Prerelease:Ufouria: The Saga

The prerelease screenshots below show extensive changes from the final. The screenshots either show a very early version of the game or Sunsoft made numerous differences in a short period of time.



Each character has an ability that requires them to charge. In the final, hearts gather around the character while charging, while in this screenshot, stars do instead. Oddly enough, an item in the final game uses these graphics. The map also had some extensive changes and has a steep "hill" on the right.



An obvious change here is with the HUD. The bar to records your health in an earlier version was the current character's head. Besides the fact the map has gone through some changes, another minor change is that in the final, Bop Louie's bop attack comes at an angle, while in an earlier version it goes straight.

The area went through some obvious layout changes. Besides that, a penguin/duck enemy was removed from the final version. This was probably done because early in the game if Bop Louie falls into the water, there is no way for him to attack. A rope to swing across the water was replaced with a platform.

This prerelease shot contains the words "LICENSED BY NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC." obviously identifying it as an American build. This is significant because Ufouria never saw an American release for the NES.



Magazine Comics
Hebereke comics were featured in the Family Computer Magazine in 1991. They feature some interesting character designs that didn't make it into the final game. And no, the comics don't make sense in Japanese either. Remember that in Japan you read from right to left.

For the comic on the left, the popoon color retains the color orange in this one and the comic below In the actual game the color depends on your character's. In the comic, it is orange.

For the comic on the right, the mother bird that carries you appears to be red spotted. In addition, early graphics in Hebereke reveal an early version of O-chan that looks exactly like the cat character in the comic.



You can see that O-Chan changes her color to orange, it seems Sunsoft couldn't decide on her designs.