ROM Hack - Zelda ALttP - BS-X Mascot Edition

Zelda ALttP - BS-X Mascot Edition

Original game : The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Platform : SNES

Author : Josephine Lithius

Release date : 10 April 2017

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0.3

Modifications : G, T

Downloads : 1805

ROM Information

No-Intro Name: Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA)
(No-Intro version 20130701-030720)
ROM/File SHA-1: 6D4F10A8B10E10DBE624CB23CF03B88BB8252973

Hack description

Did you know that there was a pseudo-sequel to A Link to the Past released six years after the original and exclusively on a broadcast satellite service in Japan? The maker of this hack did... and thought it would be fun to port the player characters from that game into this one.

The files inside the downloadable ZIP replace the usual hero, Link, with either the Broadcast Satellaview boy or girl mascot, depending on which file you use, from BS The Legend of Zelda: The Ancient Stone Tablets... and that's it. No fancy gimmicks, no altered gameplay, no radical changes to the story (aside from some pronoun juggling). Just a good, clean character swap lovingly taken from the Japan-exclusive satellite game.

This hack also changes a couple other minor graphics that weren't used in The Ancient Stone Tablets (but are used in the original), but it's purely for aesthetics.

Updates in v1.0.3

Fixed a text overflow when talking to Sahasralah for the first time only after getting the Pendant of Courage (Girl Version only)

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Josephine Lithius	Hacking	Graphics (ported and new), text editing, general hacking

Reviews

Gives that BS-X feel.	Scottdj23	2018-02-02	Version 1.0.3
I have played the BS Zelda games made by the wonderful team that re-engineered the old Japanese games. Using this hack gives me the feeling of being able to port my characters from that game into the original ALttP! I am not good with the editing tool so I always enjoy being able to download improvements like this one!

You can finally be a cute girl in Zelda!	Chiffon	2017-12-03	Version 1.0.3
If you, like me, think that every game would be improved if you could play as a cute girl, then this is a simple but essential hack! The BS-X sprites are very good, and have been implemented very well into the game, as have the little changes to the script to accomodate the character's different gender. It's great! Oh and there's a boy character with a backwards cap too.

Minor changes	puzzledude	2017-05-19	Version 1.0.3
This hack changes the main sprite only and some rare dialogs. It is thus a sprite hack only and falls under such minor change hacks, that it is simply not worth it to call it a separate hacking project. The sprite is also not new, it is simply copied from the Ancient stone tablets. Furthermore: the hack uses two patches and needs two roms to be able to display a boy and a girl, instead of an option between the two in one rom, which would also be doable.

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