========Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream========

V 1.0 - Initial Release


Genre: Platforming RPG

Source language: Japanese

Patch language: English

Platform: SEGA Dreamcast

Original developer: CHIME, LLC.

Original publisher: SEGA

Original Release Date in Japan: October 19, 2000

Story Author: Naoto Kadokura

Musical Score: Yoko Kanno

Original Song Lyrics: Yoko Kanno, Chris Mosdell

Unofficial backup of Napple Tale HP website: http://sega.c0.pl/dricas/napple.dricas.ne.jp/


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Folder Contents
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Patch file
Readme
Translation of Straynap’s Diary, sndiary.html (contains heavy spoilers)
Translation of song lyrics from the game, lyrics.html (contains minor spoilers)
Translation of Naoto Kadokura’s letter, secret_episode.html (contains heavy spoilers) 


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Patch Notes/Warnings
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Moving platforms in certain levels were reported to not appear when playing in Flycast, Recast, or any of the emulators from that particular family. No crashes or bugs have been reported in NullDC or other emulators. All playtesters were able to play the game to its completion either on NullDC, or on console. However, we did not try every Dreamcast emulator, so there may be others that do not work. 

While not imperative to understanding or completing the game, the item drops collected from treasure chests or in action levels only displays the first eight characters, or stops when the first space in the item name appears. (For example, “Shooting Star” may only appear as “Shooting”.) This is currently being worked on by Esper, and is the only known glitch in the game. Everything else plays and appears fine.

The diary and cards will most likely no longer be edited beyond this point unless a volunteer wishes to take such a thing on. All images, cards and diary entries appear and serve their functions well. Because of this, the diary entries have been included with the patch and are available for you to read at any time. (Although, they only appear in the game after clearing the storyline once, as they contain heavy spoilers. I suggest you to play the storyline first and avoid whatever spoilers you can for the best experience.)

While I don’t typically dabble in this scene, for those interested in streaming or otherwise sharing information on the game, do be warned that the opening and closing FMVs play vocal tracks that are very often flagged on Youtube for copyright. I imagine they would also be a risk on Twitch. To be safe, mute the FMVs in the game as soon as you see them appear.


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About Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream
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Project History:

Esperknight and I started this project roughly 7 years ago. I made a Help Wanted ad in the classifieds, and he happened to have tools for the game at the ready. I started the translation from scratch. 

A couple years later (after I graduated college), when the first draft was completed, Eien no Hen offered to proofread and redline my documents. The game is quite large, so it took close to a year before she finished. When she did, the script was much cleaner and the translation was much more literally accurate.

What came next was several years of me playing, replaying and researching everything I could about the literary and poetic references used or touched upon in the game.

The game has been through so many drafts since then, it is a whole new beast from the literal translation it once was. Names have been sourced to storybooks, locations have been sourced to real-world locations and mathematicians. One character's diary was also finely combed over for every last Mother Goose rhyme possibly referenced within.

 Even then, I'm pretty sure I'm going to catch onto some harebrained pun or gag that the author originally wrote in, and it's going to haunt me.

A lot of things have been tweaked in this text in comparison to the original Japanese, so some names and terminology may not match up 1;1 for those of you who have played the game before. On the other hand, some terminology may not sound entirely fluent to the native English speaker. The text in this game has been one dissection after another- this was a passion project with lots of love and just as much deliberation, if not more. I ask that you take a leap of faith until the very end and wait for things to click. 

After this step, we got in touch with graphic artists like irvgotti, Rolly and Mr. Nobody. The game has many playable segments that are easy to miss out on if not able to read the images, so all hands went on deck to edit the UI, character cards, building signs and so forth. It was a huge workload, and I am grateful to everyone for working together to make it all work for the playtesters.

Napple Tale itself is a very straightforward action platforming RPG. If I were to compare it to any other games, it is similar to Majora's Mask (which came out at a similar time) and Klonoa. There are 12+ lively platforming levels and many character quests to take on inbetween. I'd say the game is close between 10-15 hours if playing slowly, but I imagine it is possible to beat the game in 2-5 for an experienced player.

But in that, I do recommend playing the game as casually and as carefree as possible. Napple Tale takes the art of mindfulness very seriously, and I am probably not the first person to say that this game encouraged me to change my way of thinking, more-so than any other piece of media I've consumed in the last 20 years. But who knows, maybe my brain just went kaput after staring at this for half a decade. 

In all, I do hope those of you who have waited 19 years for this have a lot of fun exploring Napple World at last.


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Patching Instructions
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Notes from Esper:

According to Esper, patching should be fairly straightforward, but we are happy to amend this document if more questions or patching methods arise upon the game's release.

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Notes from Rolly:

This patch includes a fix for ADX music (DCCM rls) and allows you to download the bonus DLC to the VMU card from the console without an internet connection.
You get the best picture quality via VGA cable or HDMI adapter.
 
*** Dricas Homepage and VMU DLC ***
Site backup is hosted on the adres : http://sega.c0.pl/dricas/napple.dricas.ne.jp/ 
It is available from next-gen browsers and the Dreamcast console browser.
If you want to use the Napple Tale DreamPass WebPage built into the game (and download a bonus DLC) you must configure the modem in Dreamcast. It does not have to be connected to the internet.
Run any game in which you can configure your modem settings, e.g. Quake 3 Arena or the free XDP browser (https://www.dreamcastlive.net/downloads ora http://sega.c0.pl/download/download_programy.html). These settings will also be useful if you use DreamPi by Kazade in the future, or you are still online ^^

Go to settings and input this  :
Your Real Name: enter whatever or empty
User Login: anything or empty
Password: enter anything or blank
Dial Up Number: enter 111-1111 or leave it blank
Backup Number: leave it blank
DNS1: 0.0.0.0
DNS2: 0.0.0.0

Area code you are dialing from: leave it blank
Long distance call prefix: leave it blank
Call waiting prefix: leave blank
Outside dial prefix: leave blank
Modem Init: Use default "AT & F0" (last character is zero)
Dial: Tone
Dial area code: Off
Blind Dial: On

Use Proxy: No.
Proxy server name: leave it blank
Proxy port: leave it blank

Save the settings in the internal memory console.

*** Creating Own selfboot image. ***
You can also use the LazyBoot tool to create your own .CDI / GDI image without using the patcher.
1. Download a LazyBoot (selfboot tool - available on https://segasky.itch.io/blue-submarine-no6-time-tide). Extract this one on your hard drive. 
2. Put your all Napple Tale files from .GDI rip or .CDI image (you can extract files with GDRom Explorer by japanese cake or any virtual drive which support DiscJuggler images) in LazyBoot "DATA" folder.
3. Copy all files from patched game CDI image , and overwrite all old files in �DATA� folder.
4. Run Lazyboot_v3.3.cmd from selfboot folder.
5. Click "1 or 4" for CDI image and hit Enter, next insert a NAME for your image and hit Enter. Click "Y" for hack binaries and click Enter. Wait for a few minutes - .CDI image is ready for use on Dreamcast emulators (NullDC, Demul, Reicast, Makaron etc) or burn this on blank CD, and play on real hardware. 

*** Widescreen Code ***
Gameshark / Codebreaker code that allow to use a widescreen. Work on real console and emulators.
 
02353744
43F00000 
02353774
3F400000 
02353778
3F800000 

That's all ^^
Contact or help with SEGA Dreamcast romhacks/project? 
Visit: https://twitter.com/SEGA_SKY ,
Email : kontakt@sega.c0.pl

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Translation Patch Project Credits
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ArcaneAria: playtester, proofreader

Captain Shwampy: playtester

Cargodin: graphics editor, project lead, head translator, research/localization writer

Eien ni Hen: proofreader, translator

Esperknight: head romhacker

Irvgotti452: graphics editor

Iwakura Productions: public playtest hosting

Lackoflove: playtester, proofreader

Mr. Nobody: graphics/video editor

Preta: playtester, proofreader

Rolly: graphics/video/vmu editor, playtester, romhacker


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This patch is entirely fan-made and unofficial. Please do NOT redistribute this patch in bad faith- whether by pre-installed illegal roms or physical discs. Do not sell or buy this patch under any circumstances.

This was a labor of love, and those bad faith actions not only insult us, but also endangers fan translation as a whole.

Thank you for understanding.

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Compiled by Cargodin, October 2019.
