Phantasy Star 0

Phantasy Star 0
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Platform: Nintendo DS Released in JP: December 25, 2008 Released in US: November 10, 2009 Released in EU: February 12, 2010 Released in AU: February 16, 2010 This game has regional differences. This game has anti-piracy features.

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Phantasy Star 0 is a return to form for the Online subseries as it takes gameplay elements from the original Phantasy Star Online as opposed to Phantasy Star Universe. The game is also notable for using a Pictochat-inspired system to get around Nintendo's limitations.

To do: See if there's any unused content.

Regional Differences

Licensed by Nintendo Screen

International	US

The international versions adds a "Licensed by Nintendo" screen. Furthermore, the US version adds a "Online Interaction Not Rated by the ESRB" notice to the bottom screen.

SEGA Logo

Japan	International

As is common with many western releases of Sega games, the light-blue Sega logo used in Japan is replaced with the dark-blue version used by Sega of America and Sega Europe. The "Presented by" text also appears darker.

Opening Movie

Japan	International

The game's opening movie was almost changed completely; The Japanese version opening song, "Makenai Kokoro (負けないココロ, roughly translating to Undefeated Heart)" by Hatsune Okumura, was replaced with an abridged version of the game's original title theme as its opening theme. Furthermore, the bottom screen is used to display the game's opening credits in the Japanese version while the international versions use the same background displayed on the bottom screen which is normally used for other instances of animated cutscenes in the game.

Title Screen

Japan	International

The game's original title theme was used in the title screen in the Japanese version. As the opening song was changed in the international versions a new theme is used for the title screen and the original title theme is used in part of the ending cutscene. This game was the first game to begin the trend of removing the game's Katakana spelling from the international versions' logo.

Crossover Items

The Japanese version has a lot of items based off of Nintendo properties such as Zelda, Mario, and Metroid. These were removed from the international versions.

Furthermore, since the game supports cross-region Multiplayer with the Japanese version, if a Japanese version player with one of such item plays with a player from the international versions, the model of the item will appear differently on the other player's screen.

Item Codes

The game has a system wherein players could obtain special items by inputting a special code into a Vending Machine. All the Item Codes were changed in the international versions and some items in this system were removed and replaced with other items.

Anti-Piracy

This game uses 8000h reads to make sure it is running off a legitimate copy rather than a flash cartridge. If this check fails, the game will freeze when creating a character (Japanese version) or reduce drop rates and make them appear offline in online play (International versions).

(Source: nds-bootstrap AP-patched games list, Original TCRF Research)