Better in Japan?

[slinkyturd]

Which games that were released for both the PCE and TG16 were clearly better in the Japan region?
*Please exclude any critique on the language barrier.

Conversely, I have another thread started for the opposite here:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17555.0

[CrackTiger]

I'm not going to sort out "bests" by region, so here's my post from the identical thread:


Bonk's middle forms are feminine in the PC Engine versions. I prefer the North American forms, because it's a natural progressions which also better fits the overall theme.

I think that Zonk's bomb is cooler than giant turds, but Denjin has the cool intro. More people seem to prefer Denjin, but I like how the music syncs up in Zonk during the intro.

Godzilla is better on PCE, because the quiz mini-game lets you earn enough points to unlock every form.

Dragon Slayer is clearly better on PCE, because of the CD2 extras.

I think that the original Booby Kids theme works better in Cratermaze than the Doraemon version, but both have great music.

I don't like the Adventure Island intro, so Dragon's Curse is better.

Exile WP is broken, so Exile/EXR II is better.

Exile seems to have not had any cuts and the fading in/out static is fixed, so it's better on Turbo-CD.

Gate of Thunder's three bonus games make it clearly better than the PCE version.

[ultrageranium]

Kato-chan & Ken-chan > J.J. & Jeff

[ClodBusted]

Winds of Thunder has that sexy storeowner voiced in Japanese, where her North American Lords of Thunder counterpart has been robbed of her spoken voice completely. Way more hot than the Sega CD's LoT storeowner's English voice, too, but I leave that open for debate.

[Tatsujin]

PCE always is better. period.

[o.pwuaioc]

I'm trying hard to think of a console beginning with the Famicom that wasn't better in Japan. The Xbox, I guess, is one.

[Arkhan Asylum]

JJ and Jeff is the one game that we should've never gotten as is.

"USA doesn't have that comedy duo.   Lets just make two random fuckers!"

[Nando]

JJ and Jeff is the one game that we should've never gotten as is.

"USA doesn't have that comedy duo.   Lets just make two random fuckers!"

For real, I never got that one.

Splatterhouse PCE! 'cause PCE ;)

[esteban]

JJ and Jeff is the one game that we should've never gotten as is.

"USA doesn't have that comedy duo.   Lets just make two random fuckers!"

This is why JJ&Jeff is better than Japan. As in, the NATION OF JAPAN.

[SuperGrafx]

I think Mashin Eiyūden Wataru sounds a whole lot better than Keith Courage in Alpha Zones.

[PukeSter]

Fantasy Zone has 3 lives instead of 5 in the Japan version. Whether that is better to you or not I don't know.

Bloody Wolf and Bravoman are both better in U.S. due to horribly hilarious translations.

[Digi.k]

Magical chase has some differences between the turbo and pce.

Also I might say that if you are english speaking most games that require text then games like ys book ! & II, Dungeon Explorer etc I would go for the Turbo version

[SuperGrafx]

Also, the US version of R-TYPE (on Hucard) has the advantage of having the game on one card.
Whereas the PC Engine version is split into two separate cards.

[deubeul]

In this case i think it's a good thing that you can start at level 5 with full power 

[cr8zykuban0]

Kato-chan & Ken-chan > J.J. & Jeff

agreed!

[csgx1]

Forgotten Worlds Japan release was available as a bundle with the Avenue 3 button pad. 

[CrackTiger]

Forgotten Worlds Japan release was available as a bundle with the Avenue 3 button pad. 

Gate of Thunder, PC Genjin, PC Genjin 2, Bomberman, Ys I & II, Ninja Spirit, Dungeon Explorer and other games' North American releases were available  as a bundle with the Ave Pad 2 and PC Engine Duo.

The System Card 3.1 North American release was available as a bundle with at least several of the games listed above.

Wataru's North American release was available as a bundle with the Ave Pad 2 and PC Engine.

Several games' North American releases were available as a bundle with the PCE GT.