En M Thunder
ovl_En_M_Thunder is the actor used to create the spin attack effect.
The ROM addresses for the spin attacks, and the spin attack tube, in the debug rom/ntsc 1.0 retail cartridge have 5 locations and they all seem to be located in Ovl_En_M_Thunder:
Spin Attack Notes
0xE55F96/0xE55FB6 and 0xC9D7B1/0xC9D7CD are the locations for both parts of the orange spin attack. 0xE5609A/0xE560BA and 0xC9D8B5/C9D8D1 are the locations for both parts of the blue spin attack. Lastily, 0xE5641A/0xC9DC25 are the locations for the spin attack tube. This gives us about 10 options to choose from (just as a side note there are more):
Spin Attack Display Lists
| Animation | Debug Rom | NTSC 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Flat Orange | 12AF0 | 12F90 |
| Regular Orange | 12C10 | 130B0 |
| Flat Blue | 12570 | 12A10 |
| Regular Blue | 12690 | 12B30 |
| Blade Beam | 149C0 | 14E60 |
| Spin Attack Tube | 13610 | 13AB0 |
Spin Attack Modifiers
| Animation | Debug Rom | NTSC 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Flat Orange | 2AF0 | 2F90 |
| Regular Orange | 2C10 | 30B0 |
| Flat Blue | 2570 | 2A10 |
| Regular Blue | 2690 | 2B30 |
| Blade Beam | 49C0 | 4E60 |
| Spin Attack Tube | 3610 | 3AB0 |
In the above table when you go to the offsets mentioned earlier, in a hex editing program, you'll see the values displayed in 2 bytes as represented in this table.
At E560A6/E560BE (Debug Rom) and C9D8BA/C9D8D6 (NTSC) the two values are 2570/2690 (Debug Rom) and 2A10/2B30 (NTSC) and at E55FA2/E55FBA (Debug Rom) and C9D7B6/C9D7D2 (NTSC) the two values are 2AF0/2C10 (Debug Rom) and 2F90/30B0 (NTSC), which correlate to the appearance of the gameplay_keep display lists at 12570/12A10, 12690/12B30, 12AF0/12F90, and 12C10/130B0. Another thing is that at E5641E (Debug ROM) and C9DC2A (NTSC) The Spin Attack Tube display list (located at 13610 (Debug Rom)/13AB0 (NTSC) in gameplay_keep) can be modified at those locations.
Ovl_En_M_Thunder ROM Offsets (Debug Rom/NTSC) 0xF46/0xF32 Flat Orange 0xF66/0F4E Regular Orange 0x104A/0x1036 Flat Blue 0x106A/0x1052 Regular Blue 0x13CA/0x13A6 Spin Attack Tube