Mystic Defender

Prototype Info

Revisional Differences#

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Alexandra, the "daughter of the supreme deity" you save at the end of the game, was completely nude in the original version of the game. She was given a pink dress in the revision. This change applies to both the English and Japanese versions stored on the cartridge.

Regional Differences#

Several graphical changes were made when the game was released in the US and Europe. However, the original Japanese version is still present in the US/Europe version, and can be played by switching your console/emulator region setting to Japan.

The Korean version, Ondal Janggun, uses a mix of assets from both Kujaku Ou 2 and Mystic Defender along with its own unique graphical changes. (Note that the console's region setting must be set to Japan for the game to run properly.)

Title Screen#

Japan	US/Europe	Korea

The title logo is different between all versions. The Korean version is styled after the Japanese version, though adds an additional circle to account for the greater number of characters. The English version, meanwhile is completely original.

Intro#

The brief intro sequence was redone, replacing the character portraits with simple scrolling text. The Korean version uses the Japanese intro sequence, though the characters were slightly redesigned to replace the feudal Japanese outfits with feudal Korean ones in accordance with bans on Japanese cultural exports at the time; their portraits were also redrawn accordingly. The bans also resulted in Nobunaga Oda being genericized to "the black demon king", as the original name comes from a real 16th century Japanese clan leader.

Characters#

Japan	US/Europe/Korea

The main character was given a wardrobe change, going from a white robe to purple armor.

Japan	US/Europe/Korea

This change applies to the image of him blasting the screen between levels as well.

Japan/Korea	US/Europe

The deity that appears when using the lightning magic was changed from a six-armed angel with swords to a three-headed dragon.

The creepy baby-like enemies in Stage 2 were also changed from flesh-colored to green.

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As mentioned above, the girl at the end's sprite was redesigned between revisions. However, the girl wears a different kind of dress in the Korean version. The sprite appears to be based on the one used in the revision, sharing the same palette and some pixel placement.

Level Title Cards#

The Korean version shows a tagline at the beginning of each level. All the other versions just show the level number.

Japan	US/Europe	Korea

Ending#

Credits#

The character portrait during the staff roll was changed appropriately. Three staff members also changed their pseudonyms.

The Korean version omits the staff roll entirely, crediting only Samsung's "Game Boy" division (the Gam*Boy being Samsung's rebranded version of the Master System). The character portrait was redesigned yet again and was also cropped horizontally by 8 pixels on both sides, presumably to make room for the new graphics.