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

    Japanese Mod of Final Fantasy V (SFC)

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    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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  • English Fan Translation of Ys III Remaster Released

    Wanderers from Ys (PS2)

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    Xynosaur is a fan of retrogaming who is also a creator in demo/chip music. You can follow Xyno’s work via YouTubeBandcamp, or Soundcloud.

    Announces the project lead and prolific Ys modder Kaisaan:

    Here is a mod showcase stream courtesy of Xynosaur.

    For those who don’t know, Taito partenered with Falcom to “remake” Ys III, Mask of the sun and V on the PS2 (only released in Japan of course)

    We got the Ys V translation in the beginning of 2026 and Ys III’s fan translation just got released a couple of days ago…

    I really hope this one is better than the remake they did for Ys V lol (you can watch the stream I did on Ys V if you wanna see the trainwreck that it is lol)

    An additional announcement was made by Kaisaan:

    Wanderers Boss Rush Contest

    This is a big one. To celebrate the release of Wanderers PS2 English, we are having a contest!
    This version of Wanderers has a Boss Rush mode (unlocked after beating the game once on any difficulty) included that records your final time, so let’s see who can get the best time!
    Rules:

    • Record a full, unedited run and upload it to #wanderers [channel on The Dandelion Discord]
    • Don’t cheat, we reserve the right to disqualify any entries that we suspect to be cheated
    • You can submit as many runs before the deadline but only the best time will be counted
      There will be prizes for the Top 5 fastest times with 1st place getting 1 year of Discord Nitro Basic! 2nd-5th place will receive 1 Month of Discord Nitro Basic (Thank you so much to Etokapa for funding the prizes!)
      You will have until to submit runs!

    So, what do you think? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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  • Faxanadu 40th Anniversary Edition Released

    Romhack of Faxanadu (NES)

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    A premiere livestream will be held by HungryGoriya on Saturday, May 23, at 7:30pm US Eastern time.

    Says hack author songbirder:

    Faxanadu 40th Anniversary Edition is an update to this classic and unique Action RPG for the NES.

    This romhack keeps what makes Faxanadu an amazing game while filling in gaps in the game world, fixing bugs, adding quality-of-life improvements, and just a few touch ups to the story and world of the World Tree. It is based on the western release.

    2027 marks the 40th year since the game’s creation — we’re still in 2026, so there’s plenty of time for community feedback and adjustments. Eventually the source files from the tooling will be published so anyone wanting to fork the project into their own version can do so.

    You can check out the hack website here or the Discord here.

    The RHDN publication can be found here.

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  • Party Changer Mod Released

    Romhack of Final Fantasy IV (SNES)

    Says mod author Whitenoise81:

    This mod is for others who wish to mod FF4 and freely be able to change party members without them losing their stats or equipment. This does not change anything else about the original game. Be aware that although things look normal on the surface a few things had to be switched around behind the scenes to get it to work correctly.

    (Credit where it is due) This mod was created using the old Shadow Mod from Phoenix Hacks, Grimoire LD’s event instruction skip mod, as well as PinkPuff’s amazing FF4rkster program to create a full party change aboard the Lunar Whale after beating the Babil Giant. It could not have been done without these things as well as some technical help from Chillyfeez of the Ultima discord server.

    Simply walk onto the panel on the right side of the ship below the right exit. It will ask if you want to reset the party. This will remove everyone but Cecil from your party and instruct you to exit and re-enter the ship. The exit and re-enter is necessary to refresh the npc’s on the map.

    All of the characters that were ever in your party throughout the game are available. It is also easily possible to get Dark Knight Cecil and Child Rydia with a few modifications.

    The dummied battle commands have also been restored for good measure.

    You can find the hack publication on RHDN here.

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