LUIGI'S CHRONICLES 2 SMB3 Hack by Googie & Quick Curly 2007-2010 -------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: Googie is the original author of this SMB3 hack, starting it back in 2007. Quick Curly joined the project in late 2008 and started working on it sometime in 2009 while taking a break from Quick Bros. 2. Googie had already finished World 1 and other things, mainly the Luigi graphics thanks to Lags_80. QC was originally only going to do Worlds 2, 4, 6 and 8, but once he finished those Worlds he offered to finish the other Worlds as well. His focus was mainly on the level editing, but he edited some graphics here and there. While not everything else was edited extensively, he released the hack after quite some time to pursue other projects, and therefore the hack should be viewed as complete as it is going to get. To note, he had plans to edit the music, and originally had a decent "Midna's Lament" added in, but in the end felt that music editing would be best saved for another time and place. Among the changes in this hack, Quick implemented a simple ASM hack that allows any amount of time divisible by 100 "SMB3 seconds" (up to 900) and makes music such as the Bowser Battle and N-Spade Bonus available in regular levels via the standard level header. A little bit of ASM was also necessary so that tile animation for BOTH Worlds 4 and 5 is disabled (instead of just World 5). There are 5 Worlds, but don't be fooled. All of the original SMB3 levels have been edited in some shape or form, as well as additional levels made possible by remaining space from other levels and/or free space in certain Object Set ROM banks. This means that you can expect the later worlds to be LONGER than in the original SMB3! The palettes, text, and end credits have also been edited! HOORAY!!! :D Lastly - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! More than likely, you may find this hack to be difficult! Any complaints concerning such will be looked down upon and disregarded. -------------------------------------------------------------- Story: When Luigi made it all the way to the end 'a the castle, he found a door (the end of LC Game B). He knew he was in for a rough ride; like conquering his greatest fear of ghosts wasn't enough. But Luigi wasn't afraid to see what he was gonna go through in order to save Peach since Mario is still nowhere to be found. Now, it's time to show Bowser that Luigi is on the trail. However, Bowser has tricks and jokes up his sleeve, along with his kids. They all need a butt kickin' anyways, so Luigi (you as the player) handle your business... -------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Quick Curly and party cannot be held liable for any anger, bitterness, sadness, insanity, burning buildings, blindness, flaming, itchiness, destruction and/or self-destruction of personal property, self-inflicted injuries, mutations, time travelling, worms, financial troubles, unsuccessful future endeavours, abandonment on the moon, ninja assaults, evil puppy bomb squads, mosh pits or the like as a result of playing this SMB3 hack. -------------------------------------------------------------- Errors: Despite all the effort that Quick put into this hack, there's still a considerably fair chance that he missed something due to the mental state of mind he unwillingly fell victim to near the end. If you encounter a major error, please feel free to contact him. However, again, any issues you may have with the graphics will more than likely be disregarded. In addition, please refer to "Disclaimer". -------------------------------------------------------------- Special Thanks To: bbitmaster - For FCEUXD. beneficii - For the SMB3 Map Editor. Dr. Floppy - For making the original title screen that was unfortunately lost in a HD crash. FuSoYa - For Lunar IPS. ghettoyouth - For creating the current title screen. hukka - For SMB3 Workshop. Lags_80 - For the Luigi graphics. never-obsolete - For SMB3TE. Nintendo - For SMB3!!!!! Siloucos - For beta testing. SnowBro - For Tile Layer Pro. Static S - For beta testing. YY - For YY-CHR. -------------------------------------------------------------- Googie Thanks: Quick Curly - For motivating me to get into the scene when I'd lost interest and wanting to get down with LC2; us ROM hackers gotta stick together... >:D The Haters - Yeah, you know who you are. It was the hate for Luigi's Chronicles that made me think of making a sequel. The Fans - For helping me use that hate from the haters to get into making a sequel for Luigi. The YouTube Crew - For subscribing to my channel and giving me feedback on my hack videos. -------------------------------------------------------------- Quick Curly Thanks: Googie - For letting me join this project and for all of the help and support back when I was just starting to ROM hack. I learned/taught myself much more than what I knew back when I made Quick Bros. and I've since had a low opinion of that hack. I wanted the opportunity to apply this new knowledge to make up for that hack, and I had a lot of fun working on this hack. I hope that everyone who plays this hack enjoys it as well. All of my subscribers and friends on YouTube - For all of the support. Special thanks to: - Blazzerdragon - For being a super-duper great YouTube friend and for providing exciting videos on both the previous and current accounts. This guy played through Quick Bros. twice - once on each account! - cuberootinbinary - For being one of my best YouTube friends, and for making videos of the original Quick Bros. which included a great positive review that I probably didn't truly deserve at the time. - JMFSpike - For being another one of my best YouTube friends, as well as for all of the continuous support and interest in my videos and projects no matter what they might be. - metalchains48 - Another really great YouTube friend who also made videos of Quick Bros. and has been very supportive of me as well. Unfortunately, his original account is inaccessible now, so please check out his new account, GoombaParaKoopa. Board 2 and Romhacking.net - For giving us all a common place to go to do stuff and whatnot. Intruder X - For the music and everything else! Also, thanks to: Angie, AvrilFannf, Caption Radio, Cassie, ChaoticTyme, chelsbaby96, DahrkDaiz, docsigma, DVLIAC, errijnde, flash276, Flotonic, Gamers110, Insectduel, JaSp, Jaybeat2k6, JcDizon, Mariomaniac10, MegaEliteGamers, Mega-Mario, newfiebangaa, NutheadBros, Rammstein, SchlossRitter, Static S, The Tiles, & Vicious Poetry. -------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ (From Quick Curly): Q: How do I play the hack anyway? A: You'll need the IPS patch for this hack, Lunar IPS, and the "Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG1) [!]" ROM. First, make a copy of your SMB3 ROM so that you can keep the original unmodified. Rename it so that you'll be able to tell what it is later. For example, "Luigi's Chronicles 2 (SMB3 Hack)" or something simple like that. Next, run Lunar IPS and select "Apply IPS Patch". Locate the IPS patch for this hack and select it first, and then select the copy of the SMB3 ROM that you created. Now that you have the hack in ROM form, you can load it in your favourite NES emulator to play it! I have a personal preference for Nestopia, although hopefully there shouldn't be any problems playing it in whichever emulator you may be using. Q: Why is the hack so ridiculously hard?! A: Well it's never my intention to make extremely difficult levels. However, my target audience for any hack is always players of the original game of the hack in question, so I do try to make it somewhat difficult so that someone who has played the original game is presented with a new challenge. On top of that, I want to give myself a new challenge as well, and I literally played SMB3 every single weekend growing up, so to make SMB3 harder for myself is a difficult task by itself (unless the creator in question is cuberootinbinary, but that's another story for another time). So when creating levels, sometimes I don't realize just how challenging they might be, though if the player is truly dedicated enough, any challenge can be conquered. As I always say, it's not like everyone beat the original SMB3 on their first try. Practice makes perfect, so yeah, don't expect to necessarily beat Luigi's Chronicles 2 in one try, and I sincerely hope that you don't have to resort to save- states. Q: Are you ever going to update Luigi's Chronicles 2? A: No. I really do just want to be free to work on something new for a change. Q: Not even an "easy edition"? A: I honestly don't think that'll be necessary. As previously mentioned, this hack was created to provide a challenge to regular SMB3 players. Whether the hack will actually be that difficult is yet to be seen... Q: Any surprises in this hack? A: Well I can't exactly answer that without ruining them now, can I?! ;) However, I'll mention that I tried to add some replay value to the hack, and playing every single level isn't necessary. However, you're more likely to miss any possible surprises if you don't! Q: Any shout-outs like in Quick Bros.? A: Yes, but they are more obscure this time. You'll see... Q: Why does Luigi squat in the fortress? A: He's taking a bathroom break. Q: Why do you always thank so many people? A: I'm a very thankful person. Q: Will you teach me how to [insert random thing here]? A: I like to help out with whatever I can, so if you believe I can somehow help out, feel free to contact me. However, be as descriptive as possible with your question(s)/problem(s) please. In addition, if I'm too busy, please understand that, and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can. Q: Do you [still] have your SMB3 notes from working on Luigi's Chronicles 2? A: Contact me about which specific notes you're looking for. Q: Do you think you might still want to do more collaborative projects? If so, can we possibly do something? A: I have a couple other minor projects to wrap up first; a short SMB3 hack with Gamers110 and Static S called "SMB110" for one. Feel free to ask, but after past experiences, I've ultimately decided that I'm only going to work with people who I can A) trust and B) depend on to put forth an equal effort. I want to resume Quick Bros. 2 again, but I guess only time will tell whether or not things play out as planned. Q: Can I beta test one of your future hacks? A: Please contact me if you're interested, but since I already have people asking me as I'm typing this, please don't be offended if I decline to keep the number of beta testers at a manageable amount. Q: I'm planning to do an LP of the hack. Would you want to be a special guest in any of the videos (i.e. through Skype and/or streaming)? A: Provided I have the free time and am feeling up to it, I'd be honoured to! Please contact me to share any specific details and/or appropriate information! I'd be interested to hear from you anyway so that I'll be able to watch your videos as they're made available! :) -------------------------------------------------------------- Contacts: Googie - http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogieToons - http://acmlm.no-ip.org/board/profile.php?id=22 - http://www.romhacking.net/community/569/ - hispanikpanik(REMOVE)@yahoo.com Quick Curly - http://www.youtube.com/user/Qu1ckCur1y - http://acmlm.no-ip.org/board/profile.php?id=1121 - http://www.romhacking.net/community/1051/ - quickcurly[at]yahoo[dot]ca Intruder X - http://www.myspace.com/intruderxmusic - http://www.youtube.com/user/intruderxmusic - http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/IntruderX GRENADE STUDIOS - Musical instruction/instrument repair/ recording studio. Email: livegrenade@sympatico.ca