Art of Fighting (SNES)

Art of Fighting
Also known as: Ryuuko no Ken (JP) Developer: Monolith Corp. Publishers: K. Amusement Leasing (JP), Takara (US, EU) Platform: SNES Released in JP: October 29, 1993 Released in US: December 1993 Released in EU: 1993 This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences. This game has a prerelease article

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Prerelease Info

Unused Font

A complete Katakana font and some punctuation marks are loaded into memory, but are never used. You can see these at 0x1C8000 in a headerless US ROM.

Regional Differences

Nintendo of America's policies required some changes regarding depictions of alcohol, smoking, and exploding clothing.

Opening Logo

Japan	US/Europe

The change in publishers between regions required a change in opening logos.

Title Screen

Japan	US/Europe

Naturally, the title logo and copyright information were redone.

Option Menu

Japan	US/Europe

A sound test is exclusive to the option menu of the Japanese version.

Scene 2

Japan	US/Europe

Jack's stage was renamed from Mac's Bar to Mac's Cafe, as per the policies on references to alcohol.

Japan	US/Europe

The establishment's logo in the background was also accordingly changed.

Bonus Game

Japan	US/Europe

The bonus game that can increase your maximum spirit gauge is known as the "Beer Bottle Cut" in the Japanese version. The text was altered to remove the reference to beer, and the graphics for the beer bottles were changed to just be generic gray bottles of... whatever.

Japan	US/Europe

The special move bonus game's technique was renamed from the "Super Death Blow" to the "Super Fire Blow".

King Things

Japan	US/Europe

Famously, defeating King with a fireball move will show that she is a woman (rather than an effeminate man) by destroying most of her shirt, revealing her brassiere. Rather than being completely removed, this was toned down so that her shirt is unbuttoned, but still intact.

Japan	US/Europe

This change was reflected in her loss portrait after this is done. The fingers on her left hand were also slightly redrawn.

Ending

Japan	US/Europe

Mr. Big's hand was redrawn in the ending to remove the cigarette, and the sign for Mac's Bar was also edited once again. The ending text was also slightly changed to remove any mentions of Jeff Bogard being killed, instead being written around as "disposed of" or "defeated" instead.