Super Mario RPG with Peach's name

Original game : Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Platform : SNES

Author : Mateo

Release date : 15 June 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.2

Modifications : G, T

Downloads : 385

ROM Information

Database match: Super Mario RPG - Legend of the Seven Stars (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File/ROM SHA-1: A4F7539054C359FE3F360B0E6B72E394439FE9DF
File/ROM CRC32: 1B8A0625

Database match: Super Mario RPG - Legend of the Seven Stars (USA, Europe) (Virtual Console)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File/ROM SHA-1: 54043D7322973F7268F0132C29357CE966FA7DE4
File/ROM CRC32: D695090D

Hack description

This patch solely replaces all instances of Toadstool to Peach from the game, including the intro scene, which restores the graphics of her name from the original Japanese version. The name of the enemy Toadstool 2 has also been appropriately changed to Peach Clone.

Super Mario RPG is the only Mario RPG (and Mario game with a considerable amount of text, Yoshi's Safari also uses the name Peach) in which Toadstool is used instead of Peach in-game, so it sticks out like a sore thumb. This hack changes that. Made as a minimalist alternative to my other, more elaborate hack, Super Mario RPG with modern naming conventions + corrected names. In case you prefer to just change Peach's name and leave the rest of the game as is for the exact original unaltered Woolsey experience using Peach's original Japanese/modern name.

Should be compatible with any other patches that only make changes to the gameplay, graphics or sound.

Check out the included readme file for information regarding updates.

Special Thanks

Romhacking.net for hosting this patch and several other awesome patches.

LazyShell editor authors for having made such a complete and robust editor.

FuSoYa for the still great Lunar IPS patching utility.

Nintendo/Square Enix for having made this classic.

You, for trying out my patch :)

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Mateo	Script Editing/Revision

Reviews

Exactly the hack that I was after!	The Beaky Buccaneer	2022-06-04	Version 1.0
Out here in the PAL regions we never got Super Mario RPG back in 1996, and by the time that it eventually officially arrived, still in its original 60Hz form, on the likes of the Wii and SNES Mini, Peach's name was very well-established as being what it is (and in enthusiast circles it was already well-known long before that, anyway). This led to the game's untouched script occasionally being a bit confusing, since the "Toad" part of "Toadstool" tends to bring to mind characters like Toad and Toadsworth, who were also well-established by the time of the official PAL release. Nonetheless, Super Mario RPG was known in PAL countries back in its day due to press coverage, with some import-centric magazines even running full players' guides for the game. This meant that its deviations from the Mario series' norms were also known here, and the absence of those is felt with hacks that adjust other elements as well. Cue Mateo and this simple hack that reverts only the name of Princess Peach (and her clone), and nothing else. If you want to experience Super Mario RPG otherwise-unaltered but with the name of its leading lady in place, then "Super Mario RPG with Peach's name" is the way to go. Many thanks to Mateo for this release! The patch does exactly what it's supposed to, and there isn't anything else to say.

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