Database match: Higemaru - Makai-jima - Nanatsu no Shima Daibouken (Japan) Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042) File SHA-1: E0D8BB44087DCEE44FD7FED5CDFA989F6321631F File CRC32: C480EB6D ROM SHA-1: 56B8B73045EE0B926065BB40F7F695600AC2F6E4 ROM CRC32: F7893859
Database match: not found [JP version, EN translation by Snark] Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042) File SHA-1: 0294FF7764F5D3BA8542D45115ECD6BDFD49F846 File CRC32: 1934ED15 ROM SHA-1: B2EA95D3A914379CC336D6D0D3F71F819767C2EA ROM CRC32: 2A3D3E21
Database match: Makai Island (USA) (Proto) Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042) File SHA-1: BDF9436C18AEB976000DB060F9A0E8A2A47BA99D File CRC32: 66BDD61F ROM SHA-1: 21C3BEA9CCB63C444732CEE5147A77DE7A9266BB ROM CRC32: 55B4052B
Database match: not found [Makai Proto, Restoration hack by SCD] Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042) File SHA-1: 01B4494E92639FFB40E633D62C49AB2D0E235317 File CRC32: EDF4A9FF ROM SHA-1: 1764AC2F8044094F2A79D74F7B2BE933086C45C0 ROM CRC32: C04937A5
Hack description
This hack replaces a few insensitive caricatures in enemy and building sprites in Makai Island, primarily on Cook Island (the first one).
Those original Higemaru (JP version) sprites were cartoonishly racist ("Little Black Sambo" stereotypes, Kalahari Bushmen), and while a couple sprites were improved in the 'Makai Island' prototype version later made available, several elements were left as they are (Moai statues, totem poles), which have also been updated in this hack. The new sprites have been carefully edited to maintain the visual style and detail Capcom games of the era are known for.
Here is a preview image that shows all the changes: https://i.imgur.com/mDRj2H7.png. The only other change is the correction of the name of Cook Island also included in many other patches.
There are two versions of this patch:
- a patch for the JP version (based on No-Intro Higemaru), which also works on any patched JP versions (such as Snark's EN translation).
- a patch for the "Makai Island Proto" version (based on No-Intro Proto), which also works on any patched Proto versions (such as SCD's Makai Restoration hack.)
These patches should work on any version you find even if it doesn't match the below CRCs, as long as you use the patch that matches it.
You can tell the patch has been applied if the title screen's anchor cursor is flipped to point up-right.
This hack was requested by several people, partially to make the game stream-safe. If you do not like that it exists, you can always play the Restoration version found here: https://retrohackers.net/hack-details.php?id=1102/.
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