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Post by Discoalucard on Jan 16, 2014 22:41:51 GMT -5
  www.hardcoregaming101.net/jetsons/jetsons.htmI love articles like this. This SNES game was developed by Sting. In North America, it had the Jetsons license. In Japan, it was a tie-in with a character from a magazine comic. Outside of the visuals, they are basically identical. So weird! |
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Post by lanceboyle94 on Jan 17, 2014 2:45:59 GMT -5
I will admit that, while I haven't extensively played both, I do prefer the Jetsons one, 'cause Yokai Buster Ruika's anime style isn't really my thing. Not very appealing. Also doesn't help that I used to like the original Jetsons cartoon as a kiddo.
Also, funny that the opening paragraph mentions the Slim Jim Guy on a BMX, since Dave Mirra 2 has him as a playable character. Unless, of course, it was referencing that very thing.
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Post by Malev on Jan 17, 2014 3:04:13 GMT -5
I will admit that, while I haven't extensively played both, I do prefer the Jetsons one, 'cause Yokai Buster Ruika's anime style isn't really my thing. Not very appealing. Also doesn't help that I used to like the original Jetsons cartoon as a kiddo. Also, funny that the opening paragraph mentions the Slim Jim Guy on a BMX, since Dave Mirra 2 has him as a playable character. Unless, of course, it was referencing that very thing. It was. I had some more Yokai pics as part of the comparison set, so if it seems sparse, they can be added in as more additional screenshots. Some of the later stages have more Japanese flair to them. |
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Post by jorpho on Jan 18, 2014 1:17:07 GMT -5
Very informative, but some of the linguistic choices were a little odd. I made a couple of changes.
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Post by megamoronx on Jan 18, 2014 8:48:01 GMT -5
Love that music in the 1st level of the Jetsons game.
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Post by blackdrazon on Jan 21, 2014 17:07:24 GMT -5
Typo?: the second-last paragraph says that "Square" ordered Tanaka to create a new driver for Treasure Hunter G while it seems both games were made by Sting. Correct me if I'm missing a detail.
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Post by Malev on Jan 21, 2014 20:15:12 GMT -5
Typo?: the second-last paragraph says that "Square" ordered Tanaka to create a new driver for Treasure Hunter G while it seems both games were made by Sting. Correct me if I'm missing a detail. Mitsuhito Tanaka's primary sound driver was used with many SNES Sting games, but according to at least wikipedia, Square didn't want that sound driver used for their joint venture. I guess it wasn't to Square's standards. Then again, I don't know how to compare the music if it's more the driver or sound font that makes the big difference (especially since Treasure Hunter G had more memory to store more/better samples. |
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Post by Seth0708 on Jan 21, 2014 21:51:59 GMT -5
Nice read; I wasn't familiar with either release. I find games with major (non-censorship related) sprite changes between regions interesting to read about. Re-tooling a game might be an easy way out of making a new game, but I still find it amusing and enjoy looking at the comparative screen shots.
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Post by blackdrazon on Jan 22, 2014 19:58:22 GMT -5
Typo?: the second-last paragraph says that "Square" ordered Tanaka to create a new driver for Treasure Hunter G while it seems both games were made by Sting. Correct me if I'm missing a detail. Mitsuhito Tanaka's primary sound driver was used with many SNES Sting games, but according to at least wikipedia, Square didn't want that sound driver used for their joint venture. I guess it wasn't to Square's standards. Then again, I don't know how to compare the music if it's more the driver or sound font that makes the big difference (especially since Treasure Hunter G had more memory to store more/better samples. Interesting! Then the paragraph is written just right! |
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