Argh!, It took quite a lot of time to get the rom clean and working. I didn't thought I had to go through a whole odyssey to make it work, lol
Anyway, since I played I can't say too much about it, 'cause it was a bit short. (I think you said it was originally longer, but it got corrupted, right)
See? That's why you shouldn't rush the releases, you should take all the time you need, till you feel it's a good time for the release. I don't know what could possibily have happened to the palettes of the hero (what method have you been using?, Overworld Sprite Editor is by far the best tool, it lets the sprite to retain it's palette number, but you can import new colours to that palette, so the game won't get confused because there's no need to give the hero a new Palette number)
Well, I hope this doesn't depress you. Good luck to you and your now increasing team!