I just started looking into the unpacked files for the game myself and I'm very interested in this. What files did you switch/move to let you access the vending machine weapons in the US game? And also, the big question is, are the weapon models the generic US ones after you get the item, or are they the japanese originals. The ones that stand out that aren't available in the US game are the Samus Power Beam, Hylian Shield, and two Mario Warp Pipe Bazookas. Normally, if these weapons are traded from a japanese to us game, the stats remain unchanged, but the weapon models become a generic pistol, shield, and bazookas respectively. I really want to figure out where the weapon models are stored in the japanese version and swap those out in the US one...