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UnfairRepresent
08/23/23 9:51:15 AM
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And quickly renamed it "Gateway to Glimmer"

https://i.imgur.com/219jq2T.png

Alongside Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fujd94i3EYs

And Probotector (Contra) on the Mega-Drive (Genesis) where everyone is robots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcAjDFvVvaY

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Fenriswolf
08/23/23 10:36:15 AM
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Also, Star Fox 64 was called Lylat Wars there for some reason

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/n64/198759-star-fox-64/boxes/27619

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superman_2000
08/23/23 10:49:56 AM
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Jeez, what a bunch of softies.

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BTH_Phoenix
08/23/23 1:04:01 PM
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did they have the angry eyes on Kirby?

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Damn_Underscore
08/23/23 1:11:32 PM
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Fenriswolf posted...
Also, Star Fox 64 was called Lylat Wars there for some reason

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/n64/198759-star-fox-64/boxes/27619

Star Fox: The Lylat Wars is a better name than Star Fox 64 tbh

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Mad-Dogg
08/23/23 1:13:50 PM
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Mussurana
08/23/23 1:15:55 PM
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Mad-Dogg posted...
The dreaded, the unspoken, they which must never be seen...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/9/5/AARkkPAAExvH.jpg
Ah yes, the weapon legitimately worse than a stick, that was purged from all later series.

Swords? Those are fine.

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Hambo
08/23/23 1:18:12 PM
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BTH_Phoenix posted...
did they have the angry eyes on Kirby?
No, just a top hat and monocle.

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_MorningStar
08/23/23 1:32:15 PM
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Why is it called Dark Chronicle there?

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spikethedevil
08/23/23 1:32:37 PM
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Fenriswolf posted...
Also, Star Fox 64 was called Lylat Wars there for some reason

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/n64/198759-star-fox-64/boxes/27619

That was a weird copyright thing.

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Ratchetrockon
08/23/23 1:36:43 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/2/9/AAZsuhAAExvp.jpg

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Jonny2284
08/23/23 1:42:41 PM
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Yeah the UK had some weird censor issues at times.

But then so does the country that doesn't allow Kinder eggs.
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Revisited
08/26/23 12:33:28 AM
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They had the audacity to call beast wars as "beasties"

That's borderline bordering the line
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Butterfiles
08/26/23 12:36:23 AM
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Ratchetrockon posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/2/9/AAZsuhAAExvp.jpg
You're in the pub and this lad slaps your gf's arse wyd?

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Jonny2284
08/26/23 7:26:15 AM
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Revisited posted...
They had the audacity to call beast wars as "beasties"

That's borderline bordering the line

Where? I watched both Beast Wars and Beast Machines under their proper names on Fox Kids in the UK.
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Trelve
08/26/23 7:36:54 AM
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However, the UK had the best version of Gex 3D as Leslie Phillips voiced Gex. That man oozed charm and as Gex is supposed to be a parody of James Bond this voice fits him 100% better than the American one.

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spikethedevil
08/26/23 10:21:16 AM
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Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.. For some reason the UK government had a massive issue with Ninjas for a while.

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UnfairRepresent
08/26/23 5:39:19 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Because maaaaaaaaaaauybe

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evilpresident
08/26/23 5:44:06 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.. For some reason the UK government had a massive issue with Ninjas for a while.
That confused the hell out of me when I was a kid. We occasionally got the normal episodes and occasionally the UK episodes, dubbed in Dutch.

And we couldn't make heads or tails of why they were sometimes hero turtles and sometimes ninja turtles.

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UnfairRepresent
08/27/23 8:51:09 AM
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evilpresident posted...
That confused the hell out of me when I was a kid. We occasionally got the normal episodes and occasionally the UK episodes, dubbed in Dutch.

And we couldn't make heads or tails of why they were sometimes hero turtles and sometimes ninja turtles.
Ninja Heroes

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spikethedevil
08/27/23 8:52:23 AM
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Anyone remember if Selphies weapon in FFVIII was edited in the UK?

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TomClark
08/27/23 8:56:01 AM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
Star Fox: The Lylat Wars is a better name than Star Fox 64 tbh

It was just "Lylat Wars". And the first one was "Star Wing".

Star Fox Adventures was actually the first game in the series to actually be called "Star Fox" over here.

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GZAgenius
08/27/23 8:58:17 AM
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Spyro 2 is one of the greatest video games of all time, that is all

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WesternMedia
08/29/23 2:59:48 AM
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They also banned mentions of ninjas and nunchuks in the 90s. We've kind of reverted back to that in some ways.

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Kaiganeer
08/29/23 3:05:28 AM
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does germany allow for red blood nowadays or does it still have to be black or green
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pegusus123456
08/29/23 3:08:47 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
Anyone remember if Selphies weapon in FFVIII was edited in the UK?
I checked, they just didn't call them nunchucks lol. They called them Shinobou

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Mad-Dogg
08/29/23 5:01:41 PM
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I do remember soul edge's li long having his chucks swapped out for a three-section staff for the EU version of the game, so I assume any sign of them for any game in those days got changed to something else.

You know in retrospect the robot dudes from contra/probotector on the NES (and the SNES equivalent) looks pretty cool, lol. I tried it out for myself once I got my contra anniversary collection so besides the 50hz I totally would have vibed with it if I was a kid playing that version of the game.

It does kind of take away from contra hard corps on the genesis/mega drive though since the whole appeal of that particular contra was having 4 completely different characters to choose from compared to just having 4 robots. Missing out on the werewolf with a gatling gun arm, man, that is too much.

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kurdt032
08/29/23 5:06:06 PM
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The ninja censorship thing didn't last long and they went back on it but yeah, v odd.

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StarSpangled
08/30/23 11:28:06 PM
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Does glimmer even have anything to do with the game or did they just grab a random word?

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the_pika
08/30/23 11:33:17 PM
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Uk: have blood sports, such as pitting bulldogs vs a single bull and betting on how many dogs the bull could take out before being maimed

also uk: dont you dare call cartoon turtles ninjas or use nunchucks!!!
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UnholyMudcrab
08/30/23 11:35:52 PM
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A right video game nasty, it is

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domranguay
08/30/23 11:49:46 PM
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StarSpangled posted...
Does glimmer even have anything to do with the game or did they just grab a random word?
It's the name of the first area in the game. The portal that the professor modified to get a dragon was there, until Ripto blew it up.
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MARlO
08/30/23 11:58:56 PM
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Mad-Dogg posted...
The dreaded, the unspoken, they which must never be seen...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/9/5/AARkkPAAExvH.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/3/2/AAfehFAAEzFo.jpg

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UnfairRepresent
08/31/23 3:53:39 AM
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StarSpangled posted...
Does glimmer even have anything to do with the game or did they just grab a random word?
Its the first world Spyro goes to

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DeadBankerDream
08/31/23 4:43:10 AM
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Gateway to Glimmer is a better title, though.

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MEGAsoldier
08/31/23 4:52:37 AM
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It is a cool sounding name but is pretty fucking weird to name a game off what is basically a tutorial level that nobody brings up or talks about again the second you leave it.
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DeadBankerDream
08/31/23 4:57:27 AM
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I mean beyond sounding whimsical it is also literally reference Spyro's journey to Avalar as well as symbolically referencing Spyro's journey in the game that all started with an unexpecting kerfuffle.

Unlike the original title which reference the bad guy being mad.

The EU title is much more encompassing in what the experience of the game is whereas the original title is designed to make babies think it was cool.

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Hambo
08/31/23 5:00:12 AM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
Gateway to Glimmer is a better title, though.
I grew up with Ripto's Rage, but come to think of it, you're right. "Ripto's Rage" sounds like Ripto is a returning villain who's back for revenge. "Gateway to Glimmer" still has the alliteration, but evokes adventure in a new world. It also has a nice rhythm to it.

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ai123
08/31/23 5:02:23 AM
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the_pika posted...
Uk: have blood sports, such as pitting bulldogs vs a single bull and betting on how many dogs the bull could take out before being maimed

Oh, come on. We stopped doing that years ago.

also uk: dont you dare call cartoon turtles ninjas or use nunchucks!!!

Well, you see one is a British tradition, and the other involves foreigners, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if there wasn't a teeny bit of racism in there somewhere.


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UnfairRepresent
08/31/23 5:07:06 AM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
I mean beyond sounding whimsical it is also literally reference Spyro's journey to Avalar as well as symbolically referencing Spyro's journey in the game that all started with an unexpecting kerfuffle.

Unlike the original title which reference the bad guy being mad.

The EU title is much more encompassing in what the experience of the game is whereas the original title is designed to make babies think it was cool.
You're trying too hard

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Auto_Chrisbot
08/31/23 7:11:22 AM
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@Revisited posted...
They had the audacity to call beast wars as "beasties"

That's borderline bordering the line

@Jonny2284 posted...


Where? I watched both Beast Wars and Beast Machines under their proper names on Fox Kids in the UK.


It was called Beasties in Canada. Canada is not part of the U.K.

Canada had, or has, this thing about the word 'War' not being allowed to be in titles of kids shows. Its why War Planets was called Shadow Raiders over there. The ironic thing being that the animation company and voice acting troupe that made both Beast Wars and War Planets were Canadian.

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UnfairRepresent
08/31/23 7:13:10 AM
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Auto_Chrisbot posted...
Canada is not part of the U.K.
It is part of the Commonwealth tho

They had Queen Liz on the money

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StarSpangled
09/01/23 10:05:08 PM
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domranguay posted...
It's the name of the first area in the game. The portal that the professor modified to get a dragon was there, until Ripto blew it up.
Ah, right. Thanks

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