Trivia / Sin and Punishment

• Creator-Driven Successor: This game was intended as a quasi-sequel to Alien Soldier hence the Working Title of Glass Soldier. It features a lot of concepts similar to Alien Soldier such as genetically-modified beings and adolescent protagonists, and Achi was supposed to be from the world of Alien Soldier.
• Fan Translation: Prior to the official release on the Wii's Virtual Console, Vanit Studios made a texture patch that translated the menus, the interface, and subtitles, as well as providing some higher resolution textures. The patch though wasn't really necessary since all the spoken dialogue was already in English, save for the training level and the ending, but it does help those figure out the menus so player won't accidentally run into playing the game on Hard mode. In 2015, another patch was made that translates everything, including the subtitles, hardcoded without the need of texture files.
• Late Export for You: The original Nintendo 64 version, despite the voice acting being in English; by the time of its release the Nintendo 64 was at the end of its lifespan. Eventually rectified with the Virtual Console release, finally bringing the game to its intended audience. Interestingly enough, the game came out in China before the game's Western release, with China getting it through their iQue player in 2004.
• No Dub for You: In an inversion of this trope, the game is only available with English audio, even in the initial Japan-only release.
• Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.": Saki debuted in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as an Assist Trophy. Though to the game's credit, its Virtual Console release beat Brawl to market by five months.
• Working Title: The game was originally called "Glass Soldier" before it became Sin and Punishment. According to an interview in an episode of Iwata Asks, they went through a ton of working titles (another of which was The Wasteland). For some reason, Glass Soldier was actually kept in the game's ending, despite the title having been changed everywhere else.

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