Rockin' Pretty

The sequel to Princess on Ice in the sense that it uses the same characters (depending on the version), Rockin' Pretty ditches ice skating in favor of playing along to one of four instruments in a rock band.

EU Prologue Leftovers#

The prologue is missing in the EU version, but graphics exist for it.

• The image with the four girls is localized.

• Meanwhile, the text is simply dummied out and in English across all languages.

Possible Removed Song#

The game's playable songs are internally named seq_m0[00-15] in the SDAT file; however, seq_m008 is missing, indicating there was possibly a scrapped song.

Dev Text#

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing.

The game has various scattered development text. It mentions PictoChat and other things.

Test Squirrel Script#

data/script/nut/hello.nut contains an uncompiled Squirrel script that seems like a test.

function foo(i, f, s) {
    print("Called foo(), i="  i  ", f="  f  ", s='"  s  "' \n");
}

Internal Name#

The game name in the headers of the US/JP versions is "GIRLSBAND", a likely placeholder title. The EU version updated it more appropriately to "MAKETHEMUSIC".

Regional Differences#

To do: Korean version hasn't been looked at. Summarize the storyline differences. Document differences in names between stages, instruments and outfits between versions. See if there is any way to showcase the changes in models between JP/US and EU versions.

In a move confusing to those who played Princess on Ice, the US version of the game stays faithful to the Japanese version while the EU version was still westernized to feature the characters from the Diva Girls series of games, resulting in three different regional variants of the game all with their own unique name. The later Korean version retains the Japanese characters as well.

The US and Japan title screen backgrounds are little more than a palette swap, with changes to the lighting, but Europe received a new graphic. Also, the copyrights on the bottom of the top screen are different between all versions.

Japan	US	Europe

Each version changed the text color at the top of the screen. The EU version moved the "menu" button over to the right side, and changed the area name font.

Japan	US	Europe

The EU version recolored the instrument icons, swapped the guitar and bass players, and removed the "exit" button. In the EU version, for some reason, the keyboard player option has "Keyboard" in blue (like in the JP version, and the same as the bass player option), but the backdrop is pink.

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Song Titles#

'...But does it make sense?' The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary!

The titles of the playable songs are all different between the three versions of the game.

Ranking Titles#

'...But does it make sense?' The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary!

The rank titles you get as you progress through the game are also different between the three versions.

Stages/Stores#

'...But does it make sense?' The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary!

All the stages and stores also have different names between all versions.

Character Names#

The entire cast of characters is changed between the JP/US and EU versions, but even between the JP and US versions the names were changed.

Ending CGs#

There are three endings in the game (a bad ending, a normal ending and a good ending), with each one having a different ending CG that displays during the credits. The JP/US versions feature unique illustrations while the European version's endings are much more generic.

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Home Icon#

The home icon for the European version was changed compared to the Japanese and North American versions.

Japan/US	Europe

Other Differences#

To do: Maybe someone can organize all this info more neatly in their own categories?

• The European version jumps right to the map when starting a new game, skipping the prologue text.
• The story is entirely different in the European version, along with all the character sprites that appear in the cutscenes. Even outside the story, a lot of text in the menus is different between the US and EU versions.
• The differences in text also applies to some sprites, which contain difference wording or spelling, such as 'Stage Completed' in the EU version being changed to 'Stage Cleared' in the US version, 'You did it !' (EU) becoming 'You Did It!' (US) and 'Practise More!' (EU) becoming 'Practice More!' (US)
• In the US version, the prologue says that the game is set in the United States, whereas the prologue in the Japanese version does not seem to specify any country.
• Speaking of the prologue, the image of the four girls on the top screen was edited to translate the names in the US version.

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• For whatever reason, the European version lacks the option to adjust the volume for your instrument of choice and the other instruments before playing a song, a feature that was included in the Japanese and US versions. This also makes the tutorials a few lines of dialogue shorter in the EU version since the other versions tell you about adjusting instrument volume.
• The character bios that appear at the end of tutorials are also changed in the European version to look much more plain. Not only that, but the images of the girls were changed from their artwork from the game's box art to the same portraits that appear during cutscenes.

Japan/US	Europe

• The European version features a typo on the song select screen that refers to the Normal difficulty setting as 'Nomal'. This was corrected for the US version.

US	Europe

To do: I believe these are the only screenshots to be retaken.

• The English text font used for the US and European versions is different from the English/Romaji font that was used in the Japanese version.

Japan	US/Europe

• The instrument store and clothing store vendors were changed in the European version. This also affects the tutorials, which feature the instrument store vendor telling you how to play.

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• Not only are the default outfits and instruments for the four girls different between the JP/US and EU versions, but the EU version also replaces some outfits and hair accessories entirely. Also in the JP/US versions the outfits are given unique names while the EU version just refers to them by number, AKA 'Outfit 01'.
• In stages 7 and 8, there are textures featuring the names of the four playable girls. Because their names are different between versions, these textures were changed to reflect that. Interestingly, the Japanese version of the game has an oversight where the image used for the stage 8 song select screen displays the name 'Kelly' from the European version. The US version corrects this to 'Mai'.

Japan	US

• Like in Princess On Ice, the Japanese version features a logo for "ドリーム パレット" (Dream Palette), the franchise consisting solely of these two games (not counting the Diva Girls games). This was changed in the other versions to the logo of the respective version's publisher, since Arc System Works published the game themselves in Japan. The US and EU versions also remove the link to Arc System Works' Japanese website below their logo.

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• The American and European versions also feature a "Licensed By Nintendo" screen before the company logos that is absent in the Japanese version.

References#