Phillip Tanaka
Swabbie
Banned
I thought that I would draw up a little guide detailing the diffirences I have noticed in the PCversion of Wing Commander and the Super Nintendo version.
-The characters are more active in the PC version. They are more animated.
-A couple of pieces of music have been left out.
-Cut scenes when you win or lose a campaign are not in the Super Nintendo version, although the ending remains intact.
-In the Secret Missions add on for Super Nintendo, one of the missions have been removed.
-Dialogue that wouldn't fly with a family company like Nintendo were changed or removed. For example, alcohol and talk of death and suicide is persona non gratta.
-The Kilrathi Admiral's demise is less graphic.
Below is a list of the dialogue from the PC version that, from memory, has been changed or removed. The dialogue is from Wedge's Wing Commander page. http://home.iprimus.com.au/nsswty/Wedge009/WC1/Valgard.html
Knight: Good morning, Maverick. I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to get worried about this affair. You realise we’re heading blind as a bat into uncharted enemy space? Going after a Kilrathi super-weapon we know nothing about?
Paladin: That’s right, Major. Joe here is going to be our morale officer from now on.
Knight: No, thanks, I’d rather fight the Kilrathi! [Not included. Also, Paladin's comment on genocide was removed.]
Spirit: Good day, Major Blair. Have you come here to cheer me up? The Colonel thinks that I am depressed. It is not so. We live in uncertain times. And I have always known that Death walks beside each of us. But if we destroy the Kilrathi fleet and their secret weapon, I will celebrate. I will get very drunk, and swear quite loudly, and act much like Maniac or Hunter. At least for an hour or two. Or maybe not. What if my fiancé were to learn of such behaviour? [This was altered so as not to include any referrence to alcohol.]
Angel: Good luck, my friends, and godspeed. [Changed, for some reason.]
Valgard 3 was not included. I'll put the dialogue below.
(Shotglass: Hey, Maverick, glad to see you’re all right. I keep hearin’ that the situation is bad and gettin’ worse… I think the stress is getting to everyone. I’ve seen a lot of off-duty pilots in here, getting drunker than skunks. And fighting each other… Two techs and a pilot tried to kill each other in here, two hours ago. And some people are just going crazy, like Maniac. I’m tellin’ you, if we don’t finish off those Kilrathi soon and get out of this place, we might end up killing each other, and save the Kilrathi some work.
Angel: Maverick! I am glad to see that you are well. I had heard that you were injured on your last mission. There are too many rumours floating around this ship. Some of the stories I have heard! I, for one, cannot believe that this is a suicide mission. Soon we will complete this mission, and return to our duties in Vega Sector.
Spirit: Hello, Maverick. I have been sitting here, thinking. My fiancé… what if he has been captured, like those poor souls aboard the Gwenhyvar? Captured, and forced to betray his own people, over and over again? It is a fate too horrible to contemplate. I will tell you now, if I were to be captured… I think I would rather die. Better that than the dishonour and shame of what happened to the Gwenhyvar’s crew.
Mission Briefing, 06:00 hours, 2655.115. Valgard System.
Halcyon: Listen closely, pilots, because we don’t have much time. Our success against the supply depot has left a large number of Kilrathi fighters without a home base. Tactical says those ships are heading here. They’ll be very low on fuel, they may try to take the Tiger’s Claw intact. Pilots, you’ll stay close to the Tiger’s Claw and defend. As soon as those ships are destroyed, land immediately. We’ll be jumping from this location before more of these orphaned fighters can arrive. Wing assignments:
The Commander lists the other wing teams, then addresses Maverick:
Halcyon: Maverick, you and Iceman are Mu Wing again. Get ready for immediate launch. Dismissed.
Fly Valgard 3 (mislabelled Valgard 2)
Mission Debriefing – 15:00 hours, 2655.115.
Halcyon: Glad to see you back alive. The recorder shows you nailed 7 of those cats, Colonel. Good work. And Iceman took down 6 Kilrathi. Well, you’d better get some rest while you can, Maverick. Dismissed.
Hangar Deck. 18:00 hours, 2655.115.
Halcyon: For excellence in combat with the Kilrathi enemy, on or about 2655.115, the Terran Confederation is proud to present the Bronze Star to Lieutenant Colonel Blair. Your courage is an example to the Confederation’s finest defenders. Well done, Maverick. Congratulations.
Maverick: Thank you, sir.
Filled with pride, Maverick meets the applause of his crewmates.)
Halcyon: Angel, give ’em hell… but don’t accept any in kind.
Angel: Je comprends [I understand], mon colonel. [Changed, will have to check to see what to.]
Halcyon: Spirit, if you harbour any romantic notions about self-sacrifice…
Spirit: No, sir. Anything I sacrifice today will bear fur and whiskers. [This was changed to "Keep your mind on the job out there." "Yes sir. It is an honor to be a part of this operation."]
Paladin: Are you just sayin’ that so you can get drunk at my retirement party, sir? [Changed to "Are you just sayin’ that so you can be at my retirement party, sir?" to avoid any alcohol referrences.
The Kilrathi Slave Mines.
With the retreat of the Tiger’s Claw and the failure of her mission, the Kilrathi use their new weapon to establish dominance over Confederate defenders. Thousands of Humans are enslaved and taken to the Kilrathi Illudium mines, forced to work in misery until dying from the radiation in the ore… their toil fuelling the Kilrathi advance toward the Human homeworlds. [Edited the part about radiation, possibly because any nuclear incidents were a large concern when the game was released in 1993.]
-The characters are more active in the PC version. They are more animated.
-A couple of pieces of music have been left out.
-Cut scenes when you win or lose a campaign are not in the Super Nintendo version, although the ending remains intact.
-In the Secret Missions add on for Super Nintendo, one of the missions have been removed.
-Dialogue that wouldn't fly with a family company like Nintendo were changed or removed. For example, alcohol and talk of death and suicide is persona non gratta.
-The Kilrathi Admiral's demise is less graphic.
Below is a list of the dialogue from the PC version that, from memory, has been changed or removed. The dialogue is from Wedge's Wing Commander page. http://home.iprimus.com.au/nsswty/Wedge009/WC1/Valgard.html
Knight: Good morning, Maverick. I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to get worried about this affair. You realise we’re heading blind as a bat into uncharted enemy space? Going after a Kilrathi super-weapon we know nothing about?
Paladin: That’s right, Major. Joe here is going to be our morale officer from now on.
Knight: No, thanks, I’d rather fight the Kilrathi! [Not included. Also, Paladin's comment on genocide was removed.]
Spirit: Good day, Major Blair. Have you come here to cheer me up? The Colonel thinks that I am depressed. It is not so. We live in uncertain times. And I have always known that Death walks beside each of us. But if we destroy the Kilrathi fleet and their secret weapon, I will celebrate. I will get very drunk, and swear quite loudly, and act much like Maniac or Hunter. At least for an hour or two. Or maybe not. What if my fiancé were to learn of such behaviour? [This was altered so as not to include any referrence to alcohol.]
Angel: Good luck, my friends, and godspeed. [Changed, for some reason.]
Valgard 3 was not included. I'll put the dialogue below.
(Shotglass: Hey, Maverick, glad to see you’re all right. I keep hearin’ that the situation is bad and gettin’ worse… I think the stress is getting to everyone. I’ve seen a lot of off-duty pilots in here, getting drunker than skunks. And fighting each other… Two techs and a pilot tried to kill each other in here, two hours ago. And some people are just going crazy, like Maniac. I’m tellin’ you, if we don’t finish off those Kilrathi soon and get out of this place, we might end up killing each other, and save the Kilrathi some work.
Angel: Maverick! I am glad to see that you are well. I had heard that you were injured on your last mission. There are too many rumours floating around this ship. Some of the stories I have heard! I, for one, cannot believe that this is a suicide mission. Soon we will complete this mission, and return to our duties in Vega Sector.
Spirit: Hello, Maverick. I have been sitting here, thinking. My fiancé… what if he has been captured, like those poor souls aboard the Gwenhyvar? Captured, and forced to betray his own people, over and over again? It is a fate too horrible to contemplate. I will tell you now, if I were to be captured… I think I would rather die. Better that than the dishonour and shame of what happened to the Gwenhyvar’s crew.
Mission Briefing, 06:00 hours, 2655.115. Valgard System.
Halcyon: Listen closely, pilots, because we don’t have much time. Our success against the supply depot has left a large number of Kilrathi fighters without a home base. Tactical says those ships are heading here. They’ll be very low on fuel, they may try to take the Tiger’s Claw intact. Pilots, you’ll stay close to the Tiger’s Claw and defend. As soon as those ships are destroyed, land immediately. We’ll be jumping from this location before more of these orphaned fighters can arrive. Wing assignments:
The Commander lists the other wing teams, then addresses Maverick:
Halcyon: Maverick, you and Iceman are Mu Wing again. Get ready for immediate launch. Dismissed.
Fly Valgard 3 (mislabelled Valgard 2)
Mission Debriefing – 15:00 hours, 2655.115.
Halcyon: Glad to see you back alive. The recorder shows you nailed 7 of those cats, Colonel. Good work. And Iceman took down 6 Kilrathi. Well, you’d better get some rest while you can, Maverick. Dismissed.
Hangar Deck. 18:00 hours, 2655.115.
Halcyon: For excellence in combat with the Kilrathi enemy, on or about 2655.115, the Terran Confederation is proud to present the Bronze Star to Lieutenant Colonel Blair. Your courage is an example to the Confederation’s finest defenders. Well done, Maverick. Congratulations.
Maverick: Thank you, sir.
Filled with pride, Maverick meets the applause of his crewmates.)
Halcyon: Angel, give ’em hell… but don’t accept any in kind.
Angel: Je comprends [I understand], mon colonel. [Changed, will have to check to see what to.]
Halcyon: Spirit, if you harbour any romantic notions about self-sacrifice…
Spirit: No, sir. Anything I sacrifice today will bear fur and whiskers. [This was changed to "Keep your mind on the job out there." "Yes sir. It is an honor to be a part of this operation."]
Paladin: Are you just sayin’ that so you can get drunk at my retirement party, sir? [Changed to "Are you just sayin’ that so you can be at my retirement party, sir?" to avoid any alcohol referrences.
The Kilrathi Slave Mines.
With the retreat of the Tiger’s Claw and the failure of her mission, the Kilrathi use their new weapon to establish dominance over Confederate defenders. Thousands of Humans are enslaved and taken to the Kilrathi Illudium mines, forced to work in misery until dying from the radiation in the ore… their toil fuelling the Kilrathi advance toward the Human homeworlds. [Edited the part about radiation, possibly because any nuclear incidents were a large concern when the game was released in 1993.]