Zelda: Link's Awakening Turbo-Français

Original game : The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

Platform : GB

Author : kemenaran

Release date : 30 December 2023

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.4

Modifications : T

Downloads : 205

ROM Information

Database match: Legend of Zelda, The - Link's Awakening DX (France) (Rev 1) (SGB Enhanced) (GB Compatible)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy/Color (v. 20210227-015730)
File/ROM SHA-1: B5E4DF1A67432C609FA0F23519315297C6DCDC1D
File/ROM CRC32: 4E2B75E7

Hack description

This hack improves the French translation of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, by adding support for various diacritics and ligatures.

In the original game, uppercase letters don't have any accents. This is due to a technical limitation: space was available only for two diacritics, but French needed three (acute, grave, circumflex).

With this hack:
- the existing but disabled partial support for french diacritics is re-enabled,
- the script is rewritten with accents on uppercase letters where needed,
- circumflex accents can now be displayed along acute and grave accents,
- ligatures for œ and Œ are now supported.

For instance, the following text is changed:
- "OEUF SACRE" now properly reads "ŒUF SACRÉ"
- "TOUT SUR L'EPEE TOURNOYANTE" now properly reads "TOUT SUR L'ÉPÉE TOURNOYANTE".

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
kemenaran	Hacking	ASM work
kemenaran	Script Editing/Revision	Script edition
merwok	Graphics	Ligatures design

Reviews

Molière will be happy	wabbajackw	2023-12-25	Version 1.3
Perfect patch to correct all French errors, French is a difficult language and few people still care about its proper use in video games. A pleasure to see attention to correcting games from this era. Un grand merci!

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