Only for Contra 1 NES (due to some changes it has, making it an improvement). The update adds JP versions for all the other games, which is nice because now we have JP Hard Corps with the health bar option that's absent in the western releases.
The update added 6 JP versions to the Contra collection, so not all the games came with their JP versions.
I would recommend reading through the Cutting Room Floor entries for the games ^^;
Muthaffff IT HAD A HEALTH BAR?!?!?!
Those aren't errors. 4:3 doesn't fill the screen because it's still 4x integer scaled on the vertical axis and only non-integer scales on the horizontal for that 4:3 ratio. Pixel perfect mode is wider than 4:3 because it's a 5x4 scale, not 4x4. Makes sense for the NES & SNES games, not so much for the MD games (so hopefully they fix the latter).
No. The PC release has all the games' files in one .iso like file. Should it be cracked and it allows for modders to inject fan hacks etc. into it, you'll be able to play the various JP games with English. In the case of Castlevania 2, it'd mean playing the various fanhacks of the game too.
4:3 and pixel perfect are definitely swapped. You can tell just by switching between them. Pixel perfect looks wider, while "original" mode is much thinner, despite the fact it is supposed to be 4:3 (4:3 should be wider, while pixel perfect should be thinner, and it is the opposite in this collection, basically). Also, the image in both of these modes does not fully cover the screen, with black bars on the top and bottom. These are %100 errors, because if you switch to the "4:3 Scanline" mode, it will display properly in 4:3, and with the picture covering the top and bottom of the screen. This is exactly how the games looks in every other version I have played of them, minus the filter itself which I personally dislike. Worst thing about this collection to me by far, shame they didn't fix it.
These most definitely are errors. The preview pictures in the options menu show the correct way these aspect ratios should be displayed, and 4:3 scanlines is a proper 4:3 presentation as well. The aspect ratio is completely messed up in everything but the GB games, and still has not been fixed. :(
I have given up hope, lol. I just play in "pixel perfect" ( which is actually 4:3 as far as I can tell) for everything but the the GB games. Depending on your TV's zoom settings, you may be able to to make the picture a bit larger as well if you want.
Ah, gotcha. Major bummer for sure, although tbh, Japanese text would probably make CV2 even harder to play without a walkthrough than it already is, lol.
Weirdly Famicontra didn't get moved to the JP bonus section with the other titles.
Yeah, sadly that doesn't work for me. 4:3 just covers up half the screen with black bars, basically makes it unplayable. :p
