25th & 10th Anniversary Challenge

Character intro animations are in the battle event script. You can swap the pointers below to get characters to have different animations. The relevant asm code is at C1/FEB9. Note that the last two items in the list are actually hard-coded to be for magitek characters and wounded/petrified characters, respectively. Gestahl never uses an intro animation and the green soldier actually uses the same intro as the brown soldier.

Code:

D0/9842: 0E                       clear animations
D0/9843: 12                       animations for each actor
D0/9844: 7B 98                    actor 0 (Terra) at $987B
D0/9846: 94 98                    actor 1 (Locke) at $9894
D0/9848: C4 98                    actor 2 (Cyan) at $98C4
D0/984A: F4 98                    actor 3 (Shadow) at $98F4
D0/984C: 1B 99                    actor 4 (Edgar) at $991B
D0/984E: 3B 99                    actor 5 (Sabin) at $993B
D0/9850: 63 99                    actor 6 (Celes) at $9963
D0/9852: 85 99                    actor 7 (Strago) at $9985
D0/9854: B5 99                    actor 8 (Relm) at $99B5
D0/9856: F5 99                    actor 9 (Setzer) at $99F5
D0/9858: 26 9A                    actor 10 (Mog) at $9A26
D0/985A: 61 9A                    actor 11 (Gau) at $9A61
D0/985C: 8B 9A                    actor 12 (Gogo) at $9A8B
D0/985E: D3 9A                    actor 13 (Umaro) at $9AD3
D0/9860: F4 98                    actor 14 (Brown Soldier) at $98F4
D0/9862: 51 9B                    actor 15 (Imp) at $9B51
D0/9864: 7B 98                    actor 16 (Leo) at $987B
D0/9866: 94 98                    actor 17 (Banon) at $9894
D0/9868: C4 98                    actor 18 (Esper Terra) at $98C4
D0/986A: F4 98                    actor 19 (Merchant) at $98F4
D0/986C: 1B 99                    actor 20 (Ghost) at $991B
D0/986E: 3B 99                    actor 21 (Kefka) at $993B
D0/9870: 90 9B                    actor 22 (Gestahl) at $9B90
D0/9872: 76 98                    actor 23 (Green Soldier) at $9876
D0/9874: 0F                       execute animations
D0/9875: FF                       end of script

Valid pointers are:

Code:

9876: Pre-drawn (Wounded/Petrified Characters)
987B: Terra, Leo
9894: Locke, Banon
98C4: Cyan, Esper Terra
98F4: Shadow, Brown/Green Soldier, Merchant
991B: Edgar, Ghost
993B: Sabin, Kefka
9963: Celes
9985: Strago
99B5: Relm
99F5: Setzer
9A26: Mog
9A61: Gau
9A8B: Gogo
9AD3: Umaro
9B22: Unused
9B51: Imp
9B5A: Unused (monster 1)
9B63: Unused (monster 2)
9B6C: Unused (monster 3)
9B75: Unused (monster 4)
9B7E: Unused (monster 5)
9B87: Unused (monster 6)
9B90: Magitek (also Gestahl)

I had never noticed that there is an unused intro animation at 9B22. I'm not sure what that was meant for but it seems to work okay.