They actually edited the Sin & Punishment ROM when they released it on VC in the west, translating menues into English (not much had to be changed, the dialog was all in english already). (Some exceptions include the altered NES Zelda ROMs, which were taken from the Zelda collection disc on Gamecube.) It’s possibly a first, since up to now they’ve basically left the actual ROMs untouched when they put things up on the VC. Thanks to everyone who let me know about these things, and thanks to JBRC for digging them up on Miiverse!

I wonder what else will turn up… If anyone finds anything out, let me know here in the comments or on Twitter! So it looks like some of the changes made during the GBA release have been made to the Japanese Wii U version as well. In the GBA release and in this Wii U release, he says, “Have you played that one game? I haven’t yet.” This change was also present in the MOTHER 1+2 GBA release, and it’s suspected it has to do with Japan’s rating systems.Ī line in the elementary school was also changed – in the original MOTHER game, a kid asks if you’ve played Dragon Quest 4 and then says he’s still stuck on the third game. The crow, which was smoking a cigarette in the original Famicom MOTHER game, is now cigarette-less in the Wii U version. Japanese Miiverse posters have shared some examples.

There isn’t a full list of what changes exist in the Japanese version so far, but they seem to be in line with some (but not all) of the changes made during the MOTHER 1+2 GBA port. The Japanese version was also released on Japanese Wii Us… but it HAS had some changes.

June 17th, 2015 | MOTHER 1, Uncommon KnowledgeĮarthBound Beginnings was released a few days ago on Wii Us outside of Japan, and it appears to be the exact same as the NES ROM that leaked years and years ago, with no known changes.

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