ROM Hack - Super Mario Advance - Music Pitch Correction

Super Mario Advance - Music Pitch Correction

Original game : Super Mario Advance

Platform : GBA

Author : Mister Man

Release date : 02 January 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : S

Downloads : 3076

ROM Information

Database match: Chaoji Maliou 2 (China)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: 4FC77A2397086408554C50F9BF06327ABE04066E
File/ROM CRC32: 14A87B75
Database match: Super Mario Advance - Super Mario USA + Mario Brothers (Japan) (Virtual Console)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: 146FDC181061A8B6CF6A97D4DA0530B0E45C5FD2
File/ROM CRC32: 49684D37
Database match: Super Mario Advance - Super Mario USA + Mario Brothers (Japan)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: 5AB5ADE42EA0C5F255B3FBF00CDCC07B71BA20B8
File/ROM CRC32: B993B92F
Database match: Super Mario Advance (USA) (Demo) (Kiosk)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: 05E41B04CDCD73194C0F836639C5774779F50A3F
File/ROM CRC32: 69924CBD
Database match: Super Mario Advance (USA, Europe) (Virtual Console)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: B646CE9765A5061AAC9F1A52346A1F5E42B3D871
File/ROM CRC32: 5251F2BF
Database match: Super Mario Advance (USA, Europe)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: F071D45D8F5CB05B48D7D2B804C6CB6A79AD96FB
File/ROM CRC32: 1E4C6D6A

Hack description

In Super Mario Advance, all the songs that came from the SNES (Super Mario All-Stars) version of "Super Mario Bros. 2 / USA" had their pitch slightly increased.

To achieve this, the developers included a command in the song's data that modifies its pitch to what is heard in-game.

This hack edits all instances of said command so the pitch of the songs is no longer increased, making them sound closer to the SNES version.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Mister Man	Hacking

Reviews

Much better	SuperStarFox	2022-01-22	Version 1.0
The music sounds better than it usually was. Originally, the music was pitched a little but didn't actually sound that bad. But with this patch, the music pitch is toned down a little to be more faithful to its SNES counterpart. Here's a little fun fact, if you apply it with the SNES Color Restoration you'll get the best improved port of the original Super Mario Advance.

Another no-brainer hack to improve a great Mario title!	legend80	2022-01-03	Version 1.0
SMB2 is my favorite Mario game and the rerelease added so many awesome changes. Unfortunately Nin had to do some things to account for the limited GBA HW. Just like his re-colorization hack, this aims to correct those deficiencies in the original release to create what Nintendo would be proud of. It's hard to improve on any 1p Nin game, especially a Mario one, but this does just that. Music sounds a lot more normal now. Well done! Keep them coming!

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