Freedom Wars

Freedom Wars is Sony's attempt to cash in on the Monster Hunter craze. After that series enjoyed a successful run on the PSP, especially in Japan, its unexpected move to the Nintendo 3DS left the Vita without a killer app of its own. Freedom Wars, alongside Bandai Namco's God Eater series, attempts to fill the gap.

In a stunning turn of events, a remastered version was released on January 9, 2025, for PS4, PS5, PC and Switch, with publishing duties handled by Bandai Namco.

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.

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 ↑".

Regional Differences#

Accessory's Voice Customization#

The Accessory voice is not done by a voice actor, but rather voice synthesis. The Japanese version has a feature that allows the player to customize everything the Accessory can say. Due to the complexity of localizing this feature, it was removed from the international version of the game, along with its accompanying trophy. The feature was retained in the Korean and Chinese versions, and while using the feature, the keyboard temporarily switches to Japanese. Curiously, despite the removal of this feature, the help text on the bottom of the screen mentions the feature in the international version.

The feature was retained in the remastered version. It uses a different text-to-speech technology, which allowed support for English text input and voice.