Ballz (SNES)

Ballz 3D: Fighting at its Ballziest
Also known as: 3-jigen Kakutou Ballz (JP) Developers: PF Magic, Cave Logic Publishers: Accolade (US), Media Rings (JP) Platform: SNES Released in JP: April 28, 1995 Released in US: November 1994 This game has unused playable characters. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article

Like the Genesis version, but with a theme song featuring women sensually moaning. And it was brought over to Japan by the same people who brought us Toilet Kids.

What a game.

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Prototype Info

Unused Characters

Three characters that appear as Lamprey's transformations have unused appearances on the character selection screen.

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  Byte Viper

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  El Ballz

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  Spike

The following Action Replay code can be used to access them:

7E6D47??
28 = Byte Viper
2C = El Ballz
38 = Spike

Hidden Credit

Present at 0xF6 in the ROM.

Ballz (SNES Version) Copyright 1994 Cave Logic Studios.  All Rights Reserved.

Regional Differences

Main Menu

US	Japan

The main menu for the Japanese version adds its own title, which is not just a direct translation as "fighting" was added, making it "3D Fighting Ballz" (3次元格闘ボールズ). Strangely enough, the radical used in the 闘 kanji is the Chinese simplified form of it. It also adds a copyright notice for said version's publishers, as the logos for Accolade, Cave Logic and PF Magic remain identical to the US version complete with "Licensed by Nintendo" text.

This version also adds a "One Player Free Play" option, which is essentially a 1P vs. CPU mode. This mode, under the same name, would also be seen on the 3DO version, Ballz: The Director's Cut, in both the US and Japanese versions.

Character Names

US	Japan

Some of the characters had their names changed for this version, presumably to make them more acceptable for the Japanese audience. These changed names were also kept on the Japanese version of The Director's Cut, although it oddly misspells Tsunami's/Gohriki's name as Gorhiki.