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List of version differences/Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
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This page details the changes made to the gameplay and writing of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance during its localization from Japanese to US English, and later from US English to the five PAL localizations.
Name changes
- Main article:
Name chart/Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
NTSC-J to NTSC-U changes
Gameplay changes
- The Maniac Mode difficulty setting was removed and replaced with Easy Mode.
- An innate +15 crit bonus was added to Snipers, Swordmasters, and Berserkers.
- The Heal staff had its durability increased from 30 uses in the Japanese version to 40 in all other versions.
- Extra costs for Forging weapons were halved, making it cheaper to forge weapons.
- The 255-crit error in the forge system was corrected.
- In Chapter 18 of the Japanese version, Shinon will not drop the Brave Bow if the player saves at the advance screen; if the player resets the game, then Shinon will drop the Brave Bow as usual. This glitch was fixed in the international versions.
- In the Japanese version, stat booster items can still be used by units even if the item's respective stat has already reached its maximum. The localization corrected this to disallow stat boosters from being used on capped stats, like in every other game since Thracia 776, preventing scenarios where a careless player might absent-mindedly waste a stat booster on an already-capped stat.
- In the Japanese version, the Renewal scroll can only be assigned to Ena and Elincia, both of whom already have the skill when recruited. It has this in common with numerous unused scrolls, which can only be taught to the original bearers of the skills in question. The localization corrected this to allow Renewal to be assigned to any unit, although the other skill scrolls were not altered in this way.
- In the Japanese version, using a Seraph Robe while at the base will not increase the character's current HP to their increased max HP (for example, using Seraph Robe on Elincia while her health is 34HP will raise her max HP to 41HP but her current health will remain at 34HP). This oversight was fixed in the localization by having the character's current HP increase to their increased max HP when a character uses a Seraph Robe while at the base.
Dialogue changes
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Other changes
- The icon for forging tomes was changed from a staff to a tome.
- The allowed length of forged weapon names was expanded from seven characters to twelve.
- The extra content obtained by linking copies of The Binding Blade with Path of Radiance was altered to accommodate the game's absence outside of Japan:
- Its entries in the Character Portraits gallery were removed entirely, although the images all remain on the disc.
- The Trial Map "Desperation" is now obtained by connecting linking copies of either Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade or The Sacred Stones with Path of Radiance.
NTSC-U to PAL changes
Unless otherwise stated, all changes made between the NTSC-J and NTSC-U releases are retained in the PAL version, excluding names.
Graphics
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Dialogue changes
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