Ristar
Ristar
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[1]
Playable Characters
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[1]
Enemies & Bosses
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[16]
Stages
Planet Automaton / Rewope (Boss Area)
Planet Automaton / Rewope (Round 1)
Planet Automaton / Rewope (Round 2)
Planet Flora / Neer (Boss Area)
Planet Flora / Neer (Round 1)
Planet Flora / Neer (Round 2)
Planet Freon / Timu (Boss Area)
Planet Freon / Timu (Round 1)
Planet Freon / Timu (Round 2)
Planet Greedy / Castle Greedy
Planet Sonata / Neuos (Boss Area)
Planet Sonata / Neuos (Round 1)
Planet Sonata / Neuos (Round 2)
Planet Terra / Fanturn (Boss Area)
Planet Terra / Fanturn (Round 1) (JPN)
Planet Terra / Fanturn (Round 2)
Comments (4)
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Reply to comment by TechMoon24 posted Jan 19, 2026 1:45 PM
The story I heard was SEGA of America supposedly thought American kids were too stupid to understand the idea of walking on clouds and rainbows in fiction. Never mind how often it had already been done.
To me. Terra is pretty clunky for a planet that's supposingly based on dreams, i don't get it why the first round was removed in the US release unless it didn't fit the name there
They're not the same, the JP name for the Mega Drive one is a play on "icicle," the one here is a play on "time." Beyond snow existing, there's not really anything similar about them. They could have just as convincingly called Fanturn "Undertow" after their silly decision to remove its first round (though honestly, naming it "Terra," ie Earth, was even more baffling).
I have a feeling that Timu (the 4th planet's name in the JP version) stands out better than Freon (its US name which is literally just the 5th planet's name in the US version of Ristar Genesis, would you even consider those two Freons one and the same?)