American Super Street Figthter II with Japanese Names? Help!

[monkspider]

Hey guys,

I have found an oddity and you are the best ones I can think of to ask about it. I have an American Super NES copy of Super Street Fighter II, that looks completely normal on the outside of the cartridge, I can find no difference between a regular American copy of the game, but when I play the game on my Super NES, the boss characters have their Japanese names (Dictator is Vega, Boxer is M. Bison, etc). There is no Japanese text in the game in any of the options menus or anythings like that though. Does anyone know what this could be? Could it be some kind of odd prototype? Are there any markets that used American cartridges but Japanese names for the characters? Have any of you ever encountered one of these before?

[Dangerboy]

The cart could have been opened and the boards swapped.

[kai123]

Hey guys,

I have found an oddity and you are the best ones I can think of to ask about it. I have an American Super NES copy of Super Street Fighter II, that looks completely normal on the outside of the cartridge, I can find no difference between a regular American copy of the game, but when I play the game on my Super NES, the boss characters have their Japanese names (Dictator is Vega, Boxer is M. Bison, etc). There is no Japanese text in the game in any of the options menus or anythings like that though. Does anyone know what this could be? Could it be some kind of odd prototype? Are there any markets that used American cartridges but Japanese names for the characters? Have any of you ever encountered one of these before?

Open it and look at the PCB or take a picture of the PCB I am sure someone would be able to compare it. If it was a proto the PCB would normally look different.

[Tanooki]

THere's potential there of it being a proto of some sort. I'm only guessing this because you said the game is in english, but Vega/Bison have the name swap. The real Japanese version of the game would have all that post-fight trash talking in Japanese symbols, not something you can read.

[Gentlegamer]

Get Evan in here, he may know something about this if it's a prototype.

[8-Bit Archeology]

Use caution if it has potential to being a prototype. Some have open EPROMs that are erased by certain types of light. Are there model numbers I.e. dmg-sf-04 or such?

[Gameguy]

Weren't early rental copies of the game using Japanese boards? I'm not sure if I'm remembering this right, I'd have to look more into it to verify.