No, VRAM boost was off. Every setting is default besides things specific to twilightmenu like theme settings. It's a USA region one. Should be a fine ROM as I've used it before. If I find the time later I'll grab a different dump and figure out how to get my current save to load from the new ROM and see if that changes anything.Did you turn on VRAM boost?
If so, try turning it off.
If it's already off, what region is the ROM?