The entire graphical interface is also unmodified the exception is the newly-implemented world map interface, which as a completely new implementation comprises the only parts of the prototype to feature what would become the game's new interface style direction.įor the most part, the game still uses the brighter, more saturated map tilesets of The Blazing Blade. One feature not present in the final release with regards to the introduction and class roll is pressing the R shoulder button causes either to occur immediately instead of having to wait.
The opening sequence and title screen are completely unchanged, including the "©2003 Nintendo" message. The vast majority of visuals are completely unmodified from The Blazing Blade. None of the music present in the final release of The Sacred Stones appears to be implemented as of this revision. Obviously, none of it remains in the final version. The soundtrack of The Blazing Blade is completely retained with no modifications or additions. Within the prototype there are various debug menus that can be accessed in various ways. If a chapter is selected while L is being held tutorials are disabled for the loaded chapter.ĭebug functions Main article: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones pre-release build/Debug functions The last row is a chapter select function, where the player can press left and right to scroll through the game's maps and select one to start playing from.This mode skips all battles and instantly returns the player to the world map if they move onto a location with a skirmish or chapter on it. World Map (Japanese: ワールドマップ) starts the game from the world map screen.
Initialize File (Japanese: ファイル初期化) prompts the player to wipe all save data, but it does not appear to function properly.
HEROES AND GENERALS PROTOTYPE SRVCER MANUAL
Manual Continue (Japanese: 手再開) resumes a manually suspended game file.Continue Chapter (Japanese: どこでも再開) resumes an in-progress game file.Release Entry (Japanese: リリースエントリ) starts the game from its opening demo.On loading the prototype, the player is brought to this debug start-up menu with options to start the game from numerous points.
HEROES AND GENERALS PROTOTYPE SRVCER PATCH
A patch for this build can be downloaded at File:The Sacred Stones prototype 0531 Patch.zip. This page dissects the differences between this build and the final version. A majority of the finished content is absent, including many portraits and new battle animations. It is by far the most incomplete and prototypical of the three leaked pre-release builds: a very large amount of its content is straight unmodified from The Blazing Blade, including even the title screen, and there is only the barest infrastructure for much of the completed game in place. This suggests that this particular build was assembled into a "playable" ROM form at this date and time by Makoto Katayama, a programmer credited in the finished game, which would date the build to roughly five months before the game's Japanese release. The leaked pre-release build of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, agbfe3_040531_2253 (meaning May 31st, 2004, 22:53), is timestamped as May 31st, 2004, at 22:45:41, along with the name "KATAYAMA". The three builds were internally timestamped as having been assembled a couple of months before the final releases of the games, and as such contain numerous differences of varying degrees of substantiality, and provide an interesting insight into the development of the games. In 2008, a set of three pre-release builds of The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones were leaked from the Intelligent Systems FTP server and obtained and subsequently released by a Japanese group, eventually coming to the attention of the English fanbase through the message board Fire Emblem: Sanctuary of Strategy. Title screen of build 040531_2253, unchanged from the title screen of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
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