The expansive romhack Final Fantasy 4 Ultima created by 8-bit fan has received a visual overhaul. FF4Ultima inspired me to learn how to adjust art assets in Super Nintendo games, so I’m beyond thrilled to offer this version, which features a lot of custom changes to the characters and a deeper classification system for items and spells.

New images of the characters in battle were sourced from assets in FF: Record Keeper, a mobile game from the 201Xs. Some of them were recolored, some were heavily edited. I used usenti and ff6tools to edit and import the images; I used windhex to alter many items’ and spells’ names to feature more or different icons.

Items that gained Icons:

• 🕒 ExitDoor, Hermes, SilkWeb, etc (Time spell items)
• ⚫ GaiaDrum, M-Cannon, etc (non-elemental damage items)
• ⚪ ElfCloak, E-Mantle, etc (protectives)
• ⚡ZeusRage, LitBolt, etc
• 🔥 FireBomb, BombCore, etc
• ❄️ ArcticWind, etc
• 🪶 AeroMote, etc
• 🔃 VampFang, Bloodfeast (same as the “HP Drain” seen on weapons)
• 🪦 Whisker (Instant Death)
• 🍾 Bacchus (same as Potions)

Spell Icons changes:

• 🕒 (Clock) for Haste, Slow, Float, Exit, Gravity, etc … all “Time” spells in other FF games
• ⚫ (BlackOrb) for Chocobo, Burst, Scourge, Bahamut, etc (non-elemental damage)
• 🔥Fire3, ⚡Ramuh, ❄️Leviatan, etc … matched icons for all elemental damage spells
• ⚪ (WhiteOrb) for Shell, Life, Sylph, Asura, etc… all the healing & protection spells
• ☀️ (Sun) designates Holy elemental spells and weapons/armor
• 🌘 (Waning Moon) indicates Dark elemental spells and weapons/armor