Bad News Baseball

Bad News Baseball
Also known as: Gekitou!! Stadium (JP) Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Platform: NES Released in JP: December 15, 1989 Released in US: June 1990 This game has regional differences.

Bad News Baseball is a sports game where you can perform a home run so powerful it knocks baseballs into outer space.

It's not very realistic, to say the least.

Regional Differences

To do: Get better translations of the Japanese names, list all the team logo/color differences and cover the other changes (including voice samples)

Japan	USA

Other than the obvious translation changes, a few things on the title screen were touched up for the American release.

• The menu and copyright were given a different, better-looking font.
• The copyright text itself was extended.
• The trademark symbol was moved down and made blue.

Japan	USA

The teams were changed from random things in the Japanese version to Canadian and American cities/states in the American version. Of note is that each of the twelve logos in the Japanese version corresponds to a Nippon Professional Baseball team of the time (in order: Chunichi Dragons, Lotte Orions, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, Hankyu Braves, Nippon-Ham Fighters, Kintetsu Buffaloes, Seibu Lions, Hanshin Tigers, Yakult Swallows, Yokohama Taiyo Whales, Hiroshima Carp and Yomiuri Giants).

Team Name (Japan)	Translation	Team Name (US)
どっぐす	Dogs	San Francisco
お〜びっつ	Orbits	Toronto
ほ〜ま〜ず	Homers	Detroit
ぶる〜ざ〜す	Bruisers	Boston
ふぃ〜ば〜ず	Fevers	Texas
ばんぱ〜ず	Bumpers	Oakland
らいな〜ず	Liners	Minnesota
とる〜ぱ〜ず	Troopers	St. Louis
すかいや〜ず	Skyers?	New York
ういんぐす	Wings	Chicago
きゃっつ	Cats	Atlanta
ぎがんつ	Gigants	Los Angeles

"Gigants" is an intentional misspelling—the Japanese text specifically reads ぎがんつ (gigantsu), and not じゃいあんつ (jaiantsu), which would be a more accurate rendering of "Giants". This was probably done because of the lack of an NPB license.

Japan	USA

In addition to the background being darker, every team's color was changed for the US release.

Team Name (Japan/US)	Jersey Color (Japan)	Jersey Color (US)
Dogs/San Francisco	Light Blue and Dark Blue	White and Black
Orbits/Toronto	Blue and Magenta	White and Light Blue
Homers/Detroit	Vermilion and Dark Green	Gray and Black
Bruisers/Boston	Olive and Blue	White and Magenta
Fevers/Texas	White and Light Pink	Light Pink and Blue
Bumpers/Oakland	Gray and Magenta	Olive and Dark Green
Liners/Minnesota	White and Light Blue	Light Gray and Purple
Troopers/St. Louis	Gray and Black	Light Purple and Magenta
Skyers/New York	Light Pink and Blue	Vermilion and Blue
Wings/Chicago	White and Blue	Light Blue and Blue
Cats/Atlanta	White and Magenta	White and Purple
Gigants/Los Angeles	White and Black	White and Blue

Staff Roll

To do: Translate the Japanese version's staff roll.

Both versions have a completely different staff roll.

USA	Japan	Translation
Staff	Staff
Program Work Faw. Kenny.Duck	ぷろぐらむ しかけにん Faw. Kenny.Duck	Program Maker Faw. Kenny.Duck
Program Work Hajimesan Takechiyo	やみの すけっと たけしよ は～さん	Helper of Darkness Takeshiyo Haachan
Art Work Parco Naga D.H.Max Nama	うふぃふぃな えかきやさんたち Parco Naga D.H.Max Nama	?
♪♪Sound Composed By♪♪ More Yamasan Mayo Miya	♪♪ はひはひ うぃ～ん♪と おとやさんたち ♪♪ Fruits Ponce Mayo Miya	?
♪♪ Voice ♪♪ Mr.Kahl	こえのしゅつえん Miss Akiko	Voice Cast Miss Akiko
Special Thanks To Niwakamaru Yachiyo Ran	すぺしゃるに さんくすしたい ひとびと Yachiyo にわかまる Ran	The people who want special thanks Yachiyo Niwakamaru Ran

• The roles are in Japanese in the Japanese version, as well as some of the names.
• "Miss Akiko" did the voices in the Japanese version, while in the North American release, the voices were done by Daniel Kahl.
• In the Japanese version, the first Special Thanks To screen has the names in a different order, with Niwakamaru and Yachiyo's names being swapped places.
• Keiji Yamagishi's alias in the Japanese version (Fruits Ponce) was changed to More Yamasan in the North American version.
• The North American version adds a couple credits; Special Thanks To: Bug Check Team and Directed By: Naga, Minato.