American-exclusives that Japan never got?

[Hobie-wan]

...Square-Enix (The game's distributor in Japan) didn't want to release the game because the Japanese were the 'bad guys' and they didn't feel it was appropriate to release a game in Japan where you have to kill Japanese.

As opposed to say the Capcom 194X games where you're flying a US P-38 Lightning?

[Breetai]

Earthworm Jim games never came out in Japan.

And SFC IIRC.

And yes Breetai, Hard-Off is awesome.

Well... I learned something. I do not recall EVER coming across it. Not that I was looking for it, but... I'm pretty sure I would've noticed it.

[HungryGarou]

There were quite a few Japanese-developed games on the older systems that were only released in the west. here's a few-

-Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
-Arkista's Ring
-Bandai Golf - Challenge Pebble Beach
-Barker Bill's Trick Shooting
-Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars
-Batman Returns
-BreakThru
-Captain America and The Avengers (Japanese release planned, but canceled)
-Casino Kid 2
-Contra Force (Japanese release under the name Arc Hound, but canceled)
-Darkwing Duck
-Dynowarz - The Destruction of Spondylus
-Fester's Quest
-Flintstones, The - The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak!
-Flying Warriors (Americanized amalgamation of Hiryu No Nen 2 & 3)
-Formula One - Built To Win
-Frankenstein - The Monster Returns
-Freedom Force
-Friday the 13th
-G.I. Joe
-G.I. Joe - The Atlantis Factor
-Godzilla 2 - War of the Monsters
-Gotcha! - The Sport!
-Gumshoe
-Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf
-Jaws
-The Karate Kid
-Kick Master
-Kings of the Beach
-Legendary Wings
-Legends of the Diamond - The Baseball Championship Game
-The Lone Ranger
-Low G Man
-Mechanized Attack
-Mission - Impossible
-Monster In My Pocket
-Monster Party (Japanese release planned, but canceled)
-Ms. Pac-Man (1993 Namco Release)
-NES Play Action Football
-NFL Football
-Pipe Dream
-Platoon
-Puss 'n Boots - Pero's Great Adventure
-Q-bert (Japanese release planned, but canceled)
-Rad Racer 2
-Rampage
-Rollergames
-Shooting Range
-Short Order - Eggsplode
-Silkworm
-Skate or Die!
-Ski or Die
-Snake's Revenge
-Spy Hunter
-Startropics 1 & 2
-Strider
-T&C Surf Design
-Talespin
-Tecmo Baseball
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters
-Thundercade
-To The Earth
-Uncanny X-Men
-Widget
-Xenophobe
-The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
-Zen - Intergalactic Ninja

[hashiriya1]

...Square-Enix (The game's distributor in Japan) didn't want to release the game because the Japanese were the 'bad guys' and they didn't feel it was appropriate to release a game in Japan where you have to kill Japanese.

As opposed to say the Capcom 194X games where you're flying a US P-38 Lightning?

I guess Square Enix is on higher moral ground than Capcom? I don't know. Two different companies, two different ways of business.

[Hatta]

I guess Square Enix is on higher moral ground than Capcom?

You have that backwards. Less censorship = more moral.

[molotovwars]

Vectorman 1 and 2 for the Genesis never had Japanese releases.

[theclaw]

Sonic 3D Blast didn't either I'm fairly sure. They certainly had the saturn one.

[Inazuma]

There were quite a few Japanese-developed games on the older systems that were only released in the west. here's a few-

-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters

For the NES, this is correct. But it was released in Japan for the Super Famicom and Mega Drive under the name Mutant Warriors.



The Japanese version is always better, isn't it? (^_^)

[vlame]

most wrestling games came out in japanland as games with japanese wrestlers.

[scarper]

Japan never got a copy of Crusader No Remorce. Top-Down shooter released in North America and Europe for Saturn, PS1, and PC. Never got a Japanese release according to gamefaqs.com

Never played it, but I've heard its pretty sweet.