Smart Ball

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Smart Ball is one of Game Freak's early titles from before they really hit the big time, starring the prince-turned-slime Jerry Bean (get it?) who has to defeat his corrupt brother Tom Bean (GET IT?)... not that you'd know if you were American, since the game's entire story was taken out in the west for some reason.

A sequel called Jelly Boy 2 (no relation to Jelly Boy, oddly enough) was in development, but ended up being cancelled.

Level Select#

Press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start (a variant of the Konami Code) on the title screen. At the map, Left/Right select the level, however only up to Level 4-A (the first space level) can be selected.

(Source: GameFAQs (skywalkergamer))

Unused Text#

Note: The following applies to the Japanese version of the game. The English translations were taken from the existing fan-translation patch for the reader's convenience.

Japan	Translation
. `ううっにいさんごめんなさい` `ぼくはまほうつかいにだまされてたんです` `ジェリ－！あなたジェリ－なの？` `でもどうしてこんなすがたに？` `しかしジェリ－よ` `あのまほうつかいをたおさなくてはひとのすがたに` `もどることはできん` `さあもうひといきがんばるのじゃ` `.`	. `Big brother, I'm sorry!` `I was deceived by the wizard.` `Jerry? Are you Jerry?` `But why are you disguised?` `But, Jerry...` `You have to kill the wizard.` `If not, you can't return` `to human form.` `.`

In the last level, Jerry crashes Tom's wedding and the wizard decides to turn Tom into a slime to face his brother. After the boss battle concludes, Tom (as a slime) exits the stage silently with a dejected expression, but there's unused lines of text for cutscenes around this point in the story.

Japan	Translation
. `こうしてジェリ－は` `ぶじにんげんにもどりました` `そしてひとつきごジェリ－とエミ－は` `せいだいなけっこんしきを` `あげました` `てんのうえからは` `かみさまとてんしたちが` `ふたりのことを` `しゅくふくしたということです` `.`	. `Jerry was able to return` `to his former shape safely.` `So, one month later,` `Jerry and Emi held their` `wedding ceremony.` `From the heavens up above,` `God and the angels` `blessed Jerry and Emi` `in unison.` `.`

Some more unused text for cutscenes that would have taken place after the existing ending scenes.

Regional Differences#

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Gameplay#

The North American versions assigns a separate button for throwing projectiles.

Graphics#

Japan	US

The publisher logo screen is different between regions.

Japan	US

The title screen logo and its smaller variant used in the stage select screen were modified from "Jerry Boy" to "Smart Ball".

Cross decorations in the final level were removed.

Story#

Much of the game's story was removed in the English version, which led to the following changes:

The intro cutscene that plays during the attract mode was removed.
The cutscenes in the final level no longer display any text.
Intermission levels are skipped. The date for these levels remains in the English version, which can be accessed through hacking.