Mystic Defender: Localization and Mechanics Overhaul
Kujaku Ou 2: Gen'eijou · 孔雀王２ 幻影城
Ernani S. Costa's overhaul of Mystic Defender rewrites the Western script around the Peacock King anime and reworks the magic, health and continue systems.
What's changed
The hack rewrites the English opening, stage cards and ending so they follow the Peacock King story the game was built on, and it brings back the Japanese-style title screen with a translated logo. Stages now show real names instead of round numbers, and an option lets you switch between the Japanese hero and the Western one, which changes the sprite, the stage cards, the ending and the credits.
Gameplay
- Three difficulty levels with different lives and continues.
- One more health block, and each magic type keeps its own charge counter, up to four charges.
- Overcharging magic restores health; dying only costs the charge of the magic in use.
- Water pits in stage 4 hurt instead of killing outright, and a continue restarts the stage with your saved charges.
- With a six-button pad, X, Y, Z and Mode select each magic directly.
Version 2.42 fixes two magic bomb bugs after a continue. Booting the game as Japanese keeps the original ending text.
Playing it
The IPS patch is applied to your own copy of the Mega Drive cartridge, following the creator's documentation. Hack, code and graphics by Ernani S. Costa (Nani16Bit).