| Released By | 8-bit fan |
|---|---|
| Category | Complete |
| Platform | SNES |
| Patching Information | No-Header (SNES) |
| Genre | Role Playing |
| Mods | G,S,L,T,GP,Other |
| Patch Version | 8.0 |
| Hack Release Date | 20 February 2020 |
| Readme | Readme File |
| Downloads | 11635 |
| Last Modified | 21 February 2020 |
Description:
Final Fantasy IV - Ultima is a ‘deluxe’ version of Final Fantasy II for the SNES. FF2US always felt somewhat lacking and incomplete but full of potential. This hack rectifies that by adding a ton of additions to the base game while keeping the majority of the main story intact and the feel of FF2US the same.
List of features, additions and changes:
- 32 New Weapons! Including Ultima Weapon!
- 25 New Spells! Also revamped existing spells!
- 25 New Bosses!!
- New Enemy Graphics!! (HUGE thanks to chillyfeez!)
- New Areas! New Side Quests!
- New Events! New Endgame Scenarios!!
- New Equipment Screen with DETAILED buffs and stats!!
- New attack/swing/spell animations!
- New weapon graphics!! New sound effects!
- New maps, new areas and new edits to overworld maps!
- New events! New enemies!! Sprint with the Y button!!
- New commands for characters. New Armors and Gears!
- Revamped shops/equipment and balanced their progression.
- Dark Knight Cecil now dual-wields and is 2-handed!!
- Edge is now buffed offensively! Stealing is also buffed!
- Rydia has also been buffed(slightly). It’s a surprise!
- Cecil has been buffed as a tank.
- Rosa can use more White Mage combative gears.
- Kain has new offensive buffing spells at end-game and new commands as he rejoins the team.
- Rare items and summons now drop much easier! This hack is designed as a ‘play-through’ without grinding.
- Many enemies now have meaningful rare drops, and all end-game enemies now have rare ultimate drops!
- New thrown weapons and back-row weapons!
- Lots of secrets that can lead to early acquirement of better equipment!
- Few minor tweaks to the base game such as save points, etc.
- Useless finds now replaced with good items or equipment!
- All weapons/armors used by characters no longer in party are now usable by at least one character from the end-game party!
- MOST items/equipment are now non-missable. Meaning they will be acquirable in some ways at end-game.
More guides and info at:
http://www.8bitfan.info/ Discord: https://discord.gg/4MqjwJt
ROM / ISO Information:
- Final Fantasy II (U) [!] (v1.1).smc
- English
- Version 1.1
- Unheadered (1,049,088 bytes)
- CRC-32: 23084FCD
- MD-5: 27D02A4F03E172E029C9B82AC3DB79F7
- SHA-1: 41A74EB369A7A91815529EF99AB1B20E20E2BDF3E26
Links:
Screenshots:
Credits:
| Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
|---|---|---|
| 8-bit fan | Hacking | |
| chillyfeez | Hacking | Technical Producer - Custom Graphics/ASM work |
| vivify93 | Hacking | Project II used as base |
| Grimoire LD | Hacking | Critical Hit bug fix, Adamant Armor bug fix |
| Myself086 | Hacking | Improved Sprint function |
| b0ardface | Hacking | Attack Power Overflow bug fix |
| Crow! | Hacking | Advanced Equipment Screen mod |
Unlocks the "Ultima" potential of Final Fantasy IV
Reviewed By: Ace_Aileron on 14 Feb 2020For many, Final Fantasy II (SNES) was the first true RPG that built a complete world, characters and subsequent story arcs/growth,and a story filled with twists and resolution. While many were previously exposed to games like the Dragon Warrior (Quest) series or the original Final Fantasy, none of them came close to being the masterpiece that is FF II.
While the original was amazing in its own right, issues with the translation, a more moderate difficulty, and other problems caused this game to quickly be overshadowed by other RPGs of the era.
While there have been many attempts to address the aforementioned issues (Japanese translation (i.e. FFIV Hard Type), the Game Boy Advanced Version, and DS 3-D remake), none of them quite captured the original magic…
…until now.
Final Fantasy IV Ultima is a masterpiece that any fan of the original game should be playing in lieu of any other version. Not only does it capture everything that made the original game iconic, it adds so many perfectly created features to make an epic game even more so.
Between the small (albeit ingenious) changes to the characters, a redesigned world map,a much stronger script, new weapons and items,and optional bosses that add a new challenge to the game that even a veteran will appreciate, this may be the strongest version of the game to currently exist.
It had been a while since I had picked up and played Final Fantasy II but since discovering this patch, I’ve burned through the game multiple times and have not grown tired in doing so.
If you’re a fan of the original game or even just looking for an old-school 16-bit masterpiece to fire up, do yourself a favor and play this version today.