Sin and Punishment

Sin and Punishment
Also known as: Tsumi to Batsu: Hoshi no Keishousha (JP) Developers: Treasure, Nintendo R&D1, Nintendo Software Technology (Wii VC Version) Publishers: Nintendo (JP), iQue (CN) Platforms: Nintendo 64, iQue Player Released in JP: November 21, 2000 Released in US: October 1, 2007 (Virtual Console) Released in EU: September 28, 2007 (Virtual Console) Released in AU: September 29, 2007 (Virtual Console) Released in CN: September 25, 2004 (iQue) This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

Sin and Punishment is a Japan-only Nintendo 64 game. Due to having English voice acting and an official English title, however, it was very popular in the Western world, despite having never been released there until the advent of Virtual Console, where it did well enough to get a sequel.

Unused Staff Credits

What appears to be an earlier version of the game's staff credits lies at offset 0x768484 in the ROM. Compared to the final text, this version features the following differences:

• It's actually noted which voice actors voiced which characters, where the final version lists them without their roles; Isa's VA is, however, only shown as ?????.
• The company Fontworks International Limited is not listed under "Special Thanks".
• The game is exclusively referred to as Project "GLASS SOLDIER", while the final version says THE ORIGINAL TITLE, GLASS SOLDIER.
• A version number, Ver 0.32 is shown; it is however unknown what exactly this refers to (only the staff roll text, the game itself, etc.).

MAIN PROGRAM
atsutomo nakagawa

ENEMY PROGRAM
hideyuki suganami
atsutomo nakagawa
yoshiyuki matsumoto

SOUND PROGRAM
hiroshi matsumoto

MAIN CHARACTER DESIGN
yasushi suzuki

MODEL MOTION DESIGN
takeshi hayashi
yasushi suzuki
hideyuki suganami
kenji tsusima
masaya kikuchi

BACK GROUND DESIGN
hiroshi iuchi
makoto ogino

EFFECT DESIGN
yasushi suzuki
hiroshi iuchi

CAMERA WORK DESIGN
takeshi hayashi
yasushi suzuki
hiroshi iuchi
hideyuki suganami
atsutomo nakagawa

CAPTION WORK
makoto ogino

MUSIC COMPOSER
toshiya yamanaka

SOUND EFFECTS
satoshi murata

VOICE ACTOR
SAKI
michael lerner
AIRAN
andromeda dunker
ACHI
hannah latimer
ISA
?????
KACHUA
stephanie diaz
LEDA
tate latimer
BRAD
josh johnson
GROUNDSTONE
jay hopper
SOLDIERS
jay hopper
josh johnson
COMMANDER
jay hopper

TECHNICAL SUPPORT
masaru mitsuyoshi
ntsc-online

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
bill trinen

SPECIAL THANKS
hiroyuki ohta
shota takahashi
tetsuya komatu
super mario club

SUPER VISOR
takahiro harada
hitoshi yamagami
ryuji kuwaki

DIRECTOR
hideyuki suganami

PRODUCER
masato maegawa
takehiro izushi

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
hiroshi yamauchi

nintendo r&d 1
nintendo of america
inc
treasure co.,ltd

Project "GLASS SOLDIER" Staff


                     Ver 0.32

(Source: xdaniel)

Regional Differences

While all versions featured English voice-overs, the different localizations took different approaches. The iQue Chinese version released in 2004 translated all the text to Chinese, including the title menu graphics and the cutscenes. The English Virtual Console release merely translated the menu options and the credits, leaving all the other Japanese text unaltered.

Title Screen

Japan	China

• The iQue version has an extra copyright for iQue.