DoS Hard Mode?

Sorry if this has been asked already but I haven't been around for a while so here goes...

On one of those faq things someone posted this...

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Final Fantasy 1: hard mode

In Final Fantasy 1, beat the game and go to the title screen, choose Continue and press A on the beaten game (with the star next to it) it will start a new game, but once you name your characters and start save it, it to will have a star next to it, you have entered hard mode.
The enemies are harder here, Ogres and Gigas Worms will appear on Cornelias continent already, go to Cornelia and buy new magic and weapons and start leveling up.


I tried this and nothing seemed to change...so is this a lie? Too bad if it is, seems like fun.

Thanks in advance folks

It's a filthy lie.

Ahh bogus.

Lie:
Loading your came clear data gets you hard mode.
Truth
Loading your came clear data starts a new game with the beastire still intakt.