Category: JRPG

  • Way of the Samurai’s English Fan Translation Enters Early Access

    Japanese Mod of Final Fantasy V (SFC)

    For clymax’s projects, click here. You can also follow him on YouTube or Twitter.

    An English fan translation of FFV: Way of the Samurai has entered early access courtesy of clymax. Way of the Samurai is our localized name for the mod.

    The Japanese name of the mod is FF5r The SAMURAI. The mod is by Time Mage (時魔道士). The original Japanese version of the mod can be found here.

    The mod is based on FFV: Autumn Challenge and spans two roms.

    Check back later for more info on the mod.

    The English translation is in the form of a new compatibility bridge to Serity’s compatibility bridge to the RPGe fan translation of FFV vanilla.

    Without the new compatibility bridge, the mod crashes during gameplay.

    The translation is a private mod of the FFV Central community. The private mod is on the rotation of mods that can be obtained through our Whirlwind Fiesta annual summer event. The private mod is also available via Game Jolt.

    For patching instructions, project status, or other assistance, please check us out on Discord. A teaser trailer is below.

    Changes from Autumn Challenge

    Time Mage’s notes on changes, machine translated courtesy of clymax along with annotations added by clymax in curly braces:

    The ABP required to level up your job is generally low, with a few exceptions.

    You can learn from any job.

    Like the Freelancer and Paladin, the Samurai
    inherits the best stats from the jobs they have mastered.
    The default abilities of a mastered job, such as hidden passages, magic barriers, and knowledge of potions, are available to all jobs.

    Samurai {replaces Knight}

    The second command is [Special Move].
    When your job level reaches 8,
    the second command changes from [Special Move] to [Fan].

    Job Trait:
      Both Hands
      White Bird

    !A piercing
      attack that ignores defense.

    !Special Move (Finishing Move)
      Area Slash Deals the same damage as a normal attack to all enemies, but reduces their HP by 1/8. Hit rate 100.
      Swallow Reversal Deals approximately twice the damage of a normal attack to one enemy, but reduces their HP by 1/8. Hit rate 100.

    Samurai equipment
      : Can be equipped with a sword, Japanese helmet, Japanese armor, and Japanese shield.

    !Secret Technique
      Vacuum Slash: Deals approximately twice the damage of a normal attack to all enemies, but reduces
      their HP by 1/8. Accuracy: 150 One-Hit Kill: Deals approximately four times the damage of a normal attack to a single enemy, but reduces their HP by 1/8. Accuracy: 150

    !Jinpuu (Windstorm):
      Deals damage equal to the user’s current HP to all enemies a random number of times.

    Ryujin (Dragon God): Grants the effects
      of Counter, White Feather Catch, Vigilance, Preemptive Attack
      , Haste, Protect, Shell, and Levitate
      (only effective when set as the third command).

    Knight {replaces Samurai}

    Job trait:
    Dual wield

    The second command is White Magic, and
    the fourth command is Shield.

    When your job level reaches 6,
    the first command changes from “Attack” to “Double Slash”.

    !Double Slash (Two-hit slash) Attacks twice

    !Holy Sword Technique: Different techniques are unleashed depending on the number of enemies.

    When your job level reaches 8,
    the first command changes from “Double Slash” to “Holy Sword Technique”.

    Monk
    ! Charge (second command) now has a shorter waiting time.

    Thief
    ! Throw it! It’s the third one.

    Dragoon
    ! Jump: Deals 4x damage when equipped with a spear.

    Berserker
    Axe-type weapons have a higher hit rate and less damage variation.
    First strike. Empty. Empty. Melee.

    White Mage
    Dispel and Reflect become Blue Magic
    , and mastering them levels up the Knight’s White Magic.

    Time Mage
    Job Trait : Can equip the Anti-Slow Rod, making them immune to Slow and Stop.

    Red Mage (Shirokuro-ma)
    Can learn spells up to level 1, meaning they can use both White and Black magic up to a maximum of level 4, but
    they cannot learn Consecutive Magic.

    Blue Mage

    The Moon Flute
    can be cast on either friend or foe, single target or all targets. It can also be used to remove the effects of Investigate, Analyze, and Learn.

    The Magic Swordsman’s
    magic sword can be cast on a single or all allies.
    The magic barrier activates when HP is at 1/4.

    Hunter
    ! Barrage of attacks (5 consecutive attacks)

    Paladin {replaces Mimic}
    ! Consecutive Magic

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  • Current Event Standings—Final

    Whirlwind Four-Job Fiesta 2026

    For a comparison of the different Fiestas, click here.
    For more info on the Whirlwind (Four-Job) Fiesta event, see here.

    For the Whirlwind family of mods, click here.
    For clymax’s projects, click here.

    Team Standings

    Here are the standings based on the secondary scoring scheme1 in the event. The ranking is based on the number of finishers of the challenge.

    RankCommunityEntrantsFinishers
    1FFV Central32/2
    2FF4 Ultima11/1
    3FF6 Worlds Collide10/0
    4Archipelago10/0
    1. Per the event rules, if enrollment in Division I is insufficient for a team head-to-head, the communities can be ranked based on the total number of players who successfully complete a challenge run in any of Divisions I-III. ↩︎

    Victorious Community: FFV Central

    Player Standings

    Only the leader(s) and runner(s)-up may be shown.

    A. Fiesta Champion 2025

    DivisionPlayerCommunityTime
    IEhseezedFFV Central35:21
    ICasualTomFF4 Ultima1:27:22

    Fiesta Champion: Ehseezed

    Badge Awarded (2026 version pending):

    B. Runs Leader, All-Time

    Extended run segments for other objectives each count as half a run for purposes of the event.

    RankPlayerCommunityRuns
    1NeoKakarotFFV Central2.5
    2CasualTomFF4 Ultima2.5
    3FechdogArchipelago2
    3clymaxFFV Central2
    3EhseezedFFV Central2

    C. Flags Leader, All-Time

    RankPlayerCommunityFlags
    1NeoKakarotFFV CentralJob/Level Chaos + Blood Moon
    2CasualTomFF4 Ultima4JF Chaos
    3FechdogArchipelago5JF Chaos

    D. Berserk Leader, All-Time

    RankPlayerCommunityBerserkers
    1NeoKakarotFFV Central1x Hybrid

    E. Glitch Leader, All-Time

    Bonus Divisions are eligible.

    RankPlayerCommunityGlitches
    1NeoKakarotFFV Central13
    2CasualTomFF4 Ultima4
    2EhseezedFFV Central4
    3xJ4cksFFV Central2
    3FechdogArchipelago2
    6AuthenticKenFFV Central2
    6clymaxFFV Central1
    6solidificationFFV Central1

    F. Time Leader, All-Time – informational only; no role or badge

    Time Leader represents the fastest time achieved during a Fiesta season. Record Holder is given to the fastest time achieved in or out of season.

    ModePlayerCommunityTime
    VanillaclymaxFFV Central29:05
    FiestaEhseezedFFV Central35:21
    RandoclymaxFFV Central36:56

    G. Scout Leader, All-Time

    RankPlayerCommunityScouted
    1clymaxFFV Central2

    H. Bonus Leader, All-Time

    RankPlayerCommunityBonus
    1AuthenticKenFFV Central3
    2NeoKakarotFFV Central1

    I. Roles Leader, All-Time

    • Count excludes Roles Leader roles.
    • Any roles condensed to tiered roles count for the tier value.
    • Bonus divisions not included.
    RankPlayerCommunityRoles
    1NeoKakarotFFV Central10
    2clymaxFFV Central7
    3CasualTomFF4 Ultima5
    3EhseezedFFV Central5
    5AuthenticKenFFV Central3
    6FechdogArchipelago2
    7xJ4cksFFV Central2

    Earnable Badges

    Badges that players can earn regardless of performance relative to other players.

    Redesign Pending

    Earnable Roles

    For many of the 202X roles, they are only awarded in seasons with a full league of eight players.

    Some of the 202X roles are subject to being collapsed into a single tiered role on Discord, but the web badges remain unchanged.

    Competitive Roles in Event

    1. Runs Leader 202X / Runs Record Holder
    2. Flags Leader 202X / Flags Record Holder
    3. Roles Leader 202X / Roles Record Holder
    4. Scout Leader 202X / Ambassador
    5. Fiesta Time Leader 202X
    6. Glitch Leader
    7. Berserk Leader
    8. Bonus Leader
    9. Fiesta Champion 202X, Solo / Silver / Bronze
    10. Fiesta Champion 202X, Team / Silver / Bronze

    Personal-Milestone Roles in Event

    1. Streamer 202X / Conqueror 202X
    2. Scout 202X
    3. Superboss Conqueror
    4. Ultraboss Conqueror
    5. Gogo Conqueror
    6. Crimson Conqueror
    7. Permadeath Conqueror
    8. Fiesta Purist
    9. Glitch Hunter
    10. Berserker
    11. Bonus Conqueror I-V

    Non-Event Roles

    1. Fiesta Record Holder
    2. Vanilla Record Holder
    3. Rando Record Holder
    4. Category Leader

    Signups remain active, while the event ends August 31. So, what are you waiting for?

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  • Blackmoon Prophecy Discord Channel Launched

    Unofficial Venue Following the Official Server’s Deletion

    FFV Central has launched an unofficial Discord channel in support of the Blackmoon Prophecy series by fangame author UPRC. For how to join, click here.

    The channel is launched in response to the sudden removal and ongoing absence of a chat venue for fans of the fangame series on Discord.

    FFV Central already offers player support and modder support for various RPG franchises across different platforms.

    Official Discord Deleted by Author

    As reported on the r/FinalFantasy subreddit here, shortly after the remake released, the Discord server was suddenly shut down, and the website was updated to say the remake cannot be supported at this time.

    A Reddit user in the know posted what appears to be a Discord-DM screenshot (not reproduced here) and summarized it as follows:

    Update: Dev had a m[e]ntal breakdown due to a variety of factors in his personal life and the fan game getting a decent bit of popularity sent him over the edge.

    The fangame author himself later confirmed that there will no longer be any Discord server moving forward here:

    There is no longer a dedicated Discord server.

    We await UPRC’s return to social media and wish him well.

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  • Final Fantasy VII Revelation Trailer

    The Final Installment of the Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy

    Sora is a streamer aiming to bring more awareness to the awesome romhacks out there like FFVI: T-Edition, Chrono Trigger+, FFIV: Ultima Plus, Secret of Mana+, etc. You can follow Sora via YouTube or Twitch or check out his streaming roadmap here.

    Says Square Enix in a press release here:

    During Sonys, annual presentation of there state of play, SQUARE ENIX debuted a new trailer for FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION, and 10 minutes as well of FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION gameplay its the third and final entry in the epic, critically acclaimed FINAL FANTASY VII Remake Series.

    FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION  will release on April 08, 2027 for PlayStation®5, Nintendo Switch 2, XBOX Series X|S and PC via Steam®, Epic Games Store and XBOX on PC.

    Update on September 3: release date trailer and gameplay

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