_ _ _____ _ _ ______ | | | | | ___| | | | | | __ | | |__| | | |__ | | | | | | | | | __ | | __| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |___ | |___ | |___ | |__| | |_| |_| |_____| |_____| |_____| |______| _ __ _______ _______ _______ _ _ ___ ______ | | / / |__ __| |__ __||__ __| | | | | |_ || ____| | |/ / | | | | | | | |___| | /_/ | |____ | / | | | | | | |__ __| |____ | | |\ \ __| |__ | | | | | | ____| | |_| \_\ |_______| |_| |_| |_| |______| FFFFFFF L OOOOOOO W W EEEEEEE RRRRRR F L O O W W E R R F L O O W W W E R R FFF L O O W W W EEE RRRRRR F L O O W W W E R R F L O O W W W W E R R F LLLLLLL OOOOOOO W W EEEEEEE R R SSSSSSS H H OOOOOOO PPPPPPP S H H O O P P S H H O O P P SSSSSSS HHHHHHH O O PPPPPPP S H H O O P S H H O O P SSSSSSS H H OOOOOOO P Hello Kitty No Ohanabatake (Hello Kitty's Field of Alpine Flowers) English to Japanese Translation v. 1.00 ------------------------------- DEDICATION ------------------------------- This translation is dedicated to Ashley since I know how much she loves cute little furry things like Hello Kitty. Make sure to send her lots of shiny happy things any time you see her on IRC. --------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS --------------------------- I. Dedication II. Table of Contents III. Introduction IV. History V. Staff VI. Tools VII. Patching Instructions (**READ THIS BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS!) VIII. Contact Information IX. Closing ------------------------------ INTRODUCTION ----------------------------- Well, for once it's a Sanrio game that isn't a blatant clone of another game. There are several similar platformers (Mappy comes to mind) but none with the queen of kawaii, Hello Kitty. The goal of the game is to water all of the flowerpots until the flowers bloom. While attempting this, you have to avoid squirrels, snails & beach balls. In a sadistic twist, Hello Kitty has a big mallet she can use to squish those pesky critters. Make sure to stand still for a few moments to see the subliminal anti-video game animation. And I always thought Sonic the Hedgehog was the first character to do something when he got bored. Guess that just proves that Kitty-chan is ahead of her time. A note on the title translation. The literal translation of the title is Hello Kitty's Field of Alpine Flowers. That's hard enough to say, let alone try to hack into a game, so we decided to take liberties and shorten it a big. Hello Kitty's Flower Garden was the obvious choice and the word's KITTY's GARDEN appear twice in the ROM if you look at it in a hex editor with no table loaded. However, since the action takes place inside instead of in an outdoors setting, I decided to go with Hello Kitty's Flower Shop. -------------------------------- HISTORY -------------------------------- v. 1.00 - August 27, 2000 What's Complete - all text translated (I believe.) - minor graphics hacks (Title Screen & Level Graphic) What's Incomplete - nothing that I'm aware of - there are some Japanese characters in the ROM I didn't find in-game --------------------------------- STAFF --------------------------------- Hacking - InVerse - http://www.pigtails.net/ST Translating - Musashi - http://gaijin.romhacking.com I basically did this project just so we could add it to the list of fully translated Sanrio games. It was perfectly playable without the translation but I figured I might as well do it anywayz. I believe this is the first game to be hacked entirely while sitting on the toilet. --------------------------------- TOOLS --------------------------------- The following tools were used for this translation: Hexposure: hex editing for translation and graphic maneuvering Tile Layer: graphics hacking Nesticle: some graphic hacking SNES Tool: patch creation -------------------------- PATCHING INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------ Patching a ROM is extremely simple. You need three things. A ROM, the patch and a patching program. To patch with IPS, you simply type "ips ". So if the name of the ROM was HKFS.nes you would type "ips HKFS.nes HKFS.ips" and your ROM is now in English. Make sure you have all the files in the same directory if you have a problem. To patch a ROM with SNES Tool, simply select USE IPS, choose the patch and then choose the ROM to affix the patch to. It's self explanatory. If you can't figure it out, the game is probably too hard for you anywayz. --------------------------- CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------------- The official Hello Kitty's Flower Shop home page is currently located at http://www.pigtails.net/ST E-Mail addresses concerning the project can be located on the official page. --------------------------------- CLOSING ------------------------------- So there you have it. Have fun and remember. It's just a game. -InVerse