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Joy Mech Fight

Joy Mech Fight is a rare attempt at an original fighting game by Nintendo, starring a cast of Rayman-style floating-limb robots. For a Famicom game of its genre, it plays surprisingly well.

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Unused Fighter Sprites#

Two robots that were spared from Dr. Walnuts' wrath

Leftover graphics for two unfinished fighters: a bulky toy-like robot and a clown robot.

(Source: The Spriters Resource)

Sound Test#

Press Select + B on the title screen. The fourth option allows you to erase the save data.

Unused Music#

Quite a bit of it, too. The numbers for each song are their places in the in-game sound test above.

BGM 11#

Used

Unused

A higher-pitched version of BGM 44 (the sky stage where you fight Nay) with a low whistle as its intro instead of a short, high-pitched note.

BGM 42#

Used

Unused

A lower-pitched version of BGM 06 (the beach stage).

BGMs 38, 39, 40, and 43#

BGM

Recording

38

39

40

43

These aren't used at all. 39 and 43 loop, while 38 and 40 don't.

References#


  1. Numerous sources cite R&D1 as the particular division behind this game, though the actual personnel first formed from a game development seminar by Nintendo and Dentsu.↩︎
  2. ジョイメカファイト | ファミリーコンピュータ | 任天堂↩︎
  3. See what's new in the Nintendo Switch Online classic games collections for September 2023↩︎