Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers

Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers follows the 8-bit, crate-tossin' adventures of the titular chipmunks.

Regional Differences#

Japan	USA	Europe

There are a few differences:

The cursor is purple in the Japanese version and white in the others.
The Japanese version has a unique title, which is written underneath the logo: チップとデールの大作戦 or Chippu to Dēru no daisakusen, which translates to "Chip and Dale's Great Operation".
Each version has a different copyright section.

US	Japan/Europe

The Japanese and European versions correct several graphics issues in the US opening cutscene:

Gadget's tail was shortened and curled a bit.
A light brown streak going down the left sleeve of Chip's jacket was removed.
Dale was shifted to the right by one pixel in order to remove a green streak down the back of his head. Unfortunately, they forgot to move the top part of his shirt to match.
A brown spot was removed from Monty's jacket.

English	Japanese	Translation
CHIP OK, GANG, WE HAVE A NEW ASSIGNMENT. OUR CUTE LITTLE NEIGHBOR, MANDY, HAS LOST HER KITTEN. I SAY THIS IS A JOB FOR THE RESCUE RANGERS!	チップコレヨリ　ワレワレ　レスキューレンジャーズハマイゴニ　ナッタ　コネコヲサガシニ　デカケル！	Chip From here on we Rescue Rangers will go find the kitten that got lost!
GADGET I'LL GO ON AHEAD, CHIP, AND SCATTER SOME THINGS OF MINE THAT MIGHT HELP WHILE WE SEARCH THE CITY.	ガジェットソレジャア、ワタシハ　サキニ　イッテナニカ　ヤクニタツモノヲ　ミチニ　オイテクルワ。	Gadget Then, I'll go on ahead and provide something that might help on the way.
CHIP GOOD IDEA, GADGET! THAT'S THE SPIRIT. DALE, YOU AND I CAN START ON THE TRAIL. MONTY, WHY DON'T YOU AND ZIPPER TRACK DOWN ONE OF THOSE STRANGE MECHANICAL DOGS WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN THE PARK LATELY?	チップＯＫ！　タノムヨ　ガジェット。モンタリー　ト　ジッパーモ　サキニイッテボクタチヲ　タスケテクレルカイ？	Chip OK! We're counting on you Gadget. Why don't Monty and Zipper go ahead to help us too?
MONTY MECHANICAL DOGS??!! UH-- PIECE O' CAKE, CHIP! WE'LL GET RIGHT ON IT. YOU CAN DEPEND ON US!	モンタリーＯＫ！	Monty OK!

The Japanese dialogue of the opening cutscene is also severely short compared to the English one and only barely related. Mentions of the plot like Mandy and the mechanical dogs are nowhere to be seen. There are no line breaks beyond three lines as well.

References#

GDR ファミリーコンピュータソフト一覧 1990年 - FAMILY COMPUTER Software List 1990 ↩︎
NES Games↩︎
www.NINTENDO.se - Spel - NES (archived)↩︎
Circuito Aberto - SuperGamePower, Issue 7, October 1994↩︎

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