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Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime (2002)
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Attachment The North American physical release of Metroid Prime: Remastered has reversible cover art. In the same way that the North American release's cover art was remade, the reversible cover art features a remake of the artwork used for the Japanese release of the original game. Likewise, the Japanese physical release contains reversible cover art featuring the North American remade art.
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Jak II
Jak II (2003)
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Attachment In the North American release, the cover art is reversible, with the back side featuring a map of Haven City. The front of the game's manual points this map out as a tip to players, but the Greatest Hits re-release of the game did not include this map, with the manual not being updated to reflect this change.
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BMX XXX
BMX XXX (2002)
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BMX XXX case insert showcase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPz2vEJTpAA

IGN article with different pin-up sizes:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/12/13/bmx-xxx-head-to-head
Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Tooie (2000)
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Attachment In the Japanese release, Trotty, the pig who grew a third arm from being pushed into the contaminated pool in Jolly Roger's Lagoon, is altered to remove references to his deformity. Not only is the third arm edited out of his model, but his dialogue is also rewritten; instead of worrying about growing additional limbs, his concern is that the polluted water will damage his swim trunks and beach ball. In the Japanese version of the Xbox Live Arcade port, Trotty's third arm is restored, but his dialogue remains censored.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
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On September 8, 2022, the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II died, starting a national mourning period of ten days. In that time, rumors began to circulate that Nintendo had postponed a planned Nintendo Direct in response to the news. On September 12, the Direct was formally revealed to air worldwide the next day, although it was not livestreamed in the UK. Instead, it was published as an on-demand video on Nintendo UK's YouTube channel at a later time. This Direct featured the full title reveal for the then-untitled Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, revealing the game's subtitle to be "Tears of the Kingdom". This lead to even more speculation that the poor timing of this subtitle being the name of one of Nintendo's most anticipated games at the time coinciding with the Queen's death was what resulted in the Direct being delayed, rather than doing so purely out of respect. It wouldn't be until October 3 for Nintendo UK to begin their own promotion of the game, long after the mourning period ended.
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Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (Game)
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Attachment In the later-released Japanese version, Heart Blocks were added to Beanbean Castle Sewers, Oho Oasis, and Teehee Valley; these blocks fully restore Mario and Luigi's HP and BP at no cost. These blocks also feature in the 3DS remake across all regions, as the remake is based on the Japanese version of the original game.
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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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Attachment In a Japan-exclusive Shogakukan Wonder Life Special guidebook authored by Nintendo and Ape Inc., there is artwork depicting Link praying before a Crucifix, contrasting the game's origin story of the three Golden Goddesses, but also fitting with the Japanese version of the game calling the Sanctuary a Church. The Church's name was changed to the Sanctuary outside of Japan, presumably due to Nintendo's international policy on religious imagery, although this artwork and the rest featured in this guidebook were never republished internationally as other publishers released their own guides instead.
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Mario Party DS
Mario Party DS (2007)
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Attachment Due to South Korea banning casino gambling in video games, two of the minigames in "Bowser's Pinball Machine" were reworked. The Jackpot and Roulette minigames were changed to UFO and Whac-A-Mole minigames respectively.
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Shadow Tower
Shadow Tower (1998)
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Attachment The US version changed some plot details, most notably in how many kings are involved: while the Japanese version mentions three kings named Kells (ケルス), Rude (ルード), and Phillip　(フィリップ), the English version changed nearly all of these to Edward (the exception being a mention of Kells near the beginning of the game). As the story is already extremely cryptic, this was likely done in an attempt to make things less confusing.
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Pokémon Emerald Version
Pokémon Emerald Version (2004)
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Attachment In the Japanese release, the player is able to use Dive on the deep water tiles in Team Aqua's hideout due to a programming oversight. Because these tiles were never intended to lead anywhere, diving in them simply teleports the player back to Petalburg City, the lowest-indexed map location in the game. In the international release, this error is fixed by disallowing the player from using Dive in the hideout.

This glitch is not present in Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, because in those games, the entrance to the hideout is no longer accessible after obtaining the Mind Badge, which is required to use Dive in the overworld.
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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
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The Japanese FM Towns release of Monkey Island 2 is completely missing the so-called "cliffside puzzle" (which involves stealing a fish from a chef, trading the fish to a fisherman for a rod, and casting your line over a cliff, so a seagull appears and snatches the piece of the treasure map away).

At first, it was speculated this was either a bug (with one person going so far as to officially submit it as a bug for the ScummVM emulator in 2006) or censorship. But looking at the game's source code, the change was seemingly intentional, with additional lines of code being added to tell the program to skip the correct sequence of events.

When asked about this, even former developers and play testers couldn't explain or remember why. Recent consensus is that this was most probably because of a technical issue involving vertical scrolling (where if the screen moved up and down you couldn't have objects or animations on the screen at the same time or the game's script would break - and the cliffside "room" is the only room in the game to feature vertical scrolling).
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The Combatribes
The Combatribes (1990)
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Attachment The console release features short cutscenes that play after defeating a boss. The Super Famicon version features blood on the defeated boss' portrait whereas the Super Nintendo version has no blood. Depending on the portrait the blood was recolored to look like either saliva or tears, or it was completely removed.
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Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing (2001)
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In the Japanese version, Dōbutsu no Mori +, two of the NES games that the player could obtain were Gomoku Narabe and Mahjong. The international release respectively replaces these titles with Soccer and Excitebike.
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Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 (2019)
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Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End
Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End (1995)
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Attachment The title screen for an unreleased Japanese version of the game called "Super American Football" can be found in the game's data.
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Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within
Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within (1998)
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Attachment On the wall of Ashley's bedroom, you can find a poster of the previous game's Japanese box art, released under the title "Clock Tower 2", and featuring Jennifer. When examined, Alyssa remarks "This isn't a game!" in reference to it being localized outside Japan as the first Clock Tower game despite it being a sequel, since the actual first Clock Tower game went unreleased outside Japan at the time.
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Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
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Attachment In the Japanese version, the texture for signposts uses English placeholder text taken from a dictionary, with some portions inexplicably removed. The unaltered text reads "This isn't gonna hurt a bit. Just a little stick. Ready? 1...2...3. There you go. All done," while the text that appears in-game reads "This isn't gonna Just a little stick. Ready? 1...2...3. There you All do." The international release replaces the text with a series of unreadable, swirl-shaped glyphs.
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Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (2003)
subdirectory_arrow_right Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax Chronicle Edition (Game)
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In the Nocturne Maniax version that features Dante from the Devil May Cry series as a guest character, jumping from the Mantra Headquarters will normally cause your party's HP to be reduced to 1 HP. However, if Dante is in your party, he will take no damage from the fall.

In the Nocturne Maniax Chronicle version only released in Japan featuring Raidou from the Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner games replacing Dante, he also takes no damage if you jump from the building.

These appear to be references to how each character can fall from great heights and land without any visible damage, such as in the beginning of Devil May Cry 2 where Dante successfully lands a jump from a tall cathedral tower.
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Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax - Jumping off Mantra Headquarters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HUl3Pd2MBY

Devil May Cry 2 - Jumping from a Cathedral Tower:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBLSYZo7VRI#t=318
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition (2012)
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Attachment The Japanese release of the game includes scans from the official manga "Kirby of the Stars" by Yoshiko Sakuma; these are omitted in international releases.
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Milon's Secret Castle
Milon's Secret Castle (1986)
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Attachment The North American box art appears to feature a less-detailed replica of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in California.
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