GiFTPiA

GiFTPiA
Developer(s)	Skip
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP April 25, 2003
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	GGFJ01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

GiFTPiA (ギフトピア) is a unique RPG described as a "Communication Adventure", the game does not involve battles, dungeons, and monsters like a traditional RPG, but instead has the player take control of a young boy named Pockle as he completes various chores for the inhabitants of Nanashi Island.

Emulation Information

Improper GameCube Font

Due to copyright concerns, Dolphin is unable to include official GameCube fonts, and instead uses Droid Sans. Unfortunately, Droid Sans does not align well with the size/kerning of the official GameCube font, which can cause text to be misplaced, dialogs to display improperly, and other issues due to differing text sizes.

This can be corrected by including a region appropriate GameCube IPL (i.e. BIOS ROM) under <Dolphin User Folder>/GC/. A GameCube "IPL.bin" can be acquired from a real GameCube using Swiss. Refer issue 8362. GameCube BIOS files need to be named "IPL.bin" in order for Dolphin to detect them, and should be 2,097,152 bytes in size. IPL files are different for PAL consoles and NTSC consoles, but American NTSC consoles use the same IPL files as Japanese NTSC consoles. The known good CRC32 checksums below can be used to validate files, but it is possible that a bad dump with a different checksum also works.

	NTSC CRC32	Brazil CRC32	PAL CRC32
v1.0	6DAC1F2A		4F319F43
v1.1	D5E6FEEA	667D0B64
v1.2	86573808		AD1B7F16

Problems

There are no reported problems with this title.

Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with GiFTPiA since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

3.0-204

4.0-5097

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5.0-19552 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
3.0-204	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.8 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Fairly solid 25-30FPS, some specific effects cause notable strain but seems to be CPU based strain. As noted above kanji is rendered with the internal SJIS font and can be difficult to read.
4.0-4474	Ubuntu 14.04	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	Couldn't get very far because I can't speak Japanese. 100% speed with default settings. Everything I played was perfect as far as I can tell (compared to a longplay on youtube), except for the strange-looking kanji characters. Audio is accurate with HLE.	Xerxes
4.0-5099	Ubuntu 14.10	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	Same as above but kanji looks much better as of 4.0-5097. Perfect as far as I can tell.	Xerxes

Gameplay Videos

GiFTPiA [JP] [Gamecube] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p HD]