Ocarina of Time Crooked Cartridge - Japanese Text
From ZeldaChaos
WARNING!
Performing this trick on a PAL cartridge will cause it to crash when turned on. Also, as with many (if not all) Crooked Cartridge glitches, trying this trick on any version of the game may have unexpected results including deleted save files. It should also be noted that this glitch rarely works.
Note: You need the NTSC American version of the game.
Instructions
- Go to the file select screen.
- Choose an empty save file to start a new game.
- On the screen where you choose your name perform the Crooked Cartridge trick so that the sound becomes distorted.
- While the cartridge is still pulled out, choose your name.
- Select end. You'll be taken back to the select file screen.
- Push the cartridge back in and reset the N64.
Result
When you get to the file select screen, all the save file names will be in Japanese. The new file you just created will crash if you attempt to play it. The only way to return your save file names to English is to delete them all.
This trick doesn't work on the PAL version because it doesn't have the Japanese language set on it, it was removed to make room for the other translations. This is why the PAL version crashes when you start the game after performing this glitch -- it tries to display the Japanese file names, fails (because it doesn't have the Japanese character set), and is unable to recover from the error. You'll now have to use the CC Game Fix To Fix This.
