ROM Hack - Super Mario Advance - Boss Intro Restoration

Super Mario Advance - Boss Intro Restoration

Original game : Super Mario Advance

Platform : GBA

Author : Mister Man

Release date : 26 January 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : P

Downloads : 2073

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, Fryguy and Clawgrip have new introductions. These intros show what the bosses looked like before being transformed to fight the player.

Interestingly enough, Mouser and Tryclyde also have fully programmed introductions that go unused. Readding them back to the game, however, reveals that these intros are in a slightly unpolished state (for example, there doesn't seem to be code to display the second animation frame).

This patch not only restores these unused boss intros, but also touches them up as much as possible to look more in-line with Fryguy and Clawgrip's boss intros.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Mister Man	Hacking

Reviews

Another fantastic improvement!	legend80	2022-01-28	Version 1.0
Just checked out Mouser battle on 1-3 and Tryclyde on 2-3. Looks flawless and what Nintendo designed before they scrapped it for some crazy reason. Neat little addition to give a (brief) backstory about how Wart transformed these innocent animals into Ninja Turtles er...Mario bosses. Not sure what is left for you to improve on this fantastic title more, but I'm sure you'll find something. Maybe the 2 unused veggies? :) https://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Advance#Vegetables

Unused Content Revived	SuperStarFox	2022-01-26	Version 1.0
My good man "Mister Man" has done it again with yet another restoration for Super Mario Advance! The unused boss intros for Mouser and Tryclyde are restored and some intro animations for one of the other bosses were tweaked to give the game some more polish and improvement. Does it work with the other two hacks he made, of course! After all, it along with the music pitch and the SNES color restoration finally gives this game a complete new look. I also forgot to mention that a soft lock in World 1-3 was fixed to prevent the player from being stuck in the first half of the boss room when you don't use your bombs to break the cracked square blocks.

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