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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
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Attachment An upgraded special edition release of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (which was known as Dragon Ball Z 2 in Japan) was released exclusively in Japan and titled "Dragon Ball Z 2 V".

Only 1000 copies were produced and sent out to readers of the magazine V Jump. This version featured a special Tenka'ichi Budōkai stage with V-Jump plastered over the ring, all characters unlocked from the start, and an alternate Coola costume for Freeza.

However, players were unable to save the game and all capsules were automatically assigned to characters.
Final Fantasy VII
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Attachment There are large quantities of cut content from the soapland 'Honey Bee Inn'. The content is as follows:

Whilst in the club, Cloud could end up in a bathtub with nine muscular men, peep through keyholes of occupied rooms, have makeup applied, and choose a room to stay in. You could have also encountered Palmer, head of the Shinra company's space program, coming from one of his regular "bath sessions". There was also a waiting room and employee's louge which players could visit and interact with NPCs.

Whilst some of this content was ultimately cut from the game, the unfinished content can be found on the discs of the original Japanese release and can be accessed through file hacks.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
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Attachment After receiving the Romani's Mask, if you protect Romani's Ranch from the invaders on the First Day, and help Cremia deliver the milk to Clock Town, you'll receive 1 of 3 rewards. Link can get either a Huge Rupee (worth 200 Rupees), some Chateau Romani, or a hug.

If Link receives the hug, Cremia will hold Link up close to herself and a message will appear saying "You did it! You helped Cremia!" "You feel all warm and fuzzy! inside! Sigh... You could get used to this!" The extra exclamation point after fuzzy was removed in later versions of the game.
Bomberman Generation
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Attachment There is an unused texture of one of the octopus enemies where it was brown instead of purple. This likely was not used because the enemy has large pink lips, and US audiences might find it offensive.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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Attachment In the German version of Ocarina of Time, if you speak to Princess Zelda while wearing the Keaton mask, she will say:

"Was bist du denn? Ach, du bist eines dieser goldigen kleinen Taschenmonster, oder?"

Which roughly translates into:

"What are you? Oh, you're one of those golden little pocket monsters, right?"

Referencing the visual similarities between the mask and Pikachu.
Super Mario Bros. 3
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The Koopalings were based on seven of the game's developers. They were all later named after musicians by the American localization team, as no distinct names were given in the Japanese version. It's also speculated the musical names were chosen because their scepters resemble microphones.
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
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Attachment The box art bears a striking resemblance to the Dungeons & Dragons Ravenloft module. The background art of Dracula was removed from the later released European version of the game, possibly for legal reasons.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
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Attachment The house in the back alley of Rogueport's main square originally had a toad-shaped chalk outline and dried blood on the floor. These signs of violence were removed from the U.S. version of the game.
Franchise: Pokémon
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In the Japanese releases, the normal type move "Self Destruct" is called "Suicide Bombing".
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
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In the Japanese release, Rayman was recolored from purple to blue. This is because in Japan, purple is commonly used on villains. It is likely the change was to assert Rayman as the game's hero.
Mario Kart 64
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Attachment Originally, there were several nods to real world products such as Marlboro Cigarettes, Agip Gasoline, Mobil1 Oil, Goodyear, and 76 Gas Station. They were altered internationally for two likely reasons; One of the companies parodied sold cigarettes (possible trouble for an E rated game) and any of them could have sued.
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
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Attachment In the English version of Lunar 2, there's an Easter egg in place of a glitch seen in the Japanese version. In the first boss fight, if Hiro and Gwyn die at a point that prevents the boss from reaching Lucia, the fight will never end, as the boss cannot kill the last party member. If the same conditions are met in the English version, a cute and tiny character called Ruby that mostly just flies around in the background , will one hit kill the boss.
Mega Man Legends
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In the Japanese version of the game, you have more freedom to "abuse animals". You are given total freedom in kicking animals and shooting birds without penalty. This was toned down in the international release, so that you could only kick the dull-colored dogs at the Old City area. Presumably because they are the only animal that can assault you, which would justify a retaliation.
Franchise: Kirby
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Attachment The North American boxarts for Kirby games are edited to make Kirby look angry. It's thought this may be an attempt by Nintendo of America to make Kirby look cooler, and to lessen the notion that they cater to kids.
Franchise: SoulCalibur
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Attachment In the Korean versions of the first 2 games, the character "Mitsurugi" was replaced with a new character, "Arthur", a Caucasian who fights and dresses like a samurai. It's likely that this change was made due to Korea's fickle relationship with Japan, and that Korea actively discourages samurai imagery and references. Mitsurugi was eventually added to Soul Calibur in Korea, replacing Arthur. Nods to Arthur can be seen in later entries in the series, even outside of Korea. These range from fighting him in certain modes.
Final Fight
subdirectory_arrow_right Final Fight CD (Game)
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Attachment Poison, the female thug, was simply intended to be a female gang member to contrast all the large bulky male fighters and add variety to the game. An American playtester working at Capcom objected to the player hitting females, to which Akira Yasuda pointed out that the females were actually transvestites, as stated in Poison's profile that she was born a man, but dresses as a woman. This wasn't enough for North America, so Poison and a recolor of her character, Roxy, were replaced with two male characters called Billy and Sid on the Super Nintendo.

Poison was also censored in the Sega CD version to increase the size of her shirt, so that less of her breasts were revealed in several poses.
Platform: Nintendo 64
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Attachment Due to South Korea banning Japanese cultural imports at the end of World War II, the Nintendo 64 was distributed by South Korean company Hyundai, and was named the Comboy 64.
Platform: Sega Game Gear
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Attachment Due to South Korea banning Japanese cultural imports at the end of World War II, the Game Gear was distributed by South Korean company Samsung, and was named the Handy Gam*Boy.

Samsung released many consoles in South Korea under alternate names, like the Game Boy, Genesis, Master System, NES, SNES and Nintendo 64.
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Attachment Due to South Korea banning Japanese cultural imports at the end of World War II, the Master System was distributed by South Korean company Samsung, and was named the Gam*Boy.
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Attachment Due to South Korea banning Japanese cultural imports at the end of World War II, the SNES was distributed by South Korean company Hyundai, and was named the Super Comboy.
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