The Cutting Room Floor/ME-tan's World

ME-tan's World is an attempt to port an obscure Super Famicom game onto the GBA... and it did well, even seeing an American release by Microsoft (not the real Microsoft though, but rather a Gaming Game subsidiary that was bought by Microsoft, most notably Nestar, known for localizing C.O.V.I.D. games, such as Kats 'n' Kitt'n). This port adds some additional features, but downgrades some of the sprites in order to fit on the GBA.

Also, that mediocre soundtrack!

Developer's Jokes
Present in the game's data are text that feature some rather strange jokes put in by the developers.

The "copyright banhammer police" thingy might be a reference to the fake Microsoft publishing it in order to avoid a lawsuit, since the real Microsoft holds the Microsoft Windows trademark.

Kirby 4 FDS leftovers
Some leftovers of the disk system prototype of Kirby 4 are leftover in the files of the GBA version... which are now invalid as the GBA doesn't even use floppy disks.

Super Mario Bros. Leftovers
Leftovers from Super Mario Bros. exists in the files of the GBA version. Given that it was made by another developer, the presence of it is quite a mystery... perhaps they were inspiring on Mario?

Kirby 4 Leftover


A Kirby 4 leftover... which also led to rumors that have been proved true.

Final Boss SFX
The international version features a different voice for the final boss. This was changed in Europe so that it could have a PEGI 3 rating.

Language
The Japanese version is only available in Japanese... for obvious reasons.

In the Americas, the game was released in each country's mother language.

The European version allows the selection of a language (as was the standard for most games at the time) via booting up the game for the first time, though it could also be changed via the options menu.

Interestingly enough, there was a seperate version released in Germany, the Netherlands, and in some Belgic regions, which is only playable in German and Dutch.

Logo
In Japan, the game was published by Futaba Games, a company that has been bought by Futaba Channel in 2001, replacing Gaming Game Japan.

The Windows OS is copyrighted, so a Gaming Game subsidiary that has been bought by Microsoft dediced to publish the game in the US and Europe.

Interestingly, when a contest to promote the game in New York City shows this logo, people began saying "how is Microsoft making games on Nintendo instead of XBOX?", with the announcer later responding it's not the real Microsoft, and people got confused.

Jingle
The Japanese version uses a unique jingle once the logo appears, which is the standard for many of Futaba's games at the time. The international version uses the TADA sound from Windows 98, which is one of the most well-known sounds in Windows history, dating back to 1992 with the release of Windows 3.1.