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Magical Doropie features the
Video Smash Excellent translation.
From the Readme file of that translation:
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8. The Krion Conquest and Some Ways In Which It Differs From
Magical Doropie
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Word on the street is that the original plans for MD's North American
release would have left it pretty much intact, with the name changed to
Francesca's Wand. Why they dropped these plans is anyone's guess;
perhaps this is around the time Vic Tokai decided to get out of games
and the project's funding was cut. Thanks for Skrybe for the info!
Anyway, as far as TKC goes, there don't seem to be any core gameplay
changes between it and MD, but nearly everything outside gameplay is
different or (usually) gone. To wit:
- TKC has all cutscenes save the intro completely excised. The
pretty screens introducing each round are also gone.
- The intro is actually pretty much fully translated (the content is
actually closer to the original than mine--I had to fit it all in
twenty lines). The Akudama Empire has become the Krion Empire,
and Doropie has become Francesca. The background in the witch-
summoning scene has been lightened for some reason, and even more
bizarre is the new rendition of Doropie/Francesca. It's not bad,
but what on earth was objectionable about the original?
- TKC has been given a standard ugly-NES-game title screen. The
name is changed to The Krion Conquest, and the music has been
adjusted to something more likely to appeal to 10-year-old boys
(I guess). The witch with the bare shoulders is of course out,
even though that has an even greater chance of appealing to
10-year-old boys.
- The hexagram or whatever that announces the end of each sublevel
is absent, of course. I like the image of parents walking in on
that one.
- TKC lacks MD's continue feature. You die, you die. But that's
okay, as it just makes it more satisfying to finally reach the
ending, right?
- TKC's ending is HORRID. I'll spoil it for you right now (without
spoiling MD) so that you don't have to wonder about it. The
final boss goes down, and without even the decency to fade the
screen out, the words "YOU WIN!!" scroll up, followed by
"CONGRATULATIONS!", an abbreviated MD credits list, and then "THE
END". I notice in particular they took out the part where they
thank you for playing. I think they hate us.
@Sp0rtz:
XXXX videos: http://www.youtube.com/results?se...and its RHDN entry.
