Japanese exclusive games with full english support

[Usselman]

Hello everyone, today I've got a weird one. This is quite rare and unusual, although it does happen occasionally.

Does anybody else here know of any japanese exclusive games with full english text support or voice acting? I've come across at least 2 or 3 titles where this is the case, although the only one I can remember off the top of my head right now is double steal the second clash for the original xbox.

Developed by a japanese team, with full english menus and voice acting, but was never released in north american or pal regions. Can anybody else on this fine forum help me find more bizarre occurrences such as these? looking for anything that's pre-ps3 and didn't receive any official release in other regions than japan.

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here's another example, acid for the ps1. all the menus are in english despite being japan exclusive

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

If memory serves, the Dark Hunter games were meant to help Japanese gamers learn English, they have dual language support, I haven't played them myself, so can't comment if the Voice Acting is RE1 levels.

They are on the repo.

Dark Hunter Jou: Ijigen Gakuen (Japan) Saturn ISO – RGT Repository

Dark Hunter Jou: Ijigen Gakuen (Japan) Saturn ISO for SEGA Saturn. Genre: Visual Novel. Published and developed by Koei

retrogametalk.com

Dark Hunter Ge: Youma no Mori (Japan) Saturn ISO – RGT Repository

Dark Hunter Ge: Youma no Mori (Japan) Saturn ISO for SEGA Saturn. Genre: Visual Novel. Published and developed by Koei

retrogametalk.com

 

[SnicketySlice]

Poinie's Poin.
https://retrogametalk.com/repository/ps2-iso/poinies-poin-japan/

 

[Usselman]

Poinie's Poin.
https://retrogametalk.com/repository/ps2-iso/poinies-poin-japan/

Oh I remember this one now, I have yet to play it myself. thank you for reminding me.

 

[bjork]

I could be making this up, but I feel like some DS and GBA games had a thing that would detect your console's region and use that region's language. I only say this based on a DS Puyo Puyo game doing it, as well as Yugioh Worldwide Edition on GBA. But I have no idea how common that is with any games, exclusive or no.

[edit - I just remembered there's a Golgo 13 game on PS1 that can be played with english voiceovers, I don't recall if the text could be changed too or not. I never finished it, but it was basically like an audiobook but you see the manga art as it goes]