mbd39 | 2,036 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Of course the most famous example is Doki Doki Panic being reskinned as SMB2 in the US. Yo Noid on the NES was originally some ninja game. NES Circus Caper was a reskin of a Japanese game that was based on a manga and had nothing to do with the circus. Are there any good examples of American or UK games being reskinned for Japan? Or a Japanese or American game reskinned for the UK? I know Contra was changed to Probotector for the UK to make it less violent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,023 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,036 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, Code Monkey said: Is that actually a reskin or the same game with a different title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,569 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) Chubby Cherub swapped the main character sprite. In Japan, it's based on the manga Obake no Q-Taro (Q-Taro the "ghost", although an obake isn't a ghost in the traditional sense.) Zombie Nation was originally Abarenbou Tengu, with a tengu mask instead of a samurai head. Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular is a reskin of Donald Duck famicom, which itself is a reskinned port of Alternative World Games. Reskinception. Kid Klown is a reskin of Mickey Mouse III. In fact, a lot of the Crazy Castle series was reskinned depending on where it was released. Edited September 2, 2020 by Tulpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,891 Administrator · Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Quick somebody make a NES homebrew horror game called "Reskinned". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,036 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 13 minutes ago, Tulpa said: Chubby Cherub swapped the main character sprite. In Japan, it's based on the manga Obake no Q-Taro (Q-Taro the "ghost", although an obake isn't a ghost in the traditional sense.) Zombie Nation was originally Abarenbou Tengu, with a tengu mask instead of a samurai head. Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular is a reskin of Donald Duck famicom, which itself is a reskinned port of Alternative World Games. Reskinception. Kid Klown is a reskin of Mickey Mouse III. In fact, a lot of the Crazy Castle series was reskinned depending on where it was released. Thank you. I forgot about Kid Klown originally being a Mickey Mouse game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,891 Administrator · Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 15 minutes ago, mbd39 said: Is that actually a reskin or the same game with a different title? All they changed is the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magus | 169 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) Decapattack was originally Magical Hat. Edited September 2, 2020 by Magus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,569 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Not a reskin in the traditional sense of swapping sprites, but Millipede famicom was reskinned for the NES. Unfortunately, they made it uglier. Famicom NES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,036 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 I think I prefer the US Millipede, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,569 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 The US font drives me crazy. I actually sold my NES cart and got a Famicom one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,641 Editorials Team · Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Tetris Attack Chavez Chavez II Eek the Cat More when I think of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br81zad | 629 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 38 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: Tetris Attack Chavez Chavez II Eek the Cat More when I think of them Wait, what's the other version of Eek the cat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 989 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Probotector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,569 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 27 minutes ago, Br81zad said: Wait, what's the other version of Eek the cat? An Amiga game called Sleepwalker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 522 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 The first Ranma 1/2 on the SFC/SNES was reskinned as a generic fighter called Street Combat for it's North American release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,641 Editorials Team · Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 The Jetsons for SNES is another one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,036 Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: The Jetsons for SNES is another one I just looked it up. It looks like the SNES Jetsons game came first and then was reskinned into a manga game for Japan. This is the kind of example that I was looking for. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_robot | 555 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Puyo Puyo was reskinned as Kirby's Avalanche and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for the US Super Nintendo and Genesis, respectively. A few of the Wonder Boy games were released in Brazil, rebranded as "Monica's Gang", which was a comic strip known in that region, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tordur | 28 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Can't help but mention Baby T-Rex, which was reskinned and renamed to Agro Soar for the Australian market, We're back! A Dinosaur Story for the US market and Bamse for the Scandinavian market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,013 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Not a reskin but in a rare case of US-to-Japan censorship, the cover to Avenging Spirit for the Game Boy was changed from a rampaging gangster to a friendly looking ghost. Apparently, even though though the gangster looking on the cover wasn't directly shown killing someone, the cover was considered to violent for Japanese parents so they toned it down. Other than probably translation changes, though, I think it was the same game. Maybe they didn't even localize it. I don't know, but I do know they decided to tone down the cover so it wouldn't seem so violent and mature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abelardo | 155 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Tecmo Cup Soccer for the NES was originally a Famicom Captain Tsubasa game. Whomp'em is another Famicom game reskinned for the american market. Other examples of Famicom games reskinned for the American market that I can think of are Krion Conquest and Totally Rad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln | 230 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 There is a game boy game that was double dragon here and a kunio game in japan. There was a thing going around a while ago when someone figured out how to get them playing in link mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvertov | 210 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) Power Blade for the NES was originally Power Blazer, starring a wimpy Mega Man knock-off. Not only did the character get turned into a badass Schwarzenegger knock-off instead, but the gameplay was changed to make him significantly more powerful, the levels and bosses were redesigned, and a lot of quality of life improvements were added. Edited September 5, 2020 by dvertov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 3,013 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Surprised it took that long for Power Blade to show up. I guess Shatterhand is another fairly popular example on the NES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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