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==Alternative versions== ===Japanese version=== [[File:Mudokonpops2.jpg|thumb|left|220px|On the left is the original "Mudokon Pops!" packaging, with the altered version to the right.]]For the release in Japan, the title of ''Abe's Oddysee'' was changed to ''Abe a GoGo'' by the publisher SoftBank. Other changes included the art for the "Mudokon Pops!" packaging, which originally consisted of a Mudokon head speared on a stick. Due to undisclosed current events in Japan, the design was changed to a more ambiguous, "happier" image.<ref name="art12">Ballistic Publishing, ''The Art of Oddworld: The First Ten Years 1994β2004'', page 58</ref> The design for the protagonist Abe and other Mudokons was also significantly altered. Certain Japanese pressure groups were offended by the Mudokons having four fingers, due to a [[burakumin|historic Japanese subclass of meat packers]] who were looked down upon in society. Four fingers, or showing four fingers to another person, came to insinuate the other was a member of the subclass, because it had become symbolic of the meat packers who frequently had work-related accidents. Oddworld Inhabitants had to alter the design of Mudokons to having only three fingers, or else face legal battles and large fines.<ref name="japan1">{{cite web | author= | year= | title=Oddworld FAQ | url=http://www.oddworld.com/ow_ask.shtml | work=[http://www.oddworld.com/ Oddworld Inhabitants] | accessdate=September 18, 2006 }}</ref><ref name="japan2">Ballistic Publishing, ''The Art of Oddworld: The First Ten Years 1994β2004'', page 45</ref> Oddworld Inhabitants made the altered designs a permanent feature; subsequent versions of ''Abe's Oddysee'' released outside Japan included both the changed packaging and changed Mudokon hand. Future games and media also recognise these changes as [[canon (fiction)|canon]], although ''Abe's Exoddus'' oddly features four-fingered Mudokon sprites, and scenes from ''Abe's Oddysee'' shown in the game were not altered. ===Guardian Angel FMV=== In the initial PlayStation version of the game, upon "perfect" completion of the game β completion with all 99 Mudokon slaves rescued β an extra [[full motion video]] (FMV) named "Guardian Angel" can be unlocked. The video depicts a captured Abe being harassed by "The Shrink", a mechanical creature with a sophisticated artificial intelligence.<ref name="shrink2">Ballistic Publishing, ''The Art of Oddworld: The First Ten Years 1994β2004'', page 49</ref> The FMV is notable due to its absence from the PC version and later PlayStation releases of the game, and its introduction of a new character to the Oddworld mythos. The character was reputedly part of an early advertising campaign, which included television commercials, but was eventually abandoned.<ref name="shrink3">{{cite web | author= | year= | title=Ask Alf 04 | url=http://www.oddworld.com/alf/ow_dearalf04.shtml | work=[http://oddworld.com/ Oddworld Inhabitants] | accessdate=September 18, 2006 }}</ref> ===Game Boy version=== The [[Game Boy]] port was released as '''''Oddworld Adventures'''''; it was developed by [[Saffire (video game developer)|Saffire Corporation]] and published by [[GT Interactive]] in 1998. The game is a significantly cut-down version of ''Abe's Oddysee'', with only a few similar levels and a condensed plot (Abe starts out as a native Mudokon, so the opening levels in RuptureFarms are absent from this version).<ref name="boy1">{{cite web | author=Hernandez, Tara | year= | title=Oddworld Adventures | url=http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=1:20933 | work=[http://www.allgame.com/ Allgame] | accessdate=October 29, 2006 }}</ref>
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