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Regional Differences

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This is a sub-page of The Urbz: Sims in the City (GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox).

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  • Cover the removed Red Bull product placement in the European and Japanese versions.

Red Bull Machine#

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Specifically: European version screenshot and international icon.

Exclusively in the European version, the Red Bull machine found in Central Station and Skyline Beach is completely reskinned into a generic machine for unknown reasons.

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The icon (electronics_vending_drink_redbull_action_queue) even got a change too;

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The can prop is reused from the drinks machine inside the Kicktail Park club.

Cinematics#

The models in the cinematics are edited in the Asian releases. In these, most models feature smaller heads and different styled faces. Among these differences are also Genghis having a lighter complexion, and certain character expressions are changed.

International

Japanese, Korean, Rest-of-Asia

Urbz_intro.webm
Urbz_intro_jp.webm
Urbz_ending.webm
Urbz_ending_jp.webm

Default Create-An-Urb Preset#

The Asian releases have a different Urb given to you as the default when starting a new game.

International

Japanese, Korean, Rest-of-Asia

Character Faces#

Urbs in the Korean and other Asian releases have slightly altered faces or skin tone, while in the Japanese release every single NPC face is different. That applies to all the NPCs and unused characters too.

International

Japan

Korea & Rest-of-Asia