Patch: Pugs Rage

The patch has been updated to version 1.2 to incorporate @Assassin's optimization.

now, upon further examination yet, i think we might be able to:
a) insert "TDC" right before "LDA ($4F)", as C1/63FE will be zeroing the top half of A imminently, anyway.
b) accommodate (a) by changing C1/6635 to a BRA.

but it might not be worth it just to save 2 bytes, as your SEP is very straightforward and reliable (i.e. no code following needed to know X/Y size).

Oh, I would totally trade readability for two bytes.
Unfortunately, we need to keep the B register value intact so that this 16-bit write is good:

Code:

C1/63FE:    C220        REP #$20        (from C1/6647, C1/6651 etc.)
C1/6400:    9153        STA ($53),Y

...Otherwise the first letter of the rage name is hidden :/

on (b)'s subject of optimizing vanilla callers (of C2/A691): is C1/853A indeed a pointless instruction?  if so, any way to harvest the 3-byte savings that'd result?  (none comes to mind, as C2/A691 needs to be fully callable by C1/662D as well.)

Yeah, looks pointless to me. Not sure how it could be used either. Good to know though.

Do you think it would it be possible to make Gau learn the Chupon and Siegfried Rages immediately upon encountering those enemies in the Colosseum? I know it's different than the usual learning method, but I think it's a better fix than dropping them and their incomplete battle scripts on the Veldt (and the complications that come with it).

Sounds very doable. I'll check it out.

Happy New Year!