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I love Panic Restaurant. (I spent way too much MONEY on Panic Restaurant.) I never played much of the Famicom version, because it seemed to be the same exact thing except with a creepy, bug-eyed kid as the protagonist. Not so! There isn't much dialogue in the game, but what's there is now WAY more in line with the game's lighthearted, comedic tone, and Ohdove (the dumbest villain name ever) finally has his correct name. There's also a charming end credits sequence which I didn't know existed. It's a much more satisfying capper than simply, "The End."

There was always something just slightly off and clunky about the gameplay in Panic. Here, there's a subtle difference which feels more natural. This version just all around makes clearer what the developers were going for. The only shame is that I don't have the option to retain the international title and play as old Cookie. I don't fault the makers of the hack for that, as the stated goal was to simply translate the Famicom version, and they've done a fantastic job. Hopefully, one of these days, someone will make a version which replaces Creepy Teenage Cookie with Mario's Dad Cookie and all his respective animations, brings back the default frying pan weapon (which makes more sense than a head-butt), and renames it "Panic Restaurant." I think all of those changes were for the better, and if applied to the Famicom version with this perfect translation, we'd have a flawless game.