Demon's Crest Retranslation + Restoration

Original game : Demon's Crest

Platform : SNES

Author : CF

Release date : 31 October 2023

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : T, P

Downloads : 906

ROM Information

Database match: Demon's Crest (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File/ROM SHA-1: 743D60EE1536B0C7C24DBB8BA39D14ED5937C0D5
File/ROM CRC32: E8236AD2

Hack description

Demon's Crest suffered from some mistranslations as well as questionable localization decisions when originally released. This hack makes the North American release much closer to the Japanese original.

Gameplay notes:

Sumulo has 3 HP. Every boss HP value now matches the Japanese release.

In the Japanese release there were descriptions for every fire power, crest power, spell, potion, and talisman. The English releases only display the names of each. This hack addresses this by translating the Japanese descriptions.

Localization notes:

Arma's name is now reverted back to Alma as it was in the Japanese version. The Arremer term is restored for Firebrand's various forms.

Demon Fire is reverted back to Dark Fire.

The Ginseng is now referred to as the Mandrake like in the Japanese version. Urns are also once again called pots.

An optional version of the patch retranslates the story and NPC dialogue to be much more faithful to the Japanese original.

Credits:

CF for the hacking and translation.

Maël Hörz for HxD.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
CF	Hacking	Hacking + translation

Reviews

Works as Described (With a Small Caveat)	GaucheArtist	2023-12-08	Version 1.0
A fantastic restoration that does exactly what it says. The item descriptions were a baffling removal from the English localization, so I'm thankful that CF has put in the effort to restore them amongst the other changes. My only complaint would be in the descriptions. The character following the name identifier (eg. "MANDRAKE" in Image 4) always uses a filler tile rather than something nicer, such as a colon. I'm not sure if this was done purposefully or simply an oversight by the author, but for anyone looking to adjust it manually, you can open your patched ROM in a graphic editing tool such as YY-CHR and modify tile 0F4740 to whatever you'd like to see in that space.

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