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OHJOY90 posted...

Or, know that Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine and Kirby's Avalanche were actually Puyo Puyo with a fresh coat of paint.

Tetris Attack on SNES was essentially this as well. It was Panel de Pon in Japan. Nintendo didn't think the characters and branding of it would do as well outside Japan, so they tied it to the Tetris franchise by title only, and filled it with Yoshi's Island characters. Later installments in the series got rebranded as Pokemon Puzzle League instead.

OHJOY90 posted...

Or, know that Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine and Kirby's Avalanche were actually Puyo Puyo with a fresh coat of paint.

This is one of my favorite examples of total rebranding because it resulted in both Nintendo and Sega releasing their own competing versions of the same game. Not simply an attempt by one to mimic and compete with the other's game, but literally the same game with different title and window dressing.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

But then they had the problem of American audiences wondering why the hell the game jumped directly from 1 to 4. So they just renumbered it, because what difference did it make? Americans wouldn't know any different. Just like we didn't know that SMB2 was secretly Doki Doki Panic or that Final Fantasy Legend was really SaGa and Final Fantasy Adventure was really Seiken Densetsu (Mana).

Final Fantasy Adventure is not truly an example of rebranding for localization outside Japan, despite frequently being cited as one. Its full title in Japanese is Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden, and it was branded as a spin-off of Final Fantasy in Japan. They simply shortened the title for international release (liberally translating gaiden as adventure). It was when the sequel was developed that the series became independent from Final Fantasy.

fettster777 posted...

The movie made it look like it takes weeks to select.

It took three days in the film Conclave, assuming that's the film you're referencing. Papal conclaves hold four ballots per day beginning on the second day. The film draws out events for suspense, so it certainly feels longer than that. If we infer some ballots weren't shown at all, we could interpret the film as spanning maybe four days, but likely it was three.

I ran track for one year and did not come back to the team afterward. My PE teacher observed that I could run quickly and recommended me to the track coaches. But I learned that I do not enjoy running much and had no particular desire to get better at it.

The rest of high school I skateboarded with my friends. There was no organized extra-curricular activity for that. In hindsight, we should have started a skateboarding club. It was not all that difficult to form entirely student-run clubs that were officially recognized at my high school.

I voted "above a masters." I have a Bachelor's (BA), one terminal Master's (MA), and an en route Master's (MPhil) on the way to a PhD, which is still in progress.