The first in a couple of puzzle games from Prism Kikaku (later to become Nippon Ichi Software), this game was also one of the Pieces to make it over to the US, courtesy of Atlus.
Get it? ...Pieces?
Build Dates#
Two different build dates are present starting at 0xFF00.
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Regional Differences#
Title Screen#
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The Sea Queen gained a bra in the US version. The characters below the title were also shifted around, due to the expanded copyright statement. The background is brighter in the US version, and, the very typical "Press Button" instead of "Push Button".
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Tinker Bellganoff shows up in Jigsaw Party to assemble the latter part of the title out of puzzle pieces. Since the US version's title is only made out of a single word, Tinker instead holds up a puzzle piece depicting... herself, and flies away with it.
1P vs CPU#
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Revengeful Ryoko#
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Ryoko gives the middle finger when she loses in the Japanese version- a gesture that might make sense for a ghost upset at losing a heated round of competitive jigsaw puzzling, but perhaps less so if you're a localizer conscious of imagery that might offend a US audience.
Sea Queen#
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The Sea Queen's other appearances in the game continue the trend of giving her additional cover, in addition to localizing the "O-hohoho" to a "Ha Ha Ha".
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Once again, the Sea Queen gets some blue up-top.
Credits#
Some Japanese names in the credits were romanized for the US version, and many that already were gained lower-case lettering:
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Girls/Animation Puzzles#
Perhaps the most notable localization change made is the replacement of an entire genre. The Japanese version features the "Girls" genre, consisting of illustrations of, well, girls. Likely due to a combination of the heavily anime-styled artwork as well as some of the puzzles containing somewhat risque poses, it was entirely replaced with the "Animation" genre in the US version, which features more American styled artwork. Atlus even managed to sneak the Rockin' Kats cover art in there.
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Puzzle 1#
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夏 (Summer) |
Rockin' Kats |
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Puzzle 2#
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らくがき (Scribble) |
Monstrous Appetite |
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Puzzle 3#
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うたたね (Take a Nap) |
Grid Iron |
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Puzzle 4#
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青空 (Blue Sky) |
Special Forces |
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Puzzle 5#
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ファニーフェイス (Funny Face) |
Wild Wacky West |
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Puzzle 6#
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放課後 (After School) |
Chillin' |
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Puzzle 7#
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夜の街 (Night City) |
Vacation in Paradise |
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リフレッツュ (Refresh) |
Beasts of Prey |
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Art Gallery#
After the credits roll in the Japanese version this screen will show up, telling you to enter B, X, Y, A on the Hori copyright screen.
Doing so will cause the Hori screen's background to change color and bring you to an Art Gallery mode. Selecting the arrows allow you to view all pages of the game's puzzles, split into genres.
None of this appears in the US version- after the credits roll the game goes back to the title screen, and attempting to enter the code on the Atlus screen will get you nowhere.