saga text comparisons
observed differences in the text between the gameboy (gb) and collection of saga (CoS) versions of makai toushi saga.
this is meant to be comprehensive but inevitably won't be.
this is the ascii-only pseudoromaji version of the page. see the description of pseudoromaji. see also the utf-8 kana version.
prenotes
attack stat
CoS saga is based on version 1.1 of gb saga. the attack stat is listed in menus as chikara in gb saga 1.0, but kougeki in both gb saga 1.1 and CoS saga, so this probably doesn't count as a change. during battle the stat is referred to as chikara in all versions.
mistakes
CoS saga has way fewer text changes from gb saga than CoS ffl has from gb ffl. that suggests that there was less wrong with saga than ffl in the first place. however, there are still mistakes in gb saga that haven't been fixed in CoS saga, such as the npc in sky town that talks about the KURUSUTARU instead of the usual KURISUTARU:
changes
speech 066
(slime west of walls in base town)
gb:
HA-TOga nakunaruto fu&tsukatsu dekinakunaruda
CoS:
HA-TOga nakunaruto fu&tsukatsu dekinakunarun'da
speech 10D
(tiger in shibuya)
gb:
konotoshino man'nakaniha ki&yodaina gen'shiri&yoku hatsuden'shi&yoga arun'da
CoS:
konotoshino man'nakaniha ki&yodaina chi&youkagaku hatsuden'shi&yoga arun'da
speech 0B5
(dragon in shibuya)
gb:
gen'patsuno haisuiroha gesuidouhe tsuujiteiruze
CoS:
hatsuden'shi&yono haisuiroha gesuidouhe tsuujiteiruze
speech 0B6
(imp in shibuya)
gb:
gen'patsuno kitagawano chikatetsukara gesuidouheno nukemichigaarun'da
CoS:
hatsuden'shi&yono kitagawano chikatetsu karagesuidouheno nukemichigaarun' da
speech 030
(search library upstairs)
gb:
a&tsutazo! akibaha higashihe14 kitahe15da!
CoS:
a&tsutazo! AKIBAha higashihe14 kitahe15da!
(the CoS version, using katakana for "akiba", is more consistent with earlier references to it in the shibuya pub event. this change was also made in the wonderswan color version of saga.)
speech 03C
(get board and report back to shibuya)
gb:
souchi&you<atoha ENERUGI-no PURUTONIUMUda! asuha gen'patsuni norikomuzo!
CoS:
souchi&you<atoha ENERUGI-no HADESUNIUMUda! asuha hatsuden'shi&yo norikomuzo!
speech 100
(get plutonium: excerpt)
gb:
1901<PURUTONIUMUda!
CoS:
1901<HADESUNIUMUda!
speech 05C
(kami/end credits: excerpts)
gb:
kami<sou!sonotouri!! watashiha akumawo uchitaosu HI-RO-ga hoshika&tsutanodesu!
CoS:
kami<sou!sonotoori!! watashiha akumawo uchitaosu HI-RO-ga hoshika&tsutanodesu!
(this change was also made in the wonderswan color version of saga.)
gb:
BATORUSHISUTEMU kawadzu akitoshi PUROGURAMU adachi keitarou
CoS:
BATORUPUROGURAMU adachi keitarou
status 5/8
(blindness)
gb:
moumoku
CoS:
kurayami
(in the wonderswan color version of saga, this is yami.)