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Drill Dozer
Drill Dozer (2005)
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Attachment The US version of Drill Dozer modifies some of the unlockable generic costumes to reference (or further emphasize existing references to) different Game Freak and Nintendo games - a schoolgirl outfit being swapped for an outfit of Leaf from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, a nurse outfit being given extra details to reference Click Medic, a futuristic outfit being replaced with a Pulseman outfit, and costumes already based on Mario and Mendel Palace being given extra details from their source material.

Despite references to Click Medic and Pulseman being added in the US version, those games had not received US releases at that point.

These changes were reverted for the European version of the game
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Cameo, Customization, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (1994)
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This game was not originally envisioned as a successor to the original Pac-Man, but rather a spin-off. The title was changed from Hello Pac-Man! to Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures in Western localization.
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Crazy Frog Racer
Crazy Frog Racer (2006)
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Puschel the Squirrel is named after Puschel, das Eichhorn, the German title for the anime Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel, and her character design resembles a squirrel character from the series named Sue.
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Dance Dance Revolution X
Dance Dance Revolution X (2008)
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The song "Horatio" has two unique Challenge Charts depending on the version.

In the North American PlayStation 2 version, Shock Arrows are used more frequently and before 16th notes, forcing the player to occasionally step in the center to maintain the stream patterns.

This was changed in the arcade release of X, reducing the quantity of Shock Arrows in the beginning and end and spacing them out further. This modified chart is also used in the Japanese console release of the game.
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RemyWiki page for the song:
https://remywiki.com/Horatio

The original chart for Horatio Challenge:
https://youtu.be/qRlcc-5jvkY?si=8xnIKQIrtUBcPYQy

An example demonstration of Horatio Challenge Console, as linked in the trivia:
https://youtu.be/9pbOtfg5haM?si=zSupPpnSiFPRMPnM

The current chart for Horatio Challenge for comparison:
https://youtu.be/zzt3lW-qVPU?si=ZAFRccg5NfHSK_vD
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (2001)
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Attachment During the run-up to the game's release, SoBe aided the promotion by giving away a number of Oddworld-themed decorated goods, and Oddworld Inhabitants were able to return the favour by replacing a number of Health Up Vendos in the North American version with SoBe vending machines that function the same way. However, this lead to a number of fans thinking that Oddworld Inhabitants had sold out and refused to ever have any association with Oddworld ever again, resulting in them being removed entirely from the PAL versions of Munch's Oddysee. This removal even applied to all the re-releases of the game except for the PC and Switch versions, where the SoBe vending machines are retained in some of the levels.
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Advertisement/Commercial, Real Life, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
Kid Klown in Night Mayor World (1993)
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Attachment Kid Klown in Night Mayor World was originally released in Japan as Mickey Mouse III: Yume Fuusen. However, because Capcom held exclusive rights to release games based on Disney properties outside of Japan, Kemco substantially retooled the game for its international localization, replacing the myriad of Disney characters with an original cast and remaking the title screen and cutscenes from scratch.
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Development, Real Life, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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The Simpsons Arcade Game
The Simpsons Arcade Game (1991)
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The Japanese version of the game has a much more dynamic scoring system. While every defeated enemy yields one point in international releases, the Japanese release has enemies vary in points, including bosses.
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Garfield Labyrinth
Garfield Labyrinth (1993)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mickey Mouse IV: Mahou no Labyrinth (Game)
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Attachment Garfield Labyrinth is a localized version of Mickey Mouse IV: Mahou no Labyrinth where, instead of Mickey having to save Minnie, Garfield has to rescue Odie. However, the ending cutscene of the game was not modified to account for the change from Mickey's girlfriend to Garfield's foil, resulting in the accidental implication that Garfield and Odie are in a gay relationship as they hold hands surrounded by hearts, frolic in flowers, and travel in a hot air balloon.
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Garfield Labyrinth ending:
https://youtu.be/62-llivpKWQ

Mickey Mouse IV: Mahou no Labyrinth ending:
https://youtu.be/uLrExxn9uU8?t=949
Monty on the Run
Monty on the Run (1985)
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The Japan-exclusive Famicom version of Monty on the Run bears almost no resemblance to its source material, with Monty being a human prisoner instead of an anthropomorphic mole, the game starting in a temple instead of Monty's house, the game being a side-scroller instead of multi-screen game, and the Monty Freedom Kit selector being a weapon select instead of anti-piracy. The only resemblances the game has to the British version of the game are being about an escaped prisoner and featuring the Monty on the Run theme as title screen music.
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Gothic
Gothic (2001)
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In the German version of Gothic, during Chapter 2 of the story you can find members of the German rock band In Extremo playing live in the old camp, performing an acoustic version of their interpretation of the Swedish folk song "Herr Mannelig" (Mister Mannelig). They are in the files for other versions of the base game and in the files for Gothic II's Night of the Raven expansion, but are never used outside of modding due to copyright issues. This cameo was intended to be cross-promotion for the band.
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Dead or Alive 2
Dead or Alive 2 (1999)
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Inserting the CD-ROM of the Dreamcast version into a PC reveals a readable segment with a folder called "BONUS" containing various pictures of the female cast.

The galleries are different between regions. The Japanese gallery features Ayane and Kasumi wearing a kimono while the other three galleries feature pin-ups of Helena, Leifang, and Tina (the latter wearing cat ears). In the European version all the pictures are pin-ups with only sharing the Helena picture (albeit with a different background). The American gallery is pretty similar to the European one but with three extra pictures.
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Bonus Content, Console Difference, General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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The King of Dragons
The King of Dragons (1991)
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In-game footage showing the uncensored death in the arcade version:
https://youtu.be/IsM3_h1xav0?t=518

The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/The_King_of_Dragons_(SNES)
Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy
Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy (1990)
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Attachment When a full screen spell is performed, an image flashes on-screen for a few frames. In the Japanese and World 900623 revisions, it's a hexagram, which the symbols inside of it being astrological symbols for Saturn, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, and possibly Jupiter; the symbols on the outer circle are unknown and possibly made up.

The other two revisions (USA and World 900725) feature a lightning bolt instead.
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Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (1994)
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Attachment Lord Raptor's monster type is different across regions. In Japan he's known as a zombie, while internationally he's referred to as a ghoul.
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Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (1994)
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Attachment The bottom corner of the Continue screen features advice to the player. These tips remained untranslated in the international version.
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Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (1994)
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Attachment The Japanese version features a stylized border around win quotes that was removed in the international version for unknown reasons.
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Captain Commando
Captain Commando (1991)
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Some of the characters have different names across regions.

•The playable characters Sho, Jennety, and Hoover were renamed to Ginzu the Ninja, Mack the Knife, and Baby Head respectively.

•The 7th stage boss Blood was changed to Boots. This change was exclusive to the SNES version.

•The final boss Genocide was changed to Scumocide.
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
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In 1/92 interview with the game's producer Shigeru Miyamoto published in the edition of Famicom Tsuushin magazine, he was asked if the SNES version of Zelda would be the same as the Super Famicom version. He responded that him and his team thought about making some improvements to the SNES version, including a number of things they could not complete in time for the Super Famicom release. Zelda makes full use of the available 8 MB of ROM space, but they knew they were going to need extra space for the English translation. They initially planned to increase the ROM size by 1 MB to solve this, until the compression routine their programmers wrote actually allowed them to fit everything in the original 8 MB storage. Miyamoto joked that they would save those aforementioned improvements for the next game.
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Super Mario World
Super Mario World (1990)
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In the western localization of the game, the Special World's levels are all named after 90's American surfer lingo, with the names being Gnarly, Tubular, Way Cool, Awesome, Groovy, Mondo, Outrageous, and Funky.

However in Japan the first two levels are named "Fun Course", third and fourth are named "Even the Mario Staff is Shocked Course", fifth and sixth are named "Specialists' Course", and seventh and eight are named "Championship Course". None of the shared names are even differentiated through numbers, like "Fun Course 1" or "Fun Course 2".
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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004)
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In Hyrule Town, three travelers in the lobby of the Happy Hearth Inn, named Din, Nayru, and Farore, are the same characters as the Oracles from The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. They are each looking for new homes to move into, which is the basis of an optional side quest that can be started after completing the Fortress of Winds. Gorman will now be renting out a house to tenants, and Link can convince one of the travelers to move in and obtain a Charm from that traveler. Afterwards, if Link fuses Kinstones with Bremor, Mutoh will become motivated to build a second house for Gorman to rent out. Link can then convince one of the remaining two travelers to move in, and will obtain their respective Charm. Each of the two houses built have a red roof and a blue roof, reflecting the color schemes of Din and Nayru respectively. However no third house can be built in the game, leaving the third Oracle homeless and stuck in the inn's lobby. In the European version of the game, Gorman makes a comment about wanting to build a house just south of the Royal Hyrule Library, on a plot of land occupied by cats, but he never does. This comment was removed from the North American release of the game which came out two months later.

Although the choice of who will remain homeless is entirely up to the player, the most probable canonical traveler to remain homeless is Farore. This is based on the lack of a green-roofed house to reflect her color scheme, her figurine description noting that she is bothered by people who "take advantage of her kind nature" (unlike Din and Nayru's descriptions which only point out where they are from and are looking for a new home), and by the development history of Oracle of Ages and Seasons, which was originally planned to be three games with each focusing on a different piece of the Triforce represented by a different Oracle, although only two games centering on Din and Nayru would ultimately be developed.

It's unknown if this incomplete side quest was an oversight, or if it was an intentional in-joke by Capcom, who developed both The Minish Cap and Oracle of Ages and Seasons.
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Video on the incomplete side quest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM-60ytqd_Q

Farore's figurine description:
https://youtu.be/U8wa7506yRk?t=495

The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia (Page 255):
https://archive.org/details/TheLegendOfZeldaEncyclopedia/page/n244/mode/1up?q=oracle
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