The Japanese version of Metroid differs from the American version in four major ways:- It comes on a disk instead of a cartridge
- Thanks to the Famicom Disk System hardware, that music has instruments that don't show up in the cartridge version
- It uses a Zelda-style save screen instead of passwords
- The boxart is amazingly awesome
As for Star Luster, the Japanese version differs from its U.S. counterpart in just one way:
- It exists
- Metroid (Famicom Disk System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Star Luster (Famicom, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)
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3-04-2008 @ 10:47AM
Jonathan Tran said...
Well they gave away Samus' gender with the high-heeled boots, neh?
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3-04-2008 @ 10:49AM
Randy said...
Better music is not worth it IMO unless the original is soo bad that you have to play w/ the sound muted. Which is not the case w/ the original Metroid. Although I really hated the password games, it was such a PITA to enter those.
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3-04-2008 @ 1:12PM
Cyantre said...
I have the soundtrack to the Famicom version of Metroid and it doesn't sound better, it sounds worse in my opinion. I definitely prefer the NES sound-chip.
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3-07-2008 @ 1:15PM
hvnlysoldr said...
At least the passwords gave us Justin Bailey. Totally worth it.
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