First of all, it's a Working Designs translation. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. They did an independent translation, unaware that MKR was already brought overseas by that point. Because of this:
Emeraude is Emerald. (meh)
Zagato is Zagat. (hmph)
Hikari is Flash. (bleh)
The Mashin are finally called Machines. (HELL YEAH)
The graphics and sound are great. Very splendid 2D animation with original animated cutscenes for the game in addition to a few straight from the first season. It's a pretty solid Zelda clone with a lot of cool mechanics and jokes.
One notable thing was that in the Japanese version, EVERYBODY had voice acting. Even the town extras. What's more, you couldn't skip through dialogue because of this. This was a blessing and a curse.
In the US version, they took out a large portion of the voice acting, but added voice acting to the girls' diaries along with individual fonts, and a few other extras including outtakes.
Voice acting? Hit or miss. Ferio and Zagato are spot on. Ascot aged 20 years. Clef's voice is warped strangely and has a high pitched buzz.
The ugly part? They tried to give the game a happy ending. A long, happy ending. When the game covers the first part, which has one of the most abrupt and distressing endings outside of Space Runaway Ideon.
It's also cool because it was the last Saturn game released in the US. Food for thought.
Emeraude is Emerald. (meh)
Zagato is Zagat. (hmph)
Hikari is Flash. (bleh)
The Mashin are finally called Machines. (HELL YEAH)
The graphics and sound are great. Very splendid 2D animation with original animated cutscenes for the game in addition to a few straight from the first season. It's a pretty solid Zelda clone with a lot of cool mechanics and jokes.
One notable thing was that in the Japanese version, EVERYBODY had voice acting. Even the town extras. What's more, you couldn't skip through dialogue because of this. This was a blessing and a curse.
In the US version, they took out a large portion of the voice acting, but added voice acting to the girls' diaries along with individual fonts, and a few other extras including outtakes.
Voice acting? Hit or miss. Ferio and Zagato are spot on. Ascot aged 20 years. Clef's voice is warped strangely and has a high pitched buzz.
The ugly part? They tried to give the game a happy ending. A long, happy ending. When the game covers the first part, which has one of the most abrupt and distressing endings outside of Space Runaway Ideon.
It's also cool because it was the last Saturn game released in the US. Food for thought.