Err..something like that. I haven't played hard mode yet (it is unlocked after you...complete a certain thing in the game 100%) So yeah. I haven't really looked into myself.
This alleviates me... does they increased the difficult in the sense of... raising the enemies status... less acquired experience from defeating them, etc...?
Well, I guess you can say that. But many people have played this ROM with no problem, you shouldn't worry about viruses or crashing or anything like that.
Indeed it is! It is a fan translation, made by dedicated fans (I was around when they were still making the translation patch) and they even added a hard mode among other stuff!