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** On the subject of Final Fantasy, there's Chocobo's Dungeon 2, an iteration in the Mystery Dungeon series. The US got 2 first, but it ''wasn't re-numbered.''
* ''Growlanser Generations'' is a compilation of second and third game in the ''Growlanser'' series. ''Growlanser: Heritage of War'' is the fifth.
* ''Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken'' (''The Sword of Flame'') was the first ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' game officially released in English, leading to the confusing retitling of the game to simply ''Fire Emblem'' (no subtitle). This is noteworthy considering the original game for the Famicom, ''Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Ken'' (''The Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light''), was released in 1990, 13 years before the series' English debut in 2003. ''The Sword of Flame'' is actually the second GBA game in the series and the seventh installment overall. Adding further confusion, ''The Sword of Flame'' is actually a prequel to the previous GBA game, ''Fuuin no Tsurugi'' (''The Sword of Seal''), which was never released internationally (despite the appearance of that game's protagonist, Roy, in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]. Melee'').
* ''[[Cosmic Fantasy]] 2'' was the first of the series of four games to be released outside Japan, and also the last, as it turned out.
* ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'' was the first game in that series to be released in PAL territories as well, and they dropped the numbers to hide that fact.
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** But of course, [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|Starfy Debuted In Smash Bros]]
* The Game Boy Advance rhythm game ''Rhythm Tengoku'' was never released outside of Japan. However, its Nintendo DS sequel, ''Rhythm Tengoku Gold'', was released in North America as ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]'', and in Europe as ''Rhythm Paradise''.
* The very first game in the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series barely averted this. Whereas the original MSX2 version of ''[[Metal Gear 1987]]'' wasn't released in America, American players still managed to get the game in the form of its now-infamous [[Adaptation First|NES port]]. ''[[Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake]]'' on the other hand was only released in Japan, and that was during the twilight days of the MSX2. It didn't even get an overseas release until [[Embedded Precursor|its inclusion]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater|Metal Gear Solid 3]]: [[Updated Rerelease|Subsistence]]''. Players who wanted to know what happened between the events of the original and ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' in the meantime had to download the fan-translated version of the game from the internet or settle with just the plot summary included in ''Metal Gear Solid''. To make matters more confusing, there was a [[Canon Discontinuity|non-canon]] ''Metal Gear'' sequel for the NES titled ''[[
* The first ''[[Ganbare Goemon]]'' game released outside Japan was ''Legend of the Mystical Ninja'' for the [[SNES]] (the series had previous installments for the [[NES|Famicom]]), in which for no reason Goemon and Ebisumaru [[Dub Name Change|were renamed]] "Kid Ying" and "Dr. Yang". The two [[Nintendo 64]] games that were later localized kept the characters' original names.
* ''Stinger'', aka ''Moero!! Twinbee'', was the second ''[[Twinbee]]'' game for the Famicom and the only one released in North America for the NES. ''Pop'n Twinbee'' was later released in the PAL region for the SNES. The second arcade game, ''Detana!! Twinbee'', also saw an overseas release as ''Bells & Whistles'', while the PC Engine port eventually got an overseas release via the [[Virtual Console]] (albeit, untranslated). The original ''Twinbee'' arcade game was also included on the [[Nintendo DS]] compilation ''Konami Classic Series: Arcade Hits'' under the name of ''Rainbow Bell''.
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