Games with Japanese language option

[Opa Opa]

Did someone mention Silent Hill 2 yet? On the PS2 you can change the language into Japanese and a few other languages. I haven't checked to see if the PC version has this option yet but I'm assuming that it does. XBox version I have no clue.

I'll check later to see if SH 3 & 4 let you do this.

[Hobie-wan]

Has anyone mentioned Super Metroid yet and I missed it?

[avrame]

Has anyone mentioned Super Metroid yet and I missed it?

Yep yep, first post actually

[Hobie-wan]

Yep yep, first post actually

Ok, whirlwind of catching up on the forum. I read the topic the other day, then that popped in my head and I'd forgotten.

[avrame]

Sal'good, everyone doesn't once in a while. I'm still not clear on if this is for language (ala text) or language as in voiceovers.

If it's voiceovers, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin has Japanese voiceovers available.

[dunpeal2064]

Sakura Wars for PS2 has a Japanese language option. I seem to remember Star Ocean Second Story had this option too but I could be misremembering.

Actually, Sakura Wars comes with 2 seperate discs, one for english voicing and one for japanese voicing. Not really important, but this is the only time I have ever seen a game do this. Probably the nicest NIS release on the ps2.

This thread confused me though. I thought we were listing japanese games that have english in them, or have an option for english.

EDIT: ok, fized my confusion. They are different threads, and I'm not paying enough attention

[Croooow!]

Wow I did not expect this thread to get revived, very cool. Looks like I need to update the list and post it when I get a chance.

[Czernobog]

Bumping this thread since I found a game that fits the bill nicely.

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon on Wii can be switched into Japanese voices and full Japanese text. It has the benefit of being voice acted in Japanese with Japanese subtitles for nearly everything said in this mode, which is great for reading along for anyone studying the language.

[theclaw]

Assume North American game and console unless noted.
This particular list refers to text/menus, not audio.

PS2:
Shadow the Hedgehog (removed in PAL version?)
Sonic Heroes (removed in PAL version?)
Sonic Riders Zero Gravity (removed in PAL version)
Sonic Unleashed (removed in PAL version)
Ys: The Ark of Napishtim (removed in PAL version)

PS3:
Akiba's Trip Undead & Undressed
Anarchy Reigns
Arcana Heart 3
Batman Arkham City
Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Bulletstorm (JPN text added by official patch)
Burnout Paradise
Dead or Alive 5
Devil May Cry 4
Devil May Cry HD Collection
Gunstar Heroes (launcher only)
Killzone 3
LittleBigPlanet GOTY
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Marvel vs Capcom 3
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
NBA 2K11
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Pain
Persona 4 Arena
Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition
Resonance of Fate
Ridge Racer 7
Sonic Generations
Soulcalibur 4
Star Ocean The Last Hope International
Strider
The King of Fighters XIII

PS4:
Akiba's Trip Undead & Undressed
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Final Fantasy XV
Mega Man Legacy Collection (JPN text added by official patch)
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
NBA 2K15
Shovel Knight (JPN text added by official patch)
Stardew Valley (JPN text added by official patch)
Ys Origin

DS:
Feel the Magic XY XX
Lost in Blue 2
Mega Man ZX (PAL version has Japanese, USA does not)
Mega Man ZX Advent (PAL version has Japanese, USA does not)
Puyo Pop Fever
Sonic Colors
Sonic Rush
Sonic Rush Adventure
The Rub Rabbits
True Swing Golf
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Spirit Caller
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator: World Championship 2009
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus

3DS:
Apollo Justice Ace Attorney
Bravely Default
Mega Man Legacy Collection
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy
Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Pokemon Sun & Moon
Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Pokemon X & Y
Resident Evil Revelations
Shovel Knight (JPN text added by official patch)

GBC:
Dragon's Lair
Toki Tori
Wario Land 3

GBA:
Astro Boy Omega Factor
Chu Chu Rocket
Gunstar Super Heroes (PAL version has Japanese, USA does not)
Hamtaro Ham Ham Games
Puyo Pop
Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance 2
Sonic Advance 3
Sonic Battle
Sonic Pinball Party
Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! 7 Trials to Glory: World Championship Tournament 2005
Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006

GC:
Puyo Pop Fever (removed in PAL version)
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Plus
Phantasy Star Online Episode III
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Sonic Heroes
Super Smash Bros Melee (removed in PAL version)

Wii:
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon

Wii U:
Rodea the Sky Soldier
Runbow (JPN text added by official patch)

Switch:
Shovel Knight (JPN text added by official patch)
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild

DC:
Phantasy Star Online
Phantasy Star Online ver 2
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2

PC:
Akiba's Trip Undead & Undressed
Arcana Heart 3 Love Max
Armored Hunter Gunhound EX
Atelier Firis The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey (JPN text added by official patch)
Axiom Verge
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Bionic Commando (2009)
Bionic Commando Rearmed
BlazBlue Calamity Trigger
BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend
Civilization 5
Civilization Beyond Earth
Crimzon Clover World Ignition
Darksiders (JPN text added by official patch)
DeltaZeal
Disgaea PC
Eschatos
Final Dusk
Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams (JPN text added by official patch)
Go Go Nippon (can display character dialogue in English and Japanese at the same time)
Guilty Gear Xrd Sign
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 (JPN text added by official patch)
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2 Sisters Generation (JPN text added by official patch)
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation (JPN text added by official patch)
Just Cause 3 (JPN text added by official patch)
Mad Max
Mega Man Legacy Collection (JPN text added by official patch)
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Mercenary Kings
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
Metal Gear Solid 5 Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain
Mushihimesama
Nekopara vol. 0
Nekopara vol. 1
Nobunaga's Ambition Sphere of Influence Ascension
Oddworld Abe's Oddysee
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
Resident Evil 5
River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII
Root Letter
Sakura Angels (JPN text added by official patch)
Sayonara UmiharaKawase
Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Generations
Sonic Heroes
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 episode I
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 episode II
Stardew Valley (JPN text added by official patch)
The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
The Last Remnant
The Legend of Dark Witch
The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel
The Witcher 2
The Witcher 3 (JPN text added by official patch)
Toukiden Kiwami
Toukiden 2
Trine 3
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
UmiharaKawase
Wagamama High Spec
World End Economica Episode 1
XCOM Enemy Unknown
XIIZeal
Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana

PSP:
Dead or Alive Paradise
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy 2
Final Fantasy 4 The Complete Collection
Soulcalibur Broken Destiny

Vita:
Akiba's Trip Undead & Undressed
Shovel Knight (JPN text added by official patch)
Ys Origin

NES:
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dragon Strike

SNES:
Super Metroid (removed in PAL version)
Tetris Attack

N64:
Yoshi's Story (removed in PAL version)

Xbox:
Dead or Alive 3
Halo 2
Mechassault 2
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
Project Gotham Racing 2
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic Heroes
SVC Chaos
The King of Fighters 94 Re-Bout (unreleased)

360:
After Burner Climax
Bangai-O HD Missile Fury
Banjo Kazooie
Banjo Tooie
Bionic Commando Rearmed
BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend
Castlevania Symphony of the Night (launcher only)
Dead or Alive 4
Dead or Alive 5
Double Dragon
Fatal Fury Special
Garou Mark of the Wolves
Halo 3
Halo Reach
Hard Corps Uprising
Ikaruga
Lara Croft Guardian of Light
Lost Odyssey
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
Monster World Collection
Persona 4 Arena
Phantasy Star 2
Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Unleashed
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram
WarTech Senko no Ronde

Xbox One:
Final Fantasy XV
Stardew Valley (JPN text added by official patch)
Mega Man Legacy Collection (JPN text added by official patch)
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

Genesis:
Ghouls N Ghosts

TurboGrafx CD:
J.B. Harold Murder Club

Neo Geo Pocket/Color:
Fatal Fury First Contact
King of Fighters R1 (PAL)
King of Fighters R2
Metal Slug 1st Mission
Metal Slug 2nd Mission
Pac-Man (minor effect, ghosts use romanized Japanese games)
Puyo Pop
Samurai Shodown (PAL)
Samurai Shodown 2
SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millennium

[Breather]

Nearly a what five year old or so thread and still the most helpful I've found.
I hadn't bothered trying Arkham City because Arkham Origins didn't make the magic shift.
Seeing now that it does have jap text (no audio though), I'll try a few others on the list that I didn't know of.
Here are some confirmations and additions (all have at least jap text; says 'text' if text only):

PS3 games with Jap version:
Akibastrip: undead...
Asura's Wrath - full
Batman Arkham City (regular & GOTY) - text
Bayonetta - text
Binary Domain - full (disc & PSN; X360 disc has no jap)
Bulletstorm - text (after free online update)
Dead or Alive 5
Dead Rising 2 & Dead Rising 2 Off the Record - text
Deception 4 - (I hear PSVita has jap too)
Dragon's Dogma - text
Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen - full
Devil May Cry HD Collection (1, 2 and 3 Jap!)
Devil May Cry 4
FEAR 3 - full (1 & 2 do not have jap)
[Genji Days of the Blade has only jap audio option, no text]
Killer is Dead - full
Killzone 3 - (3 from Trilogy does, 1-2 do not)
Lair - full
Little Big Planet 1 GOTY
[LBP2 didn't change for me, but someone says it does...maybe after PSN update?]
Lost Planet 1,2,3 - text
Mass Effect 3 (in Trilogy) - text (regular version has no Jap)
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance - text
Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes - text
Metal Gear Solid Phantom Pain - text
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1,2,3 Razor's Edge
Ninja Gaiden Z Yaiba
Resonance of Fate
Ratchet & Clank Future Tools of Destruction
Resistance 1,2 (greatest hits) - text
SoulCalibur 4,5 (SC5 also plays XMB music files)
Star Ocean Last Hope International
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Ultra Street Fighter 4
Vanquish - wonderful separate settings for audio, subs, and menus
Virtua Fighter 5

PS2 games with Jap version:
Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition (regular edition changes only cut-scenes))
Jak 2 (note: HD collection version is not Jap)
Onimusha 1 Warlords
Onimusha 4 Dawn of Dreams
Silent Hill 2 (all jap text and menus but eng voice)
?Silent Hill 3? (has jap option, probably text)
Silent Hill 4 (all jap text and menus but eng voice)
Winback 1 (separate voice/sub options)

3DS games with Jap version:
Bravely Default - full jpn, yes even though Nintendo said it was only Eng,Span,Fren
Bravely Second - full (for both games, option is in menu after intro scenes)
Resident Evil Revelations
?Gyakuten Saiban Trilogy?

PSP games with Jap version:
Ace Combat X - text
Ace Combat Joint Assault/aka X2
Coded Arms 1 (in-game menu)
Final Fantasy 1 & 2 Anniversary (in-game menu)
Final Fantasy 3 (by system language. PSN version might not change)
Final Fantasy 4 Complete Collection
Resistance: Retribution has Jap by system language (incl. jap voice-overs)
[Silent Hill Shattered Memories US has no jap. Jap version has eng and jap]
[SOCOM Fireteam 3 US does not have jap, but Jap version has both]
SoulCalibur Broken Destiny (by system language)
Tekken 6 (by system language)

XBOX (original) games with jap version:
Genma Onimusha
Halo 2
Mechassault 2 Lone Wolf
Ninja Gaiden Black - full

XBOX360 games with Jap version:
Alan Wake - full
Asura's Wrath - full
Batman Arkham City - text
Battlefield Hardline - full
Borderlands 2 GOTY - full
Borderlands Pre-Sequel - full
Castlevania SotN (XBLA)
Chromehounds - text
FEAR 3 - full (1 & 2 do not have jap)
Forza Horizon 2 - text
Forza Motorsport 2 - text
Halo CE Anniv; 3; 3 ODST; 4; Reach - text
Hard Corps Uprising - XBLA;
Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 - text
Lost Odyssey
Mark of the Ninja - text
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance - text
Metal Gear Solid Phantom Pain - text
Need for Speed Rivals
Ninja Blade
Ninja Gaiden 2 - full
Perfect Dark (XBLA; not perfect dark zero)
Portal 2 - text
Project Gotham Racing 4
Resonance of Fate
Resident Evil Revelations 1 - full
Rock of Ages (XBLA)
Shadow Complex (XBLA)
Titanfall - (disc; this game is for online multiplayer only)
Too Human
Ultra Street Fighter 4
Vampire Rain - text
Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z - full