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Awesome regional differences in games
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Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Tizoc's an Aztec Emperor (with connections to a hummingbird god), so that's probably where they got it from.
Electivirus
Member
Enkidu said:
American's love 'em angry.
RE: Crash and Spyro. The in-game characters are the same, but the covers and adverts had the Japanese designs.
Crash Twinsanity's Japanese cover
But in game its the same graphics [Bad shot, was just testing out pcsx2]
http://steamcommunity.com/id/damicster/screenshot/541772629957848250?tab=public
Its the same for all the Crash games I think. I know CTR has the Japanese crash on its menu screen, but I forget if it was changed in gameplay.
A change in the Japanese versions of Crash titles is that Aku Aku has talked to Crash ever since the first PS1 title. He gives you hints in the levels through text boxes and later voice overs.
Crash Twinsanity's Japanese cover
But in game its the same graphics [Bad shot, was just testing out pcsx2]
http://steamcommunity.com/id/damicster/screenshot/541772629957848250?tab=public
Its the same for all the Crash games I think. I know CTR has the Japanese crash on its menu screen, but I forget if it was changed in gameplay.
A change in the Japanese versions of Crash titles is that Aku Aku has talked to Crash ever since the first PS1 title. He gives you hints in the levels through text boxes and later voice overs.
Whimsical Phil
Ninja School will help you
I love the fact that Spyro's arch-nemesis Ripto was named after the stylized katakana in the Japanese logo.Enkidu said:
webrunner said:
I learned something new ^.^ Considering I had watched the historical disc the other day I maybe shoulda noticed it was cross-less in JP SIGN but I'm dumb! Considering Infection was out well before SIGN ended I wonder why its design was different in the anime? Maybe Skeiths weapon got upgraded after data draining enough people lol. I updated my post with Liminality comparison shots since that also had the cross version of the weapon.
HammerOfThor said:
Love it some more by playing those games already hehe!
Then love it super more by playing Link in japanese without knowing even the basics of the language as I'm doing x_x
mango drank
Member
Whimsical Phil said:
WHOA. Is that true? I didn't even notice those were katakana until you mentioned it. I thought they named him "Ripto" in Japan or something.
randomlyrossy
Member
Is this true of the European stuff too? Cause I honestly don't remember seeing a design like that when I played it. It was a while ago of course so I could be wrong.Enkidu said:Actually the Spyro one is correct.
ResidentDante
Member
The Spyro PAL cover is the same as the US Spyro.randomlyrossy said:
Edit: The JP cover of Spyro is truly terrible, and why is he called Ripto, isn't that another charater in Spyro? (I remember a level called Ripto's Revenge or something??)
ResidentDante
Member
Ivy's huge assets were censored on Soul Calibur 4's US website, but not ingame as far as I know.
I swear years ago when visiting Thailand I saw a poster of Half Life 2 where Alex's eyes had been altered to make her look Asian. It weirded me the hell out and I wondered if it was just a bad photoshop for an advertisement or if they actually altered her for the Asian release. Google isnt giving me anything though.. so I am guessing its just a weird poster.
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
Sylver said:
It was changed in the Japanese version too. The American version is the only uncensored version (and even that was toned down from Konami's original intent for that enemy).
cj_iwakura
Member
DiipuSurotu said:
I've heard the opposite; the story was written as a brother/sister story from the beginning, as it was more tragic, considering the boy has to suffer more without adults trusting him, though I do think it worked better as father/daughter.
And obligatory:
Became
http://earthboundcentral.com/m2eb/
There are soooo many differences between Mother 2 and Earthbound.
Squid statues replaced with pencil statues.
Some funny translations.
And in Magicant, Ness is naked in the japanese version, while he gets pajamas in America.
tons of other little things listed on that site. Most of it is dialog changes, but there's some other neat differences.
There are soooo many differences between Mother 2 and Earthbound.
Squid statues replaced with pencil statues.
Some funny translations.
And in Magicant, Ness is naked in the japanese version, while he gets pajamas in America.
tons of other little things listed on that site. Most of it is dialog changes, but there's some other neat differences.
Oh, I just remembered one of the Resident Evil 4 changes. Ashley's... assets... were smaller and less bouncy in Biohazard 4 compared to RE4.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Wow, no mention of Panel de Pon yet? (The Mushroom Kingdom have a great comparison page up http://themushroomkingdom.net/ta_pdp.shtml)
Or the missing Tetra's Trackers game from the English version of Four Swords Adventures? (Damn shame that one, it's a fantastic game and perfectly playable even without any knowledge of Japanese!)
That's not that half of it with RE4. The JPN version was heavily censored and the German version even moreso (No Assignment Ada? NO MERCENARIES?!)
Not to mention the massive list of changes made to the gameplay from the PAL GCN version onwards. All versions of the game since the original JPN and US GCN versions have been altered; enemies drop more money and less ammo and many weapons were changed (The Red 9 was made GODLY! - 6.5 attack from its exclusive upgrade?! YES PLEASE!)
List of changes here: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/662/662486p1.html
On the plus side, the Ashley section is much cooler in the JPN version as it uses the classic RE camera angles! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mLbIs7Uglc
Or the missing Tetra's Trackers game from the English version of Four Swords Adventures? (Damn shame that one, it's a fantastic game and perfectly playable even without any knowledge of Japanese!)
Clipper said:
That's not that half of it with RE4. The JPN version was heavily censored and the German version even moreso (No Assignment Ada? NO MERCENARIES?!)
Not to mention the massive list of changes made to the gameplay from the PAL GCN version onwards. All versions of the game since the original JPN and US GCN versions have been altered; enemies drop more money and less ammo and many weapons were changed (The Red 9 was made GODLY! - 6.5 attack from its exclusive upgrade?! YES PLEASE!)
List of changes here: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/662/662486p1.html
On the plus side, the Ashley section is much cooler in the JPN version as it uses the classic RE camera angles! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mLbIs7Uglc
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Clipper said:
Must've forgotten it. Either way, I still posted Tetra's Trackers!
Oh, there's also a lot of name and dialogue changes between the US and EU versions of Nintendo games recently (almost all games have some slight text changes now, but I'm only listing the ones that have significant changes).
Advance Wars Days of Ruin (US) - Advance Wars Dark Conflict (EU). The UK version has a completely different script to the US version! (Personally, I think the UK version is a complete disaster. A travesty compared to the much superior US script) You can see a comparison of the two complete scripts here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ds/943675-advance-wars-days-of-ruin/faqs/51609
Spirit Tracks: MANY name changes. Byrne became Staven (WHY?!), The town of Whittleton became Mayscore in the UK version and the list goes on and on. There's lots of little changes in dialogue (one infamous one refers to the time that has passed since Phantom Hourglass. "100 years" becomes "Hundreds of years". Cue the cries of 1000 Zelda timeline fanatics!)
Wii Party: Voice over was changed and the UK voice over is hilarious! (Sadly I can't find any vids on Youtube)
Layton series (since Layton 2): Luke's voiceover was swapped out with someone else, despite the fact that they used the US voiceover in the first game, and it is absolutely GRATING! (Yes, even moreso than the US one and I'm a brit!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LT4AHPLRUg
Kirby Epic Yarn: Voiceover was changed again (arguably for the better. Personally, I think both are good)
US Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRiopEbygc
UK Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeKjXutsP4s
Advance Wars Dual Strike: More name changes (this is where I believe it all started recently): Koal becomes Zak and Kindle becomes Candy (OH GOD, WAS SO CONFUSING WHEN FIRST CHECKING OUT STUFF ONLINE ABOUT THE GAME!!!)
Mario & Luigi Partners in Time: All enemies got a massive HP boost in the EU version. The final boss is particularly famous for this change as it takes absolutely FOREVER to kill in the EU version! Various dialogue changes as well.
Hotel Dusk and Another Code: I've never seen the US versions of these myself, but I've heard that NOA Treehouse rewrote the scripts for these games in the US (I would imagine that they're much better going by their history; that and the fact that the UK script is absolute rubbish: Soooo dry and dull!)
Some older differences as well (not text changes)
Luigi's Mansion US - EU: Enemies do more damage, less money is placed around the mansion (It's impossible to get an A rank in the normal mansion now!), the Hidden Mansion is also mirrored now and is MUCH MUCH harder than the US version (at least double the amount of enemies, lots of red ghosts UGH!) and there's more money available (making an A rank a possibility), there's also a secret sliding move that you can only do in the EU version of the Hidden Mansion where Luigi rides on top of the Poltergust (Skip to around 3:15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47gjWbipvXg)
Metroid Prime US - EU: Like Luigi's Mansion, Metroid Prime had a ton of additions to make up for its delay. In addition to tons of bug fixes and small changes (the likes of which are well documented online on places like Metroid Wiki), the EU version has increased difficulty. Enemies do more damage, health pickups are rarer and hints take longer to appear.
Donkey Konga 1 & 2: The tracklist is almost completely different between the US and EU versions of the game, meaning that for all gameplay purposes, the EU version is a completely different game from the US version!
Tranced Shadow
Member
Animal Crossing on the Gamecube had the seasons drawn from the date input into the GC. So the US, Japanese, and (eventual!) EU versions had a pattern like Summer in June-July-August, Winter in December, etc.
Naturally, when the game crossed the equator and went to Australia...
Naturally, when the game crossed the equator and went to Australia...
They were kept in the exact same order. D'oh!
serotonina
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industrian said:Gentleman Jack said:Well if you're asking for the awesome ones it's hard to top this recent change made to P2: Innocent Sin
presumably it's to make it easier to localize (likely to Europe)
Dat ass.
More like "Dat Axis"
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Nuclear Muffin said:
Dang you reminded me of this, I have to get the JP version someday.
Tranced Shadow said:
It had already crossed the equator though
South America is the same region as NA
What is the thing next to aerodactyl? Is it part of the museum bit of the game or an evolution?Roto13 said:I'm not entirely sure how this worked (I'm not sure if the new sprites were used in Japan before they were used in North America), but the original sprites for Pokemon Red and Green were hilariously bad.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
They also changed Aboda, the hometown of Link in Spirit Tracks, to Outset too if I recall correctly, adding an additional call-out to Wind Waker.
By the way, do you have any more information on Tetra Trackers? I remember hearing about it at E3 years ago and was always interested in it.
revolverjgw
Member
mik said:
...why?
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Watch Da Birdie said:
It's basically like a stamp collecting rally. You have 5 characters randomly scattered around the map, each with a numbered stamp in order from 1-100. Each player has to run around looking for a character with the next numbered stamp in the sequence before the other players get there. The trick behind it is that the map on the TV screen doesn't show you where the next number is exactly, you have to work that out for yourself.
Each stamp is worth a certain amount of points (there are rupies and other items that also add to your score if you collect them, but generally the stamps are worth the most). The person with the most points at the end wins.
There are lots of other bonuses, powerups and nuances to the gameplay, but that's the basic gist of it. It does also have a single player mode (but naturally, it's much more fun in multiplayer)
There's a nice series of vids on Youtube that gives you a good walkthrough of how everything in the game works (It doesn't go into much detail about the different unlockable characters or what happens on the TV screen, but there are guides on Gamefaqs that can explain that - you'll work it out for yourself quite easily) Part 1 is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVm4QqhfSVo&feature=related
It's at least understandable, given that the Southern Hemisphere makes up such a small percentage of the video game market and it would have required a ton of programming changes to allow that.Tranced Shadow said:
The other interesting thing is that NAL (Nintendo Australia) actually just repackaged US cartridges to release the game here instead of their usual practice of using the PAL releases (the PAL release was massively delayed, so that's good). When Wild World came around, they used PAL due to the Wii being region locked, which broke the transfer system if you bought both games locally as they were from different regions. They fixed this via a redemption, but it's still crazy that this problem was never detected.
Electivirus said:
Except we really don't. I think its still the residual effect of the platformer backlash after the 16 bit era. The rub was they were kiddie games and not as good as Sonic and Mario anyway, so I guess to combat that, the publishers thought a scowly animal character was somehow less kiddie, and they had TUDE!!!. Look, I are a serious mascot.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Hmm...looks interesting. Guess they didn't want to bother translating the voice acting to bring it over here.
Just realized too this is why Niko mentions that he used to be into stamp collecting in Spirit Tracks.
Just realized too this is why Niko mentions that he used to be into stamp collecting in Spirit Tracks.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
R1CHO said:Firefly customized the campaign map of Stronghold according to the region... this is the one i played, from the spanish version:
I liked it, and back in the day i didnt realized this wasnt the same for everybody... hell, till the other day when i saw my roommate playing with the British map xD
Lol, the spliting of the communities is not even right.
In another note, i always thought that in Ilussion of Time, you started in Spain.