Original sentence: Hayate and Yamato sets out to avenge Kato's death after he is killed by a mysterious organization called the Union Lizard.In the English localization of Mega Drive/Genesis game, the main character is actually Musashi himself (rather than his son) and Kato is made into one of Musashi's students, who is also killed by the organization.In the original Japanese plot of the Mega Drive version, the main character is Joe Musashi's son, , who was brought over to America raised by a Japanese-American named "Dick C.Kato", along with his pet dog.The plot, and even the main character's identity, varies between versions of the game, although the actual game has no in-game storyline.Yamato is made into Kato's pet dog, rather than the main character's
Edited sentence: Controversy surrounding the game comes from its Mega Drive/Genesis counterpart, Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi, which was very different despite both versions being released just a year apart and The Secret of Shinobi being clearly intended as the game's port for that system.Hayate and Yamato would set out to gather and disarm them.He is accompanied by his husky canine, Yamato, who will team up against an unnamed terrorist group.In Shadow Dancer, players play as Hayate, Joe Musashi's American-raised son.In the end Hayate would annihilate the criminal mastermind behind the Asian Dawn.Sega not only changed the backgrounds but also the plot, characters and timeline; most notably — in the Western translation — the replacing of Hayate with Joe Mushashi, though he and Hayate look identical.Shadow Dancer is set twenty years after the original Shinobi game.Some fans were unhappy with the changes and this subject will come up almost every time the game is discussed.The English version is not generally considered canonical.The objective of the game was also changed from stopping bombs to rescuing hostages.The terrorist group have planted a number of explosives throughout the metropolis