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== Game Company Specific Examples ==
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* Subverted with the games created by [[AliceSoft]]. For many years, their games wouldn't make it to the US due to their con[[Rape Is Love|tro]][[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|ver]][[Playing to The Fetishes|si]][[Refuge in Audacity|al]] [[Explicit Content|nat]][[Values Dissonance|ure]]. [[AliceSoft]] [[Up to Eleven|even blocked off their website from being viewed by any and all foreigners]]. However, in the late 2010s they relented, with several parts of their flagship series [[Sengoku Rance]] getting published in English via MangaGamer.
* There is no [[Atlus]] Europe, meaning their games usually take a much longer time to come to Europe than the States, and usually don't get translated to other European languages than English either. Their in-house games aren't TOO bad off, as other companies pick them up sometimes (Like Nintendo with ''[[Trauma Center]]''), but the games they license for translation from other companies like the ''[[Summon Night]]'' or ''[[Super Robot Taisen]]'' for the Game Boy Advance? Yeah, Europe never got those.
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== Game Series Specific Examples ==
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* Although the ''Ace Attorney'' series is known for its high-quality localisations, some entries still suffer from this:
** ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations]]'' was never released in any language other than Japanese and English, despite getting released in the UK and the other Ace Attorney games getting translations to German, French and other European languages. A German group of fans were in the process of creating a [[Fan Translation]], but the group's latest update was made in 2013 and featured a beta version that did not cover the entire game, so a full translation may very well be [[Vaporware]].
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== Game Specific Examples ==
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* For most of us, the puzzle game ''Wario's Woods'' was the final NES game. But Japan released another NES game that never saw release outside of Japan: the fourth and final installment of the ''[[Adventure Island]]'' series.
* ''[[Alien Soldier]]'', originally released in 1995, had a limited release in the U.S. as a Sega Channel game before the service was discontinued, turning it into a lost classic until its inclusion on the [[Wii]] Virtual Console in 2007.
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* Oddly enough, ''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]'' was never released in the US -- despite being fully voiced in English, with the game's main character being, you know, ''[[Our Presidents Are Different|The President of the United States]]''. In a [[Humongous Mecha]], no less, fighting armies led by [[Corrupt Politician| his evil Vice President]] with iconic American locales like the Lincoln Memorial and Statue of Liberty as a backdrop. Exactly ''why'' Microsoft wouldn't release this in the States is a mystery.
** Cultural sensitivity might account for that, seeing as how the game is practically an [[Refuge in Audacity|over-the-top]] parody of militant [[Eagle Land]], some Americans might not appreciate it. Of coure, the rest would think it was [[Crazy Awesome]].
** The most prevalent theory, they were [[Screwed by the Network]]; Supposedly [[From Software]] couldn't get an American publisher; [[Sega]] didn't like it, believing it wouldn't sell.
* ''[[Monster Party]]'', a [[Widget Series|characteristically weird]] Japanese "parody" game, was [http://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/FC__1988Q4.html#monsterparty advertised in Japanese magazines] but somehow never released in its home country.
* ''[[Moon Crystal]]'' was advertised for a forthcoming U.S. release that never happened.
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== Genre Specific Examples ==
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* [[Cute'Em Up
** While ''[[Parodius]]'' hasn't made it yet, two other entrants in the genre, ''Fantasy Zone'' and ''[[Twinbee]]'' do have entries available on the Virtual Console. So there's hope yet that the series will leave this page.
* Good luck trying to find any side-scrolling shooters in the US.
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== Platform Specific Examples ==
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* A lot of [[Sega Saturn]] games were only released in Japan due to the poor reception of the console at the time. This is actually due to [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Bernie Stolar screwing things up with his ''Five Star Policy'' (aka Sports Fanatic Policy). In fact, it's not surprising if all the Sega Saturn games mentioned on this page are [[No Export for You]] because of him.
* Take a look at [[wikipedia:List of PSOne Classics|this list]]. Compare the number of entries for Japan compared to NA or Europe. Hell, some of the stuff on there ''came out in those regions'' the first time! Some are understandable (''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' got a [[Compilation Rerelease]]), but ''[[Xenogears]]'' has already been localized! The [[Virtual Console]] isn't ''quite'' as bad, but it's still got some missed opportunities on there (such as ''[[Fire Emblem]]'').
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