Japanese SFC vs American SNES

[Panzer88]

maybe that's not the BEST example, I'm sure there are tons of mangled boxes, like the Final Fantasy ones for starters.

[CZroe]

I liked my SNES and just didnt care , but I got an AsciiPad which had buttons like the Jap/Eur controller and since then I never used the normal pads again...

If I had to shoose I'd pick the Gen 2

After years of using it, I discovered that the Ascii Pad D-Pad totally sucked for Tetris Attack.

[bobthebuilder]

Not to mention the M. Bison and Balrog switcheroo. I still confuse my friends when I call the boxer Balrog.

Oh ya...If you're gonna copy a real live boxer, might as well change the name altogether in the US...instead of just doing a name switch between characters...talk about lazy lol

For those who don't know the story:



In Japan: the evil Shadowloo/guy in red is named Vega and the boxer is M.Bison
Outside Japan: Shadowloo guy is M.Bison and boxer is Balrog

The reason for that is that, In Street Fighter (1) the boxer character is actually in fact a direct ripoff of Mike TYson (Tyson --> Bison)
When the game was imported outside Japan to avoid potential lawsuit or something, they just did a namechange.

Vega is a common Spanish surname, so I prefer the U.S. name change.

[Panzer88]

yeah the color pads released in the states weren't made by nintendo and weren't very durable at all. A friend had one and it pretty much became unusable in the space of a year. I'm sure it could have lasted longer with more care but it wasn't nearly as good as a nintendo pad (SFC or SNES)

[ReRuss]

I liked my SNES and just didnt care , but I got an AsciiPad which had buttons like the Jap/Eur controller and since then I never used the normal pads again...

If I had to shoose I'd pick the Gen 2

After years of using it, I discovered that the Ascii Pad D-Pad totally sucked for Tetris Attack.

I've never noticed a prob with my d-pad , the entire pad had been as good or better than the norm

[whicker]

Heh, this gamepad talk reminded me of something.

The plug end of one of my SNES pads broke apart when I was attempting to remove it. With it popped out all of the pins.

Gnarly. It'll still work, but how do I know the order of the colors? (This was back in 1993.)

So I just looked into the end of the other controller's plug to see which 5 of the 7 pins were populated.

Then I said. "Let's try the resistor color code order, ignoring the missing colors" (Black, Brown, Red, Orange... etc.) Worked the first time.

I was in fifth grade at the time. True story.

[Snark]

I'd say one would have, even as a 13 years old, to be seriously horny to get excited when seeing some badly drawn picture of a woman...

Hey, this was before the internet tubes were laid.

Anyway - the US cover shows more action; the original cart art is quite static in comparison.

I'll take the static original



over the "action oriented"



thanks

But you're right. It seem to be a common theme: US remakes (as horrible as they were) usually focused more on action than their Japanese counterparts.

[corronchilejano]

I'll take the static original



over the "action oriented"



thanks

But you're right. It seem to be a common theme: US remakes (as horrible as they were) usually focused more on action than their Japanese counterparts.

Homoerotic action.

[Snark]

But you're right. It seem to be a common theme: US remakes (as horrible as they were) usually focused more on action than their Japanese counterparts.

Homoerotic action.

Basically, yes. Hence the "action oriented" in quotes.

[Johan_H]

What was up with hiring obviously incompetent artists for game covers back then? The cover was much more important for selling a game then so it doesn't make sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MegamanBox.jpg

This is a picture with broken perspective and shit everywhere of a guy running around a theme park. I'm sure any member of this board could create a more appealing cover than that in two hours.

Edit: There.

[corronchilejano]

You may want to correct that link to a webpage and not to the pic Mr. Hamburger.

[Johan_H]

Edit: What? It works for me.

It's the megaman cover.

Kfixedthxbye

[corronchilejano]

Try posting the URL, like this one, which is the original US MegaMan logo:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/mega-man/ ... erId,1990/
That way it doesn´t get blocked.

PS: Ok, THAT guy looks Japanese.

[Starman Ghost]

What was up with hiring obviously incompetent artists for game covers back then? The cover was much more important for selling a game then so it doesn't make sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MegamanBox.jpg

This a picture with broken perspective and shit everywhere of a guy running around a theme park. I'm sure any member of this board could create a more appealing cover than that in two hours.

Edit: There.

Actually, funny you say that. The orignal story behind the cover is the artist had this thrown in his lap to do in 1 hour with only a small premise of what the game was.

[Johan_H]

Haha, really? Well, mystery solved with that specific cover then.

[adventure_of_link]

http://www.mobygames.com/game/mega-man/ ... erId,1990/

ugh

[blackmyst]

Actually, funny you say that. The orignal story behind the cover is the artist had this thrown in his lap to do in 1 hour with only a small premise of what the game was.

I don't doubt that it's true, but it's no excuse. Any talented artist would still know how perspective, basic anatomy and lighting are supposed to work, even if he only had an hour.

[whicker]

Actually, funny you say that. The orignal story behind the cover is the artist had this thrown in his lap to do in 1 hour with only a small premise of what the game was.

I don't doubt that it's true, but it's no excuse. Any talented artist would still know how perspective, basic anatomy and lighting are supposed to work, even if he only had an hour.

OK, art critic.

[Joe Camacho]

Actually, funny you say that. The orignal story behind the cover is the artist had this thrown in his lap to do in 1 hour with only a small premise of what the game was.

I don't doubt that it's true, but it's no excuse. Any talented artist would still know how perspective, basic anatomy and lighting are supposed to work, even if he only had an hour.

OK, art critic.

Seriously, even with a small grasp of the plot and game, you should know that the main character isn't GOLDEN.

[corronchilejano]

Actually, funny you say that. The orignal story behind the cover is the artist had this thrown in his lap to do in 1 hour with only a small premise of what the game was.

I´ve heard that story before. Where was it anyway...?
With only ONE hour to work on it, he came up with SOMETHING that had color at least.

[Snark]

What was up with hiring obviously incompetent artists for game covers back then? The cover was much more important for selling a game then so it doesn't make sense.

Urg...The above MM1 "art" box is an obvious (bad) ripoff of Tron:




...which has nothing to do with Rockman/Megaman...which goes back to what I was saying when I said artwork localization in that era were just horrible.

"Maybe try to do some Tron-like stuff or something...Maybe some poor guy will think "Hey, that's the Tron movie" and buy the friggin' thing"

"You sure boss?"

"Hey, we're in the friggin Video games business: No one is gonna buy this stuff unless they're fooled into thinking it's some other stuff"

Seriously, I think the artwork localization said a lot about the mentality of those who were decision makers at the time in the US.


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Homer: did anyone see the movie 'Tron'?
Hibbert: No.
Lisa: No.
Marge: No.
Wiggum: No.
Bart: No.
Patty: No.
Wiggum: No.
Ned: No.
Selma: No.
Frink: No.
Lovejoy: No.
Wiggum: Yes. I mean... um, I mean, no. No, heh.

[blackmyst]

OK, art critic.

lol ....never mind.