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*             Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + (v1.5)             *
*                       Hack by jdaster64                        *
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Thank you for downloading Superstar Saga Plus!  This hack aims to
balance the difficulty curve of the original Superstar Saga, as 
well as showing some of the capabilities of what Superstar Saga
hacking can do.  Thanks go out to Salanewt and Charleysdrpepper
of the Yoshi's Lighthouse forums for their "Yoshi Magic" stats &
map editor, and their constant feedback and help on the project.

For some of the basic features of the hack, check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xaCk8XFTNM

This hack, as of version 1.5, comes in three flavors:
- 100% Difficulty - normal coin drops and EXP
- 80%  Difficulty - 25% more coins and EXP
- 60%  Difficulty - 67% more coins and EXP

To play the game, you first need:

- An UNMODIFIED North American Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga ROM
  (Should have a filename with a 1277 in it, not 1246 or 1283)

- FuSoYa's Lunar IPS patcher
  (Version 1.02 link : http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/lips/)

- A compatible version of VisualBoyAdvance your emulator of choice
  (I use VBA rerecording v23.2 svn284)

Then, simply use Lunar IPS to patch the desired difficulty patch
to your unmodified ROM, and get playing! (Note that if you have an 
older build of the hack, you'll still need to patch it to a clean ROM)

That's about it, check out the enclosed PDF guide for some helpful
information on the changed stats or item locations, or just for some
general-purpose battle strategies.  Have fun!

~~~ Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga+ ~ Bigger, Better, BALANCED ~~~