Sailor Moon (Sega Genesis vs SNES) Gameplay Comparison
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- A side-by-side comparison of the game Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon between Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) and SNES (Super Famicom).
Note: The game is based on the first season of the anime Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon).
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I genuinely miss the era where the same game was very different depending on the platform. It’s not necessarily a ‘better or worse’ situation either, sometimes they’re both great but very different.
Yeah, the 16 bit era had a lot of games on both the SNES and Genesis that shared the same name but we're both different and fun.
Castlevania are amazing on both.
For instance, Aladdin! Great and tight platforming on the SNES, a more polished graphics department on the Genesis / Mega Drive.
Seiken Densetsu 3(SFC) and Monster World IV(Mega Drive), are two examples of good games... Too bad they were only in Japan... At least they had a translation, albeit unofficial, into English...
@@SauloDuarte-pl9yk But they did get official translations decades later though.
Oh man. I play this in the arcade still. There's a huge one near my home.
1. Mega Drive version has story cutscenes and dialog. The Super Famicom version throws you into the action.
2. Also judging the options screen. The Mega Drive version seems to give you 7 lives compared to 5 in the Super Famicom version.
3. The Mega Driver version also moves faster.
4. Also the Super Famicom version seems to lock you in a screen while Mega Driver version you can move back and forth. Noticeable when you did your special jump kick attack.
5. The elevator and the fights on the semi truck trailers are missing from the Super Famicom version.
6. The Panda bear riding the train has no audible tell when arriving on the Mega Drive version.
This video is long so there is probably a lot more Gameplay elements to compare.
don't forget, Mega Drive version is 1 player only, they cannot play 2 players co-op
I feel its hard to do a apples to apples comparison when one version comes out a year after the other. A year back then (and now) is huge. It's like comparing Street Fighter 2 to Street Fighter 2 Turbo when it comes to differences.
@@Criticalhitkoala
Well it depends, two players option is a big advantage tbh. But I wouldn't say having the game one year before the other is an instant advantage, it was a game made with snes in mind, and then kinda ported to mega drive, md has the processing power to run this for two players and run even better than the snes in that regard, while the snes should have better graphics overall. I was truly surprised at genesis drawings considering the handicap the console has in the gpu color palette department, the splashes look really good. It's a strange comparison, bc it should be the other way around, genesis 2 having players + more enemies at screen vs snes better overall graphics + drawings and cutscenes if you just take hardware capabilities in mind. That's the rule of thumb on snes vs md it's mainly a battle of having a faster cpu vs a more modern gpu
Megadrive version has fanatics exaggerating its abilities compared to the far Superior Super Nintendo.
I like md colors better, and the additional screens, but the lack of 2 player mode is unexplainable
Possible the game was rushed is the reason for only 1 player. the way the game feels when playing also leaves the impression some extra work was needed and things were left out.
@@HellTantrumbullI have made some color mod for the MD game and yeah, it was clearly rushed. Each sailor use a full 15 color palette like in snes version with some unused color on it.
There is no color optimisation and it's why the 2 player mode was removed (with no color optimisation, the game would have need an extra palette to be 2 players) the game also lack some interesting boss and interactive level from the snes version. But the snes version is way slower have worse hit detection, worse gameplayMD version have more move), no shinettou boss, no story mode.
The best game would be the MD and Snes version combined in only one game
I know right usually it's the other way around Where does mega drive version is 2 player and the Super Nintendo one is not , You definitely don't see this often
Why does mega drive voices sound good in the intro and in gameplay it sounds horrible? 😢
@@chevalierkraken This leaves me wondering if 2 player mode could be added if modders were to make the right adjustments.
I loved the Genesis ver BGM and the original command moves. The stages added to the Genesis version were also good. Also in the Genesis version, you can see a hidden final boss in hard mode.
Is there a genesis version of a megadrive version? cause this looks far to good to just be a genesis version. Either way it being 1 player is B.S, how does it have all that other stuff but miss one of the most important parts of a beat em up at the time?
This channel is fantastic. I hope there are more comparisons of anime games like this!
What I like the most about this game is that BGM near the end where it starts off in a wintery, peaceful kind of way then abruptly goes chaotic then loops back to peaceful.
*MD version
A la version de sega solo le falto ser de 2 players, en lo demas en ataques, movimientos y velocidad la de sega es mucho mejor
Its funny how the text in the menu english words but written in hiragana, usually katakana is used for foriegn words.
As much as I love the genesis, multiplayer will always be better than single player
Both good games but not sure what made the Super Famicom team decide on that blue veil over the colours. Normally the SF is better than the MD for colouring so it's an odd one at around on this occasion. Both games play really well though. I certainly enjoyed both.
Snes have 2 players, but Mega have a better controls and combo system, anyway both games are bad, but the MD have a amazing music.
Extra fact, the MD version was made by Arc System Works.
Por isso jogo até que é bem bonito.
Good point.
*Streets Of Saylor Sages*
I used to play the SNES version a lot back in the 1990's, never knew there was a Mega Drive version. Surprised to see it look and sound so much better - equally surprised and disappointed at the lack of 2 player mode.
That's the only drawback, the Genny version smokes it everywhere else.
I remember playing the SNES one on an emulator when I was younger alongside other old Sailor Moon games.
Although it sucks that it has no two player mode, the Genesis version is better in terms of control and audio clarity (although both have great music), and the tonality is closer to the original anime, even though the story of it, whilst possibly fitting between episodes 48 -50. The SNES version is decent and looks better graphically but feels somewhat clunkier; an example of how better graphics doesn't mean a better game. I also never got why at 46:28 it shows Ami (and the other four) in her school uniform there.
Nice choice of characters; too Mercury and Venus were my favorites of the Inner Sailors.
Gostei da versão Mega Drive
Também, principalmente pelo som, tem uma qualidade bem superior ao do SNES.
I've played BOTH versions recently, and I honestly think they are pretty close; but the Genesis still has its advantages tho...
About that despite that Sailor moon is still Popular 30 + years later NOT a SINGLE VIDEO game for it officially left Japan.
There was an official Italian video game on the Nintendo DS
A lack of 2 player mode on the MD version is inexcusable.
Porting some assets and not wanting to fight with color palettes could be the reason for not having a 2p mode. Mega drive has the power to run this 2p with ease if you sort some gpu limitations
@@akafede4351 I understand the color issue, however just take a look at Streets of Rage 3 for one. They really made that game so well, you'll never know the MD had such color limitations.
I think there was a arcade version too of this game. I have both versions of the Magadrive and Super famicom. There both good games with pros and cons. Love them both. ❤🙂
The soundtrack, level design and gameplay is lightyears better on the Genny. If it had two player mode? It would win this battle hands down. As is, it's still the better game though. The animation is so much smoother and the presentation is solid with the dialogue before the boss battles. That soundtrack on the Genny is nothing short of amazing though, some of the best on the system. Especially for stage 2-2 where you go into that sweets themed funhouse. On the SNES it sounded like really bad circus music, the Genny version actually gives you a proper theme to kick ass to. Yup, in spite of missing two player mode? The Genny version is the one to own.
The soundtrack is good in both versions but regarding the stage 2-2 music, i think the Megadrive version tries to sound more cheerful as the prior section had a more calm feeling. On the Super Famicom version the theme sounds like "here comes the evil circus clowns" to give a different feeling to the prior cheerful fun park section music.
If you are a fan of Sailor Moon and or just enjoy the beatem up genre i would recomend playing both, as they are different enough. And if i could, i would love to own both cartridges.
@@jsr734I wouldn't say the candy house theme is cheerful per se, but it is more upbeat and a proper song to actually kick some ass to as well. The SNES version has an okay soundtrack but having played and beat both games thanks to emulation?
I can safely say the Genny version is still the better game. Better graphics with way smoother animation, more detailed sprites, a killer soundtrack that holds up to some of the best the Genny has to offer.
Whomever composed the Genny soundtrack did a fabulous job of it. I could seriously jam to that stuff all day. I have to wonder if they used the same engine from Streets of Rage 2 to pull it off.
This coming from someone who appreciates both systems for what they brought to the table here. I'm no fanboy to either one and I can recognize when a version of a game is better on one system over another.
In this case, the Genny version is a clear runaway on most fronts. Only thing it's missing is two player mode. Other than that, it's the way to go.
Both are great.
We Need a remaster of this game ASAP!!
Curious with the 1p character choice. Did some research based on the color quite the experience. Sailor Mercury. Has apparently a 300 IQ and the power over forms of water. Also a computer whiz that uses a micro super computer and scan enemies using "Mercury Visor". Also to be honest the 2 player mode on the Super Famicom version seems dull and less difficult. Also considering that there were better beat'em ups on the console at the time.
Snes the best
Both versions are great, but I think the SNES has the edge in this one even with the Sega Genesis version coming a year later.
The graphics on the SNES are more detailed, you can notice on the title screen using mode 7 to zoom and the background scene has much more detail and you can also notice in the transformation sequences how the SNES has more details, in addition the SNES version has multiplayer that is absent on the Sega Genesis not to mention that the SNES version also has more voices during gameplay.
Maybe but megadrive have far better control, more move(a jump dash and a special is added to each characters and Jupiter have different combo), is faster, run in higher résolution, have more bosses
@@chevalierkrakenGive it a rest, TROLLBOT. Nobody is buying your ignorant nonsense.
@@chevalierkrakennot to mention, the in game soundtrack on the Genny version smokes the SNES version all day, every day.
But to be fair, the snes have some level with good exclusive level design idea and a better gameover system, A remake combining the best part of each version would be one of the better 16bits BTA
@@chevalierkrakenThere WAS such a thing as an openBOR game. OpenBOR is an engine where fans can make their own beat ‘em up and platform games. There was a Sailor Moon fangame in this manner that had the best of both worlds, allowing you to play either scenario along with bonus fights such as Queen Metalia fused with Beryl for up to 4 players!
Altrough the core gameplay is the same, hey seem to be quite different, but SNES looks and sounds slightly better imo, and it has a two player mode. The SNES version is from '93, Genesis from '94.
Sailor moon on SEGA Genesis?! Heck yeah I’ll try it!
If only the Genni version had two player!
Snes version was good music and sound good grapichs. But Is more difficult also in normal mode. Sega version Is more Easy complete the game, decent music,graphics and sound not very impressive. But the game Is the same fun.
the gameplay looks snappier and slightly faster on Genesis
It's a runaway. The Genny version, in spite of missing two player mode, is still the better game. The level design and especially the soundtrack are so much better on the Genny. I played through both games so I know a thing or two.
Surprised neither of these got a US release, given how popular the anime had become there in the mid 1990s.
By the time the anime aired in the US both these games were a year or two old. Also the next gen consoles were out so they probably didn't see the business sense in it. I'm surprised they didn't get a PAL release though as SM aired in Spain and Portugal before these games came out. That's why France and Portugal got some Dragonball Z games that the rest of PAL and the US didn't get on the SNES.
@@TheRetroMartin The MMPR games were doing bank and those came out around the time.
@@SomeOrangeCat MMPR was already two years down by the time the games came along. That's a stark difference to two games that came out a year and two years before an anime even aired.
@@TheRetroMartin Yeah. I guess timing was everything. There's a surprising number of games like that where if the source material had made it's way west just a bit sooner there would have been western releases of the games too.
@@SomeOrangeCat agreed. It is what it is, as annoying as that was. We missed out on a lot of great games across the West.
prefiro a versão do mega drive!
O fato desse port não ter modo pra dois jogadores é de me desparafusar o cérebro.
I've always been more of a Sega fan over SNES in most cases. I have to say that Sega takes the cake with this game. The stages, animation, sprites, storytelling, additional moves and I've always liked Sega's more bass sound over Nintendo. This is kind of like comparing Streets of Rage to Double Dragon & Battle Toads. The latter just seems so inferior.
The Sega version is single player though: A cardinal sin according to Sega fans who blast the NES version of Double Dragon and the SNES version of Final Fight.
@@SomeOrangeCat I agree that single player only is a big letdown. Single-player to single-player, the Sega version is superior. For me personally, I probably wouldn't have used the multi-player of the SNES version much at all. Today isn't much different than 1993/4 for me. I'm still primarily doing games on my own.
Even pvp games, like Halo, I almost always run alone.
I'm one who can acknowledge when one version of a game is far superior to the other. In this case? I'll take the better soundtrack, better animation and better stage design of the Sega Genesis version over the two-player mode the SNES version offers.
Fico com grande Megão mesmo !!!!
I remember playing this game at my friend's place, he got it imported I thought he rented it, its alright but have to give it to the snes due to 2 player. But honestly, there's much better beat em ups out there in general for both consoles.
Snes version better and more fitted to the console.
MD looks like just a forgotten port, reminds me of ISS Deluxe situation.
Os 2 são legais mas prefiro a versão de SNES por ser multiplayer.
メガドライブ版がテンポよくて好きなんだけど終盤の敵の出現数の多さが地獄。
Ambas as versões tem músicas que me fazem dormir ou chorar.😢
Tirando isso até é um bom briga de rua, se checar as bibliotecas de ambos, esse é até bom.😀
The Sega version is still my favorite, the music, unique stages, bosses, controls and extra moves. Would have been great if it supported 2 players. Too bad they only released one game while the SN released Sailor Moon R, which had good improvements like the hitboxes, big moves animation and seemed to follow the story better.
Eu ainda nao experimentei a versao do Super Nintendo mas ela legalzinha tem multiplayer nao sei porque nao colocaram na versao do Mega, porem na do Mega gostei muito da trilha sonora e as Sailors tem golpes de comando que pode fazer qualquer hora sem gasta a barra de HP como um tipo facao o penteado do Gulie duplo da Sailor Moon, Shoryuken de Bolhas da Sailor Mercúrio, o furacao do Joe da Sailor Marte, O Power Geiser do Terry da Sailor Júpiter e aquele golpe de agarrao aéreo do Guy misturado com o pilão do Zangief da Sailor Vênus, nao sei se tem esses golpes especiais na versão do Super Nintendo, mas tem os golpes que carregam magia em ambas as versões.
Cual es la combinación de botones para usar los movimientos especiales?
i love both of these games. i like the differences.
I actually haven't played either version of this so I can't say which version plays better. The SNES version definitely has better visuals and especially audio. A barrage of punches on the Genesis sounds like someone trying to squirt out the last bit of ketchup from a squeeze container.
Nossa mano, Mega Drive arrebenta em tudo, até mesmo nas cores, meu deus, Super Nintendo ta loko bicho, feio demais.
The mega drive version doesn't have multiplayer but if a hacker rom comes along that activates the 2 player mode it would be as good as the super nintendo version.
Ever notice how hackers always have to come along and "fix" games for Sega?
@@SomeOrangeCat Is it the fault of the developers themselves who make a poor service if the hacker can do it because the developers can't? What stops them the Hardware? But if they did what's their excuse? They simply don't want to do it and they do it anyway, Hackers are humiliating the producers, the megadrive version looks like it's running at 60 fps and the Super Nintendo sometimes drops to 30 fps in some parts and yes there is a Super Nintendo game that needed it hacker example Street Fighter alpha 2 when the fight starts in fight the game freezes for a few seconds and the fight starts, as if there was a loading process, they made a hacker who fixed it, it's a sound problem, Capcom's bad service, you just had to change one value that capcom left there that caused this error an employee made this error and just removed it and the problem was resolved, that is, the producer's fault, not the console's fault because it had the capacity to run without problems, just like on the mega drive, nothing prevents it from running sailor moon for 2 players.
@@SomeOrangeCat I remembered that Super Bomberman 2 on Super Nintendo doesn't have multiplayer mode for 2 players in story mode, which is the normal game only in battle mode, so I ask you why they didn't say if Super Bomberman 1,3,4 and 5 have multiplayer in story mode, 3,4 and 5 are superior and require much more from the console, meaning there is no excuse for having to hack a multiplayer rom in Super Bomberman 2.
@@jonh0There have been fastrom hacks of other SNES games that reduce slowdown. Maybe this game could benefit from it too?
Apesar de muitas diferenças a versão de Mega Drive fica devendo e muito por não ter como jogar de2players.
Porém tem uma qualidade de som bem superior.
@@Matheus55032 Quem se importa?
I prefer the Genesis version for its faster, tighter gameplay and especially the soundtrack. Though, the SNES version is still a fun game on its own.
Nice Video ! Sub & Big Like ! And Love Retro Sailormoon Games !
Wow, all this years and i never noticed the Megadrive version didn´t have 2 player mode.
Single play only on MD?
It was a RUSHED port, no doubt about it.
Lack of blastprocessing.
Man I would have liked to fight Nephrite and Jadeite in the SNES version. Least they made it in the Genesis version.
Love the SNES ending!
The Mega Drive version was only single player? That's a rather odd they didn't include two player co-op. Hard to believe there would be a technical reason for that.
Who else sang the opening theme? Yall know damn well you know that song. 😁
🎵Fighting evil by moonlight
Winning love by daylight
With the Sailor Scouts will help fight
She is the one named Sailor Moon! 🎶
Interesting that the stages start similar and got completely different in the middle. If SNES is the only with 2 player option then it's the winner, if not, that's close to a draw, but SNES game seems harder. Genesis have 2 more areas in the beggining of stages, but they don't change much the game overall. Quality of level design sometimes is better in one, sometimes in the other.
é praticamente dois games diferentes com a mesma proposta, joguei muito no snes época que eu era tarado pelas sailor e suas pernas huehuehuehueh
Genesis : Better design
SNES : Better animation
Two systems playing stuff about love and friendship at the same time. This is what the world came to in 2024. Sailor Moon! 😂
SegaMegadrive have mod 2 players ?
The Super Famicom version is better, because it has a 2P mode, unlike the Mega Drive version that leaves it out. Also, the Mega Drive version is longer and harder.
Эх ностальгия.
While I love both games I prefer the Sega Visuals, but the Nintendo sound...
megadrive/genesis sailor moon: 2MB(16mbit)
snes/sfc sailor moon: 1.5MB(12mbit).
Because of the greater number of displayable colors on snes, you'll always need a larger cartridge on snes to get the same content as on megadrive.
because the color information takes up more space on the cartridge.
This explains why, for the same size, there are often more things (sprites, stages...) on the 16bit sega.
here, the roms aren't even the same size, they're smaller - the match was lost before it started.
A larger cartridge size doesn't necessarily make a game better. The Genesis version looks like a poorly made port with missing features like 2 player.
@@davidaitken8503 yeah, It's a shame that the 2-player game is absent. ... but here the megadrive version have a better gameplay.
I prefer a good 1-player game to an average 2-player game.
@@sdekaar I'm glad to hear that. I'm sure that means we can agree that Batman Returns and Ninja Warriors on SNES are superior to Streets of Rage 2 despite being only single player, right?
Wow. The Genesis version is missing the two player mode of the SNES version. Well, I guess the only rational conclusion is not that it was a lazy port, but that the Genesis just couldn't handle it.;)
I'm astonished by the number of Sega fans who suddenly don't care about the lack of a two player mode in a beat-em-up.
@@SomeOrangeCat Exactly! lol funny how that works huh? The FF video that was every other comment "MD better cause 2 player!" Now that the shoe is on the other foot people refuse to admit the Genesis was just a lazily done port because the SNES version is better.
@@MKF30 Speaking of demos/incomplete games, VC Decide refused to compare Half-Life on the PS2 vs the Dreamcast, claiming that it wasn't fair to compare the two as the PS2 game was a polished finished product. Funny how she breaks her own rules whenever it benefits Sega.
@@SomeOrangeCat Comparing a modern day port of Final Fight on the Genesis that had no memory restrictions, deadlines, and the added benefit of modern day optimization tools to the 30+ year old version released on the SNES is totally fair in her sad little Sega fangirl mind apparently.😂
@@davidaitken8503 She regularly contradicts herself, gets mad at people for calling her out, throws a "I'm deleting everything!" tantrum she doesn't follow through with, then resets her attitude for about four to five videos before she's back on her bullshit. I know that a majority of Brazilian Sega fans aren't batshit fanatics, but she's one of the more prominent ones, and thus gives the rest a bad name.
i've been playing this with my gf 2 weeks ago lol
I find it so odd that the spritework is subtly different between the two versions. Why?
Eu daria vitória pro mega drive por causa da jogabilidade um pouco melhor mas como a do SNES tem dois players aí faz toda diferença. Entao SNES vence pra mim. Multiplayer é vida.
Sound can be better. MD hit sound can be better (SOR trilogy can proof that) but here we hear basic farts sound. Also why fps droped when telephone cabin was hited?
SEGA MEGA DRIVE THE BEST🤟👍
After playing both, on startup it seems as though the SNES version>>>>>>>>>>the Genesis version, by virtue of it having better graphics and sound, and two player support. However, after spending time with both, there's actually a lot that the Genesis version does better too, and not just story. The controls, especially for special attack are one example. I think the Genesis version has slightly more creative level design too. So, in the end, I think both are good, and both have pros and cons.
I laugh every time Sailormoon hits the enemy because there's a fart sound in the Sega Genesis version.😂
@@JonBR-622 Actually, Sailor Moon is surprisingly my favourite character in both games by virtue of her headbutt. It's easier to get by with spamming that in the Genesis version though. Remember when Sailor Moon took out Queen Beryl with a headbutt? No? Well, I made that a reality in both versions.
Super nintendo is nice.
la versión de sega tiene finales independientes? también desbloquean a chibi usa? cambia el final jugándolo en hard?
So pelo fato de ter 2 player snes .cores snes .som snes .cut cens mega
The 2 games could make a good single one 😂
inner senshi
Megadrive es mejor, pero Snes puede jugarse de 2 players
Que paso con este canal ?? estuve buscandolo ultimamente y estaba desaparecido
by the way, y love Sailormoon 😍
*AMBOS SÃO BONS EMPATE*
Very different presentation.
Why does mega drive voices sound good in the intro and in gameplay it sounds horrible? 😢
Yamaha 2612 and its 6 channel voices are doing all the job at once and depending what sound engine did composer used... remember more memory back then was expensive back the. Days brother.....that snes reverving sound samples sometimes it makes it like they screaming on the toilet room
Cause the Genesis is a suck ass console!!!
@@jabarijones9588 that console did receive more love than you champs....that console did got more balls than you in real life. Emd of story 🤣👌😎👍
@@jabarijones9588 that's not a reasonable answer. There are games out there on action and sounds perfect.
@@RetroGames4K It's the answer that all Sega haters give, and that guy is clearly one of them. Must be either Nintendo or Sony biased.
"HARISEN" very strong!
Mine's is SNES. Always wonder is my memory wrong since there are more videos on the Sega one.
Is the first stage music the same as Another Story?
Sailor Moon 👯♀️🙅🏻♀️ 23:39 📹
SNES Wins. Best audio, best graphic, 2 players with friends.
Why ending strory better Snes...😂😅
Genesis
Snes version has that mode 7 advantage and sound advantage. Giving it to Super Famicom. megadrive has some nice cut scenes, but its a slower game overall.
Megão tem a melhor versão
MD version is better
Dois jogos feito duas softhouse diferentes, megadrive foi mais competente, snes/famicom desilusao
a versao do mega drive , tem pelo menos 2 telas a mais que a versao snes , no mais nao tem grandes diferenças , o final do snes e melhor , mais eu jogaria qualquer uma das 2 versoes
SNES best music best graphics best history 2 player , mode 7 ..
Are you sure that you don't mistakee one version with another? Because in MD version cutscense and art look colorful like SNES quality, but in SNES version colors are more dull
まー、当たり前だけどセガの方が画質良い
Amo os dois, não consigo escolher.
SNES wins once again! ❤
Amo as duas mais eu acho a do snes melhor apesar do mega dar um show na introdução
man the platforming in the MD is a whole lot better.. but the lack of 2p mode kills it.
Sega because there are the four shittenou