Bionic Commando: all version differences

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Version differences

• CensorshipNES (NA/EU)

  The English release removed the Nazi references: the neo-Nazi Empire's swastika-and-thunderbolt emblem became an eagle, the Nazis became the "Badds" and the villain Weizmann was renamed Killt. Hitler became "Master-D" but kept his look and his exploding-head ending.¹

• DifficultyNES (NA/EU)

  The difficulty was rebalanced for the English release, and some areas were made easier.¹

• ContentNES (NA/EU)

  In Area 14 the Japanese version has a friendly Imperial commander, Captain Mack; the English versions replace him with ten bullet canisters, and the Japanese route where answering "yes" to his question shows a credits text is gone.²

• ContentFamicom (JP)

  Only in the Japanese version can the player interrogate a captured soldier in Area 17 by striking him with the bionic arm, or shoot him.²

• ContentFamicom (JP)

  Area 7 of the Japanese version has five land mines under its final swings and an accessible hidden communication room; both were removed from the English versions.²

• DifficultyFamicom (JP)

  In Area 6 the Japanese version mixes spiked balls with a harmless spikeless red ball, while the English versions use only the spiked ones.²

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