Final Fantasy IV Translation Guide - Guide for Final Fantasy 4 Remix

Final Fantasy IV Translation Guide
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System: Super Famicom/SNES & PlayStation
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By Joseph Witham
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Email: [email protected]
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Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/jwfaqs
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Version 2.0 - 10/5/2001

Contents
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I. Opening Copyright Notice
II. Version History
III. Translation notes
IV. Magic
 1. White Magic
 2. Black Magic
 3. Call Magic
 4. Ninja Magic
V. Items
VI. Closing Copyright Notice

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I. OPENING COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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This guide is Copyright 2001 Joseph Witham([email protected]).
Anyone who desires to reproduce, distribute, or use this guide on their web 
site has the author's permission under the following conditions:
 1. It must not be altered in any way.
 2. It must not be used for profit, it must be distributed freely.
 3. Any and all credit must be given to the author, Joseph Witham.
 4. It must remain in its entirety, with every part intact.
All information in this guide, unless otherwise noted, was compiled and 
written by the author.  You may not reproduce any information from this guide
and use it in any other publication without written consent of the author.

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II. VERSION HISTORY
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2.0 - 10/5/2001
 -Descriptions and costs added to each translation.
 -Fromat changes.

1.5 - 4/20/2001
 -Mistakes corrected.
 -Romaji removed.
 -Format changes made.

1.0 - 9/24/2000
 -Initial Release.

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III. TRANSLATION NOTES
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JAPANESE TEXT: A EUC-JIS shift program is required to view the Japanese text 
in this guide. You can download one directly from NJSTAR's web site here:
http://www.njstar.com/njstar/japanese/download.htm
Save this document to your hard drive and then open it through NJStar 
Japanese WP.  The document is best viewed and printed in Courier New point 10 
font.

TRANSLATION: Most of the Katakana in this guide was translated phonetically.  
The only exceptions were words that wouldn't have made sense had they been 
translated phonetically.  All of the Hiragana in this guide was translated as 
directly as possible from their Japanese names.  Some of the names are based 
on the official US translations of Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy 
Chronicles.

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IV. MAGIC
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1. WHITE MAGIC
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¥±¥¢¥ë - Cure
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a small amount of HP.
 MP: 3

¥Û¡¼¥ë¥É - Hold
 DESCRIPTION: Stuns enemy, disabling commands.
 MP: 5

¥é¥¤¥Ö¥é - Peep
 DESCRIPTION: Views target's HP and weakness.
 MP: 1

¥¹¥í¥¦ - Slow
 DESCRIPTION: Decreases speed.
 MP: 14

¥µ¥¤¥È¥í - Sight
 DESCRIPTION: Gives a wider perspective of overworld map.
 MP: 2

¥ì¥¤¥º - Raise
 DESCRIPTION: Restores life.
 MP: 8

¥±¥¢¥ë¥é - Cure 2
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a medium amount of HP.
 MP: 9

¥×¥í¥Æ¥¹ - Protect
 DESCRIPTION: Increases Defense Power.
 MP: 9

¥·¥§¥ë - Shell
 DESCRIPTION: Increases Magic Defense.
 MP: 10

¥µ¥¤¥ì¥¹ - Silence
 DESCRIPTION: Silences target, disabling the use of spells.
 MP: 6

¥¨¥¹¥Ê - Esuna
 DESCRIPTION: Cures all status ailments.
 MP: 20

¥Ç¥£¥¹¥Ú¥ë - Despell
 DESCRIPTION: Removes status increasing spells.
 MP: 12

¥Ð¡¼¥µ¥¯ - Berserk
 DESCRIPTION: Increases Attack Power.
 MP: 18

¥Æ¥ì¥Ý - Exit
 DESCRIPTION: Warps party out of dungeon.
 MP: 10

¥Ö¥ê¥ó¥¯ - Blink
 DESCRIPTION: Increases Evade.
 MP: 8

¥³¥ó¥Õ¥å - Confuse
 DESCRIPTION: Confuses target, causing it to attack enemies.
 MP: 10

¥±¥¢¥ë¥À - Cure 3
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a large amount of HP.
 MP: 18

¥ß¥Ë¥Þ¥à - Minimum
 DESCRIPTION: Causes Mini status.
 MP: 6

¥Ï¥¤¥¹¥È - Haste
 DESCRIPTION: Increases speed.
 MP: 25

¥ì¥Ó¥Æ¥È - Levitate
 DESCRIPTION: Causes target to float, protecting against earth attacks.
 MP: 8

¥ê¥Õ¥ì¥¯ - Reflect
 DESCRIPTION: Reflects magic attacks.
 MP: 30

¥±¥¢¥ë¥¬ - Cure 4
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a very large amount of HP.
 MP: 40

¥¢¥ì¥¤¥º - Arise
 DESCRIPTION: Restores life with full HP.
 MP: 52

¥Û¡¼¥ê¡¼ - Holy
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of divine damage.
 MP: 46

2. BLACK MAGIC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

¥Ö¥ê¥¶¥É - Blizzard
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of ice elemental damage.
 MP: 5

¥µ¥ó¥À¡¼ - Thunder
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of electric elemental damage.
 MP: 5

¥Õ¥¡¥¤¥¢ - Fire
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of fire elemental damage.
 MP: 5

¥¹¥ê¥×¥ë - Sleep
 DESCRIPTION: Causes target to fall asleep.
 MP: 12

¥Ý¥¤¥º¥ó - Poison
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of poison elemental damage.
 MP: 2

¥Ç¥¸¥ç¥ó - Warp
 DESCRIPTION: Warps back one floor in dungeons.
 MP: 4

¥È¡¼¥É - Toad
 DESCRIPTION: Causes Toad status.
 MP: 7

¥¹¥È¥Ã¥× - Stop
 DESCRIPTION: Stuns enemy, disabling commands.
 MP: 15

¥Ý¡¼¥­¡¼ - Porky
 DESCRIPTION: Causes target to turn into a pig, decreasing speed.
 MP: 1

¥Ö¥ê¥¶¥é - Blizzard 2
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of ice elemental damage.
 MP: 15

¥µ¥ó¥À¥é - Thunder 2
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of electric elemental damage.
 MP: 15

¥Õ¥¡¥¤¥é - Fire 2
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of fire elemental damage.
 MP: 15

¥Ð¥¤¥ª - Bio
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of poison elemental damage.
 MP: 20

¥¢¥¹¥Ô¥ë - Aspell
 DESCRIPTION: Absorbs MP.
 MP: --

¥É¥ì¥¤¥ó - Drain
 DESCRIPTION: Absorbs target's HP.
 MP: 18

¥Ö¥ê¥¶¥¬ - Blizzard 3
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of ice elemental damage.
 MP: 30

¥µ¥ó¥À¥¬ - Thunder 3
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of electric elemental damage.
 MP: 30

¥Õ¥¡¥¤¥¬ - Fire 3
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of fire elemental damage.
 MP: 30

¥¯¥¨¥¤¥¯ - Quake
 DESCRIPTION: Causes earth elemental damage to ground targets.
 MP: 30

¥Ö¥ì¥¤¥¯ - Break
 DESCRIPTION: Causes Petrify status.
 MP: 15

¥È¥ë¥Í¥É - Tornado
 DESCRIPTION: Greatly reduces target's HP.
 MP: 25

¥Ç¥¹ - Death
 DESCRIPTION: Causes immediate death.
 MP: 35

¥Õ¥ì¥¢ - Flare
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a very large amount of fire damage.
 MP: 50

¥á¥Æ¥ª - Meteor
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a very large amount of damage to all enemies.
 MP: 99

3. CALL MAGIC
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¥Á¥ç¥³¥Ü - Chocobo
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of damage to one enemy.
 MP: 7

¥É¥é¥´¥ó - Dragon
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of damage to all enemies.
 MP: 20

¥·¥ô¥¡ - Shiva
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of ice elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 30

¥¤¥Õ¥ê¡¼¥È - Ifrit
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of fire elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 30

¥é¥à¥¦ - Ramuh
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of electric elemental damage.
 MP: 30

¥¿¥¤¥¿¥ó - Titan
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of earth elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 40

¥·¥ë¥Õ - Sylph
 DESCRIPTION: Absorbs HP.
 MP: 25

¥ª¡¼¥Ç¥£¥ó - Odin
 DESCRIPTION: Automatically kills entire enemy group.
 MP: 45

¥¢¥¹¥é - Ashura
 DESCRIPTION: Casts a random curative spell.
 MP: 50

¥ê¥ô¥¡¥¤¥¢ - Leviathan
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of water elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 50

¥Ð¥Ï¥à¡¼¥È - Bahamut
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a very large amount of damage to all enemies.
 MP: 60

¥´¥Ö¥ê¥ó - Goblin
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a very small amount of damage to one enemy.
 MP: 1

¥Ü¥à - Bomb
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of damage.
 MP: 10

¥Þ¥¤¥ó¥ÉF - Mind Flayer
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of damage.
 MP: 18

¥³¥«¥È¥ê¥¹ - Cocktrice
 DESCRIPTION: Causes Petrify status.
 MP: 15

4. NINJA MAGIC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

¤«¤È¤ó - Flame
 DESCRIPTION: Causes fire elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 15

¤¹¤¤¤È¤ó - Flood
 DESCRIPTION: Causes water elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 20

¤é¤¤¤¸¤ó - Blitz
 DESCRIPTION: Causes electric elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 25

¤«¤²¤·¤Ð¤ê - Pin
 DESCRIPTION: Stuns enemy.
 MP: 5

¤±¤à¤ê¤À¤Þ - Smoke
 DESCRIPTION: Allows party to run away.
 MP: 10

¤Ö¤ó¤·¤ó - Image
 DESCRIPTION: Increases Evade.
 MP: 6

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V. ITEMS
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¥Ý¡¼¥·¥ç¥ó - Potion
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a small amount of HP to one character.
 COST: 30

¥Ï¥¤¥Ý¡¼¥·¥ç¥ó - HiPotion
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a medium amount of HP to one character.
 COST: 150

¥¨¥¯¥¹¥Ý¡¼¥·¥ç¥ó - XPotion
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a large amount of HP to one character.
 COST: --

¥Õ¥§¥Ë¥Ã¥¯¥¹¤Î¤ª - Pheonix Down
 DESCRIPTION: Restores life to one dead character.
 COST: 100

¥Æ¥ó¥È - Tent
 DESCRIPTION: Restores most HP party on overworld.
 COST: 100

¥³¥Æ¡¼¥¸ - Cottage
 DESCRIPTION: Restores all HP and MP to party on overworld or save point.
 COST: 500

¥¨¡¼¥Æ¥ë - Ether
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a small amount of MP to one character.
 COST: --

¥¨¡¼¥Æ¥ë¥É¥é¥¤ - HiEther
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a small amount of MP to one character.
 COST: 10000

¥¨¥ê¥¯¥µ¡¼ - Elixer
 DESCRIPTION: Completely restores HP and MP to one character.
 COST: 100000

¤Ð¤ó¤Î¤¦¤ä¤¯ - Remedy
 DESCRIPTION: Cures all status ailments.
 COST: 5000

¤¸¤å¤¦¤¸¤« - Holy Water
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Curse status.
 COST: 100

¤É¤¯¤±¤· - Antidote
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Poison status.
 COST: 40

¤á¤°¤¹¤ê - Eye Drop
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Darkness status.
 COST: 30

¤ä¤Þ¤Ó¤³¤½¤¦ - Echo Herb
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Silence status.
 COST: 50

¥À¥¤¥¨¥Ã¥È¥Õ¡¼¥É - Diet Food
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Piggy status.
 COST: 100

¤­¤ó¤Î¤Ï¤ê - Gold Needle
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Petrify status.
 COST: 400

¤ª¤È¤á¤Î¥­¥Ã¥¹ - Maiden's Kiss
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Toad status.
 COST: 60

¤¦¤Á¤Ç¤Î¤³¤Å¤Á - Hammer
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Mini status.
 COST: 80

¤®¤ó¤Î¥ê¥ó¥´ - Silver Apple
 DESCRIPTION: Increases max HP by 50.
 COST: --

¤­¤ó¤Î¥ê¥ó¥´ - Gold Apple
 DESCRIPTION: Increases max HP by 100.
 COST: --

¥½¡¼¥Þ¤Î¤·¤º¤¯ - Soma Drop
 DESCRIPTION: Increases maximum MP by 10.
 COST: --

¥®¥µ¡¼¥ë¤Î¤ä¤µ¤¤ - Gysahl Vegetable
 DESCRIPTION: Summons a Fat Chocobo in a Chocobo Forest.
 COST: 50

¥®¥µ¡¼¥ë¤Î¤Õ¤¨ - Gysahl Flute
 DESCRIPTION: Calls Fat Chocobo.
 COST: 20000

¤¤¤Ó¤È¤Î¥Ñ¥ó - Miniature Bread
 DESCRIPTION: Zooms out when used on overworld.
 COST: --

¤Ò¤¸¤ç¤¦¤°¤Á - Emergency Exit
 DESCRIPTION: Warps party out of dungeons.
 COST: --

¥À¡¼¥¯¥Þ¥¿¡¼ - Dark Matter
 DESCRIPTION: Protects against Zeromus' attacks.
 COST: --

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VI. CLOSING COPYRIGHT NOTICE
=============================================================================

This guide is Copyright 2001 Joseph Witham([email protected]).
Anyone who desires to reproduce, distribute, or use this guide on their web 
site has the author's permission under the following conditions:
 1. It must not be altered in any way.
 2. It must not be used for profit, it must be distributed freely.
 3. Any and all credit must be given to the author, Joseph Witham.
 4. It must remain in its entirety, with every part intact.
All information in this guide, unless otherwise noted, was compiled and 
written by the author.  You may not reproduce any information from this guide
and use it in any other publication without written consent of the author.