Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem – Heroes of Light

What's new

Earlier English patches for this game had to squeeze their script into the original text space, which kept the writing plain. This team found free room in the cartridge data to relocate text, so scenes are no longer cut short, and the whole script for both books was reworked with that freedom. It is a localization rather than a literal translation: it borrows names and lines from Nintendo's later English releases where they fit, and gives characters more voice while keeping the story intact.

The menus use a brand-new font, and the dialogue font was respaced to read more cleanly. Later updates fixed bugs, including a softlock in some character death scenes.

Playing it

The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese Super Famicom game, following the instructions in the release thread. The team advises against the ZSNES emulator, where battle animations can crash the game.

Credits

Text tools and technical help by RobertTheSable; first script pass by Lopo; menu font by flasuban; script revision and testing by KrashBoomBang; dialogue font and text-space work by CedAodh; extra script review by OhBlock.