Regional Differences 2

[@GameSack]

What are some more games that feature some striking regional differences?

[@QTKT2323]

I would love to see differences between arcade games/cabinets regionally and the difference between arcade/console versions (I didn't get to go to an arcade very much growing up)

[@Vulpas]

Pokemon Crystal, they censored the female trainers.

[@gianyrivera1082]

I'm surprised Ninja Gaiden 3 for NES wasn't on here It's another example kind alike Bayou Billy where they made the north American version harder for no reason Also you should consider adding Zombie Nation next time if you haven't already

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

Since your end skit has Streets of Rage 2, Bare Knuckle 2 is also changed for the US version. The infamous white panties on Blaze.

[@Vulpas]

@@gluttonousmaximus9048 😏

[@Jayce_Alexander]

When Dave left, I was afraid Joe wouldn't enjoy making these videos anymore and GameSack would peter out. I'm really glad this channel is still around and making great content. Thanks Joe!

[@nickygwilson]

Where has Dave gone?

[@PScoopYT]

@@nickygwilson He left to spend more time with his family.

[@rafterscott]

I get a weird feeling Joe DOESN'T want to keep doing these though.

[@QunMang]

As far as I recall, he hasn't even been back as a guest, but I could be wrong on this.

[@bredmaster]

@@nickygwilson Dave is safe. Please stop asking about Dave.

[@jkajmo]

Im so freakin happy that Joe is still making awesome videos.

[@YoungBideo]

Joe's the fucking Man

[@ih7729]

Joe is my preferred GS team!!

[@socialistprofessor3206]

Yo Joe!

[@TheSpaceghost69]

Me2

[@IDHLEB]

He sure have more time than James Rolfe

[@Jesse__H]

Part of what makes Game Sack so comfy is your _consistency,_ Joe. Every other Saturday night, as sure as death and taxes, there's a new 'Sack for me to relax to, just before bed. I love it.

[@chaseman94]

Or in my case every other Sunday morning.

[@jkajmo]

"A new sack for to relax to, just before bed" 😂😂😂😂 that is hilarious 👏👏👏👏

[@Jesse__H]

@@jkajmo I said what I meant and I meant what I said! 😁

[@jkajmo]

@RockManLP_Radio if you don't like it, quit watching his channel then.

[@warchild9381]

@RockManLP_Radio more like the same dummybutt comments like yours returning too many times

[@Something-Waffle]

Man, I always hate when my electricity gets shut off when playing Streets Of Rage, because of too much Mega Power. It's a very real problem.

[@3dmarth]

Try playing a game with 8 Mega Power instead. That should avoid any more incidents. My place has wimpy circuit breakers, so I have to play games like Sword of Vermilion (with just "5 MEGA MEMORY") to stop the power from going out. Or a Super Nintendo game. Those are never a problem. ;)

[@skins4thewin]

ESWAT is yet another example of a game that could be a lot better with some very minor tweaks. This is what the hacking community was made for! Someone go into the code & slow the jetpack down!

[@Boss-Bot]

Or why Game Genie was invented

[@skins4thewin]

@@Boss-Bot Ah very true! I wonder if it could be slowed down via Game Genie code. It can do a lot of things but not everything unfortunately. Now if we had unlimited code lines in the Game Genie...

[@bigduke5902]

Or don't

[@johnnykurniawanhalim4234]

Always enjoying *post credit scene" keep the good work Joe 💪😀

[@danimadrid5454]

i wonder how many people don't know it exists.

[@KWKBOX]

Mega power should never be throttled. Especially when in the middle of some SoR 2.

[@ShadoMoosess]

Joe must live in California.

[@Ashura96]

In the 90's through early 00's Japanese games released in South Korea (especially in the arcade) were heavily censored on Japanese language content and imagery. Best example I can give is Street Fighter Alpha 3. Load up the ASIA region arcade version and you'll start to notice things right away. There's also the fact that Japanese companies couldn't even release their own games and systems in Korea without going through another company like Samsung (Mega Drive and Saturn for example).

[@alexrekzu4079]

Now that you mentioned it yeah. Cultural differences right there 🦝

[@nickfifteen]

Yeah, I remember visiting my cousins in South Korea in 1987 and being comforted that they have an NES too! Later in life when I discovered the Famicom, I started to wonder "wait, wouldn't they release the Famicom in Korea versus the NES?", and that let me down a huge rabbit hole about how Japanese merchandise was banned in South Korea until like 2000 (and as late as 2006) and therefore Korean companies would skirt around those laws by importing AMERICAN versions. Samsung/Hyundai: _"Yeah is says 'Nintendo' on it, but we're importing it from 'Nintendo of America', which is an American company, not a Japanese one, and therefore it doesn't count against the ban!"_ ROK Gov't: _"Sounds legit."_

[@omegarugal9283]

South Korea protects its market, they also hate japan for what they did in ww2

[@paxhumana2015]

@@nickfifteen , at least South Korea COULD get those things, unlike North Korea, where video games are STILL banned over there!

[@3dmarth]

Oh, yeah, like SoulCalibur replacing Mitsurugi with Arthur (who started as little more than a texture replacement, but later ended up becoming his own character with a unique backstory, IIRC).

[@_bhp]

"Thems the brakes" might be the funniest voiced line in a retro game next to "OH NO! MOLLY!"

[@B8GViews]

Streets of Rage 2 had no right going that hard with the music. Definitely cranking up the speakers next time I play... take THAT lousy neighbors!!!

[@ShadoMoosess]

Then SoR3 came out and it sounded like robot farts.

[@BoozeAholic]

@@ShadoMoosess SOR3's music was good. It just wasn't pop music. It sounded more like the modern era Synthwave & EBSM, than the New Jack Swing pop that SOR1 & 2 had.

[@B8GViews]

@@ShadoMoosess it was such a sad departure from the 2nd game. I think the only tune I liked was the dance club at the beginning.

[@B8GViews]

@@BoozeAholic I couldn't vibe with it.

[@kidfazer]

Joe is the man. After over 7/8 years of watching Game Sack I can comfortably say that this channel influenced my love for retro gaming and collecting the most. Thanks for it all 🙏🏾

[@TheGameChasers]

Wasnt expecting so many regional differences in this video but here we are.

[@GuestZer0]

"Awful boxart in my opinion." Yeah, that is ugly. "And yours too." …Did he hear me?!

[@MakoyUnggoy]

Strider did have a continue option, you had to hold the D pad down and press A, C, B, C, A on the game over screen, it had to be timed just right though and I could never get it to work all the time!

[@MrThunderwing]

I think that was one of my favourite Gamesack outros ever 😂 Regional differences: The Xbox version of Outrun 2's got graphically superior and more arcade accurate versions of the Daytona USA 2 and Scud Race bonus tracks in Japan than in the west. Also, the JPN version was tougher, because it got rid of the code input system you use to cheat and unlock stuff in the west.

[@captainkarnage9874]

8 Years Ago! I was just starting college 8 years ago and Dave was still here!!! It feels like yesterday, Now I'm an adult with a job and responsibilities, AHHH!!!

[@big_ry82]

It only gets worse.

[@thehumbleone1983]

Eswat is one of my favourite mega drive game And the Streets of Rage 2 ending just awesome 👍😄

[@Lufisyth]

Square used to annoy me by giving the Japanese versions of their games more/extra content. Fortunately we got the extra stuff eventually when they charged for the same again but now in HD.

[@vintageroller]

Demon Sword for the NES in the US is vastly different from its Japanese counterpart. more stages magic enemies everything

[@retrogamingknight]

Pandemonium on the Saturn is another one where the Japanese version is very different. It's called Magical Hoppers and features different characters that even have slightly different attacks. It also has a traditional anime intro instead of the 3d polygon rendered intro of the US version.

[@zanegandini5350]

The Playstation also got Magical Hoppers instead of Pandemonium, I own both versions. The Saturn version has brighter colors but worse textures and more slowdown. Supposedly, both versions have less slowdown than Pandemonium, but I'm only going off what I heard there, since I only own the Japanese version of both.

[@ilikecurry2345]

I bet George Wood is gonna like Nikki's BREATS.

[@TrevorAWilliams]

Thanks for all these videos! It took my cousin and I several days of playing Bayou Billy for hours and hours before we finally became good enough to rescue Annabelle back when we bought the game on clearance in the 1990s. Also, having lived in Louisiana, the southern part of the state is filled with swamps, gators and narrow roads.

[@GameSack]

Thanks Trevor! So the game felt like home? Also congrats on beating the game legit.

[@TrevorAWilliams]

@@GameSack I laughed when you showed how the roads were narrowed and replaced with poles - that's how I remember south Louisiana as crop dusting planes buzzed overhead. And alligators are territorial - just avoid where they are instead of trying to fight them!

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Jesus joe that skit at the end cut close to home. Seriously; in the UK our electricity has shot up by 52% and in October they claim another 30% - in reality it isn't 52% its more like double!! So yeah... I felt one lol

[@_TheElMan]

Don't worry, Nvidia will save us from freezing while gaming as their 4090 apparently is over 500w.

[@INFPGamer]

Ninja Gaiden 3 for North American NES, you took more damage and some enemies appeared earlier in teh game. Also the item layouts were changed, often in more difficult to reach areas. The Japanese original was the easiest in the trilogy.

[@Hchris101]

Always a good video inside the game sack

[@SfjpMoon]

It's Sunday morning Gamesack time, ooooh yeah !

[@andreasarildsen6950]

I've owned Bayou Billy for about 30 years and I've never seen the driving stages. That game is just unfair

[@Matt-Rat]

I actually beat it 2 years ago. I managed to keep trying until I found a strategy.

[@Matt-Rat]

@@Gatorade69 I did do the practice mode to make some parts a slight easier. The driving stages were my least favorite part.

[@DJ_InYourFace]

This video makes a difference in my nether regions!

[@ronindebeatrice]

8 years? There no goddamn way I've been watching GameSack for 8 years. Oh no. I've wasted my whole life. 🙃

[@MSDGAMEZ]

I love Game Sack. These videos make my boring life a little more bearable.

[@plaztik767]

Zombie nation on the NES is completely different than the Japanese original in story and tone. It was originally released in Japan as Abarenbou Tengu 👺

[@ps3inquisition441]

One of the best ending skits yet.

[@skins4thewin]

Loved the guest appearance from Dave at the end! Is it just me or is he looking a bit bony these days?

[@NightOfTheLiving8bit]

I don’t know if anyone has said this in the last year or two… But thank you Joe! Thank you for continuing to do this show at the same level of quality, consistency and format that you guy(s) have done for years - even if KZbin sucks now and it’s resulted in slow growth, etc. There are tens of thousands of us out there that have watched since the early days, after the departure of Dave (though it’s awesome seeing him every now and again when he does do a show!) and amidst KZbins blatant disregard for genuinely talented creators. Keep doing what you do man. And we’ll always keep watching and supporting!

[@timvanarsdel]

Shinobi on the arcade has a very satisfying _feel_ to it: the running, the jumping, and *especially* when enemies are hit by shurikens. There's something to the graphics plus audio that make everything about it feel punchy and weighty. I've never seen another game rival its "texture," but seeing E-SWAT for the first time: it came 95% close.

[@paxhumana2015]

I heard that someone is making a port of the game to the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.

[@themanofmyth]

I did not know Bayou Billy was a port. This game was so hard I didn't get past the start of the New Orleans stage. Had to get a game Genie in order to beat it! Still not as ridiculous as Silver Surfer's difficulty! 🙄

[@Matt-Rat]

They are tough games but not invincible. I beat them 2 years ago and they took me many attempts until I tried some strategies. I even defeated TMNT, Ninja Gaiden 3 and Battletoads (With a warp.)

[@themanofmyth]

@@Matt-Rat I was so dedicated to beating TMNT, I didn't find it difficult just challenging, beat it a couple times back in the NES days! But Battletoads & Ninja Gaiden were a different story!

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

"two nerds with one stone" Admit it, Mr. Redifer, you just say you dislike Working Deisgns humor because it's some serious dad joke competition.

[@UtushoReiuji]

I was hoping you'd mention the best part of the SCAT intro being that the two protagonists are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sigourney Weaver

[@JonathosDX]

The US version of Metal Storm doesn't have the intro because it actually came out first - the JP release came out a year later and the changes were made on top of the prior release. The recent retrobit re-release allows you to swap the direction you have to hold to flip gravity and includes all the additions, complete with english translation. It's pretty cool and worth picking up if you can find it.

[@alex64gaming]

Well, I'll be inside for the rest of the night. Setting my phone to do not disturb

[@DigiPen92]

Can you put Zelda II, Super Mario Bros. 3, Final Fantasy VII, and Metroid 1 for the future Regional Differences please?

[@shannonhill3356]

8yrs! Jesus, we’re gray now. Time flies, but I’m hella appreciative of the fact that you’re still making quality content. 🤙🏼🤘🏼

[@philipcohen7192]

Contra, Castlevania 3, and mr gimmick always come to mind immediately. It’s a shame the us missed out on the extra audio channels.

[@chrisbent5734]

The "Joe comparison-head" is the best new KZbin feature of the year, period. Please keep it! But make it look dumber, maybe.

[@ExiledFrmContentment]

I get goofy giant-boss-head-in-a-90s-overhead-shooter vibes from it, and therefore, yes we need more of it.

[@Greenalink]

CPS1 Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition. Name changes were not the only thing adjusted. USA came out first and then Japan released it later with a few balance changes. Boxer: Dash Straight can hit crouching opponents, has a smoother crouch animation and his Turn Around Punch gains more power for longer charge. Claw: Rolling Crystal Flash MP and HP were adjusted. Sagat; Tiger Uppercut MP and HP versions can knock down grounded oppobents. Dictator: Psycho Crusher hits less against blocking opponents (less chip dmg). Ken: Rear side of Tatsu pushes opponents away and not sucked in (so less dmg). Zangief: Spinning Piledriver dishes out more damage for a 3 hit KO instead of a 4 hit KO. Lastly the 99 second timer clocks down to 00 faster in the Japanese release.

[@jasongillson6563]

I loved the idea of Bayou Billy. I mean it's basically Crocodile Dundee II: The Video Game, but that difficulty. I've never been able to beat the game without the Game Genie and after a while, I stopped trying

[@MR.AIRWALK]

I gotta have my sack DO MORE OF THESE!!

[@Dxtuned]

It just ain't a proper Sunday morning without the ol' sack of games

[@gryphonofmight]

Game Sack time!

[@dwood78part23]

A new Games Sack video! Let's get it on!

[@ali14chahrour]

Hey, Joe. Love the videos still, but I just gotta ask, will Dave be making a cameo or doing a video with you again in the near future. I miss seeing both of you guys together.

[@thegreathadoken6808]

Actually, Dave appears once in every video. It's kinda like a Where's Waldo type deal. Can you find him in all of the videos from the last 2 years? Get searchin'!

[@nastybedazzler]

Great episode. That end sequence was funny and that music in Streets of Rage kicks ass.

[@Agostoic]

Late Saturday early Sunday's sack is best sack.

[@Jesse__H]

Piping hot Sack, fresh from the oven.

[@retrogamingknight]

Konami really treated many international releases much worse. Life Force on NES is missing animation on the title screen and the multiple endings were removed, Contra is missing the story and map screens, Castlevania III got a 10 lives code, but was made much harder since you take more damage in the last 3rd of the game plus the safe spot on the cyclops boss was removed not to mention the jumping gremlin sprite and the naked statues in level 9 removed.

[@Jayce_Alexander]

Yep. Castlevania III also got a wayyy better soundtrack in Japan, but of course that was mostly due to the Famicom hardware being able to handle the VRC6 chip, whereas the NES couldn't. But it's the main reason I always go for the Famicom version when I play the game on my AVS. The Famicom Castlevania 3 soundtrack is incredible.

[@skylinefever]

In the arcades, I have been told Life Force had 2 different versions. One was designed to be a space shooter, one was designed to be flying around inside a human body.

[@vix_in_japan]

The thing that amuses me about Mad City (The Adventures of Bayou Billy) will be pronounced as Mad Shitty here in Japan. :) Yes I do need to grow up...

[@Level1Sword]

I think sometimes I have nightmares about the power company shutting down our electricity because my games are also JUST TOO AWESOME.

[@TheDoctorWitch]

the presentation on this channel is unparalleled. I've always got those Saturday morning cartoon feelings from this place.

[@chanceallen3586]

I know you were totally kidding about the human brain being smaller than 8Mb, but you inspired me to look it up. Apparently, the human brain has a memory capacity of 2.5 million gigabytes! In the famous words of the Saturday morning cartoon sages, "Now ya know!" Lol

[@leokeo6871]

My family knows Karnov as "that guy that spits fire at dinosaurs"

[@shiningphantasy1393]

I see that SCAT borrowed the Contra music style and cloned the sound effects; nothing wrong with that or anything. I had Exile: Wicked Phenomenon during the late Duo era of "buy them because that's all the more you're getting"; I almost made it to the end but could never get by that blasted genie boss. Used Rumi like I am supposed to but it was too fast and did tons of damage per hit while my character did a sliver for the same.

[@superandroidtron]

SCAT and Contra both had Kyohiro Sada on sound staff, so this makes sense.

[@thegreathadoken6808]

They wouldn't get offended at questioning the mortality of the offspring of gods of old, but just you try saying that a woman is an adult human female...

[@Mystemo]

Natsume evidently didn't want to translate the cutscenes in Pocky & Rocky to all the different European languages so instead they removed all the text from the cutscenes in the PAL versions.

[@gryphonofmight]

I agree that the visuals in Metal Storm look far better in the international version

[@marklinstom5145]

With great mega power, comes great mega responsibility.

[@NecroVMX]

Joe shows tremendous restraint in talking about exile and not mentioning Ys III

[@andrewdowell6474]

I really thought Game Sack would go downhill after Dave left but it really hasn't. Turns out that it's always been rock bottom.

[@acecarrera1]

23:43 I knew it, Joe keeps Dave's skeleton in his basement.

[@dominicrinaldi8241]

I dunno Joe. I thought it was HILARIOUS that a video game character calls you "poopy boy".

[@SrPASTILLERO]

That final skit, you're great. XD

[@Beckerattacker]

I love my Sunday mornings with game sack. Greetings from Berlin Germany

[@martinmaguire1273]

hiya, just like to say thanks for your hard work, your back-catalogue got me through lockdown.. thanks.

[@adamjensen295]

Thanks Joe for still having the passion to keep making videos after all these years. Love them all!

[@zg-it]

Well I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt. The beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, but the game sack episode was even better.

[@ilikecurry2345]

You need a trip to Alcoholics Anonymous.

[@zg-it]

@@ilikecurry2345 lol, you're not a Kris Kristofferson fan, I take it?

[@EtherBoo]

Working Designs doesn't get crapped on enough in the retro gaming community. Nice work Joe!

[@sidpablo]

SCAT is my second favorite next to Contra. The soundtrack rocks. Oh this is my goto channel for sleeptime video game channel. Joe sticks to the format regardless of content

[@skins4thewin]

Interesting.... I always thought that Metal Storm was a bit too dark for my tastes & didn't like the way your mech was colored. I actually much prefer the Japanese look. Guess that's why they call it subjective.

[@Protoman85]

I don't remember if you mentioned it in the first video like this but Ninja Gaiden III is a good example of a game that was made harder internationally, the famicom version has unlimited continues, passwords and you take less damage. Also Contra has more graphical effects, a pre-stage "cutscene", a Ghost 'n Goblins-style map and a level select code.

[@UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd]

I haven't seen the first episode but I wouldn't be surprised if you covered Castlevania Bloodlines and Contra Hard Corps there, so I'll mention an obscure one. In the Japanese version of Super Magnetic Neo, there's one surprising difference at the end of stage 2-3. In the US version, you bounce off a platform up over the clouds and then catch another magnetic sphere which takes you straight to the platform. In the Japanese version, you bounce up and catch a swinging sphere, which you have to dismount and bounce off an enemy into order to reach the platform. The thing is, the angle which you have to leave the swinging sphere in order to bounce off the enemy has to be insanely precise. If it's too early you'll just crash into the enemy (one hit deaths), but if it's too late you won't have the momentum to make it to the platform and fall straight to your death. What's even more maddening is that if you want to beat the game in full and collect all the extras, you need to beat each stage within a time quota, and this part being at the end of the stage means you've got one chance or have to do the whole thing over again, as the time quotas are surprisingly strict. Who knows, maybe the changed the time requirements in the US version as well, but in the JP original this stage is torture.

[@ElChocoLocoDeLaVega]

Just in time for my morning coffee. 😊

[@johnnycigar2061]

Dave held Joe at knifepoint before. I'm glad he's gone. He's too violent

[@vtrip_]

should have included Contra for the NES. the Japanese version has cutscenes and different tree animations on the first level. the EU version is even more different and called Protobator or something.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Think he's covered that already in the other episode.

[@BrickTamlandOfficial]

10/10 outro segment this week =)

[@BrickTamlandOfficial]

that's spam

[@thiagota]

I used to think Yuzo Koshiro was a genius, but it seems that he plagiarized/took heavy inspiration for most if not all his work, I guess maybe he wasn't creative at composing, but he did know how to make the most out of the limited hardware at the time.

[@Omegaxero]

I love your sense of humour. The gags are always a great part of your channel!

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Oh hell yeah, always love seeing how things were different overseas. Really gives you a perspective on how wide the world is, yknow?

[@thecunninlynguist]

been palying Hard Corps Japanese version and have gotten farther legit than I've ever have on the US version. The 3 hit life bar was a nice addition, but less contra like.

[@jdiluigi]

SOR 1+2 are my favorite Genesis soundtracks.

[@ejstark360]

The discussion of difficulty just reminds me how we have been taught by modern video games that there's always an "easy mode." And with the success of Elden Ring maybe we are moving back towards that experience of difficulty being a core concept of the game that is to be embraced rather than avoided.

[@leeboy2k1]

S.C.A.T was the shit back in the day! don't believe me? ask 3 girls and their cup.

[@skylinefever]

The AVGN made fun of that game in his big Christmas special.

[@gamingquarterly6353]

This is the only channel in youtube where I stay till the very end to make sure i never miss the end skits. They never disappoint.

[@sgtpatton]

Always a treat thanks for all the entertainment

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Y's What!? Ohhhh, ESWAT.

[@NES_Wizard]

The Skit at the end of the video made my day. Thank you for that Joe.

[@3dmarth]

It's weird- toning the difficulty down for the international release seems to have been a trend in the earlier days. I knew of a few cases of that (SMB: The Lost Levels), but didn't know it was widespread. Of course, things flipped around pretty quickly, with the likes of Contra Hard Corps, Rocket Knight Adventures, and Streets of Rage 3 being literally twice as difficult in North America. (And I'm still upset at Wonder Boy in Monster World, which has a completely broken final boss that's almost impossible to beat in the NA release.) EDIT: The Bayou Billy stuff was surprising. Nintendo was always altering skimpy clothing at the time, and I'd also have expected Billy's exclamation to be changed to just "OH!" or similar.

[@theodorerelic2718]

Oh, Working Delays-er, Designs....I seem to remember a thing in the Sega CD version of Lunar: Eternal Blue where they added the ability to save anywhere, but it cost you either game money or magic points (been many years since I played it). I mean, what was the point of that? Oh yeah, and the Bill Clinton and Ross Perot jokes...how well did THOSE age?

[@KevinTwiner]

Let's get into it😁

[@DirtyMike124x]

I appreciate your hustle man. This is a great show in the evening.

[@RazoE]

Joe, we need a compilation of all your ending skits 😂

[@GameSack]

Have you checked out the Game Sack Skits channel? I need to update it a bit, but otherwise they're all there. - kzbin.infovideos

[@RazoE]

@@GameSack Joe delivers 🙌🏼

[@bigbossman2810]

Another regional difference to check out is Life Force or Salamander (if you want to get Japanese about it). Mostly it seems to be the same except for the voice overs. In Salamander before fighting a boss, you almost always hear a cool computerized voice saying "An intruder has penetrated our force field".

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

you can do another one with al lot of Sonys recent games.