User:Brolunite/Brawl Minus Zeus

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This page contains all pieces of release history of Zeus (also known Brawl Minus Zeus) — mod of Brawl and sub-mod of Brawl Minus — I could gather while doing research for writing its section in the Brawl Minus page.

Information about the mod's development history is hazy at best due to being a Japanese-developed mod of another mod, so I want to keep my notes documented somewhere for archival purposes.

Release history[edit]

Note: Some versions need to be tested to confirm certain roster changes (mostly L-load characters)

Date Version Description Roster Changes Sources / Notes
≤28/05/2013 Beta 1.0 First release. Base Brawl (or Minus 2.X) Earliest footage - DL link from video, same date, locked behind a password
? 2.0 ? - Proof of its existence (2)
? 2.1b ? - Footage of a "2.1b" version by a dev, 11/17/2013 (this version might not have actually existed)
≤11/12/2013 2.2 ? - Forum post with DL link - DL from post - Gameplay footage
? 2.3 ? - Proof of its existence (2)
Early July 2014 2.4 ? - Proof of its existence (2)
06/01/2016 EX
(All-in-One Zeus EX)		 First public release of Zeus EX. BrawlEx engine added. See below Release post on the BM Forums - GitHub for this version onward
06/17/2016 EX
(All-in-One Zeus EX)		 Some stage changes. Expanded to 49 fighters (Engine limitations desyncs Wi-Fi if the CSS has more than 50 slots)

Unused character files for Isaac, including moveset and models, can be found within the files. Character icons for Bomberman and OoT Ganondorf (likely for the Prince of Darkness Ganondorf moveset) can be found in the CSS files as well.

Date of the last edited files in the BM Forums release post - 50 slots limit statement
12/17/2016 3.X
(フルセット3.X0108)		 ? GitHub commit - [1] Still-active Dropbox link
03/17/2017 3.Z ? GitHub commit (Not 100% clear if this is the actual update) - See "Latest Version" (top right)
07/13/2017 4.0 ?

Unused character files for Waluigi and Marisa, including moveset and models, can be found within the files again.

GitHub commit - See "Latest Version" (top right) - L-load implementation commit
11/17/2017 4.1 ?

A fix to make further CSS expansion compatible with Wi-Fi was attempted, but resulted in a failure due to incompatibility with the JP version of Brawl, prompting the devs to hastily disable a bit of the roster for the time being. Possible other L-load changes not listed here.

GitHub commit (Not 100% clear if this is the actual update) - Screenshot of CSS - Proof of its release
12/29/2017 4.2
(FullSet4.2)		 ?

Unclear if CSS issues were resolved and temp removals (specifically L-loads) were reverted. I suspect roster alteration were made to make room for the new characters. Needs testing.

GitHub commit - See "Latest Version" (top right) [2] Still-active Dropbox link (though files are dated 08/21/2019)
07/11/2018 BMX+ 1.0 (?)
BMZ+ v1 First Beta		 Mod rebased to Legacy XP

Linkle was temporarily added then removed between updates.

GitHub commit

There was a version listed "BMX+ 1.0" on the website added at some point between 04/20/2018 and 08/25/2018 (See "Latest Version" (top right)) which I assume is the same as this one.

? ? ? No idea what version this is, this video shows a build in-between "First Beta" and the current version. (No Mage Ganondorf, Toon Link or Inkling, but Mia is still present)
07/31/2018
08/04/2018
05/15/2019		 BMZ+ 1.0 Current release. Download page on the official website
Date 1 is GitHub commit release
Date 2 is date of NTSC-J DL and GitHub hotpatch
Date 3 is date of NTSC-U DL and most recent GitHub version (only added crash fixes).
Gameplay (I assume is this version)
Unreleased BMZ+ 1.2 Unreleased. The cap on slots appears to have been worked around at this point First instance of "BMZ+1.2" in a dev livestream from April 2019 - Last instance of a "BMZ+1.2" version from June 2019 (extra characters were added)
N/A 1.5 Upcoming release. Expanded to 102+ fighters as of Feb. 2022

While there is no direct confirmation that L-load characters still exist, Project Apollo (see below) seems to confirm the existence of them. By this point, the only legacy Zeus characters not present are Olimar, Marisa and Mega Man. Zero Suit Samus was changed to her NES Metroid design and back between updates.

Jan. 2020 footage - Jun. 2020 footage - Screenshot from Feb. 2022

Links[edit]

Submods[edit]

Poseidon[edit]

Poseidon was a music pack for Zeus 2.3 made by third-party and would-be Minus dev Doq. The pack was created because the base mod featured no custom music. It was released on June 22, 2014 and its only known version is v1.1, though its download link is no longer available.

Apollo[edit]

After Poseidon was made, its creator went on to create Project Apollo. This submod was simply a revamp of Zeus' menu, CSS, SSS, and info HUD, trying to stay faithful to the Zeus style. Apollo was released on the same day as Poseidon, June 22, 2014, as version v0.7, though the download and previews of said version are likewise no longer available.

Despite becoming obsolete with later Zeus updates and the lack of activity, Project Apollo would be revived years later. A GitHub for the project with the stated goal to "aim to add quality and polish to Zeus" would be created on September 23, 2019, and a first version of the mod would be created on February 2, 2020. This version is built for NTSC-U and appears to be based on an unreleased WIP build of Zeus from that time, as it contains characters only seen in WIP footage. Looking through the files, we can find characters otherwise not seen in WIP Zeus footage, such as L-load characters, Marisa and Saber (Fate/stay night). This 2020 GitHub version has remained untouched save for two insignificant commits, but the project appears to be worked on in parallel with the upcoming version of Zeus.

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