Um Jammer Lammy/Regional Differences
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Um Jammer Lammy is known to have a multitude of differences between regions, though more so between the Japanese and North American releases. Save for a few things, the European release retains the contents of the Japanese version.
Title Screen
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The Japanese logo animation gets a cool fire effect.
Sound Player
The American and European versions feature a sound player mode. It is accessible via the title screen, labeled as "SPECIAL", upon completing all stages in all modes. In this mode, it's possible to listen to the background tracks of each of the available stages over a screen featuring the MilkCan members, as well as PaRappa, Rammy, and PJ, performing on the venue seen in Stage 7; each stage plays different animations for the characters. Curiously, in Stage 1's animations, Katy uses a set of previously unused eye textures, while PaRappa gained a new set which is otherwise not seen. The controls are as follows:
- Square - Move Lammy
- X - Move Katy
- Triangle - Move PaRappa
- Circle - Move Rammy
- L1 - Move PJ
- R1 - Move Ma-san
- Select / Start - Exit
The main menu, upon unlocking the Sound Player.
The Sound Player menu.
The Sound Player in action. Notice Katy and PaRappa's unique expressions.
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| Katy's aforementioned eye textures. | |
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| PaRappa's new eye textures. | |
Stage 1
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| "You can play in hell! You come far!" | "You can play in an island! You come far!" |
The lyrics were changed in the NA version due to stage 6 being changed from Hell to an island.
Stage 5
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"Chop all of them down, |
"Come on and get down, |
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"Choppin trees down for the fun" |
"Knowin that we're here for the fun" |
The lyrics in Lammy's variant were changed because telling kids that chopping down trees is fun probably isn't a good idea. The subtitles in the North American release aren't completely altered for the former line, as seen below:
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PaRappa's lyrics were changed accordingly. An inconsistency in the former line was also fixed, changing the "like" in PaRappa's keysounds to "love", much like Paul Chuck's line.
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"Ain't this fun ? Having fun in the sun |
"Ain't this fun ? Having fun in the sun |
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"Choppin down trees, just for fun" |
"Rollin up high in the sun" |
Stage 6
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The cutscene for Stage 6 was changed almost completely. Upon exiting Chuck's guitar shop, the Japanese and European versions show Lammy slipping on a banana peel, dying, and going to Hell, while the NA version shows Lammy being catapulted to an island. Oddly enough, a lot of the dialogue is left intact, with only a few minor differences.
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Due to the cutscene changes mentioned above, Lammy gets a camouflage outfit exclusive to the NA version. PaRappa's outfit remains unchanged, due to having a different subplot.
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"If I can have another, another dream, the devil would come back to pick me up with you" |
"If I can have another, another dream, somebody would come back to pick me up with you" |
The Lammy variant of Taste of Teriyaki, Stage 6's song, changes one set of lyrics during the chorus, removing a reference to the devil.
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"The angel's been mean to me, that's for sure" |
"My friend's been mean to me, that's for sure" |
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"If I can have, have another wish, |
"If I can have, have another wish, |
PaRappa's variant of the song sports two lyrical differences as well. The first one is during the pre-chorus, which changes a reference to a mean angel to a mean friend, while the second one is similar to the change done in Lammy's variant, changing a reference to the devil which is desired to simply a man which is desired.
Stage 7
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In the American version, not only Lammy keeps her camouflage outfit during most of the non-flashback portions of the cutscene, Katy and Ma-san appear in new outfits as well; the former is also seen with a camouflage outfit, while the latter wears a turban and a red and yellow dress, while also riding a camel. The camera angle of the reunion scene was also changed.
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| "Ok, it's the guitarist on stage!" | "Ok, it's the performer on stage!" |
Only present in the Versus Mode stage with Lammy and PaRappa in the Japanese version when you get into COOL mode. "Guitarist" was changed to "performer" even though the Japanese version still uses the "performer" line in the other modes.
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"OK... You win |
"OK... You win |
Following the changes done to Stage 6, Rammy's voice clip played upon being defeated in Versus Mode was also updated, removing the reference to Hell.
Credits
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The credits feature an instrumental orchestral version of “Keep Your Head Up!!” in the Japanese version, while the International versions feature a rock version with Katy Kat singing the lyrics.
