Why does Nintendo do this?

[Yoshi_5]

Tell me this, what do the following things have in common?

First: Quest 64 / Etale Monsters / Holy Magic Century

Second: Goemon's Great Adventure / Goemon2 Derodero / Mystical Ninja 2

If you guessed they are all basically the same game with different names, you are absolutely correct. So.. why? Marketing plot maybe for each area the game is sold? Mystical Ninja 1 to Goemon's Great Adventure which is Mystical Ninja 2.. why not just call it Mystical Ninja 2 then? http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif Sorry to babble on about it, I've just always wondered. And hey, someone please explain to me what is what in the "Bust A Move" game family. Usa has Bust A Move 99 and Bust A Move 2 Arcade Edition. Pal has Bust A Move 2 and Bust A Move 3D. Jap only has Puzzle Bobble as far as I know. Can anyone tell me which games are the same.. which are different in each case? Thank you much.

Yoshi_5

[Hectic]

Maybe companies do this to piss people like you off who think they're downloading different games but they turn out to be the same thing they've had for ages.

It's their only defense.

[don+mecca]

The different names are used for localization purposes. A Japanese name translated to english would not mean much to Americans and vice versa. What exactly does Goemon Ganbare mean??? Oh I mean Mystical Ninja... Just like a Big Mac is a Royal with Cheese in Europe..

[Schweino]

They use different names for marketing purposes.... Some advertisement freaks tell the companies what title fits best for the region the game is released, and that's why they use different names for each region.

btw: a big mac is still a big mac here, only in France it's a royal with cheese... But we DO have the Mc Kroket here in the Netherlands http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/wink.gif


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I'm not suffering from insanity,
I'm enjoying every minute of it!



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[pOOBAH]

No. A Quarter Pounder (us) is a Royal with cheese in Europe, because of the metric system. We Europeans wouldn´t know how much a quarter of a pound is. http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif

[aaakkk]

Here in Sweden a Quarter Pounder is called a Quarter Pounder http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif


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[bugs]

Uhhh guys I suppose we seen Pulp Fiction too many times! http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/smile.gif))

Bye
bugs

[Nintense]

Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition USA = Bust-A-Move 2 PAL.

Bust-A-Move 3 DX (DX as in deluxe, note 3D) PAL = Bust-A-Move '99 USA.

Puzzle Bobble 64 JAP comes off as it's own game, probably because of the different title and maybe JAP text.

[handy]

Quarter Pound? 1lb sterling = $1.61 US

Thus, about 40 cents US.

[Onnichiwa]

Schweino:
Maar die Mc Kroket hebben we dan ook alleen maar in Nederland dacht ik.

(This is dutch for the people who haven't figured it out)

[Yoshi_5]

Thanks for the replies everyone, looks like from my topic of different names for the same games I have the new knowledge of how to order a Quarter Pounder with cheese in several countries.

Ps. Nintense.. Puzzle Bobble Jap is the same as Bust A Move 99 US. There has never been a JAP release of a second version I guess. It's just too easy for them. And here I struggle with Fire Electric Pen.

Greets,

Yoshi_5

[Vertigo]

Ganbare Goemon: Ganbare literally translated means Go for it.
And who gives a fuck what a burger is in different countries, all I know is here in the UK we pay a shitload of money for some little streak of piss sized burger when in America they pay half the price and get a huge fuck-off sized half a cow in two loaves of bread. Example: Cheeseburger here £0.89 Yes Americans, that's $1.45 for a rubbery piece of crap that's about 3.5 inches across and 3/4 of an inch high if you're lucky and also tastes like shit.
So stop complaing and get them damn fatburgers down you!

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And he asked him, "What is thy name?"
And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion: For we are many..."

[Frozen FiRE]

you measured it?

[Vertigo]

Hehe FF you've just been giong through all the thread being sarcastic. I did say roughly measurements. And like any man knows: This is eight inches <---------------------------->
But just what 'is' a web browser....?


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I'm not opinionated, I just talk a lot.

[Neouni]

thats really small if i set my res. config on 1200x1000x32bit



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[Qcoder]

A little story about why companies rename products for different markets: Back in the 70s a certain American car company decided to sell their cars in Europe with the same names. Well, one such car was called the "nova". In Spanish "no va" means "no go". Guess how many people wanted to buy a car that doesn't go? After that they always let their local division pick the names.

A Quarter Pounder is called a quarter pounder (cuarto de libra, whatever) in many countries, only the French are so damn insistant that everything be done the French way.

PS I think Puzzle Bobble was a better name... I wonder why they changed it.

[Vertigo]

Soul Edge was a better name too.
I beta-tested the arcade version in the UK d8¬)
I'll never work out why they didn't keep the cool intro music with the guy going 'Sooooul Eeeeedge!!!' That ran it totally but never appeared in the PSX version.
Just to stay on site topic: N64, development, demo, dextrose, actraiser, V64. d8¬)

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[Schweino]

Onnichiwa: Klopt, mooi toch dat zo'n landje weer iets aparts heeft http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/wink.gif

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=Schweino=

I'm not suffering from insanity,
I'm enjoying every minute of it!

[Harrison Electronics]

You can never watch pulp fiction too many times, I have found out the same applies for:

Blade
the 5th element
robin hood: men in tights
OH and id be smacked if i didnt mention
RHPS

[KONsOUL]

what `bout
natural born killers
goodfellas
starship troopers

3 best films ever

[jamsed]

Starship Troopers ??????
that is one of the worst movies ive ever seen .

Now Small Soldiers IS a good movie

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Dont touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease ...
And I love you though you hurt me so
But im gonna pack my things and go ...

[Harrison Electronics]

im afraid i have to agree... starship troopers.... now the BOOK was good... they were in
POWER ARMOR ( heh )
heinlen was the best

natural born killers?!? natural born waste of my 7 bucks is more like it, go watch raging
bull, NBK was as bad as dick tracy (blech)

wow lots of nifties added to the site, ive been letting my z get dusty, since im beta testing Asheron's call for microsoft ( think "digital crack" and youll understand))

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[Vertigo]

H-Elec: Let's go off at a tangent or what? hehe
My favourite film of all time ever? Zulu. Second is the fantastic animé Patlabor. English sub version not dubbed, American voice actors are so shit compared to the Japanese originals. If you've never seen Patlabor and are into animé with a good plot, rent it definitely.

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I'm not opinionated, I just talk a lot.

[Harrison Electronics]

Now, you wanna talk anime, i have just two names to say

ranma 1/2
and
Tenchi muyo!
(and the dubbed voiced were great on BOTH series)

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[Nintense]

Starship Troopers is great, everytime I catch it on HBO I just can't change the channel. Some about the movie keeps me watching, I can't really explain it, hehe. Other movies I can watch over and over:

Men in Tights
The 5th Element (Damn, that bitch is hot)
Donnie Brasco
Eddie Murphy Raw (not really a movie, but funny as hell)
The Rainmaker (probably the Claire Danes factor)


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[Cid]

The Shawshank Redemption is the best movie ever!

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Out for my own, out to be free. One with my mind they just can´t see.
No need to hear the things that they say. Life is for my own to live my own way

[CTD-Nemesis Pro.]

Huh, Tenchi, Ranma? tThose are well, trash. The hole concept of them is to get young male viewrs by having girls prance around in next to nothing. If you want quality anime go for Fushugi Yoogi(Magical Scroll in US)or The Guyver. Both have much better charcter backgrounds and devolpment + some great action seans + an awsome story.

Troopers is a great film to watch. But I would'nt go out and buy it or anything. Its just a combat thriler. No real story here, just put them on a planet, see the shoot a bug, see them shoot a big bug.

Men in Tights, ain't nothing wrong with that film. Brooks is a god when it comes to imatation comody.

Speaking of comody and the UK. Who here loves Red Dwarf! who's you favorite character? Whats your favorite sceane.

Am I the only American film buf left playing game?(Film $ Special effects are my major)

[Harrison Electronics]

well id have to say its either Rimmer, or the ships cat that does it for me with red dwarf

[M@RK]

Red dwarf fav scene.


Are you sure sir, it does mean changing the bulb..

[Johanna Dark]

i`m from sweden but i love red dwarf...the last episode for us here was when rimmer died on the floor in the ship (this parasite infected ship)......so please tell me will there be more???

[KONsOUL]

yup there will be!!

i was just force to watch the full length rimmer munchking song after reading this string!!

[CTD-Nemesis Pro.]

If Rimmer is still a hologram, theres alot more.

Fav. Episode: Holoship or Inquisitor.
Fav. Scene: When rimmer knees death in the groin! (Has any one scene any thing after this?)
Fav. Character: Holly IQ 6 and still falling.

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