Best version

[rumpelstiltzkin]

Whats the best version of symphony of the night the playstation or saturn. I always thought i heard people saying the playstation but recently i read the saturn so im confused.

[Crax]

Never played the playstation one, but loved the saturn one.  It was only an import though as far as I know and sometimes I wished I could read the japanese, but it was still a great game.  I have heard from others that have played both that the saturn version is the best.

[rumpelstiltzkin]

I have a jap saturn so i could pick it up i also hate jap text .    I also have a pal playstation 2 and i think the game got a pal ps1 release but it could be a dodgy 50H.     Do you actually need the text and can you get stuck.

[TalkingOctopus]

You could get by without understanding the text.  Most of the dialog is pretty terrible and read by bad actors.  I believe the ps1 game is a better port.  The saturn port suffers from slow down and has slightly worse graphics.  I would think the ps1 game is a lot easier to find as well.  However, the saturn game does have some bonus features absent from the ps1 game. 

[Crax]

You could get by without understanding the text.  Most of the dialog is pretty terrible and read by bad actors.  I believe the ps1 game is a better port.  The saturn port suffers from slow down and has slightly worse graphics.  I would think the ps1 game is a lot easier to find as well.  However, the saturn game does have some bonus features absent from the ps1 game. 

I have heard people mention slowdown, but I didn't really see it when I played the import.  However, I had a cartridge that went in the saturn that added 4mb of ram as well as let you play imports, which I guess could explain not seeing the slowdown.  I only owned two imports, Castlevania and Xmen vs SF and probably played those two games more than any others.

[testicle187]

You could get by without understanding the text.  Most of the dialog is pretty terrible and read by bad actors.  I believe the ps1 game is a better port.  The saturn port suffers from slow down and has slightly worse graphics.  I would think the ps1 game is a lot easier to find as well.  However, the saturn game does have some bonus features absent from the ps1 game. 

I have heard people mention slowdown, but I didn't really see it when I played the import.  However, I had a cartridge that went in the saturn that added 4mb of ram as well as let you play imports, which I guess could explain not seeing the slowdown.  I only owned two imports, Castlevania and Xmen vs SF and probably played those two games more than any others.

The 4 meg ram card is only of use when a game is specifically designed for it and Castlevania SOTN was not.  I have never noticed slowdown of any sort on my Saturn version of this game.