Regional Box Art and Title Changes

[Bandini]

Blue Shadow, Yami no Shigotonin Kage or simply KAGE

Ninja Gaiden, Shadow Warrior, Ninja Ryūkenden

Kung Fu, Kung Fu Master

 

[Mitochondria]

Fatal Frame in US, Project Zero in Europe and Zero in Japan

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Also a classic one; Dragon Quest was known as Dragon Warrior in the US until 2005

 

[JoueurCitoyen]

Fatal Frame in US, Project Zero in Europe and Zero in Japan

Regarding Project Zero/Fatal Frame, I believe that the franchise will be rebranded Fatal Frame in Europe too by the next episode. This is what the latest press release (see attached) and trailer led me to think.

 

[Mitochondria]

Regarding Project Zero/Fatal Frame, I believe that the franchise will be rebranded Fatal Frame in Europe too by the next episode. This is what the latest press release (see attached) and trailer led me to think.

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I knew it as Project Zero for the longest time, but I'm confident it's more known by it's Fatal Frame name so it makes sense why they'd choose that. Either that or it was a matter of preferences. And Project Zero is a common name.

 

[Clippy]

Same game, different region. These are the US and European covers respectively. Below is the Japanese cover.

The latter is the French edition. Why? Because apparently 'deception' is French for 'disappointment'.

 

[nathman]

 

[JustLooking123]

Out of This World

vs

Another World

 

[Scotty Scotty]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this:
"Happy Star Band" (JP)/ "Rockin' Pretty" (US)/ "Making the Music" (EU)

Or THESE:
"Kira Kira Music Hour" (JP)/ "Kira Kira Pop Princess" (EU)
"Kira Kira Music Night" (JP)/ "Pop Town" (EU)

[Actually, I just found ANOTHER ONE while grabbing these images. It's a game that I didn't even know existed.]
["Survival Kids: Lost in Blue" (JP)/ "Lost in Blue" (US & EU)]
[Just when I thought this franchise was ONLY comprised of two Game Boy games lol.]

 

[Juiceala]

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Same game, different region. These are the US and European covers respectively. Below is the Japanese cover.
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The latter is the French edition. Why? Because apparently 'deception' is French for 'disappointment'.

Good point on Mortal Kombat, which reminds me...

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Also...

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

Original PAL release: Kula World

NA release: Roll Away

Japan release: KulaQuest

 

[Scotty Scotty]

Original PAL release: Kula World
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NA release: Roll Away
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Japan release: KulaQuest
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Never heard of this, but I'm intrigued after viewing it in Google Image Search.
Graphics look great for a 1998 PS1 game.

 

[solnK!]

Dark Chronicle in Japan and Europe / Dark Cloud 2 in United States

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

Never heard of this, but I'm intrigued after viewing it in Google Image Search.
Graphics look great for a 1998 PS1 game.

It is a really good game tbf. Great soundtrack too.

 

[solnK!]

Also a classic with the Contra and Probotector difference

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

The absolute mess that is the Wonder Boy series on the PC Engine.

This is not Hudson's Adventure Island, this is actually Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap.
On the TurboGrafx16 it's known as Dragon's Curse.

Bikkuri Man World
This one is Wonder Boy in Monster Land

Dynastic Hero
This one is Wonder Boy in Monster World.
Was also released on the TurboGrafx16 under the same name.

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair is the only game on the PC Engine to actually use the Wonder Boy name.
Except for the TurboGrafx16 version for some reason.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Gradius had a doozy of weird names that definitively hadn't made my collection making hard

They are in fact TWO Gradius 2, the first one the sequel of Gradius 1 (named Nemesis on Arcade but still named Gradius on NES) that never came to USA with the proper title, instead named Vulcan Venture (Arcade) or never touching USA (NES/Famicom) making things hard being that Gradius III DID COME TO USA WITH THAT EXACT NAME IN BOTH CONSOLE AND ARCADE

Then the Life Force/Salamander muddled things with both of them being "Different" games (Same game with minor differences) so Salamander 2 did got the Arcade Sequel but not "Life Force", but THEN three MSX games got called Salamander and theye were night and day games, oh, and two GB games shared the Nemesis names in Europe but only one came to USA under the name Gradius...

I... may need to touch grass if i know all that

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

My most WTF moments regarding this topic:

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Can I just say how much more I love the Japanese logo for Evil Within? It's a small difference, but it just looks better to me!

 

[Juiceala]

Here's a few more...

Die Hard Arcade vs Dynamite Deka

Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular vs Donald Duck

Marry-Kate & Ashley Get a Clue vs Maya the Bee & Her Friends

 

[Anoobis]

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus vs just Sly Raccoon in the PAL region.

 

[Juiceala]

Rockman Dash vs Mega Man Legends

Sonic & Tails 2 vs Sonic Triple Trouble

 

[JoueurCitoyen]

We forgot:



And:

 

[Bakuma1997]

Zelda A link To the Past (USA)/ Triforce of the Gods (Japan)

 

[Anoobis]

Star Fox and Star Fox 64 being Starwing and Lylat Wars respectively in the PAL region.

 

[solnK!]

Star Fox and Star Fox 64 being Starwing and Lylat Wars respectively in the PAL region.

This one confused me a lot as a kid hahaha

 

[Juiceala]