god hand - which version?

[rossman]

Hello

I fancy picking up god hand but am wondering which version to get

are the us or european versions cut?

do any of them have prog scan option?

Is the language barrier difficult in the japanese version?


cheers

ross

[Johnny]

I have the JP version. All voices in English and only minimal Japanese in menus etc. You won't know what attacks etc you're doing, but it didn't bother me. Plus some (all?) of the JP version comes with a bonus soundtrack. I preordered my copy and got it so maybe it was a preorder only thing but I'm not 100% sure.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I got USA version and it is fine. Just get whatever cheaper.

[rossman]

ah, I just heard that US version didnt contain certain weapons that japanese version did and feared some censoring...

[Salsa Party Animal]

Like what for example.

[Emir]

US ver. (and I assume PAL, too) had some neat invincibility frame move removed according to Saur.
I've got the JPN ver. myself. Bonus soundtrack (by Grasshopper Manufacture) is teh aceness!

[briareos_kerensky]

From http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.c...d/godhand2.htm

"When brought across the sea, several changes were made to the game to prevent confusion. The most minor change is the renaming of the God Reel, now called God Roulette. One item in the game called Chihuahua Curry was changed to Puppy Pizza. Curry is a popular delicacy in Japan, while here in America it is relatively unknown. Another change includes the removal and addition of a new attack. In the Japanese version, Gene had a pan technique he could use from the God Reel. For a small bit of damage, a pan will fall from the sky and knock Gene on the head, granting him invinciblity for a couple of seconds. Why this was removed is beyond me. Maybe it was the sense of humor, maybe it was because in super plays, people were abusing it. But then again, the whole reason anybody would use this technique was to sacrifice a small bit of health for invincibility. Instead, we got a new move called Head Slicer. The only thing special about this move is it's ability to remove an enemy's head. No blood, only a decapitation that works randomly. And the head goes flying into the air, literally. Had they kept the pan in, the game would probably have been dropped to a Teen rating as opposed to Mature. The Head Slicer move was probably pulled from the list in Japan due to the CERO rating board not taking too kindly to decapitations in games (as was the case with the heavy censorship for Biohazard 4). It does a small amount of damage, and for 8000 gold you can get better attacks.
Other changes include signs found throughout the game. Rord's Pub was changed into Beating A Dead Horse Pub for obvious reasons. Why they made this change but kept Barely Regal is a mystery. The ending Credits were also changed too, now featuring English lyrics sung by a member of Panda, No Panda. To put it short, the singer sounds awful and ruins the song's lyrics, although at least you can understand them."

[rossman]

wow, thanks for that. I'm just gonna go for the cheaper us version then. nice!