I've been messing around with the Sega Genesis Mini for a little while now, and so far I'm impressed. Going into it, I expected to find the level of polish M2 is famous for, and I wasn't disappointed. However, I was expecting just a little something more than the already-charming interface of the Sega Genesis Mini, and true to form, M2 delivered with the language options menu.

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“ ROMs themselves are different depending on the language you choose.

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You've no doubt encountered language options in menus for countless software applications. It's a great way to mess with your friends: turn the language from English to something their wholly unfamiliar with, and see if they can navigate their way back without resorting to a factory reset. For every language menu I've ever encountered, the selection just... changes the language of the menu options. Standard, expected behavior. The Sega Genesis Mini goes further. See it all in action in the video at the top of the article.Rather than merely change the language from say, English to Japanese, the entire look of the UI changes to match the region. The menu screen goes from Sega Genesis branding to the Mega Drive branding used in Japan. If you switch to Italian, it changes to the Mega Drive branding used in Europe.Not only does it change the background to match the region, the game boxes also change to fit the region of the selected language. But what's even more amazing, and par for the course for M2, is the ROMs themselves are different depending on the language you choose.It's such an incredible touch, and shows once again M2's attention to detail. Since the Japanese Mega Drive has a different set of games than the Western version, it's not like they just placed the same software on both and called it good. They actually went through and made sure the box art, backgrounds, and game ROMs matched the regions. It's jaw-dropping.The Sega Genesis Mini comes out September 19, and you can preorder the Sega Genesis Mini for $79.99 right now.

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