Rubrica Cose che non sai sui Retro Giochi

[Vincent 86]

Signorina, ma cosa sta facendo?

X-Men: Children of the Atom

In the early arcade release revision, revision 941208, after defeating Magneto, Anne-Marie Cortez is shown among the characters that enter the stage with a position and pose that makes it look as though she is holding Magneto's crotch. This was removed in later revisions and console releases of the game.

 

[Geddoe]

Ritardi

The first game was announced by Level 5 as a PS3 launch title. It was released in Japan ... two years after the PS3's debut.

 

[HP 9999]

...e farà male

Effettivamente ho la possibilità di giocare il primo ed il secondo quando voglio. Non vedo l'ora di farlo!

 

[Geddoe]

Reference

Billy Coen's tattoo says "Mother Love", a reference to the song of the same name by the band Queen.

 

[Vincent 86]

Horming Torpedo:

Mega Man X

The Homing Torpedo weapon is misspelled as "Horming Torpedo." This was fixed in Mega Man Maverick Hunter X.

 

[Geddoe]

Unico nel suo genere

There is a glitch which occurs in the Western release where a random eye will appear on a persona's status screen. It was long speculated to have some hidden meaning, but it does not occur in other versions, including the PS Vita re-release, and has been stated to just be a bug by an unnamed source with special knowledge of the game's development.

 

[Vincent 86]

I pipistrelli di Meta Knight:

Kirby Super Star

Along with many other small unused text and graphics, one of the main ones that didn't make it in the final game were Meta Knight's bats, which were originally going to be used as projectiles by Meta Knight, either when you battle him face to face or when you're escaping the Halberd.

 

[Geddoe]

Non si apre...

Deep within the Koorong sewers exists a single manhole that won't open. Upon examining it, a message appears about the lid being stuck. However, there is no actual way of ever opening it up.

 

[Geddoe]

Un caso unico

Thomas is the only character in the series to take the role of the Tenkai Star and not be a main protagonist. Though his role is vital in the story of the game, his only true purpose is as the master of the castle in which your army is based. He is also the only Tenkai Star to never receive a true rune throughout the entire series.

 

[Vincent 86]

Che fine hanno fatto i Moguri?

Final Fantasy X

Lulu's starting weapon, a Moogle Doll, is the only appearance of a Moogle in the game, a massive difference from all previous titles in the series. Her other weapons are references to previous characters in the series, including her final weapon of the Onion Knights from Final Fantasy III.

 

[Geddoe]

Tagli

The original Japanese version had voice acting for the entire game. The American version (with exceptions for the bosses and some cut scenes, which still have the Japanese voices) removed all of them to avoid confusion between translation dubs. This was fixed in the sequel, Mega Man ZX Advent.

 

[Geddoe]

Povero Luigi

Touching Luigi's cap on the title screen will allow the player to mess around with his mustache, nose, and cap, as they would during game play. Each action made to Luigi will alter the top screen.

 

[Vincent 86]

Differenze presenti nella versione giapponese:

Medievil

When the game was released in Japan, there were several alterations to the gameplay and graphics. These largely consisted of slight changes to cutscenes and alterations to gameplay that made it more difficult.

The most noticeable change is to Sir Dan's character design. Both his in-game and FMV model were changed to have a golden helmet, matching the one that he wore when he was still alive. The helmet can be unequipped in-game, but Dan will always be wearing it in FMVs except for the final cutscene where it is blown off.
According to the game's lead designer, Jason Wilson, the helmet was added because of a fear that Japanese audiences would react badly to Dan's skeletal design, and that they would not see him as a hero.


His eye was also given an iris, whereas in the original it only had a black pupil. This change was retained in all versions of the game's sequel.

 

[Strider]

Differenze presenti nella versione giapponese:

Sir Daniel con quell'elmo e più brutto.
Molto meglio senza.

 

[Geddoe]

He is THE MAN

Junpei's original victory pose alludes to John Travolta's disco pose from the movie "Saturday Night Fever".

Differenze presenti nella versione giapponese:

Se ben ricordo in Cina la rappresentazione di scheletri o altro, è considerato borderline per taboo.
Queste jap invece non le ricordavo.
Forse erano considerate troppo "forti" per un titolo indirizzato ai più giovani? Solo congetture, sia chiaro.

 

[Geddoe]

Wait, WHATI?!

In the Japanese version of Pikmin 3, the Scaly Custard (avocado) is literally translated as "Crocodile Scrotum" (ワニノフグリ).

 

[Strider]

Collezionare dischi rock/funk

Jack'son, la pallina protagonista di questo titolo per Atari ST /Amiga 500, deve collezionare i dischi nascosti nel livello, per formare la sua musica che ravviverà il mondo.

La grafica è semplice e molto colorata, in parte il personaggio ricorda un po' il famoso Q-bert. Il livello di difficoltà è impegnativo ma non impossibile.

 

[Vincent 86]

Goemon Super Sayan:

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon

When using his Sudden Impact power, Goemon bears a striking resemblance to Super Saiyan Goku from Dragon Ball Z.

 

[Geddoe]

From friend to enemy

It is possible to have one of the main characters, Diomedes, leave your party early in the game based on how you answer in game questions. He will then replace a boss later in the game.

 

[Vincent 86]

Tanti nomi per lo stesso gioco:

Final Fantasy Adventure/Mystic Quest

Final Fantasy Adventure, known as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden in Japan and Mystic Quest in Europe, is also the first game in the Mana series. The game would later be remade as Sword of Mana for the Game Boy Advance but with all Final Fantasy elements dropped.