DVDs never knew what hit them.
And now, shit really hits the proverbial fan.
First off, some famous cases.
*North America
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Superman* (N64)
The New Superman Aventures
Most won't, but I do have sympathy with Titus, as French word for 'adventures' is... |
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Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon*
Eidos decided to use same screenshot on back art twice. |
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Naruto: Powerful Shippuden*
Or so we thought, because Nartuo on spine suggests otherwise. |
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time*
N64 original features an immersive storyline and 'enivironments'. |
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Rayman: Hoodlum's Revenge*
But as there's more than one, for title to be grammatically correct, it should be Hoodlums'.
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Resident Evil: Revelaitons*
First runs in 2012 inserted 'i' in the wrong place. |
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Syphon Filter series (PS1)
All three games have a bullet cutting through title.
Unfortunately, that's not how projectile looks after leaving gun's chamber. |
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Final Fantasy VII*
Square Soft's multi-million dollar maste[floating'i']rp ece etc etc.
What the FUCK happened here? |
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Gal*Gun: Double Peace*
Sequel is rated Mature 17+ by the ESRB. |
But on back cover.
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| Even with Sexual Content, it's suitable for Everyone. |
Wh-wh-WHAT?
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Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (any region)
Nothing immediately sinister. |
Zooming in.
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| The 'L' on Luigi's cap is facing the wrong bastard way. |
Mamma mia!
Okami* (Wii)
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| Nothing amiss. |
On closer inspection.
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| Sleeve has IGN logo near Amaterasu's mouth. |
Explanation?
Unknown.
Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets (3DS)
Mabel is spelled correctly, but in the next breath - she's called Mable.
Okay, formalities are over.
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Saturday Night Slammasters (SNES)
Port of Saturday Night Slam Masters is known as Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion in Japan. |
Guess they were space racist.
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Resident Evil (various) - PS1 shown
A series of gory attacks in the area surrounding a remote biotech lab brings in S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics and Rescue Squad) to investigate. |
It's
Service FFS!
Fairly ironically, live-action universe changed it to
Squad.
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Silent Hill: Downpour*
English translation of 'Quién puede parar la luvia?' is 'Who can stop the rain?'. |
Unfortunately, luvia isn't a word, not in Spanish, or in any language.
But lluiva (rain) is.
Tut tut.
Random as fuck this one.
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Spellbound (C64)
48 hours and I'm a gonner |
Not goner?
M.A.D. world.
The PC Engine is famous for superb shmups and boasted the first physical port of Street Fighter II: Champion Edition.
Despite enjoying massive success in Japan, American equivalent Turbografx-16 took on the mighty Genesis and eventually, the SNES.
Uh oh.
Anyway, I digress.
R-Type I (cover) vs R-Type (title screen)
R-Type II (cover) vs R-Type Part-2 (title screen)
For gross inconsistency and abnormal font, I blame the evil Bydo Empire.
Turbografx-16 version came on a single HuCard, which makes no fucking sense.
Giggles and guffaws aplenty now.
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Dracula (C64)
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Enter the
Nosferatu (1922).
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Count Orlok climbing staircase casting shadow on wall is beyond iconic.
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EXACTLY what you'd expect from a game called Dracula, right?
(Vigorously shakes head).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
In the original comic series (debuting in May 1984), heroes in a half-shell were black and white.
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| NES |
Reptiles aren't colour-coded, because source material had them all see red.
FYI.
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| Cover recycles the Michael Dooney's colour reprint of Issue 4 (May 1987). |
But I don't get TV series writing though.
In all its original monochrome glory.
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| Issue 4 (June 1985) |
While all that's very interesting, here's when things go tits up.
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Geki Kame Ninja Den (Famicom)
'Legend of the Radical Ninja Turtles' duplicates TV series. |
WHY?
No need to scream cowabunga dudes, because...
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| EVERY version retained comic's darker tone, (with TV show's splash of colour). |
Also, why do chests match headgear?
Oh I get it, artists were smoking something illegal.
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| Home computer ports followed Japanese principle. |
Back in 1989, a huge crowd always surrounded kick-ass Konami arcade.
Trust me, I was there.
Conversions were predictably a very mixed bag.
But there's something very odd about cover.
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Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op!
One Raphael is arrogant enough, but two is just taking the pizza. |
SHELL SHOCK.
Dude should be Michelangelo.
How do I know?
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game* (NES) |
Perversely, home computer ports were released AFTER console effort.
Expect final part next year.
