Freedom Wars

Freedom Wars
Developers: SCE Japan Studio, Shift, Dimps Publishers: SCEA (US), SCEE (EU), SCE Australia (AU), SCEI (JP) Platform: PlayStation Vita Released in JP: June 26, 2014 Released in US: October 28, 2014 Released in EU: October 29, 2014 Released in AU: October 29, 2014 Released in AS: August 7, 2014 This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

Freedom Wars is Sony's attempt (alongside Bandai Namco's God Eater series) to cash in on the Monster Hunter craze on the Vita, especially as that series was Nintendo-exclusive at the time. Despite the first-party backing, though, the game was never dubbed into English.

In a stunning turn of events, a remastered version is planned for release on January 10, 2025 for PS4, PS5, PC and Switch, with publishing duties handled by Bandai Namco.

Regional Differences

Accessory's Voice Customization

The Accessory does not use full speech recordings, but instead uses voice synthesis. Due to the complexity of localizing this, it was taken out of the international version of the game along with its trophy. However, this feature was left in the Korean and Chinese versions and while using feature, the system's keyboard temporarily switches to Japanese.

This additional unlockable feature allows the player to customize everything their Accessory bot might say, and can make its voice synthesis say anything chosen by the player during any situation.

Unused Graphics

Tutorial Placeholders

There are 52 placeholder tutorial graphics with "DUMMY" overlaid on one corner of most images.

The last one here says "SS Dummy Image", and shows the width and height size of all placeholder tutorial images.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

UI Notes

27 of the game's UI graphics contain small notes in various areas describing certain sizes and locations.

The first image in this last row has a small piece that says "28 64→". The second image translates to "Top:108x20 Bottom:128x20". The last image here reads "28x12↑↑ Upper Left:100x44 ↑ Upper Right:152x44 GAG:208x7 ↑".

(Translations: GlitterBerri)

(Source: Original TCRF research)