Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment
Developer: Aquria Publisher: Bandai Namco Platform: PlayStation Vita Released in JP: April 24, 2014 Released in US: August 19, 2014 Released in EU: August 20, 2014 Released in AS: May 29, 2014 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a Data Crystal page

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment is both an enhanced remake of Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment and an entirely new game in a single package.

Unused Text

base.psarc\common\msg\fp5

Lines for Yui switching. These go unused as Yui cannot enter combat.

So, to switch. OK!
Switching!
...Er.
Uh-oh...
Cannot find the timing!

Debug Settings

The file hud_settings.ini contains the following text, but unfortunately it itself also seems to be unused.

ENABLE = 0
HUD = 1
GPU_HUD = 1
CPU_HUD = 1
TTY = 0
CSVTTY = 0
FILE = 0
FILENAME = pa_report

Unused Textures

base.psarc\vita\adv\chr\21108

Texture 0 in this archive contains an unused "side" view of Philia with a corrupted palette. It would have been used during the ending cutscene, but Philia only ever uses her "front" facing texture instead.

Revisional Differences

To do: Screenshots

When the game was remastered for PS4 and PC as Re: Hollow Fragment, the opening cutscene was updated to take place in December 2024 instead of 2021.

Regional Differences

To do: Check if anything is translated so poorly the meaning changes.

The Asian release has a notoriously bad English translation that was cleaned up in the US and European releases.