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* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20121102145732/http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/4/582034_86410_front.jpg American cover] of ''Robo Army'' is, ahem, more "hardcore" than the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121102145632/http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/4/582034_2458_front.jpg Japanese original].
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time]]''. [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tmntbeatemups/Turtles%20in%20Time%20SNES%20Japanese%20Box%20Art.jpg The Japanese version] had art that looked just like the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|'80s cartoon]] (and by proxy, the actual damn game). The American version? As per Konami of America's standards at the time, [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tmntbeatemups/Turtles%20in%20Time%20SNES%20American%20Box%20Art.jpg incredibly hardcore] and more like [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (comics)|the original comic]]. (See also: ''[[Sunset Riders]]'', most of the ''[[Contra]]'' games, and ''[[Castlevania]]'' ''III'' and ''IV''.)
* The American cover art of ''[[Guardian Heroes]]'' replaced the original anime-style depictions of the six main characters with a fantasy novel-like illustration of Han fighting against the Undead Knight, [[Covers Always Lie|even though he was one of the heroes in the game]]. The European version used the original Japanese art, but replaced the two heroines, Serena and Nicole, with Zur the magician and Macho the bodybuilder, who aren't even main characters, turning the European cover into a complete sausage fest for no reason ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130514120436/http://www.kidfenris.com/guardheroescover.html see for yourself]).
 
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