God Hand

God Hand
Developer: Clover Studio Publishers: Capcom (JP/US/EU), Activision (AU) Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: September 14, 2006 Released in US: October 10, 2006 Released in EU: February 16, 2007 Released in AU: February 27, 2007 Released in KR: January 11, 2007 This game has unused areas. This game has unused playable characters. This game has unused items. This game has unused abilities. This game has unused sounds. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

Shinji Mikami's cult classic beat-em up made for "hardcore gamers"... and Clover Studio's last game.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Unused Audio

Gene

Unused quote for picking up items.

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Human Belze

Elvis, Shannon and Belze have fight quotes for their human and demon forms, however, you never fight Belze in his human form, leaving them unused. It's unknown if he was meant to have a boss fight in his human form or said quotes were created just in case they were going to be used.

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Unused Models

Credits Gene

Among Gene's costumes, there's an unused black and white version of him, identical to the one shown fighting Azel in the credits sequence. However, the credits sequence is an FMV, so this model never goes to use in actual gameplay.

Unused Items

Chicken Pickup

There's an unused chicken plate pickup in the game that restores all of Gene's health. Due to having similarities with the strawberry pickup (full health restore and Gene saying "Awesome!") and the fact that it doesn't award gold, it's possible that it was dropped early into the game's development. It could be a reference to Final Fight, another beat 'em up franchise owned by Capcom, in which it also restores most or all the player's health (depending on the version).

Unseen Details

Bomb Man and Claw Man Eyes

The Bomb Man and the Claw Man enemies have their face fully textured, including their eyes, but they are never seen because they wear goggles.

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  Bomb Man

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  Claw Man

Island Entrance

The island that the player can visit between levels to access the shop and the casino has an unused entrance path, surrounded by houses. The real exit door at the end of this path has a button prompt that says "NEXT AREA". Pressing it will just spawn Gene next to that same door while facing the opposite side. The map that tell players in what level they are located so far shows this entrance.

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  Path leading to the exit door.

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  Exit door with the "NEXT AREA" button prompt

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  Path leading to the center of the island.

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  The door doesn't render from this side, so the casino is visible.

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  Panoramic view of the entrance.

Regional Differences

Japan

Chihuahua Curry

In the Japanese version, there was an item called Chihuahua Curry available from the shop. This was changed to Puppy Pizza for releases outside Japan. The items are functionally identical.

Japan	Elsewhere

High Roller Room Slot Machine

The Japanese version's High Roller Room features a unique slot machine, while the other versions reuse the one from the 2nd floor, although with higher betting and payouts.

Japan	Elsewhere

• Each slot can be stopped individually in the order the player wants by pressing square, triangle and circle.
• Pink presents, BAR and 777 are much harder to get in this slot machine unlike the regular one.
• Betting and payout numbers are higher, except for the BAR reward which is lower.
• Under unknown circumstances, 3 pink presents or 3 BAR logos will show up in the black rectangle at the top of the screen. It's possible that it means that you have higher chances to get 3 of those in your next tries.
• There's an exclusive Little Devil icon that grants the player with "Fever Mode" for the next 10 turns, which increases the probabilities of winning. The black rectangle at the top left of the screen will let the player known when Fever Mode is active.
• There's an exclusive skull icon that ends Fever Mode. The player can get a line of 3 skulls even if Fever Mode wasn't active at all.
• There's a Bunny Girl in the room that explains about the Little Devil and Fever Mode. She was removed from the other versions as they use the regular slot machine from the 2nd floor.

Stage 1-3 Pub Sign

A sign in stage 1-3 that read "Cowboy Bar RORD'S PUB" was changed to read "Beating A Dead Horse Pub" instead.

Japan	Elsewhere

High Snap Kick

In every version but the Japanese one, the recovery animation can be cancelled into another attack 2 frames earlier.

Triple Side Kick

In every version but the Japanese one, the recovery animation can be cancelled into another attack 2 frames earlier.

Left Roundhouse

In the Japanese version this attack can only be cancelled 30 frames after it starts, including dodging and sprinting, while in the rest of the world it can be cancelled as soon as the first frame.

Sugar Gene Combo

In every version but the Japanese one, the recovery animation can be cancelled into another attack 1 frame earlier.

Floating Butterfly

In every version but the Japanese one, the recovery animation can be cancelled into another attack 1 frame earlier. There's another difference between the attacks but it's currently unknown.

Stinging Bee

In every version but the Japanese one, the recovery animation can be cancelled into another attack 2 frames earlier.

Punch Rush

In every version but the Japanese one, the recovery animation can be cancelled into another attack 4 frames earlier.

Chin Music

If the God Hand is inactive, it has a speed multiplier of x1.3 in the Japanese version, while in the other versions it has a speed multiplier of x1.5. If the God Hand is active, it has a speed multiplier of x1.5 in the Japanese version, while in the other versions it has a speed multiplier of x2.0.

In every version but the Japanese one, the recovery animation can be cancelled into another attack 3 frames earlier.

Dead Pan/Pan Drop

When the game was released outside Japan, the God Reel was renamed God Roulette. Also, a technique from the Roulette/Reel was left out, called "Pan Drop" in the Japanese release. In it, a pan suddenly materializes in the air and drops on Gene's head. It was available from the beginning, cost no orbs to use and did a small amount of damage to the player in exchange for 3 seconds of invulnerability. It was not removed before appearing in a pre-release English version at E3 2006 though, where it had been translated as "Dead Pan". Since this gag is mostly used in Japanese related media, it was removed from the rest of the world as no one would get the joke.

The final NTSC U/C and PAL releases also still have the technique, fully functional, but only accessible by using patch codes. The following codes in raw format will enable it in both versions (name shows in Japanese when using any other language than English in PAL version):

201250A8 00001021
201251CC 00001021
20125264 00002021
20125338 00001821

Dead Pan in the final NTSC U/C release.

Head Slicer

Due to Japanese censorship, the Head Slicer move does not allow you to decapitate enemies.

Korea

In the Korean version of the game, most of the text in the game has been translated into Korean. Graphical elements remain in English however, including Roulette Wheel moves. There are also Korean subtitles for cutscenes. The Roulette Wheel button prompts are based on the Japanese version of the game.

(Source: rnfj123)