Version Differences

This is a sub-page of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.

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Cutscenes#

Intro#

Japan	International	China

In the beginning cutscene, Wario's business card was changed so that "WARIOWARE" had lowercase letters as well as a comma instead of a period after "Ware" (and a period at the end of "Inc"), a red line above the Diamond City address, and the appropriate listing for Nintendo's website.

Oddly enough, the European and Chinese versions retain the US Nintendo link instead of using the ones for their own regions. For the Chinese version, this meant players were shown a link they likely couldn't access due to China's firewall.

Orbulon#

Japan	International	China

During his intro cutscene when Orbulon sends a distress call, in the Japanese version the text reads "S.O.S". The international versions added a dot at the end to make the more grammatically-correct "S.O.S." The Chinese version is more direct, translated as "help!".

Menus#

Title Screen#

Japan	International	China

The logo on the title screen is different between regions, with the Chinese logo clearly having been based on the Japanese one (compare the bomb's placement and appearance). Aside from updating the copyright info, the Chinese version also removes the "WARIO" from the bottom of the screen.

Name Entry#

The player can input their name in the Japanese version with Hiragana and Katakana letters. Internationally, these were respectively replaced with uppercase and lowercase Latin letters.

Games#

Jimmy T.#

In Hurry Hurdles, when the hurdler trips over a hurdle it'll shout "Chi" in the Japanese version and "Oh!" in the international versions.

International	Europe/China

Snowboard Slalom's finish line was altered in the European version to a checkered pattern, possibly because Nintendo of Europe thought it would be too much work to have to edit the "GOAL" graphic for various European languages.

The checkered pattern is used in all versions of Mega Party Game$!, as well as in the WarioWare Gold version of the microgame.

International	Europe	China

In Lift & Shout, the graphic in the international versions that appears when you fully lift the barbell reads "Great" while in the European version it depicts a muscular arm, a common representation of strength. Again, this was likely done to avoid having to alter the graphic for multiple languages.

Strangely, the international graphic still remains in the European ROM.

Mona#

Japan	International

The Nail Call boss' background was changed from a dark red to plain black, a change which was retained in all versions of the WarioWare Gold version of the microgame. Oddly enough, in the Japanese version the hand underneath the nail and the hammer above are black. The text inside the speech bubble was also changed from "スタート!" (Start!) to "Go!"

9-Volt#

Japan	International

R.O.B.'s red colors were changed to gray, matching its NES design, and the Famicom was appropriately changed to a front-loading NES (though, oddly enough, the same change was not applied to 9-Volt's intro, which still displays a Famicom with Disk System). The color changes also affect the Robot Block logo, as it shares a palette with R.O.B. Of note is that, like in the original game, the Robot Block logo was not replaced with a Stack-Up one outside of Japan.

Bizarrely, all of the microgames involving the Zapper use its Japanese (Famicom Beam Gun) design in all versions, even though the international microgame descriptions refer to it as a Zapper.

Kat and Ana#

Japan	International

While the goal of Fruit Fall (JP: フルーツ　ゲット, "Fruit Get") remains the same (catch a falling fruit in your basket), the "not fruit" graphic was changed from cartoon poop to a diamond. Despite this change, the golden cartoon poop at the end of Wario's Adventure was left intact.

Unused#

All of the unused games were translated to Chinese for the iQue version, suggesting that whoever was responsible for localization didn't know what was actually used or unused.

International	China

Ping-Pong VS even got its logo and button prompts translated!

Microgame Naming Oddity#

The microgame Praise or Haze II implies that it is the second microgame of that name, however there does not exist a microgame with the name "Praise or Haze I". This oddity is also present in the Spanish and French names, but not in the Japanese, German, Italian, or Chinese ones. There is nothing in the internal name, L. PRAISE or ABUSE, or its unused 2-bar variant that indicates that it's a sequel either.

The only other microgames to have Roman numerals (or any number) at the end of the name are Classic Clash I, II, and III, which may be related to why this oddity arose.

Music and Sounds#

The game's music and sounds are stored as Standard Midi Files (SMF). There are 1,342 files between all four versions of WarioWare Inc., and some files have been changed from the Japanese version to American version, and from the American version to the European version. The Chinese (iQue) version retains all the MIDI files from the European release.

From Japanese to American#

A total of 23 MIDI files were changed, many of which alter Jimmy T's voice sequences as in the Japanese version, they have him saying his full name "Jimmy Thang". These instances have been replaced in international versions of Mega Microgame$!, and the replaced sequences are also used in all versions of Mega Party Game$!. The Japan-only samples still remain in all the other versions of the games.

From American to European#

A total of 11 MIDI files were changed, all but one of which are related to the Four Seasons song. For unknown reasons, the European version (and by extension, the Chinese iQue version) never play the second chorus of the song and so only the first chorus is heard. However, in the Jump Forever minigame when the Four Seasons song is selected, the second set of translated lyrics still display.