch up" at the next
level. This has been changed so she properly learns it at level 9.

To be clear, here is a comparison.

Before After
OG Name Ryusui's OG Name Ryusui's
Start - Tornado Cyclone Start - Tornado Cyclone
Start - Cold Frost Start - Cold Frost
Start - Thunder Jolt Start - Thunder Jolt
Start - Spark Flare Start - Spark Flare
LV 8 - Ag.Down Slow LV 9 - Ag.Down Slow
LV 10 - Pwr.Down Blunt LV 10 - Pwr.Down Blunt
LV 12 - Exit Exit LV 11 - Bomb Simoon
LV 13 - S.Boom Lightning LV 12 - Exit Exit
LV 15 - Def.Down Weaken LV 13 - S.Boom Lightning
LV 17 - Drain Leech Power LV 15 - Def.Down Weaken
LV 20 - Flame Fireblast LV 17 - Drain Leech Power
LV 22 - Typhoon Typhoon LV 20 - Flame Fireblast
LV 24 - Freeze Iceblast LV 22 - Typhoon Typhoon
LV 26 - Angel Kyrie LV 24 - Freeze Iceblast
LV 28 - Death Death LV 26 - Angel Kyrie
LV 31 - Hail Blizzard LV 28 - Death Death
LV 36 - Bolt X Valhalla LV 29 - Fireball Inferno
LV 55 - Fireball Inferno LV 31 - Hail Blizzard
LV 56 - Bomb Simoon LV 33 - Missile Sirocco
LV 57 - Missile Sirocco LV 36 - Bolt X Valhalla

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Changelog [CHG2]
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v1.02 (Feb 5 2024)

- Somehow, I messed up the entire patch again. Fun! It's actually fixed this time, I promise.

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v1.01 (Oct 24 2022)

- Nina now learns these spells at earlier levels:

OldLV | NewLV | OG Name | Ryusui's
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LV 56 | LV 11 | Bomb | Simoon
LV 55 | LV 29 | Fireball| Inferno
LV 57 | LV 33 | Missile | Sirocco


- The game is now told that Nina learns Ag.Down/Slow at LV 9. Practically invisible change, but
it's tidier code.
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Credits [CRD4]
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- Aegis Runestone: Reporting that the older incarnation of this mod broke things.

- Suplex the Cranes: Explaining data.

- ThegreatBen: Coming to the rescue when the mod's second incarnation was still somehow busted.

- Data Crystal: Explaining data.
https://datacrystal.romhacking.net/wiki/Breath_of_Fire_II:ROM_map

- Capcom.

...and all you Breath of Fire fans out there! We Desire Breath of Fire!
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Breath of Fire (U) [!].sfc
Unheadered
SHA1 - 1F7707E606B7E9FA8FB3908BBDDFCB5DEA93D776
MD5 - E1FF1ED4AD5DBDBE86774920DFB5E9D4
CRC32 - 67CDACC5

Breath of Fire II - The Fated Child (T-Eng v1.2b).sfc
Unheadered
SHA1 - 86CF3C2D850B066F099E217F9AD39813B45E9DE2
MD5 - 299E96968ACCB96B9E0D9A4154E220A5
CRC32 - 1320298E