PAL Shadow of the collossus gets more goodies.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:58 am

Post cards, "making of" documentary, interviews the game creators.

Also comes in a cardboard sleeve like Ico.

USA gets no such love

PAL release is February 17th.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/ ... ?id=133500

ptoing · Post by **ptoing** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:57 am

ICO and now SOTC are the only games i can think of that are better in the PAL version (and stuff like Vib Ribbon which has a PAL but no US release).

I already have the US version but i am sure to buy this again when it comes out.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:33 pm

ptoing wrote:ICO and now SOTC are the only games i can think of that are better in the PAL version (and stuff like Vib Ribbon which has a PAL but no US release).

Wipeout 3: Special Edition. PAL only.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:58 pm

ptoing wrote:ICO and now SOTC are the only games i can think of that are better in the PAL version (and stuff like Vib Ribbon which has a PAL but no US release).

I already have the US version but i am sure to buy this again when it comes out.

In a recent thread, someone mentioned Sega Rally SS had been improved for the PAL release. There's gotta be others as well.

Shame my ps2 is Japanese, I'd love to see the interviews...

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:06 pm

Kinda almost makes up for all the shoddy PAL conversions over the years.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:36 pm

Maybe they're releasing it on the 17th because it contains the legendary 17th colossus..

judesalmon · Post by **judesalmon** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:04 pm

I think it's going to be in a normal PS2 case, not a cardboard one.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:33 pm

I still say the kicker would be if the upcoming PAL release of GWG got 60 FPS and tate, heh heh.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:39 pm

Europeans should die right now.

International Versions, PAL versions...you guys get everything...you SUCK!

At the very least use Cubemedia Player and rip the Video Documentary or something.

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:46 pm

You wish you were european

I wish I was Japanese

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:46 pm

Neon wrote:In a recent thread, someone mentioned Sega Rally SS had been improved for the PAL release. There's gotta be others as well.

Yeah, there are. The PAL version of Metal Gear Solid 3 has everything that's now included in the new Subsistence release, bar the online game and (pointless) movie DVD.

I got a bit muddled when I said that about Saturn Sega Rally. The PAL version was an English-language translation of the Japanese version, which was the one that improved on the rushed US release. So it wasn't really improved specifically for PAL (oh, and apparently it runs at 25 FPS, not 30 as some people here thought).

There were claims that the PAL version of Goldeneye made use of the extra lines on PAL TVs in order to add more detail. I've no idea if that was true or not - I suspect that it was just lazy journos talking about stuff that they didn't understand, but you never know.

There are others, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:48 pm

Doesn't the US Netlink version of Sega Rally feature the same improvements, though?

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:50 pm

Might well do - I really don't know.

judesalmon · Post by **judesalmon** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:02 pm

E. Randy Dupre wrote:Yeah, there are. The PAL version of Metal Gear Solid 3 has everything that's now included in the new Subsistence release, bar the online game and (pointless) movie DVD.

No it doesn't - there are several new things in Subsistence, most notabely the new Splinter Cell-esque camera.

TVG · Post by **TVG** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:38 pm

and the old msx games, and a new playable character, and probably lots of aditional stuff.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:41 pm

BulletMagnet wrote:I still say the kicker would be if the upcoming PAL release of GWG got 60 FPS and tate, heh heh.

Well, I've ordered it. It's supposed to be out on Friday, we'll see then.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:46 pm

It almost certainly won't, but one can only imagine the furor that would erupt on here if it did...

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:56 pm

BulletMagnet wrote:It almost certainly won't, but one can only imagine the furor that would erupt on here if it did...

Yeah, that'd be fun. Either way, it's still only £8.99

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:33 pm

Wipeout 3!!!!!!!!!!! in Pal Dam I loved those games, is wipeout 3 any good???

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:55 pm

judesalmon wrote:No it doesn't - there are several new things in Subsistence, most notabely the new Splinter Cell-esque camera.

Ah, yeah. Forgot about that. But then, seeing as it's a camera angle that's totally at odds with how the game was designed to be played, I'm not sure that it's anything that's worth having.

What are the other new things that I've missed? The two Metal Gear games - yeah, nice extras, but they're not changes to MGS3 itself.

K-J N. · Post by **K-J N.** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:09 pm

The European Shadow of the Colossus box:

Large picture here.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:49 am

Metal Gear solid got a tin boxset on PS1.

Castlevania got some kind of boxset as well. Although the translation to PAL was actually pretty badly done.

Sega Rally on SS just added some animations on the crowds and a big mountain on level 2. Which as previously stated were in the Japanese release.

Daytona was in 16:9 on the SS

As for PAL/Japanese exclusives, the list is quite big.

Shenmue 2 DC
Rez DC

I bet there are tons of shooters. But then again, I think the US got maybe 50 RPG's that were never released in Europe.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:52 am

Well, at least I managed to get the OST.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:57 am

@#@&!@ that box is awesome! If the game features additional gameplay as well, I might have to get the PAL version. Pretty much all of these PS2 3d titles can run in NTSC, right (pretty sure Swap Magic can force 'em to run in NTSC anyway, but hey...)?

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:25 pm

Depends on the publisher. I've bought recent(ish) Konami and Namco games that don't support 60Hz.

judesalmon · Post by **judesalmon** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:13 pm

K-J N. wrote:The European Shadow of the Colossus box:

Large picture here.

Yeah, just found out today that this will be a limited run for the first batch - after that it's back to a standard DVD case. Not sure how many there will be, but it will sell for the bargainous price of £29.99.

K-J N. · Post by **K-J N.** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:59 pm

it290 wrote:@#@&!@ that box is awesome! If the game features additional gameplay as well, I might have to get the PAL version. Pretty much all of these PS2 3d titles can run in NTSC, right (pretty sure Swap Magic can force 'em to run in NTSC anyway, but hey...)?

Like the Japanese version it will also have the dramatic slow motion for the final stab when you kill a colossus.

It has been reported to have a 60hz option (which on PS2 is actually NTSC) as well.