/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1885098
It bothers me that Phantasy Star III will never get a proper translation, because there's about three people on Earth that actually care about it.

>>1885812
Nice find! Wasn't aware Phantasy Star III had a different script.

>>1886106

I assume all do, really. You get some pretty hysterical dialogue when stuff is translated too directly, but I hate it when they just chopped out content that relevant to the story or was considered too mature for games.

The malevolent gifted scientist, Dr. Eggman, prepares his bad intentions again:

" Sonic... This impertinent, this contrary hedgehog; he hopes that my bigger projects are always annihilated. But this time, my strength that resides in my intellect will crush him! Ha ha ha ha..."

>>1886142
South Island is a treasure of jewels and ruins, including the "Chaos Emeralds" that sleep buried somewhere within the island. These stones deal to all life a terrific energy. New techniques basing themselves on nuclear weapons and laser radii are then possible. But, they are not necessary should these stones fall between bad hands that don't understand their power. Also, since South Island is an island with a circular movement, the island started forming a interdimensional torsion in which the Chaos Emeralds wander.

One day, something horrible presented himself on the island. Dr. Robotnik and his army set foot there. "Ha ha!. Even though it is necessary to transport every particle of this island, I will have the Chaos Emeralds!! Then, Dr. Robotnik undertook the development of an enormous fortress in an angle of the island.

"Dr. Robotnik, not again, him?!!! Hearing rumors circulating on South Island, Sonic ran. Dr. Robotnik thinks that Sonic is his deadly enemy, but Sonic does not really account of his adversary. However when Sonic arrived on South Island, a strange spectacle was held before Sonic.

"Look Sonic, this time the situation is totally different! ALL the animals of the island have been transformed into robots!"

"E... everybody!"

"These individuals act henceforth under my unique control. In short, all the island is now your enemy! Bwa ha ha ha ha ha.. This time, the whole world will be mine!"

Difficult! But go for it!

As Sonic the Hedgehog, everybody waits for your help.

>>1886145
>Dr. Robotnik

Ow, my autism.

>>1886228
Yeah. I copied and pasted this from Sonic Retro. Should've double checked it first.

>>1886245
>be atomic!
What does that even mean?

>>1886264
Chalk it up to Sega of America's DUDEBRORADICALEXTREME marketing tainting everything.

I don't give a shit if Sega never got as popular as they did without the help of that awful fucking schtick. Maybe they would have gone third party sooner and Sonic would still have decent games with the "Felix the Cat on acid" aesthetic the original series and initial Japanese artwork had. I hate you Sega.

At least Sonic Megamix looks fucking amazing these days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZFJT-0kVlQ

Sorry for getting off-topic OP

>>1885098
Deep in South Africa, 200 kilometers North of Galzburg, Outer Heaven born. An armed fortress nation established in late 80's by a mercenary who was at the same time a hero and a maniac.
Something is happening in this OUTER HEAVEN.
A massacring weapon that could change the world forever is reported to be under development.

The Fox-Hound group sends an agent called "Grey Fox" to gather data about this ultimate weapon. However, several days later, after his final report "Metal Gear...", his contact was lost. The disappearance of Grey Fox perhaps supports the rumors of the ultimate weapon.

Unit Fox-Hound is called to duty once again!

The intruder of this time is a rookie soldier named Solid Snake who joined FOX HOUND quite recently. His mission is to locate the whereabouts of Grey Fox, find out the identity of Metal Gear and destroy it.
Solid Snake is sent to his first battlefield with nothing but a wireless radio at his hand.
Superlative mercenaries from all around the world are said to have gathered in Outer Heaven. Can Solid Snake accomplish his mission?
The voice of the commander-in-chief of Fox-Hound, Big Boss, came out from the wireless radio.
"Solid Snake! This is not a cadet, it's a real war. I'll wish you good luck..."
Solid Snake started hearing the sound of gunfire in his head.....

From the Mega Drive version of Shadow Dancer.

Awake the bloodline of The Shinobi!
New York City, 1997.
An evil organization began operating in secrecy. This mysterious organization, having seemingly crawled out from the bottom of the Earth, spread their violence everywhere, killing everyone who opposed them and taking survivors as hostages. The sudden massacres seemed endless. Those who escaped could barely reveal their true nature. "A lizard... Ugh..." was all they could say before drawing their last breath.

However, one hero stood up to them. His name is Hayate! A battle to the death is about to begin.

>>1886573
Prologue
Winter 1977. Iga, Japan.
A lone renegade ninja from the Iga clan was being pursued. He was Joe Mushashi, the legendary Shinobi who was said to be a rare ninja master. He became a runaway for the sake of his wife and their son Hayate, whom he wanted to live a happy ordinary life. His pursuers were becoming desperate. Being summoned to a final battle, Musashi placed his son and the child's only companion, Yamato the ninja dog, as passengers in a ship. "I'm doing this just for you two..." This was the last time the young Hayate saw his father.

>>1886634
Spring 1978. New York City, USA.
A certain harbor in Brooklyn was smothered in fog. Richard C. Kato, a Japanese-American who was running a martial arts gym in this city, stumbled into a small Japanese boat during one of his daily jogs. He found a dying woman with a health young child and a dog inside. The woman was holding a star-shaped blade in her little hands.
"Shuriken, Japanese...Ninjas."
Kato decided to raise the child as his own. Hayate was only a year old at the time.

How the fuck did a ship sailed from Japan to New York? Wouldn't it make more geographic sense if it ended up in California. No wonder this dumb backstory got changed.

Summer 1997.
Having learned martial arts under the tutelage of Kato, Hayate was demonstrating great talent. "If I didn't know any better, this kid might as be the son of a true ninja." Ninjas were not only well-versed in all sorts of martial arts and physical training, but they also trained in a magic-like art known as ninjutsu.

Elsewhere, under the shadows of ordinary everyday life, a mysterious group of assassins have been working secrecy, spreading fear to the people. As the violence increased everyday, those witnessed the members of this organization said they resembled ninjas. One day, Hayate returned home from practicing and found Kato mortally wounded.
"Father...!"
Kato died while protecting the children from the group.

>>1886670
Until the very end, Kato has raised Hayate as his own. Filled with tremendous anger, resentment and sorrow, Hayate took on the sword that was passed down to him from his real father. The blood of the Shinobi has truly awaken within Hayate.

Traveling alongside him in his path of burning bloodshed was the ninja dog Yamato...

>>1886245
>D-button
Weird. Especially on a controller with buttons named A, B and C. I suppose people have only beeen calling it the D-pad for about ten years now...

More on-topic, the NES version of Metal Gear is a complete disaster. Kojima wasn't even involved in that, according to the Angry Video Game Nerd. Actually, just watch that video. He picks the right things to complain about.

US cover of Shadow Dancer for comparison purposes.

>>1886692
>More on-topic, the NES version of Metal Gear is a complete disaster. Kojima wasn't even involved in that, according to the Angry Video Game Nerd. Actually, just watch that video. He picks the right things to complain about.
Not exactly. The localized story is not a product of the port, it was something Konami of America came up with after the fact. Vermon CaTaffy isn't even mentioned in the English script.

Pic related, the plot from the FC manual is copied verbatim from the MSX2 manual shown here.>>1886346

>>1886693
The best part about that cover is that SoA were big enough assholes to slap the Sega seal right over the guy's signature.

Granted, it's not a terribly good cover to start with and the full picture with the signature intact is on the manual, but still.

>>1886709
I'm not sure why they even bothered with a new cover art and not just used the one they had in Japan.

Was there any official explanation as to why the main character in Street Fighter 2010 had his name changed from Kevin to Ken between regions?

>>1886906
Probably due to it carrying the Street Fighter name, and game companies generally looking down on their English buyers.

>>1886912
Funny thing, there's a screenshot in the Japanese manual where Kevin is called Ken. Makes me wonder whether Ken was actually the original name and they only changed it because the AC division was working on SF II.

>>1886930
I was thinking that might've been due to SF 2010 being released in the US before Japan, but it's not. It was released in Japan in August 1990, while it hit the US just a month later.

Script comparison between the FC and NES Double Dragon III
http://koti.mbnet.fi/goutetsu/misc/doubledragon3_comparison.htm

>>1886942
That's really not much of a time difference though, given how games have to undergo mass production earlier.

>>1886346
>Fuck Konami of America with their LOLcalizations
>Colonel CaTaffy
>Highrola Cockamimie
>WTF?.

Funny thing, but the first issue of Nintendo Power used the Japanese plot for Contra in the article for that game.

>>1887093
I will never understand what they were thinking when they decided to do that.

I imagine there were a few kids who grew up with MG NES and believed that story, and were completely and utterly lost when MGS came around.

>>1887298
I played trough the entirety of MGS1 thinking that the NES Metal Gear and Snake's Revenge were canon.

Obviously I never got very far in Snake's Revenge and just assumed that later on, I would fight Gray Fox in a minefield.

Come to think, that always bothered me, after I played MG2, because it's not really "in a minefield," like Snake describes in MGS1. It's more like a room in a building with mines on the floor...that Gray Fox puts there...

>>1887298
I always tossed away the boxes and manuals for my old NES games, so I didn't realize the bad guy in the NES Metal Gear was supposed to be named Vermon CaTaffy (or Higharolla Kockamamie for that matter) since that name never comes up in-game.

>>1887628
I managed to avoid making that mistake thanks to a retrospective that EGM had back when MGS1 was coming out that covered the MSX2 and NES games separately. If it wasn't for that, I would've assumed that Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake was just the Japanese name for Snake's Revenge. It mademe interested enough in the series to go online and seek the ROMs for both games. Luckily enough Metal Gear 2 had a fan-translation around that time.

>>1886674
The funny thing about this backstory is that the opening intro in the Japanese version is entirely in English and actually uses the American plot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMoSMl7FT0Y

Not sure why they felt to replace Joe Musashi with his son. Or why they even made Shadow Dancer needed to be part of the Shinobi continuity instead of its own stand-alone game.

>>1887661
>I always tossed away the boxes and manuals for my old NES games
Why would you do that. I hate you.

>>1887707
I was 8 at the time and I didn't know any better. If I could come back in time and tell my younger self to preserve his game boxes and manuals, I would've done it in an instant. ;_;

>>1887661
Is that fucking Shinkawa's art? I thought he didn't start working for Kojima's studio during MG2's development.

>>1888042
It's not from the original Metal Gear 2. It's from the MGS4 Database.

During the middle ages, there was once a peaceful country named Transylvania in Europe. A country which is associated with the legend of Dracula.

"Once in a hundred, the power of Christ is weakened by man filled with evil in their hearts, praying for the ressurection of Dracula, the prince of darkness. And with each resurrection, he becomes more powerful than ever"

The last time Dracula was brought back into this world, the entire world was covered in darkness. With world of darkness now controlled by Dracula's ambitions, a hero named Christopher Belmont set out to defeat him.

>>1889401
Christopher defeated Dracula and peace returned to the countryside of Transylvania, at least for another hundred years.

One easter night, the village was celebrating the ressurection of Christ with a grand carnival. Meanwhile, outside the village, at the abandoned ruins of a monastery, a group of paganists were conducting a black mass, a ritual where human blood is poured into the remains of Count Dracula in order to bring him back to life. A dark thunderstorm covered the entire village and the monastery was strucked by lightning. Dracula, the prince of darkness has returned!

A young man named Simon, the descendant of the Belmont clan, has come forth to help out in this crisis. Armed with a whip possesed with
mysterious powers, passed down to him from his father, he sets out to Dracula's castle on his own..."

>>1887264
New Zealand!
I never knew... Always love seeing my small country get its mentions.

>>1887715
Why wouldn't you keep the manuals in a drawer? I can understand tossing the boxes, but not the instructions.

>>1889401
>>1889405
Huh. As big as a Castlevania fan as I am, I never knew that Christopher Belmont from the GB games was ever mentioned in the original manual.

>>1889783
I did keep my old manuals arounded, but I eventually ended up misplacing most of them. It wasn't until my teens that I actually started giving a shit about preserving the boxes and manuals.

>>1889797
Yep, he was part of the series' backstory as far back as the first game. I think the MSX2 version mentions him too.

I heard rumors that Castlevania III was originally supposed to be Christopher's game, but they changed him because the team that were working on the GB Castlevania used Christopher first.

>>1885098
>Is there anyone else

>>1889845
Sounds about right; IIRC, before IGA came along, anyone at Konami was allowed to make a Castlevania game if they had the team to do so.

Streets of Rage 3/Bare Kunckle 3.

They fucked up on that one real good.

The plot difference between Metafight and Blaster Master was always hilarious to me.
>Japanese version: You're a space warrior who has been chosen to defeat an evil overlord who has brought a reign terror to a peaceful planet.
>American version: Your pet frog has turned giant after eating radioactive waste. Here's a tank to help you find him.

>>1890118
The US version sounds way more cool.

>>1890478
radioactive frog doesn't explain all the stuff attacking you

Seven years has passed since the shocking last scene in 'Akumajou Dracula'. We now journey back to the setting where it all happened, back to the countryside of Transylvania. Our hero, Simon Belmont, has defeated Dracula, putting his flesh back to sleep for another hundred of years.

However, he had to sacrifice his own body after the battle. His back was injured during the death duel with Dracula and from that day forward, his body began to slowly decay and now he felt that his time of death was nearby.

One morning, Simon was at the Belmont family's resting ground, a graveyard located before the angel's hill.

Simon was looking back at his own life.

Suddenly, Simon felt something behind his back and when he turn around a young woman was standing within the morning mist. The woman spoke to Simon.

'Your life has been taken over by an evil curse. Right now you're in danger.

However, within your own heart, you might able to defeat the evil if you wager your life and stand up with courage with the power granted to you by God.

>>1891235
You must return to the source of your curse, the one who place it on you years ago, you must ressurect Dracula. Finding Dracula's immortal body and destroying it won't be simple.

Dracula's body was demolished when you defeated him seven years ago and now you must bring him back. His body has been splitted into five different parts located above ground. You must bring forth Dracula's body back to his burn stronghold, Castle Dracula, and seal him in. And with the seal, you might be able to put an end to his legacy. And you will recover from the curse placed on your back's wound.

Only by this method can Dracula be permanently eliminated.

After the woman finished her words, she dissappeared with the mist.

Simon now returns on a journey with new determination. This time there's no turning back! Fight Simon!

Please remember the bitter memories of Transylvania!

>>1890637
The frog leaked radiation to other things and provoked them.

15th century Europe. During the Dark Ages, there was a man who was feared by all. A man who has stopped being human. His name was
Count Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Dracula. His territory was located at the outskirts of Transylvania, at the Wallachia territory, where he used a taboo art to ressurect an evil deity. The deity granted him power and in exchange, he summoned several apparitions from the spirit
world in order to scorch and massacre the entire nation of Wallachia with darkness.

He felt he could extend his presence even further and now he's plotting to take all over Europe. The East Orthodox Church were desperate to solve this situation, that they immediately dispatched a powerful army to Wallachia, but they never came back.

As a last resort, the Pope made a request to a man from the underworld, a man who uses a forbidden art and a pair of Vampire Hunters to end Wallachia's oppresion.

The first one that was entrusted by the Pope was Sypha Belnandez at the East Orthodox Church, an apprentice monk in pursuit of becoming a priest. Sypha's ability is a powerful type of magic that harness it's power from the atmosphere and can manipulate fire, ice and lightning bolts.

Sypha's attacking strenght is great, but he doesn't use weapon and is most vulnerable to any damage received from an enemy's attack. Sypha lost his parents when he was young and was found wandering near the monastery, where he remained at the once-beautiful Wallachia. Sypha knew that the place in his memories was now tainted and he accepted the pope's request to liberate Wallachia.

>>1891689
Around the same time, within Wallachia, a group of rebels were corvertly plotting to overthrow Count Dracula. However their human strength was no help and they were no match for Dracula's dark powers. Some of men were teared to pieces, others were senteced to be skewered and some were transformed into hideous monsters. Grant Dinesti, carefree man from Wallachia was among them.

Those who tainted their hand once don't know when to stop. Count Dracula was not sastified with the power he already had after selling his
soul and body to the devil and he wanted to have more. The contract he made with the devil was also applied to his own son.

The son opposed his father, who still had a human heart even after getting rid of soul, as his own body was no longer human as well and it finally went to the point that he slesyd reminding himself of his hate for his father. However, he cannot challenge his own father, who is an evil spirit himself, all alone as the odds are agaisnt him. Although his relationship to Dracula is a burden for the Cross, nonetheless, Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes opted to fight anyway. He changed his name to Alucard and infiltrate Wallachia underground with the purpose of destroying his father and restoring the beauty of Wallachia, he began searching for a comrade that shared the same ideal.

The Pope was in predicament once again. Sypha, the vampire hunter who was sent out to Wallachia did not returned after the promised period. The Pope assumed that since Sypha didn't return, his mission was already a failure and he was more likely dead by now.

>>1891694
This is when a genuine Vampire Hunter from the Belmont family appears to fullfil the Pope's request. The Belmont family, with their tenacious willpower and seemingly bottomless strenght were treated no differently from the actual vampires and were just as feared. Because of this, the Belmont family lived far away from common people, becoming almost folkloric. The Pope searched in all directions until he met a man with Belmont bloodline. A longhair young man who was Ralph C. Belmont.

Go back in time more than a hundred years before Simon Belmont's time, when the the battle between Dracula and mankind began.

>>1887093
If CaTaffy refers to Muammar Gaddafi, what does "Highrola Cockamimie" mean?

>>1891731
I guess it's a reference to Ayatollah Khomeini. I'm more curious to know where Sheik Toxic Moron came from.

>>1886228
>Robotnik wasn't a cooler name

>>1891857
Too bad the character is meant to be anything but cool.

>>1887093
I know I should mind my own business but please learn the implications of greentexting a sentence, thank you.

The world was nearing its end. An evil organization created the ultimate weapon, Golden Silver, the God of Ruin, to destroy countless cities on Earth from the moon. The Gunstars (Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow) seeing the Earth turn into a living hell before them and fueled by anger, had a showdown with the powerful Golden Silver. At length, after an arduous battle, they defeated the evil God of Ruin. To make sure he was never resurrected, they sealed his body on the moon and took the 4 gems that powered him, and sealed them away in separate places on Earth. The Gunstars, having been pushed to their limits, prayed for a new civilization to arrive, and they began their long sleep. All that is, except for one...
Time passed, and a new civilization was built on Earth. A legend was spread across the land. "Revive the God that sleeps on the moon, and he will guide the most righteous people to Utopia."
Grey, the commander of the dictatorship calling themselves "Empire", believed in this legend and attempted to carry it out. So he sent people to the moon in a battleship called the "Ark", in order to mine for the 4 gems that would call the God forth. It was then that the leader of the underground mining excursion, Dr Brown, uncovered some capsules, in which the Gunstars were having their long sleep.
Once they awakened, they learned of the Empire's plan to revive Golden Silver. Their companion, Green, whom they had remembered being with them until the very last moment, had lost his previous memories and was assisting the Empire in the revival of the God of Ruin.
"We won't let such a tragedy happen again! We'll get back the gems and put a stop to the revival of Golden Silver!" Once Dr. Brown heard the Gunstars' words, he decided to betray the Empire and promised to help the Gunstars in their battle.

>>1891871
Sometime in the future, somewhere not too far from where you live, an amazing adventure takes place...
The Gunstar family has been the protector of the Gunstar 9 (G-9) for generations. Professor White Gunstar, in his youth, defeated the Robot Golden Silver, a machine that traveled millions of miles to suck G-9 dry of all its resources. Professor White was able to extract the four famous Mystical Gems (The robot's power source), and imprisoned the robot on one of G-9's moons.
But now, years later, a new menace has arisen. Colonel Red, a vicious dictator (and a very bad dresser), found out that the Gunstars knew the location of the Mystical Gems. One day, The Colonel kidnapped the Gunstar twins' older brother Green and used a mind control machine to make Green obey his orders.
With Green's help, Colonel Red has amassed all four Mystical Gems, has turned Gunstar 9's peaceful worker droids into deadly menaces, and is now preparing to leave for Gunstar 9's moon to reactivate Golden Silver. As one of the Gunstar twins, you must fight your way past Colonel Red's Empire Army and retrieve the Mystical gems, or Golden Silver, the Destructor will rise again and destroy your world! Are you heroic enough for the task?

>>1891871
>>1891875
Same person who posted that. IMO the Japanese story is better, while the American cover is fucking badass.

>>1891901
If Smash Daisaku was renamed Colonel Red in the US version, then what did they called Gunstar Red then?

>>1891907
Pretty sure it was still gunstar red.

>>1891932
That's a pretty dumb oversight. How could you tell them apart if they're both called "Red"?

>>1892147
He's still Smash Daisaku in the US version of the game, either way. "Colonel Red" is strictly the box and manual.

>>1892152
Still seems odd they would make such an oversight though.

It's the year 2633 A.D. Technology has reached a level so advanced that nature and science now exist in harmony and peace reigns throughout the world.

....but beneath the calmness something beyond all imagination is discovered that threatens the existence of mankind. While conducting a top secret investigation, the Earth Federation Marine Corps discover that a group of alien invaders are plotting to wipe out the human race.

Pfc. Bill Rizer and Pfc. Lance Bean of the Marine Corps, are informed of this terrifying fact and are given the mission to neutralize these alien invaders.

The Contras' mission is to go to the alien's fortress in the Galuga Islands and see that they are exterminated.

>>1893082
In 1957 a large object from outer space crashed into Earth's Amazon basin, near the ruins of a lost Mayan civilization. Scientists worldwide heralded the incident as a trivial cosmic occurrence, and thus the collision was soon forgotten. Now thirty years later, rumors of an evil force have swept into the Pentagon's front office and tales from frightened villagers of a hideous being with an army of alien henchmen are sending chills down the spines of top military brass. Unwilling to upset current political stability, an all-out assault on the region has been overruled and instead, two of America's most cunning, courageous and ruthless soldiers from the Special Forces elite commando squad have been selected to seek out and destroy these alien intruders.

Congratulations, pal, you're one of the chosen. But before you take pride in being the best, be warned. You’re about to come face to face against Red Falcon, the cruelest life-form in the galaxy. He arrived on Earth thirty years ago (that is six months time in an alien's life) to establish a foothold from which he will attempt to conquer our world and then use it as a stepping stone toward his ultimate fiendish goal: domination of the universe. Needless to say, playing hero won't be easy. But you have no choice - you must be a hero. Because if you fail, life as we know it will cease to exist, and the vile Red Falcon will rule forever. If you succeed, well...it doesn't matter, because I doubt you will...

>>1893084
Sounds a lot more like Predator than the JP version.

>>1893594
Yeah, the original concept of Contra was basically "Schwarzenegger and Stallone fight Xenomorphs in the future." It's practically tagline of the arcade version in Japan (pic related). Predator wasn't out in theaters when they made the arcade version, so it didn't enter the equation until much later.

Not sure if it's common knowledge here, but the JPN version of Splatterhouse 2 has a slightly different script. Basically, the US version tried to downplay Jennifer's death in the first game by making it seem as if she was still trapped in the mansion.
http://gaminghell.co.uk/SplatterhousePart2.html
http://gaminghell.co.uk/SplatterhousePart2.html

The Aliens are back!

December 2634. It seemed as if the Earth has finally escaped from the hand of black magic a year after the battle with the mysterious alien army.

One day, a strange radio message comes in from General Hal of the Federation Troops as he is heading for the base ruins in South America to oversee the GX Army's seventh military exercise.

" Allied GX troops are suddenly attacking us. No, it can't be!! They're not human! They must be..."

The message cuts off there. The top brass of the Federation Troops feel very strange about this message from the General and once again they deploy Bill and Lance, the greatest Contras in history.

A helicopter carrying the two men is sent out on a top secret mission. As it approaches the training site, it lands, drops off the two men, and takes off again immediately. There, they witness the tragic sight of the Federation Troops Facility completely in ruins. Just then, several soldiers came out of hiding to attack.

"Those madness-filled eyes. Their blue discolored skins. They may look human, but their souls are now something else..."

Bill began shooting. Just then, the two men saw the shadow of a vile creature that escaped from the inside of one of their aggressors' body.

"This is..."

The nightmare from last year has returned.

"I thought we wiped out these strange freaks."

The two men glanced at each other and began to run.

The alien creatures that were believed to had been destroyed are alive again. The battle between the Contras and the aliens continues.

>>1894952
Sipping cold lemonade with a couple of native lovelies, Mad Dog and Scorpion (Guerilla Warriors Extrordinare) relax on a Rio beach and boast of how they destroyed the vile alien war monger, Red Falcon. Little do they know that Red Falcon didn't flee with his pointed tail between his legs. Instead, he tactically retreated to round-up ruffians of the universe, friends from all walks of war, to mount a second assault on planet Earth.

One of these new recruits is Jagger Froid, a demented alien from the Black Hole Galaxy, who dishes out punishment with a laser sharp tongue. Red Falcon has also shuttled in The Babalu Bestructoid Mechanism, a giant alien attack tank, which was the primary weapon used to disintegrate the innocent solar system of Tralala.

But the genius behind the Red Falcon's Earth conquering concept is his plan to have thousands of intergalactic warriors seep into the the brains of the U.S. Army. It's a mind contamination trick which has already taken command of U.S. Forces at Fort Fire Storm.

How do we know that all out soldiers have been brain trashed? You can see it in their eyes.

Now, if Mad Dod and Scorpion fail to recuperate from their months on the beach in time to destroy Red Falcon's G.I. fortified Hate Nest, his sinister scheme will permeate the world's mightiest power (nuclear missile silos included).

And if that happens, we'll all be pushing up daisies.

The Red Falcon Organization's plot to invade the Earth has been thwarted twice thanks to the efforts of the Contras, experts in guerrilla and anti-alien warfare. However, another moment of crisis was yet to come...

A certain superpower with the ambition to dominate the world has observed the great battle between the Contras and the aliens, and now their dreadful plot to research the aliens in order to bring into fruition military weapons of mass destruction for use in the near future has progressed in secrecy. The aliens are being cloned in an isolated South Pacific island and it's only a matter of time before they resurrect completely.

When the governing body of the Federation Army learned of this dreadful plan, they gave secret orders to Private First Class Bill, a veteran hero from the Contra unit, to thwart this plot. A grand battle begins once again as Bill is sent to the secret military base by himself. The ambitions of the superpower must be shattered and the revival of the aliens must be stopped!
p

Pfc. Bill is a war hero with a long military career who is a member of "Contra". A professional in anti-alien warfare, Bill has fought in two alien invasions in the past.

>>1896024
TODAY'S MENU FEATURES HOMEGROWN ALIENS... Corporal Lance (Code name: Scorpion) is no slouch when it comes to man-to-alien combat. He and his partner Sgt. Bill "Mad Dog" Ko have twice defeated Red Falcon, the most despicable villain to overtake a planet... or at least try. But the danger is not over yet.

The vile Black Viper has come from deep space to finish what Red Falcon started. And he did not come alone. Black Viper has transported a battalion of battletron tanks, stealth subs, laser cannons and annihilating androids. Now, from a secret naval base on a desolate ocean island, he is planning to unleash his hideous secret weapon: a new mutant breed of killer aliens.

Armed with an array of devastating weapons, Scorpion's new mission is to infiltrate the five freak-laden levels of the enemy base and put an end to the madness-and Black Viper-once and for all. As he prepares to enter the secret army base alone, he knows it will take more than sheer firepower to wipe out Black Viper's horrific horde of mega-mutants. Scorpion will have to keep his eyes peeled sharp for unceasing assault by artillery snipers and keep his wits about him as he leaps into battle against grotesque genetic mishaps. The revival of the aliens must be stopped and the ambitions of the evil Viper vanquished forever!

Goddamn, who would've thought Contra would have so much story, let alone two? Why were they so adamant about a simple shooter having so much plot, and then completely re-inventing it for the US?

>>1896071
Someone in Konami's US marketing department didn't think the original Contra looked futuristic enough, so they removed every reference of the series ever taking place in the 27th century.

>>1886136
At least Phantasy Star 4 seemed to do it well

>>1885812
Oh God. We have like 8 fan translations of FFVI and Chrono Trigger but we can't get anything for Phantasy Star? Seriously, maybe I would have liked those games better if the English translation wasn't awful.

>>1896145
Squaresoft fanboys are just more nitpicky over their franchises than Sega.

The year is 2636. The aliens that lost in battle to the Contras have once again regained their full strength and have begun a large-scale invasion. Humans are nothing but mere rag dolls in the face of their overwhelming resources, scientific capability and powerful life force.

Half a year later, two men, Bill and Lance of the Contra team, history's greatest mercenaries, arrive to the devastated city controlled by the aliens.

A heated battle begins once more.

>>1897265
February 14, 2636. You are about to learn what it takes to be a descendant of commando legends Scorpion and Mad Dog. That is, now that Red Falcon would like to use your family tree as a toothpick. You're Jimbo and Sully, special forces comrades just like your fearsome forefathers were. Nowadays, your weapons are far more advanced than they were when your ancestors saved the world from being skewered on Red Falcon's fangs.

That brutal beast is still in his prime and has had plenty of time to plot his revenge. He had swamped Neo City with six stages of the most cruel and unusual punishments ever. So run, climb, ride, soar and start blasting your way to the alien main base. Before your family name and your planet are just dirt under Red Falcon's claws.

The English versions are still better than what happened in Contra:SS

>>1897721
What's wrong with Shattered Soldier? That game was awesome.

>>1897725
The story was dumb though.

Transylvania, a small country in Europe, is associated even today with a demon's legend. With his powerful evil power, the legacy of Count Dracula has been dreaded by the people. However, no matter how many times Dracula comes back, he never manages to fully change the world into darkness as he is always put away by Simon, a descendant of the Belmont clan. However, the devil Dracula has existed long before his first confrontation. Not as the devil Dracula, but as an evil sorcerer. Count Dracula was a fanatical demon worshiper, who built a dark castle at the outskirts of Transylvania and conducted evil rituals every night. He has summoned several demons from the other world to serve him and he himself has been trying to get eternal life by becoming a demon king possessing evil powers. With each day, Count Dracula's evil powers became more frightening, as he spread fear and terror to the people of the village. Until one day, a man stood up. It was Christopher, an ancestor of the Belmont family. Christopher rushed to the dark castle. Many demons and traps laid out are waiting for him at the castle. Will he be able to defeat the transformed devil, Count Dracula, as expected?

Count Dracula lives... After the severe battle with Christopher, he survived and escaped from his crumbled castle. However, he used all his black magic after transforming into a fog and couldn't change back into his human form. The count decided to wait for the right moment to exact his revenge on the Belmont clan... One day, fifteen years later, Soleiyu, Christopher's son, was celebrating his passage to manhood at a Transylvanian village. He has officially inherited the title of Vampire Hunter and with the combined vampire hunting powers of father and son, it was believed that peace at Transylvania would continue for eternity. However, on the next, Soleiyu vanished from the village like a fog. And on that same night, with deafening roar and evil shadows, four castles appeared. The Count has been waiting all this time. Soleiyu, who has been taught to use his power for good in his adulthood, has been placed by under a curse by the devil's waning powers and now he has been using Soleiyu's powers in an attempt to resurrect his flesh. After learning of his son's brainwash, Christopher was horrified. In order to save his son, he must thwart Dracula's plot. Now, the battle has began anew.

I am enjoying this thread immensely.

>>1897737
I don't remember the entire story, but "Player 2 from Contra has gone fucking mad." was cool to me.

All this vampire talk makes me wonder what the guys who keep trying to resurrect Drac are thinking. Like what is their goal here? What are they gaining out of this deal? Do they just really hate the sun or what?

>>1902913
Religious fanatics. That sums up everything.

>>1902223
>I don't remember the entire story, but "Player 2 from Contra has gone fucking mad." was cool to me.
I'm guessing most Contra fans were expecting a more traditional plot after eight years of nothing between Hard Corps and Shattered Soldier (those PS games don't count). I'm surprised Konami didn't do a prequel to Shattered Soldier that showed what led to Lance's death.

>>1891868
Maybe in faggot Japan. Eggman is a joke, his very name implies hilarity and goofiness.

Doctor Robotnik will fuck you up. He is a legitimate threat. Robotnik gets hit by your Hedgehog ass and he laughs it off, because even if you destroy his machine, he has 40 more behind it.

>>1891689
> Sypha
> he
Okay, now I'm REALLY confused. I was sure the "Sypha is a dude" thing was an American misnomer; the gimmick is that Sypha is the Samus of Castlevania, a woman who you think is a man, and the original US localization missed this entirely. Am I wrong? The Japanese manual doesn't even imply Sypha is anything other than what (s)he says (s)he is.

>>1903790
Yeah but get this, I got some intel, you're never going to believe me. Guess what, Eggman and Robotnik could actually be the same guy. Amazing, right?

>>1891701
> Ralph Belmont
I always thought this was hilarious. I mean, it's no more random or out of place than say, Simon, but it's like...

> The illustrious Belmont clan!
> Christopher, Simon, Richter, Juste, and...Ralph

>>1903809
Of course, but it's all in how you dress it up. Robotnik, to me, was always a thundering badass, accompanied by bitchin' metal music. If you were about to face a new Robotnik for the first time, there was a good chance your entire day was about to get fucked up.

Sonic 3 is where they started to fuck that up, with that ridiculous boss music and the increasingly idiotic boss designs. S&K helped reestablish him, but that egg robo storyline confusing the fuck out of things sucks. As a kid, I was just convinced that was Robotnik, using a mask to continue terrorizing the island under a different guise so Knuckles wouldn't put two and two together.

>>1903808
The Japanese text doesn't actually use any gender pronouns when talking about Sypha. I always figured it was supposed to be a twist in any case, seeing how sexually ambiguous the concept art in the manual was.

>>1903817
If you think that's funny, John Morris' original name was Johnny Morris. Not much of a difference, but still seems rather too informal for a vampire hunter.

>>1903862
How much truth is there to Sypha being a poor translation of 'Cipher?'

Johnny Morris is hilarious.

>>1903875
There's nothing wrong with Sypha, really.
サイファ (Saifa): Sypha
サイファー (Saifaa): Cipher / Cypher

The real problem lies in her last name. The katakana for that is ヴェルナンデス (Verunandesu), which comes out to Vernandes or maybe a corrupted form of Fernandez. Belnades is WAY off, but it seems to be "official."

>>1903875
>>1903887
The end credits (even in the US version) spells her name as Syfa Velnumdes. The name seems pretty much made-up anyway, which is why I don't blame the people who localized Castlevania 64 for saying "fuck it" and changing it to Fernandez.

In the year 200X, industrial use humanoid robots have been created thanks to the steady progress of science. Then one day, some shocking news reached the world’s foremost designer of industrial robots, Dr. Right.
“Doctor, the robots you developed have begun going out of control one after another! At this rate, mankind will be ruled by robots!!”
Humanity will be dominated by the robots!? Surely, this could only be the work of that evil genius, Wily. He must have modified the robots designed by Dr. Right to hijack their powers in a mad scheme for world domination…
“Rock” was a household robot whom Dr. Right had always regarded as his own son. Now, in order to stop the 6 robots he had built with his very own hands and to recover each of their central cores, the Doctor has transformed Rock into the fighting robot “Rockman”.
Go! Go! Rockman!! Only you can safely retrieve the 6 robots, then destroy Dr. Wily’s robot factory to restore peace!!

>>1905553
It's MEGA MAN versus the powerful leaders and fighting forces of Monsteropolis -- that strange multi-faceted land of robot-like Humanoids. Brilliant scientist Dr. Wright conceived the construction of fully-operational human-like experimental robots to perform specific everyday duties. Dr. Wright, and his assistant Dr. Wily, encouraged with their very first near human robot -- MEGA MAN -- proceeded to develop
six additional Humanoids, all programmed to perform prescribed rituals:

Cutman: Designed to function as a lumberjack. Powerful saw-toothed Scissorlike instrument protrudes from head, capable of gnawing through giant forest timbers

Iceman: Impervious to chilling sub-zero temperatures, capable of human like performances under extreme climatic conditlons

Gutsman: A bulldozing character capable of lifting and transporting huge boulders

Bombman: A real "blaster" as a heavy duty laborer who uses intensely powerful explosives to clear lands for Dr. Wright's construction projects

Fireman: Melts and molds metals with flamethrowing torch flaring from atop his head.

Elecman: Dr. Wright's electrifying creation planned for conducting electrical operations even supervising nuclear power plants.

But, with the exception of MEGA MAN, all of Dr. Wright's near-human robot experimentation went awry. Assistant Dr. Wily turned disloyal, re-programming Dr. Wright's Humanoids, now bent on destroying opposition so Dr. Wily could control the world and its resources.

Resisting re-programming, MEGA MAN is chosen the defender of the universe and its inhabitants. MEGA MAN dares to single-handedly penetrate seven separate empires of Monsteropolis, eliminating the leaders
and followers of these sovereignties. Get ready for some very exciting challenges!

>>1905553
Rockman (No.001)
“Rock”, the first humanoid robot developed by Dr. Right. Built as a prototype robot, Rock was reborn into the battle robot “Rockman” in order to stop the evil ambitions of Dr. Wily.

Cutman (No.003)
A tireless industrial logging and wilderness reclamation robot. This powerful robot possesses great agility and is highly resistant to wind and rain. His weapon is a boomerang.

Gutsman (No.004)
Designed to be a land development robot. He was built with a special alloy which causes him to be impervious to many weapons.

Iceman (No.005)
A robot working as a cargo operator in a cold storage warehouse, but this robot was originally crafted for Antarctic exploration. Though he may not look like it, he’s actually quite a formidable foe.

Bombman (No.006)
Like Gutsman, this robot was created for land development work. The way he tosses those giant bombs of his around, he can be difficult to approach.

Fireman (No.007)
A robot developed for work in a waste disposal plant. He can melt nearly anything with his flames that reach 7000~8000 degrees.

Elecman (No.008)
A robot capable of managing the output of atomic energy plants. His razor-sharp judgement and lightning-fast mobility allow him to carry out tremendous attacks! Of all of the robots developed by Dr. Right, he is hailed as the highest technical achievement.

Thanks to the efforts of the super robot “Rockman” created by Dr. Right, the mysterious scientific genius Dr. Wily’s mad desires of global domination were halted and peace was restored to the world.
However, in spite of the massive blow he received, Dr. Wily has sent out 8 terrible robots to once again challenge “Rockman” in a brand new battle……

>>1885098
Fucks like a tiger.

>>1905582
>singe-handedly
>penetrate
so megaman story is about "anal fisting adventure"