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Hues of Mana

Original game : Seiken Densetsu 3

Platform : SNES

Author : Red Soul

Release date : 31 October 2021

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.1

Modifications : G

Downloads : 1094

ROM Information

Database match: Seiken Densetsu 3 (Japan)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File/ROM SHA-1: 209C55FD2A8D7963905E3048B7D40094D6BEA965
File/ROM CRC32: 863ED0B8

Hack description

The intention of this patch is to improve (and in Kevin's case, fix) the playable characters' palettes.

Modifications aim to lessen repetition and also to approximate the game characters' palettes to the official art, in some cases, when possible within the limitations of the game, although the author also used his own palette ideas in several instances.

Initiallly, this patch was meant to fix only Kevin. The game has one of his classes flipped around, those being Death Hand/Fatal Fist and Dervish/Enlightened specifically.
The internal palette indicates that Fatal Fist is the Dark-Dark branch, which the 2020 remake anded up reiterating.

This patch should have been released a year prior, but the then work ROM used by the author contained patches by other people, including the translation, so it would be wrong to have released it as such, and burn out also delayed the eventual restart of the project.

Included within the archive are also images that portray the new palettes, as well as patches with less changes, to give players freedom of choice.

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
Red SoulGraphicsPalette changes
IavasechuiGraphicsProject ideas
RootrickHackingSubscreen palette addresses
SquallHackingGeneral help

Reviews

Incrediblesoul_knight2021-10-22Version 1.0

This really is a much better palette color. I mean, some of the original game's color was horrible (Duran's LD). Use this.

Beautifulhmsong2021-09-11Version 1.0

This is beautiful. The sprites actually look good. And nobody has that weird hair color (looking at you, LD Lord Duran).