Tales of Localization:

>>4113243
>Actraiser
You completely omitted how they toned down enemy damage CONSIDERABLY and made spikes that used to be one hit deaths in the Japanese version just normal hazards. And no, playing in professional mode does not restore these changes.

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>>4113243

Soul Blader became Soul Blazer. I get this change since to the Japanese "Blader" is meant to refer to a guy with a blade, but it sounds to an English speaker more like a guy on roller blades. Also one of the rarer cases where the Western box art is way better looking .

Grill at the end had her anime art style face changed to a more Westernized style.

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>>4113278

I liked all the changes to western Dynamite Headdy more than the original japanese version. Except maybe for the difficulty.
Th level puns, the spotlight energy bar, the graphic changes: all were better to me.

>>4113280
Right looks better.

>>4113446

Right looks like a man in a wig.

Favorite:

Mother aka earthbound beginnings. Despite the rampant censorship they added an actual ending. One that was used in all subsequent re-releases.

Least Favorite:
Dragon Warrior. Beyond the title, crosses were changed to pentagrams, olde english which can make reading a damn chore at times in an already cryptic game. It does get very minor points for adding a few facing sprites.

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>>4113485
Never can tell if that's what they're going for

>>4113506
On the Left, Erica.

>>4113485
Right looks like a real grown woman instead of that pedo shit.

>>4113534

A badly drawn grown woman*

>>4113502
Adding a save battery was a pretty nice touch. Entering a password every time you want to play dragon quest can get tedious.

>>4113534
Yeah, clearly adult women with tons of arm muscle definition are pretty much the epitome of pedophilia.

>>4113676
Where the fuck are you seeing muscle definition in >>4113280

>US artists drawn fully grown women
>Japs drawn their pedo fantasy

>>4113278
>but it sounds to an English speaker more like a guy on roller blades.
I thought it was because people would read it as "bladder".

>Also one of the rarer cases where the Western box art is way better looking .
I think they're pretty even. The American art is simple and moody but also makes it look kinda like a generic Castlevania wannabe or something, and the classic anime artwork of the JP boxart is lovely.

>>4113280
Now THIS is a shitty change.

>>4113681
Oh jeez, I thought that anon was referring to >>4113506.
Just disregard the arm part of my post.

>>4113534
>>4113682
Someone's projecting a bit too hard.

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My favorite is probably the N64 Ganbare Goemon games.

The second one lost it's sweet intro video but I love the effort put into retaining the Japanese names and culture, though I guess the games are so overwhelmingly Japanese that it would've been kinda hard to pull the "No no no, this Japanese guy is definitely named Steve and lives in Johnston Town next to Mount Tallsnow!"

>>4113687
You know that's a man, right? In both regions.

>>4113694
Not to mention the western version of Mystical Ninja had bugfixes and shit to boot.

The only thing that could really be considered "censorship" was making Wise Man collect car magazines instead of hentai mags, but that could be seen as an improvement too.

I thought the script they used in the GBA remake of FFV was pretty good.

>>4113709
All of the GBA remakes had good scripts, who thinks otherwise?

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I'm probably in the minority here, but I think the western title screen of Castlevania IV it's much cooler than the japanese one. I don't really like the dumb blood driping and the neon colors. Also I prefer the green goo of level 7 rather than blood. They also improved the game font too.

And talking about gore, I believe the gore removal in Golden Axe arcade was the right move:
http://dreamandfriends.com/2010/05/14/another-golden-axe-discovery/

Do Persona Revelations

>>4113709
On that note, PSX FFV just makes me scratch my head because at the time Square was making good translations in all their other games, and then THAT happened.

>>4113709
But there's no Y Burn in the GBA version.

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The only game I can think of where I know the international version is fully supperior is not retro honestly.

Still, ther are some changes I do like. In Breath of Fire IV Scias was originally constantly drunk and would slur his words because of this. In the US version instead he simply has a lisp abd rarely speaks because of that. The idea of this stoic mercenary having a lisp is pretty charming and honestly I have to say I prefer it to him being constantly drunk.

>>4113243
>This means that all future attempts to revive the series are stuck with "River City" as the name as that's the most famous incarnation of it.
Nintendo World Cup is much more well known.