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List games that were heavily altered in localization
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Ninja Scooter
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Super Mario Bros. 2
There was a Ranma 1/2 fighting game for the SNES that was released in the US as 'Street Combat'. For that version, Irem completely changed the characters and music to eliminate any connection to Ranma. (I'm assuming they didn't have the Ranma license.) The results were... strange.
Semjaza Azazel
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Dragon Power, I believe it was called, was originally a Dragon Ball game in Japan.
A bunch of the sprites were changed, but not all of them. You'd recognize half the characters if you played the US version.
Persona on the PSX had one of its main characters completely change race through localization. He's black in the US and white in Japan. I always thought that was interesting.
A bunch of the sprites were changed, but not all of them. You'd recognize half the characters if you played the US version.
Persona on the PSX had one of its main characters completely change race through localization. He's black in the US and white in Japan. I always thought that was interesting.
Hellraizah
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Mobile Light Force 2
Die Hard Arcade (Sega Saturn and arcade)
Die Hard Arcade (Sega Saturn and arcade)
Korranator
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Earthbound - too many changes to list.
SiegfriedFM
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Street Fighter/Darkstalkers/Final Fight series (names changed around, genders changed, backgrounds edited, storyline changes, graphical censoring, etc etc etc)
bobbyconover
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Obake no Q-Taro --> "Chubby Cherub"
Pop'n Pop (GBC) --> "Yogi Bear Great Balloon Blast"
Elevator Action (GBC) --> "Dexter's Laboratory Robot Rampage"
Solomon (GBC - rad Solomon's Key sequel) --> "Monster Rancher Explorer"
Panel de Pon --> "Tetris Attack" (and later the much more hideous "Pokemon Puzzle League")
And the list goes on and on... those were just some of the most offensive to me. Though I do love both versions of Panel de Pon.
Pop'n Pop (GBC) --> "Yogi Bear Great Balloon Blast"
Elevator Action (GBC) --> "Dexter's Laboratory Robot Rampage"
Solomon (GBC - rad Solomon's Key sequel) --> "Monster Rancher Explorer"
Panel de Pon --> "Tetris Attack" (and later the much more hideous "Pokemon Puzzle League")
And the list goes on and on... those were just some of the most offensive to me. Though I do love both versions of Panel de Pon.
Kobun Heat
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And GeGeGe no Kitaro (Famicom) became Ninja Kid in the US. Bandai again.
You know, this addition of licensed characters to games of Japanese origin is interesting. I might add in a bit about this to my book. What do we have so far: the Noid, Yogi Bear, Dexter's Laboratory...
Do you have proof of all these? Comparison screens?
You know, this addition of licensed characters to games of Japanese origin is interesting. I might add in a bit about this to my book. What do we have so far: the Noid, Yogi Bear, Dexter's Laboratory...
Do you have proof of all these? Comparison screens?
Bionic Commando was originally known as Top Secret: Hitler's Revival. All of the swastikas and other Nazi references were removed for localization (for obvious reasons).
For some reason, they didn't change the end boss (Hitler). I didn't know about the localization process when I was a kid, and it was a strange surprise to fight Hitler (aka Master-D) at the end.
For some reason, they didn't change the end boss (Hitler). I didn't know about the localization process when I was a kid, and it was a strange surprise to fight Hitler (aka Master-D) at the end.
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People get turned into robots a lot in Germany.
I don't find anything offensive about any of these, actually. Nobody knew who Q-Taro was in the US, the three GBC games probably sold better than they would have without the character names, and Tetris Attack took out the silly-looking witch girls and put Yoshi in their place, which is a fine improvement.
madara said:Sonic CD. So glad I imported that. Hey I still waiting for this to get added to some sonic collection edition too!
I think I read here that Y's 6 sadly is getting heavily alteredNot in good way either.
Yeah, the ugly little "chibi" prerendered sprites the original game used are being replaced with more proportionate 3D models. (I think the music is changing too in some parts but I'm not sure.) When I read about this at GameFAQs the anime purists were going nuts but I kinda like the change (since over-powerfully "cute" things in a serious game are somewhat off-putting for me.)
Kobun Heat
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WarPig said:
I agree - this used to be a good idea but I don't think it is anymore. The OJSM is growing in power.
MoxManiac said:
See, I take a sort of realpolitik attitude towards the situation. On the one hand, they're fucking disgusting wastes of flesh. On the other hand, they give Tokyopop the money to release Cyborg 009 and Bandai the money to release Zeta Gundam, so they can sit and whack off in their Livejournals all they want so long as I don't ever have to look at them or talk to them or anything.
DFS.
Is there another link to the changed Ys game? The link on Gamefaqs doesn't work.
According to a FAQ, there's extra zombies in the USA version of the RE games compared to the JPN version. Also, according to FAQs, PN 03 and Chaos Legion have some requirements to get items adjusted. Capcom made the US versions harder. I don't know if there are any other changes. CVXFREAK should be able to tell.
According to a FAQ, there's extra zombies in the USA version of the RE games compared to the JPN version. Also, according to FAQs, PN 03 and Chaos Legion have some requirements to get items adjusted. Capcom made the US versions harder. I don't know if there are any other changes. CVXFREAK should be able to tell.
bobbyconover
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fenekku-gitsune said:
I agree that they were probably wise business decisions, but that doesn't mean I have to like it as a fan of the original games. Well, except Q-Taro, but was the completely unknown (and downright creepy) Chubby Cherub really more appealing than the completely unknown but actually cute and charming Q-Taro? Many Americans know Bub, Bob, and all the other Taito characters from Pop'n Pop from Bubble Bobble and Bust-a-Move also, not to mention that Elevator Action has quite a bit of 'retro' appeal.
As for Panel de Pon, I pretty much agree that the Yoshi changes were a good idea, but I still curse them for slapping the Tetris name on it. Say what you want about using the name to sell more copies - to me, at the time, the last thing I wanted to play was yet another bad Tetris sequel, and so I ignored it for years until finally being turned on to it by a friend. I think a lot of other people felt the same way. Even today, when I try to sell people on the game, I can hardly get past the name without them cutting me off and trying to tell me they're not interested in another lame sequel to Tetris.
"Nonono, it's really not like Tetris at all!!"
"Yeah yeahhh, whatever... what'd they add this time, BOMBS or something? Or is it the one where it's in 3D or some crap like that.."
So it's hard to say, but the brilliant business move of using the Tetris name for a non-Tetris game actually might've backfired in a big way. It definitely killed my interest in it.
Oh, and Chris - the Yogi Bear and Dexter's Lab games actually say right on their respective boxes that they're ports/hacks of those games. It says something like "Powered by Pop'n Pop" in small text on each box.
bobbyconover
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WarPig said:
Aw man, that just makes the thought of a small child riding this thing all the more disgusting.
Tellaerin said:
Me and my friend rented that game.. twice. When we were in that classic early-to-mid 90 fighting game lust. I really miss that time. We would go the rental shop and rent out two fighting games, and we would play non stop for two days. All I remember is that we liked the super special move effect. The game was awful
Kobun Heat
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Ever seen the episode of Ebichu where Kaishounachi tells her she looks like Q-Taro?
Well I all I remember with Ys 6, which I could have swore I read here, was some pictures of some really hot anime elfs and next to them new americanized ones(bah).
And yes alterations in Sonic CD were all pretty much sound based but made such huge difference to me and so many people to be quite memorable.
And yes alterations in Sonic CD were all pretty much sound based but made such huge difference to me and so many people to be quite memorable.