That is pretty early in the NES's life span so when it became localized in the USA 1989, people could probably tell that the game looked old or primitive for the NES's standards by then.SNES Game Genie & Pro Action Replay Cheats Dragon Warrior for NES first came out on. Newer games tend to have better graphics as programming on a platform begins to evolve and tricks are learned. The reason I go for the first release date rather than the local one is graphics similarities between things released in a particular year. Especially when you either play the pre-Nintendo era or start getting up into the 32-bit era and beyond. Japan holds a lot of these dates, but the Americas and Europe also have plenty of first release dates.
Worldwide, the first release date is held by the first country the game was available. Doesn't matter what part of the world the game comes from, I collect it if it's part of a series.
I'm just the type who likes to play everything in chronological order by release date within a series rather than by title. So, even though I usually stick to the Playstation for this series I ended up buying the Sega Saturn Version of 3 first just to have the original. All this time I thought Bust-A-Move 3 was a Sega Saturn exclusive and it turns out it was available on the PS1 and Nintendo 64 as Bust-A-Move 99 which strangely was released after Bust-A-Move 4. I had absolutely no idea that Bust-A-Move '99 was just Bust-A-Move 3 with stuff added to it. You know what really confused me chronologically was Bust-A-Move 3 and Bust-A-Move '99. It didn't take that long for it to come to the USA though. Final Fantasy III for SNES didn't come out until, but that was in Japan and they got it first. It's Final Fantasy IIIj from the NES/Famicom which came out on. So it's like don't expect to buy Final Fantasy III for Nintendo DS and it to be anything like the Super Nintendo game you enjoy. Usually what happened in all these situations was that Japan got something we either never got or didn't get until much later on a newer platform. In these cases, all 8 games are different games altogether. If it wasn't then I always say "the japanese version of." Many people just put a small j after the title number to differentiate the two versions.I tend not to bother and just say what system it's for because usually it was different. Retconning by Japanese game publishers does not erase what was printed on original North American releases.ĭo you call it a Genesis or a Mega Drive?ĭo you call it The Legend of Zelda or Zelda Hyrule Fantasy? Yes, they came first, but they were renamed when they were released in North America. Everybody knows the difference between NES and SNES.Īh, but were those the original releases? The thing is that the different console platform should make it obvious which game I am referring to.
but no amount of retconning will change what names and numbers appeared on cartridges, boxes, title screens, and instruction manuals in the united states when the games in question were first released in this region. Edited by chrisbidĬan the differences be confusing, annoying, obnoxious, etc? of course.
they are simply 'japanese'Ĭan the differences be confusing, annoying, obnoxious, etc? of course. japan's names for things are not 'real', 'actual', or 'original'.
When a game has a different name in japan, no matter if it came there first or not, it is simply a different name. The reason I asked in here was because the subject was about another Japanese NES game that had a reproduction made just like these two translated Final Fantasy games I own. So no those codes are for Super Nintendo games that are sequels to the ones I am talking about, not the NES games. I didn't know there was anyone out there who still didn't know about this old information. So yes in this case Japanese does mean original because the original versions of those games were only available in Japan.
II for the Playstation, Game Boy Advance and PSP III for the Nintendo DS. The real Final Fantasy II and III were 8-bit games for the NES/Famicom and were also remade. Those names were corrected on their Playstation and Game Boy Advance remakes. I never call 4 and 6 on Super Nintendo by it's mislabeled name anymore. 2 having 2 versions - Lost Levels for Japan and Doki Doki Panic sprite change for USA and Europe.įinal Fantasy II and III on Super Nintendo were actually 4 and 6. The original 2 & 3 on Famicom.Īre you guys really noobs about the Final Fantasy numbering fiasco?