REPOST - Yellow Head Bldg. differences
In Room 222, the attendant of the Hang On machine,
Gao Shun isn't standing in the correct position - he's meant to be standing next to the machine, but here he is facing away from it.
Like Afterburner in the Phoenix Bldg, you automatically win a prize regardless of your performance. However, Gao Shun is magically replaced by
Qi Cunyi (the guy in the Phoenix Bldg.) in this cutscene! Also, he gives you the Afterburner capsule toy as a prize, not the Hang On one.
In this proto, the first black suit you encounter on the third floor is
Yang Wangyan. In the final, he's been replaced by
Zhu Kangda.
Proto (Wangyan):
Final (Kangda):
When you reach the fifth floor, the loading screen simply states 'Kowloon' rather than Yellow Head Bldg:
When you find the 5th floor room where you fight the thugs and get the walkie talkie, the door sign mistakenly says 'A-1 401' in the cutscene (which would refer to room 401 in the Dancing Dragon Bldg.). In the final, this is corrected to say 'F-1 510'.
Proto:
The camera angles in the cutscene where Ren finds the walkie talkie are different.
Proto:
Final:
As with 5F, when you get to 7F, the loading screen simply states 'Kowloon':
When you kick the wooden beams to block the thugs chasing you on 8F, these are not CQTE's in the proto - you just have to press A.
When one of the groups spots you on 8F, the camera angle is different:
Proto:
Final:
When this group spots you, the camera angle also differs between the proto and the final:
Proto:
Final:
After the QTE battle sequence following Ryo and Ren splitting up, the thugs are no longer lying on the floor, making it look like Ren is complimenting Ryo about nothing. This is fixed in the final:
Proto:
Final:
The
music for the Yuan battle doesn't play in the proto.
In an amusing glitch/oversight in the prototype, the garbage is already spilled everywhere in the elevator before Ren actually kicks the bin at Yuan:
The Yellow Head thugs that confront Ryo and Ren after Yuan has been defeated differ between the proto and the final. In the proto it is (left to right)
Tai Shizi,
Jiang Yiqu and
Fan Yang:
In the final, this is changed to (left to right)
Huang Fusong,
Yan Liang and
Zhang Yang:
Credit to
@the_phoenix_mirror for spotting this one- while Ryo is looking for the room with elevator key on 18F, the Yellow Head members in room 1804 change between the proto and final:
Proto:
Final:
In the elevator watchman's room (1824), there's one extra Yellow Head to fight - he was removed in the final.
Proto:
The cabinets you open to power the elevators look a lot more basic in the proto, and do not have any Roman numerals inscribed on them - this was added in the final (so there's no clue to what the correct key is to use!)
Proto:
The puzzle works differently-you have to go into your inventory to pick a key, unlike in the final where the keys appear to cycle through.
While Ryo waits for the elevator, he notes that the elevator stops briefly, however here the display doesn't change, it stays stuck on '18'.
When you get to B3 - the loading screen reads 'Tiger Gate Bldg.' -
which is where Baihu was originally going to be located before this location was scrapped and he was moved to the Big Ox Bldg:
Unlike the final you can hear cheering during Baihu's fight -some black suits are behind the fence, and appear to be the ones cheering. This is likely a leftover from when Baihu was just a 'regular' street fighter that you had to defeat along with Rod, Greg and Chunyan (I'm guessing it wasn't originally black suits cheering - probably some hasty character model swapping going on before the scene was fully revised to fit into the Big Ox Bldg. instead!)
Baihu's opponent before Ryo differs between the proto and the final-
Proto:
Final:
The group of black suits with Baihu differs between the proto and final - firstly,
Chen Shou is replaced by
Yang Wangyan in the final (presumably changed as it wouldn't make much sense for Shou to get here that quickly after being defeated by Ryo on 18F!)
Proto (Chen Shou):
Final (Yang Wangyan):
And then,
Yue Zhou is replaced by
Sun Jianpo (probably changed as Yue Zhou needs to be on the roof assisting Lan Di with the handover of Zhu!)
Proto (Yue Zhou):
Final (Sun Jianpo):
When travelling in the elevator with Joy, the floor numbers don't display correctly - it starts at 'B0' before displaying '30' once they've reached the 40th floor:
As
@Sega_Dreamcast_Info pointed out on the
release page, the stairs going down to 39F are not blocked off in the proto. You can go all the way down to 19F, each floor is essentially the same with just one empty room and the elevators.
When going into the room where you fight the black suits, this door design seems to be used as a placeholder, instead of the large doors that should appear:
When going up the stairs to the roof and the QTE sequence starts, the scene lacks the proper sunset lighting (this corrects itself if you have to retry the sequence):
Once again,
Yue Zhou is somewhere he shouldn't - this in particular doesn't make sense, as you're literally about to see him with Zhu and Lan Di once you're up the steps! He's replaced by
Chen Shou in the final-
Proto (Yue Zhou):
Final (Chen Shou):
Lan Di's helicopter is not yet textured, and doesn't have a pilot - Lan Di is also not holding onto the ladder properly:
Similarly, Dou Niu is not holding onto Wong properly:
Continuing the no contact theme, Wong isn't actually biting onto Dou Niu's arm here!
(continued in next post due to attachment limit...)