VC Tuesday: Metroid's Japanese boxart is really great
by JC Fletcher 
{ Mar 4th 2008 at 10:30AM }
The Japanese version of Metroid differs from the American version in four major ways:- It comes on a disk instead of a cartridge
- Thanks to the Famicom Disk System hardware, that music has instruments that don't show up in the cartridge version
- It uses a Zelda-style save screen instead of passwords
- The boxart is amazingly awesome
As for Star Luster, the Japanese version differs from its U.S. counterpart in just one way:
- It exists
- Metroid (Famicom Disk System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Star Luster (Famicom, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jonathan Tran @ Mar 4th 2008 10:47AM
Well they gave away Samus' gender with the high-heeled boots, neh?
Randy @ Mar 4th 2008 10:49AM
Better music is not worth it IMO unless the original is soo bad that you have to play w/ the sound muted. Which is not the case w/ the original Metroid. Although I really hated the password games, it was such a PITA to enter those.
Cyantre @ Mar 4th 2008 1:12PM
I have the soundtrack to the Famicom version of Metroid and it doesn't sound better, it sounds worse in my opinion. I definitely prefer the NES sound-chip.
hvnlysoldr @ Mar 7th 2008 1:15PM
At least the passwords gave us Justin Bailey. Totally worth it.