Category: Square

  • Epic Clash Between Spriter and Repro-Cart Seller on FFIV Mod’s Discord Server

    Spritework Offered for Sale Without Permission, Allegedly

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    December 2, 2025

    Spriter: Am I seeing this right? Are you selling bootleg carts and including optional patches? First, get my name off of it, now. Second, many of those optional patches are my work, or include parts of my work, and, no, you are not allowed to sell them under any circumstance, in any form.

    Spriter: [Seller] does not have the rights to sell or distribute the Final Fantasy IV ROM. [Seller] does not have permission to sell any of my work included in FFIV [Modification]’s optional patches. If you buy a reproduction cart from [Seller], you are purchasing an illegal product and stolen non-commercial fanart. I condemn the inclusion of my work and the use of my online handle on this eBay page.

    Seller: I see, will remove

    Also, be sure to send some cease and desist to this seller as well: [link redacted]

    and this one: [link redacted]

    there may be a few others

    Spriter: Your eBay page still contains original art of mine, in addition to edited work. [3 artwork names redacted], most of the fonts.

    Seller: [4 links redacted]

    These all have them too

    Spriter: I don’t speak for the main FFIV [Modification] project, I don’t speak for Square Enix. I don’t condone the sale of reproduction carts in general, and I don’t care to discuss creative, wrong interpretations of copyright law and enforcement. My concern is I do not want art that I created and especially not my name associated with your illegal bootlegs.

    Moderator: this sounds like an excellent conversation to have in dms

    Modification-Team Member A: Please leave it to the DMs guys.

    If there’s something that involves someone else, please also DM them and handle it in private.

    [Editor’s note: messages were deleted by Moderator]

    Moderator: I am deleting the recent messages and WILL ban/kick if necessary. I, as a moderator, made a direct specific request to keep it to dms

    if the dms themselves weren’t civil, there was no reason to bring it back into the public channels of this discord

    [Editor’s note: Following this exchange, the Spriter was noted as no longer being in the Discord. It was not immediately clear whether the Spriter was booted from the Discord or left of his own accord.]

    Modification-Team Member B: I was asked to remove some patches from the archive today in regards to a community member selling some physical copies of [Modification]. Any major combination of the existing patches in the archive are available in [Seller’s] storefront, so I was asked by a contributor to remove their content as they are not interested in this arrangement. If you also would like your patches removed from the public archive and the web patchers for any reason, now or in the future, let me know

    What do you think? Do you side with the spriter or seller in this case? What’s your take on repro carts of mods in general? Comment below, or check us out on Discord.

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  • FFX-2 English Translation Released by Gledson999 of Retro Jogos

    Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission (PS2)

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    News Announcement: https://www.romhacking.net/news/3287/

    Project Thread: https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=40628.0

    The following announcement was made by romhacker Gledson999 of Retro Jogos [Brazilian for “Retro Games”].

    After many years, Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission has received a fully English version for PS2.

    This game features many exclusive features, such as new dresspheres, a new garment grid, new monsters, a new secret game mode called Last Mission, an extra menu that allows you to capture monsters, train them, learn their stories, and use them in battles (fully playable), an exclusive tournament with powerful monsters, and new missions.

    This project was created by Gledson999 using tools he developed himself, but it also included image tools by Gdkchan and kernel text tools by Nameless.

    kr_ps2 also contributed, making several important fixes for the game’s smooth operation. He was also responsible for discovering and correcting the hardware lock-up issue and the RAM limitation in the game.

    Other coverage from around the web:

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  • Final Fantasy C2: Item Master Released

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    The Item Master mod of the Final Fantasy C2 mod of Final Fantasy IV on SFC has been released via commission and courtesy of clymax.

    It belongs to the new lineup of “Super Cheat” mods by clymax. They go beyond what cheat codes can typically give you. This lets you take full control of your gameplay.

    A release build for Romhack Plaza is being considered, or you can get early access to the dev build on Game Jolt.

    Development Build: Features

    Grind epic loot like never before! A new Drop Rarity slider puts control right in your hands.

    The default slider value gives you normal drop behavior.

    The next four notches let you control loot rarity. Of these, the first notch guarantees a common drop from every enemy.

    The second notch guarantees a tier-one rare drop from every enemy.

    The third notch guarantees a tier-two rare drop from every enemy.

    The fourth notch guarantees a tier-three rare drop from every enemy. This is the highest tier of rarity.

    So, what do you think? Where does Final Fantasy C2 rank among Japanese mods of the SFC trilogy of the Final Fantasy series? How do you think it compares to Final Fantasy II on the Famicom? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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  • Top Mods of Final Fantasy’s Second Trilogy

    With “Let’s Play” Series Playlists

    Casual Tom, an avid Mega Man player, is a streamer and content creator who focuses on blind playthroughs of romhacks while occasionally throwing some speedrunning into the mix. As a staff member of Final Fantasy IV – Ultima, Casual Tom often features Final Fantasy mods on his streams. You can follow Casual Tom via YouTube, Twitch, or Twitter/X.

    Speaking with FFV Central directly, Casual Tom ranks the top five mods in each of entry of the Final Fantasy trilogy of the sixteen-bit era (i.e., the fourth generation) of gaming consoles.

    Each entry links to a playlist for the corresponding LP series by Casual Tom. Without further ado, let’s begin!

    A. Final Fantasy IV (SNES)

    1. Ultima

    2. Unprecedented Crisis

    3. CII

    4. The Darkness Within

    5. Job System

    B. Final Fantasy V (SFC)

    1. Autumn Challenge (FF5 Remix)

    2. Heroine Trilogy (FF5r-IC)

    3. Whirlwind

    4. Nostalgia

    5. Void Divergence

    C. Final Fantasy VI (SNES)

    1. A Soldier’s Contingency

    2. Return of the Dark Sorceror

    3. Tsushiy Edition (T-Edition)

    4. Reimagined

    5. Hope Eternal and Love Everlasting

    So, what you you think? Any mod that should or shouldn’t have made the list? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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