ROM Hack - Breath of Fire IV - Subtitled Opening FMV

Breath of Fire IV - Subtitled Opening FMV

Original game : Breath of Fire IV

Platform : PSX

Author : swosho

Release date : 13 October 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.1

Modifications : G, T, O

Downloads : 916

ROM Information

Breath of Fire IV (US, SLUS-01324)

Hack description

Here's a little patch to subtitle the Japanese speech in the opening video.

The patch comes with a generic patcher/rebuilder batch so that it can be applied to a game patched with other hacks as well.

v1.1 Changes:
*Corrected the subtitled frames being always one frame ahead
*Added a small footer with empty sectors to the output image to fix the PSP/Vita compatibility
*Xdelta patch now targets a file sourced from a clean image, checksum verification was also disabled just in case

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
swosho	Production	FMV hardsub

Reviews

A must-have addition to BoF 4 alongside the Uncensored hack	tsubasaplayer16	2022-11-22	Version 1.1
I find it very odd that Capcom (at the time) didn't bother to translate the opening FMV and dub it (though I would oppose such a thing for me personally, but during that era it's very likely that would have happened). Regardless, we now have something that could fix that - a translated and subtitled opening FMV. A cherry on top in combination to the Uncensored Hack as well - both that and this hack are must-haves for any BoF fan out there. As a tip - patch the Uncensored hack first then the FMV subtitles. (This review is written in part by being played on original hardware.)

Does what it promises and works with other hacks	SirJonSoda	2022-11-03	Version 1.1
It basically works as intended and it works with the Uncensored + Identify restoration hack by navarchos. It's good to understand what is said in the intro, now the game feels complete.

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