Thousand Arms

Thousand Arms
Developers: Red Company, TOSE Publisher: Atlus Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: December 17, 1998 Released in US: October 13, 1999 This game has regional differences.

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Thousand Arms is a game notable for mixing elements from RPG and dating sim games. It also featured an opening montage with a song sung by Ayumi Hamasaki, who was a rather famous singer in Japan at the time. You could also send away for a hybrid CD containing the game's soundtrack, wallpapers, and various outtakes from the English VA cast.

Regional Differences

Many changes were made for the US version.

Battle

• Many enemies now give out more EXP.
• Many enemies now have more HP and are faster, but are weaker.
• Random encounter rates were reduced.
• It's now easier to flee from battle.
• There's now a lower chance of enemies dropping items.
• Damashi now appears more frequently.

Movement

• There`s a bug in the US version that causes the player to move in different angles just in order to enter towns/dungeons. In the Japanese version, the player only needs to move in a straight line to enter towns/dungeons.
• The default movement was changed from walk to run.

Text/Audio

• Many instances of breaking the fourth wall were added to the US version's text. The Japanese version had no such text whatsoever.
• In the prologue in the town there`s a lot more screaming and commotion going in the background.
• This change has to do with a certain cutscene that triggers in the Town of Boyzby. The Japanese version shows the ages of the girls/women in this cutscene while the US version doesn't.

Miscellaneous

• A soft reset button combination was added to the US version.
• The L1 and R1 functions are reversed.
• There`s a girl named Kyleen that you can chat with in the Port of Hatoba. In the Japanese version, you didn`t receive anything after talking with her. In the US version, you get a Revive EX after talking with her.

(Source: https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/199000-thousand-arms/faqs/55972)