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Mario Pinball Land

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japan

US/Australia

Europe

Continuing the trend started by Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, the logo for the American/Australian version is a completely different (and blander by comparison) style than its counterparts.

Title Call#

Japan/Europe

US

Flipper Area of Effect#

Balls can move across flippers on the international version. In this screenshot, the ball moves through the right flipper. On the Japanese version, it would have bounced off.

Although not really noticeable during gameplay, you can flip balls that have a high altitude easier on the Japanese version than on the international versions.