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Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
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Due to censorship laws in Germany and Australia, some weapons were changed to Counter Strike: Source weapons instead. All of the weapons can be accessed using console commands in the other localized releases, with the exclusion of the Combat Knife, which can only be accessed in the German and Australian releases.
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Censorship, Debug, Development, General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person PoisonTardis calendar_month June 7, 2014
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Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure (1998)
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Attachment In the first Japanese release for the Dreamcast, a mechanical cowgirl billboard could be seen within Casinopolis. It would moan whenever the player touched it and was removed in international copies of the game for obvious reasons. This version however was also toned down from the Sonic Adventure Auto Demo prototype, where the girl was a fully fleshed playboy-style bunny. [Image credit: evilhamwizard]
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Censorship, Development, General, Regional Difference, Release Difference, Version Difference
person Cupleaños calendar_month June 6, 2014
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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)
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The game has a sound test menu that is only accessible if played on a Japanese Mega Drive. However, the game was a Western release only, so the only way to access this is with a hacked system that bypasses the region lockout.
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Debug, Easter Egg, General, Regional Difference, Secret, Version Difference
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month June 6, 2014
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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)
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The game is actually simply a modified reskin of the Japanese-only release "Puyo Puyo". The first training levels of Puyo Puyo were removed from the game, but they can be put back in through hacking. If this is done, the Puyo Puyo characters Skeleton T., Nasu Grave, and Mummy are replaced by a character that has the intro of Coconuts with the mugshot of Scratch.
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Development, General, Regional Difference, Reskin, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Version Difference
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month June 6, 2014
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Mario Party
Mario Party (1998)
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There is a track in the Japanese version not present in the NTSC release of the game called "Move to the Mambo". It plays during the mini-games Balloon Burst and Musical Mushrooms.
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General, Music, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month June 6, 2014
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
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Attachment The Japanese, European and Australian versions of the game came packaged with an instructional DVD manual, explaining the basic controls, as well as showing advanced play. It was made because Super Mario Galaxy 2 would be more challenging than its predecessor. It's unknown why a DVD was never packaged for the American release.
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Bonus Content, General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person GamerBen144 calendar_month June 6, 2014
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Folklore
Folklore (2007)
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The village of Doolin in the Japanese release is called 'Lemrick', which is similar to the real-life city and county in Ireland, Limerick.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person spicypeanut calendar_month June 5, 2014
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Kirby Triple Deluxe
Kirby Triple Deluxe (2014)
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Attachment Subtle changes were made between the Japanese and North American box arts. The most notable of these changes (besides the title and ESRB ratings) was the removal of Shotzo from the cover. This may have been done for censorship reasons, as the Shotzo on the Japanese cover is depicted shooting at the viewer. The European box art is left unchanged, however.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Boyobmas calendar_month June 3, 2014
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Pokémon X
Pokémon X (2013)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Y (Game)
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Attachment The name "Viola" (the same name as the Santalune City Gym leader) is not allowed as a player or Pokémon's name. This is likely because "viol" translates into "rape" in French.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person ShinyHunterBN calendar_month June 1, 2014
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Mario Golf
Mario Golf (1999)
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Attachment Metal Mario is an exclusive unlockable character in the international release of Mario Golf. In the Japanese version, he is absent from the game.
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Bonus Content, General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month June 1, 2014
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Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing (2001)
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Animal Crossing for the GameCube is a direct port of the Japanese-only Nintendo 64 Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Forest) so it takes up very little space on the GameCube disc. The entire game is loaded into the GameCube's RAM, and as a result, after the player enters their town they can remove the game disc from the GameCube and continue to play the game normally.
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General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person KidDivinegon calendar_month May 29, 2014
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Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Dream Land (1992)
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The reason why Kirby is colored white in the American cover for Kirby's Dream Land is because Nintendo of Japan were debating whether Kirby's color should be pink or yellow. The game's creator Masahiro Sakurai wanted pink, but Shigeru Miyamoto thought yellow would be better; Sakurai eventually won the debate. However, Nintendo of America didn't know if Kirby was pink or yellow at the time of making the box art, so they decided to play it safe and make Kirby white like he appears in the game.
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person GamerBen144 calendar_month May 29, 2014
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Platform: Dreamcast
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Some Dreamcast games supported the Jump Pack, a haptic feedback device similar to Nintendo's rumble packs. It was sold separately and could be plugged into the controller. In Japan, the Jump Pack was named the "Puru Puru Pack", and in Europe, it was named the "Vibration Pack".
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General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Dr. Dream354 calendar_month May 29, 2014
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Platform: Dreamcast
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A Dreamcast light gun was never released in the USA until Mad Catz developed the Dream Blaster, which was reminiscent of the type 2 phaser found in Star trek. Sega did produce their own official light gun, but it wasn't sold in the United States, possibly because Sega didn't want its name on a gun in light of recent school shootings (the Columbine High School massacre).
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Cancelled Release, Development, General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Dr. Dream354 calendar_month May 29, 2014
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Platform: Dreamcast
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Attachment There was a camera for the Dreamcast called the Dreameye. It could only store 31 pictures in jpeg format, and was only released in Japan.
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General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Dr. Dream354 calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Tomba!
Tomba! (1997)
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The PAL version of Tomba!, Tombi!, uses a song called 'No Sweat'. This is actually an edited version of the theme song to the UK show of the same name.
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Easter Egg, General, Music, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person RadSpyro calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Franchise: Streets of Rage
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In Japan, the Streets Of Rage series is known as Bare Knuckle.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Kaos Darklink calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Outbreak (2003)
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While Capcom shut down the US online servers for Outbreak on December 31, and the JP servers on June 30, 2011, fans have created a replacement server for the JP version. The server was reverse-engineered by capturing the information communicated between the game and the server while it was still running. However, because the different regions used different matchmaking services, and packets were only captured for the JP version, they have not been able to create a server compatible with the US version of the game.
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General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Mass Distraction calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
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Attachment The battle with Psycho Mantis includes a pre-fight "demonstration" of Mantis' psychic abilities, in which Mantis will read the player's memory card. If the player has save data from one of several Konami PlayStation games on their memory card, Mantis will reference that game by name. The games that trigger this dialogue are Suikoden, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Vandal Hearts and Azure Dreams.

In the Japanese release, both Policenauts and Snatcher are also recognized. Having save data from both of these games will trigger a message from Hideo Kojima, thanking the player for their continued support, but since both of those games were only released in Japan, this message cannot be heard normally in international versions of the game.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Message, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person mysticrhythms87 calendar_month May 26, 2014
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Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001)
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Attachment In the preview image to the track Sunset Wilds, the Shy Guys wear Native American headdresses in the Japanese release. These were removed in the International release.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month May 25, 2014
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