"What if the purely visual glowy sparks in this joke boss fight in the first level actually did damage though" in Dynamite Headdy is such a funny US localisation difficulty increase decision.
Making continues super hard to get is one thing but "What if the two least interesting bosses in the game took twice as long" is a 90s localisation decision that will never cease to amaze
No joke, for years this game's reputation has been poisoned for me because of the last boss
I actually decided to look at this table (for Dynamite Headdy) for the first time ever and these rows are SCREAM-INDUCING
Lighting up all my neurons from hearing the orchestra hit sample in this track
My mind: "The JP version is better because this thing gatekeeps, gaslights, AND is a girlb–"
Me: "OK buddy, I think it's time for a nap."
Also I just loaded up the intro for the first time in a decade and only noticed all the bosses are right here… there's Baby Face, the dog, Spinny, the puppet boss, the one you never meet…
One on the right is a bit tricky, but consulting the Japanese version might give a lead…
Was trying to remember which Dynamite Headdy boss a certain music track was from, and my brain helpfully came up with "the puppet boss". Buddy ol' pal that's all of them