Console games released in Europe but not the USA

[Jamix012]

This is definitely a self-serving topic, as I'm currently visiting England before returning to America, but I was curious if anyone had good recommendations for games not released in America that did release in Europe - for any console. Looking to get a game or two while I'm here.

I can start with one - The Gregory Horror show game for the PS2. Oddly enough, this is a licensed Capcom game for some animation that I had never heard of, but it turns out it is pretty good! It has a Majora's Mask-esque set of time mechanics that require you to memorise the schedule of the characters in order to beat the game.

 

[Tizoc]

Metal Jesus Rocks channel has been doing a few videos on EU/PAL only released PS2 games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH70ZmMDSj0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00LdM1FvtIc

Aside from that, there were some pnc or myst-like adventure games released only in PAL territories on the PSOne, but their names escape me atm.

 

[_zoipi]

I se eyou and up it with this one.
"¡Qué Pasa neng! El Videojuego"
Only released in Spain.

It was a shovelware game released just for the spanish market due to be based on a character from a late night comedy talk show.

 

[Deleted member 29237]

Another Code 2 and Disaster: Day Of Crisis for the Wii didn't get released in NA for some reason. That said, we didn't get Kirby's Dream Collection and the Mario All-Stars Collection was the butchered PAL ROM, so there were no clear winners that generation :(

Also North America clearly missed out on this gem:

 

[oni-link]

Terranigma

One of the best games for the SNES

 

[mclem]

 

[Nemesis_]

I recently did this for PS2 as I had some games missing and I kept my list. Mine is mostly horror skewed though.

They're not the best games but are games that you'd probably maybe want to find since they never came out in NA as far as I'm aware.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Altered Beast
Curse: The Eye of Isis
Evil Twin
Forbidden Siren 2
Glass Rose
Michigan: Report from Hell
Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code Veronica (lol)

 

[Jamix012]

Metal Jesus Rocks channel has been doing a few videos on EU/PAL only released PS2 games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH70ZmMDSj0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00LdM1FvtIc

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ah thanks for the vid recommendations! Have watched Metal Jesus in a while and will take a look

I se eyou and up it with this one.
"¡Qué Pasa neng! El Videojuego"
Only released in Spain.

It was a shovelware game released just for the spanish market due to be based on a character from a late night comedy talk show.

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I'm morbidly curious how this even played.

I recently did this for PS2 as I had some games missing and I kept my list. Mine is mostly horror skewed though.

They're not the best games but are games that you'd probably maybe want to find since they never came out in NA as far as I'm aware.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Altered Beast
Curse: The Eye of Isis
Evil Twin
Forbidden Siren 2
Glass Rose
Michigan: Report from Hell
Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code Veronica (lol)

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Thanks for the list! I know Michigan, but would you say any of the others are worth playing?

 

[randomlee26]

Another Code R
Disaster: Day of Crisis

Sad :(

 

[Leviathan]

Tales of Eternia on PSP. I picked it up in France over a decade to go and it was great. I think you can get it here on home console, but if you want it on PSP...

 

[OrangeNova]

Terranigma

One of the best games for the SNES

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Beat me to it, I bought a repro cart of this for NA years back, no regrets

 

[Acidote]

I was surprised to find this one out after spending so many hours with it as a child. Although mine is a red box, probably a "classics" line of sorts?

The 4th entry did not release in Europe either.

 

[Melkezadek]

I imported that shit too along with a new console. My first gaming regret lol

 

[Nemesis_]

Thanks for the list! I know Michigan, but would you say any of the others are worth playing?

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I liked Michigan because it's a Suda game really. I think Siren 2 is absolutely essential, especially if you enjoyed the original.

The others are by no means "must haves" but more games that your want to compete a collection or something.

So yeah, um, maybe definitely Siren 2? 🤭

 

[Neil98]

Yes, we in Europe got games America never saw, but you bastards got King's Field games and not us and I'm jealous :'((

 

[Lant_War]

Shenmue 2 on the Dreamcast

 

[mclem]

Another Code 2 and Disaster: Day Of Crisis for the Wii didn't get released in NA for some reason. That said, we didn't get Kirby's Dream Collection and the Mario All-Stars Collection was the butchered PAL ROM, so there were no clear winners that generation :(

Also North America clearly missed out on this gem:

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Golden Balls wasn't a bad little gameshow. Not really sure it lends itself to a single-screen videogame, though, since it's very dependent on secret information, I assume the multiplayer is all reliant on "Close your eyes... now!". And it's yet another Prisoner's Dilemma endgame which is never really much fun when there's nothing really on the line.

That's a terrible Jasper Carrott, though. Fun fact: He's the father of Lucy Davis, Dawn from the UK Office, who's now doing a stint in the Netflix Sabrina:

 

[TubaZef]

For some reason, USA never got this

 

[Cactuar]

Terranigma

One of the best games for the SNES

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This was the true tragedy for us here in th US. But to be fair Europe never got Chrono Trigger and most other classics until long after the fact, so it makes me feel a lil spoiled ranting about the one gem they got and we missed.

 

[thedope]

Masters Of The Universe for PS2 ?

 

[Redcrayon]

Last Window for DS? Sequel to Hotel Dusk.

 

[Tailzo]

Shenmue 2 on the Dreamcast

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That is the holy grail of EU games :)

 

[Jamix012]

I was surprised to find this one out after spending so many hours with it as a child. Although mine is a red box, probably a "classics" line of sorts?

The 4th entry did not release in Europe either.

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Was there something particularly special about this bomberman? Curious but wondering if it really broke new ground since many bomberman games end up being quite similar.

Last Window for DS? Sequel to Hotel Dusk.

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This is one I've already played through! Not quite as good as the original, but definitely still worth playing and a great game in its own right

 

[Isayas]

So Terranimga can come out in Europe but Chrono Trigger couldn't? Lol.

 

[Raijinto]

IIRC Chuggaaconroy said in his Pikmin 2 LP that the Wii version of the game didn't release in the US even though it did everywhere else. I don't know or get why that happened.

 

[Kouriozan]

Already mentioned but Monolith Soft's Disaster Day of Crisis, and it's a very good game.

 

[-shadow-]

IIRC Chuggaaconroy said in his Pikmin 2 LP that the Wii version of the game didn't release in the US even though it did everywhere else. I don't know or get why that happened.

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It did happen eventually, it just took NOA many years to get around to it.

 

[mudai]

The PS2 port of Maken X (originally a Dreamcast game) never came out in the US. The PS2 version has additional cutscenes, changes from 1st to 3rd person and some other gameplay changes.

 

[nded]

An extreme example would be Gimmick!/Mr. Gimmick which only saw release outside Japan in Scandinavian regions. Great game too.

 

[Raijinto]

It did happen eventually, it just took NOA many years to get around to it.

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Ah OK then thanks for the info. Kinda dumb regardless.

 

[Deleted member 35204]

Yes, we in Europe got games America never saw, but you bastards got King's Field games and not us and I'm jealous :'((

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We got KF4 and with it this gem of italian dub

 

[Haribokart]

For some reason, USA never got this

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If that's the case, why does it have an ESRB logo on the box?

 

[Silvergun-Blue]

Alien Soldier, Treasure's 16-bit magnum opus and one of the Mega Drive's best games.

Only released physically in Japan and Europe. You could play it in the US on the Sega channel though.

 

[Euler.L.]

For some reason, USA never got this

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It was the time of Nintendo America and Reggis' hubris that they Thought they don't need games for the Wii to sell.

 

[TubaZef]

If that's the case, why does it have an ESRB logo on the box?

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My bad, that's not the official cover, just some photoshop. Should have checked.
Here's the real one:

 

[Acidote]

Was there something particularly special about this bomberman? Curious but wondering if it really broke new ground since many bomberman games end up being quite similar.

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I honestly don't know. This is the only one I played. Well, that and a lot of multi tap matches with friends on some psx version.

 

[Grimmy11]

 

[EloKa]

I guess the Hugo games were EU only

 

[Bog]

Home Alone PS2.

 

[CannonFodder52]

Heres some cool ones, mostly horror stuff.

Some PS1 horror games,
Hellnight and Chaos Break. The Note and Overblood 2 also.

On PS2, Grasshopper and Akira Ueda's (Love-de-lic) Michigan: Report from Hell.
Also Siren 2, Glass Rose and Ghost Vibration.

On PS3 Siren 3.

On the Saturn you've got Deep Fear which at this rate I'm never going to get to pick up.

On the Wii Another Code: R and the Fatal Frame 2 remake.

Fatal Frame 5 on the WiiU

Last Window on the DS

Edit: a couple of these are digital in the US, just without physical releases.

 

[Kivvi]

Naruto ultimate ninja 5 for the PS2, great game, a shame it never hit USA. It came out in 2008, to late I guess.

 

[MrT-Tar]

There are many worthwhile PAL releases, of which Terranigma is the most revered.

Notable mentions are Project Zero (aka Fatal Frame) 2 remake, Deep Fear, and The Last Window

 

[mudai]

Heres some cool ones, mostly horror stuff.

Some PS1 horror games,
Hellnight and Chaos Break. The Note and Overblood 2 also.

On PS2, Grasshopper and Akira Ueda's (Love-de-lic) Michigan: Report from Hell.
Also Siren 2, Glass Rose and Ghost Vibration.

On PS3 Siren 3.

On the Saturn you've got Deep Fear which at this rate I'm never going to get to pick up.

On the Wii Another Code: R and the Fatal Frame 2 remake.

Fatal Frame 5 on the WiiU

Last Window on the DS.

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Siren: Blood Curse and Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water both came out in the US, but just as digital only titles. It's true that the remake of Fatal Frame II never made it stateside, though.

 

[Naga]

Fatal Frame 5 on the WiiU

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It released in NA. Just digital only.

 

[Deleted member 17210]

Cool, a Sega Master System thread. There are some quality 8-bit platformers and shooters that work on NA consoles.

Asterix

Land of Illusion

Master of Darkness

Ninja Gaiden

Power Strike II

Robocop vs the Terminator

Sonic 2

Tazmania

 

[Ogodei]

For some reason, USA never got this

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Allegedly NoA didn't want to release it because they thought it was junk, or at least this was heavily implied from the interviews with Reggie around that time. This presaged the whole Rainfall debacle. The issue being that Disaster did seem to be very rough while the Rainfall games were good to masterful.

 

[Deleted member 2752]

Don't buy it...

 

[TubaZef]

Allegedly NoA didn't want to release it because they thought it was junk, or at least this was heavily implied from the interviews with Reggie around that time. This presaged the whole Rainfall debacle. The issue being that Disaster did seem to be very rough while the Rainfall games were good to masterful.

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It's weird to remember the Rainfall thing now. Xenoblade almost wasn't released in NA and now it's such an important IP for Nintendo.

 

[CannonFodder52]

I recently did this for PS2 as I had some games missing and I kept my list. Mine is mostly horror skewed though.

They're not the best games but are games that you'd probably maybe want to find since they never came out in NA as far as I'm aware.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Altered Beast
Curse: The Eye of Isis
Evil Twin
Forbidden Siren 2
Glass Rose
Michigan: Report from Hell
Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code Veronica (lol)

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Is Evil Twin worth checking out?

 

[super moustique]

Thanks for the list! I know Michigan, but would you say any of the others are worth playing?

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The New Nightmare and Siren 2 are amazing. The former is best played on Dreamcast.

I also own Glass Rose but I haven't played it yet. And I heard good things about Evil Twin, I'll get it eventually !

Naruto ultimate ninja 5 for the PS2, great game, a shame it never hit USA. It came out in 2008, to late I guess.

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I bought it earlier this year. The gameplay is way more interesting than the Naruto games they made afterwards.

Allegedly NoA didn't want to release it because they thought it was junk, or at least this was heavily implied from the interviews with Reggie around that time. This presaged the whole Rainfall debacle. The issue being that Disaster did seem to be very rough while the Rainfall games were good to masterful.

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Disaster is an ok game, the main problem here is that they tried to make several games inside one :D