Ratchet’s new (happier?) look for Japan

By Spencer . July 25, 2007 . 2:04pm

I knew something was off in the Japanese trailer for Ratchet & Clank Future and it’s the way Ratchet looks. In Japan, Sony coined Ratchet like a Disney character with big bushy eyebrows and a cheek to cheek grin. Most of the time Ratchet’s kid-friendly demeanor is restricted to the cover art, but not in the Playstation 3 game. Look at the difference between Ratchet… and Ratchet in the screenshot above. He has huge eyebrows and shiny anime eyes in the game! I'm not sure if this is a first or not since I haven’t played the Japanese Ratchet games, but it’s interesting to note how far Sony is going to make Ratchet appeal to Japan.

Also see the Japanese Ratchet & Clank Future trailer past the break.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=N-eUrkNzCjc[/youtube]

TAGS: Insomniac, Playstation 3, Ratchet & Clank, Sony

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Icupnimpn2

I know that they made the same change at least on previous Japanese box art. Not sure about in-game. But man, those eyebrows have haunted me for years!

matty

They did the same thing with Crash.

Kirby get ANGRY EYEBROWS for the U.S. market!

Veilknight

It's not as if Sony giving Ratchet a cosmetic change is completely necessary in the first place, as the Ratchet & Clank series is actually one of the more popular Western games in Japan.