A few months back I attempted a small mod of SJR to make it look more in-line with the original art direction, it had mixed results and I shelved it for a while until the game was localized as I ran into a brick wall because I couldn't make it look the way I wanted it to, since then the game was localized and I was able to see how things were in-game as I was playing and I thought I give it another shot with continual feedback from the folks over at FTI along the way.
The goal was to do minor modifications to make it closer resemble the original but still retain as much of the new artwork as possible out of respect to the new designs, there were many inconsistencies with the new designs as sprites and portraits were off-color and not matching the original at all to strange design choices that wasn't made in 2013 when SMT4 came out with the original Demonica design intact, this will remedy that.
Spoiler: Base vs De-Shine Version Screenshots (in-game)
Spoiler: Comparison Samples (bustup)
Spoiler: Vanity Add-on
There have been several additions since this originally released and if the screenshots don't example it good enough, here's a small explanation.
The vanity add-on is simply to change Strange Journey Redux (how is this meant to be pronounced, re-do? re-ducks?) to Deep Strange Journey on the 3DS homescreen banner and in the game but requires building the .cia to get it to appear on the 3DS homescreen, the de-shine version removes the "shine" and lightens the suit color to match the original as closely as possible and the upcoming creator copy version combines the de-shine version alongside slight re-draws made to the female crew members to mimic Kaneko's style that was kept with Zelenin.
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Vanity + De-Shine MEGA
De-Shine Coming Soon.
Spoiler: Changelog
v2.0 - Reborn Again
- De-shine is now the default as it better resembles the original design.
- Colors are now 1:1 the original.
- Remade Jimenez's mouth to be slightly smaller to better match his original design.
- Redone sprite coloring to match original.
- Ending credits has suit colored accordingly.
- Vanity add-on is fully complete with all instances of Redux changed to Deep.
- Cutscenes .moflex are now almost the same size as the original to reduce bloat.
- Changed suit colors in background CGs.
- Fixed various coloring issues missed previously.
v1.0a - Vanity Add-On Updated
- Changed logo in credit sequence.
v1.0 - Vanity Add-On Released
- Redux is now changed to Deep on the banner and start screen (requires building a .cia).
v1.0 - Initial Release
- Demonica suit's color restored on bustup, connectchar2d, devbu, stbustup and ending events,
- Demonica suit's lines restored on bustup, connectchar2d, devbu & stbustup.
- Jimenez's mouth is made the same size as the original.
- Restored original sprites.
- New sprites now match the color of original sprites.