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A few, if not most, developers are content with simply adapting the foreign version domestically (even if the only difference is relatively superficial, such as translating text and voice dialogue into a local language).


HISTORY

The earliest known "International Version" of a game in Japan was the ), which was a relocalized version of a game released in the ''Mikie'', which in turn was an Americanized version of a previously released Konami game titled .

Konami conducted a similar practice in 1987 with the rerelease of the arcade title '' Salamander '' in Japan under the title of '' Life Force ''

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL VERSIONS OF GAMES IN JAPAN