Do you remember a game which had a name change?

[MasterEn]

star fox was known as starwing and lylat wars in Europe before star fox adventures came along.

 

[Anonicus]

Ah yeah there's a couple in the Shin Megami Tensei series as a whole

On the Gameboy there was:
Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible in JP
Revelations: The Demon Slayer in US

Revelations title was transported over when they were Localizing Persona
Which became Revelations: Persona
Though as a quickie, It's best to play a Translated version of Persona rather than the original localization.

There's also a very interesting one with Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne
As in Europe it was called "Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's call" due to some copyright name thing going on over there lol.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I don't really remember where I read this, but I heard that Project: Snowblind was originally going to be a Deus Ex game and the developers backed down at the last minute. It probably didn't even get an official "DX" name, but it looks like it was going to.

 

[RageBurner]

Gaia Gensouki (J), Illusion of Gaia (U), Illusion of Time (E).
Also Terranigma (Samurai Shodown levels of bad here) is Tenchi Souzou in Japan (Restoration of Heaven and Earth I believe).

 

[Virtuafighter]

Street Fighter Zero - Street Fighter Alpha
Bloody Roar - Beastorizer (Only in Arcades)
Mother - Earthbound
Contra - Probotector
Hot Shots Golf - Everybodys Golf
Jet Set Radio - Jet Grind Radio

 

[bjork]

Mystaria on the Saturn was also sold as Blazing Heroes. Both in the US, at some point they changed the name, no idea why.

 

[Raud]

Devil Kings in the west of Sengoku Basara.
Tales of Destiny 2 over Tales of Eternia, caused confusion for a lot of people later when the real Tales of Destiny 2 was out.
Final Fantasy II and III of the SNES that was actually IV and VI.

 

[tigg]

a minor example would be the Dragon Warrior games on NES, wasn't until later that the games adopted the Japanese title of Dragon Quest

 

[χKai]

Do not get me wrong, i still like and know the game by resident evil in the west, but the below picture says it all, my guy is outside.. :P

People  live outside, my guy.

 

[Boo Man]

can think of Tombi/Tomba & Kula World/Roll Away
oh and Exhumed/PowerSlave

 

[Iguana-0]

Final Fantasy VI... They called it Final Fantasy III in the US.

 

[Boo Man]

Final Fantasy VI... They called it Final Fantasy III in the US.

it got converted to the imperial system

 

[newageretrohippie]

A pretty funny one is "SCAT" for NES. Which was changed to "Final Mission" on PAL Famicom...

 

[χKai]

My turn.

We've got; Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari, also known as River City Ransom, also known as Street Gangs

Star Fox, also known as StarWing, and Star Fox 64 known simply as Lylat Wars

Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja, or just, Bad Dudes

Final Mission, why it was changed to this I'll never know.

Personally, I kinda like the 80s coolguy more than the Mecha suit..

The whole 'no using the word Ninja' thing.

I don't get it

This weird anomaly..

This is more to point out the unnecessary lengths they went. It was apparently okay to say Demon later on? I don't understand Nintendo's weird 90s censorship logic.

 

[Cu-Neo]

Valkyria Revolution in Japan is known as Valkyria: Azure Revolution. Also I know a funny game name change, there's a PSX game called Hogs Of War, in Europe they adapted the name as: "Marranos en guerra". altough is a similar name to the English one is funny to see what they did to the cover

Chorizo Peleón ?️?

 

[Boo Man]

This weird anomaly..
View attachment 14313This is more to point out the unnecessary lengths they went. It was apparently okay to say Demon later on? I don't understand Nintendo's weird 90s censorship logic.View attachment 14314

the original name probably conflicted with this game since its owned by Disney
thats my guess anyway

 

[Eclipse14]

Thunder Force IV for the Mega Drive.

Note I say "Mega Drive" here, since "Genesis" was the system's NA name. It's title on the Genesis?

"Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar".

 

[Amag0k1]

People  live outside, my guy.

True but the legal definition of "Residence" from my understanding in the west refers to a "dwelling". So some kind of container, like a house, flat, box, cab, etc..

Don't blame me, blame the English language and what they chose to use :P

Residence:

Definition of RESIDENCE

the act or fact of dwelling in a place for some time; the act or fact of living or regularly staying at or in some place for the discharge of a duty or the enjoyment of a benefit… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

Dwelling:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dwelling

Domicile:

Definition of DOMICILE

a dwelling place : place of residence : home; a person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposes; residence… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

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Final Fantasy VI... They called it Final Fantasy III in the US.

This one annoyed me no end when i found out in my teens, i felt like i was missing out on additional content with all the numbered titles from 3 - 5.

 

[Pi-Man]

Makai Toushi SaGa = The Final Fantasy Legend

 

[tropicalavera]

Days of Ruin is the better title imo!

 

[Stingy Perry]

Garou Densetsu-Fatal Fury

 

[Amag0k1]

Garou Densetsu-Fatal Fury

Definitely left a mark on those wolves. That could be why they have such wild ambition.

 

[Riveler]

Mystaria on the Saturn was also sold as Blazing Heroes. Both in the US, at some point they changed the name, no idea why.

Yeah! I have the Mystaria version. In japan it's called Riglord Saga.

Another game with three names, one for each region, is Stretch Panic (PS2). In Europe and Australia it's called Freak Out and in Japan it's Hyppa Linda.

Europe/Australia

Japan

USA

 

[ThirdEidolon]

Always preferred Gravity Daze over Gravity Rush.

 

[Ikagura]

Yeah! I have the Mystaria version. In japan it's called Riglord Saga.

Another game with three names, one for each region, is Stretch Panic (PS2). In Europe and Australia it's called Freak Out and in Japan it's Hyppa Linda.

Europe/Australia

Japan

USA

I'll have to do that game but I'm less fan of post-Ikaruga Treasure.