Line #20 AlternativeForeignThemeSong/VideoGames


1	* The North American version of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' changes its opening theme from "Sonic - You Can Do Anything" to "Sonic Boom" and its ending theme from "Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself" to a slower version of "Sonic Boom" (even though the original songs were in English). It also changes the whole soundtrack! (Except the Past themes, which were played in PCM) In 2011, versions of ''Sonic CD'' with both the Japanese and American soundtrack became available worldwide, with the former lacking lyrics in the opening & ending themes due to being unable to clear the rights with the singer's estate. The lyrics were restored when the game was rereleased again in ''Sonic Origins''.
2	* The English version of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' changes the Japanese theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlgU9vMcq2k "Kimi ga Iru Kara"]], to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8qtteb9FBY "My Hands"]], by Leona Lewis. This is {{justified\|Trope}} because the dubbers weren't able to translate the whole song into English.
3	* ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_oNkU9X_Qs "Black Jack"]] by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra as its Japanese theme song.
4	* ''VideoGame/RType Final'' uses the Music/{{Blue Man Group}}'s "Piano Smasher" as the ending theme for the American version.
5	* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'': ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Destiny]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Eternia]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Symphonia]]'' (and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld sequel]]), ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Phantasia]]'' (GBA and iOS) and ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia Legendia]]'' all had its vocal theme songs replaced by original orchestral compositions. ''Symphonia'' (and sequel)'s and ''Legendia'''s compositions are special in that they were actually composed by series composer Motoi Sakuraba for the international release. The GBA version of ''Phantasia'' simply replaced the song with its overworld music, while the iOS version used an orchestral song synced to the video of the [=PS1=] opening FMV. ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Abyss]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheWorld Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology]]'', and ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' used instrumental versions of their original songs.
6	* ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'' uses very different instrumental [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6YaUefm4bw opening]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sZijF0_W8E closing]] themes in the English version. Compare to the original Japanese themes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVs0z-VNnFI "Electrical Communication"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcRp7fEpN6A "Brand New Way"]].
7	* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'': Starting from ''VideoGame/MegaManX3'', The japanese versions of the games would have lyrical intro and staff roll themes in japanese, and instrumental songs in the western versions.
8	** ''VideoGame/MegaManX3'' Has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZ-ghn0eGQ ''One More Time'']] for the intro and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uito_LIpeVQ ''believe'']] for the staff roll. Compare with the western [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmgJPEOJXvU intro]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IUeaqWnhhI staff roll]] themes.
9	** ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQwWQZtf1U ''Makenai Ai Ga Kitto Aru'']] for the intro and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnd-3Pvczuo ''One More Chance'']] for the staff roll. Compare with the western [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpqjMH_CwTM intro]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK2uTlq2RJg staff roll]] themes.
10	** ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpHvVX75qcw ''Monkey'']] for the intro and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AOOdS87hnA ''Mizu No Naka'']] for the staff roll. Compare with the western [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYlYHJ4P4A8 intro]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK1Q5u0N5dg staff roll]] themes (The latter is used as the bad ending theme for the Japanese version, and for both endings for the western version).
11	** ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' averts this, as the game was rushed so badly that the western versions has kept both of the Japanese intro themes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_gzDJ7SqaM ''Moonlight'']] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcziL_-6PF0 ''The Answer'']], and the ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFGuuncdAEI ''IDEA'']]. The ''Mega Man X collection'' version of the game replaces the intro theme with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQHZKKx_2sE another one]].
12	** ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXJStIzTxE ''Code Rush'']] for the intro and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGjxCzcnW9U ''Lazy Mind'']] for the staff roll. The western version has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vUSApU6_ps new intro theme]], but uses an instrumental version of ''Lazy Mind'' as a staff roll instead of having a new theme.
13	** ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykhPSqnJfqs ''Wild Fang'']] for both the intro and the staff roll. Compare with the western [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDCPRyriWlg&list=PLokIXPU70eltcXKSc3LQO7-zL1FR6Nbav Intro theme and staff roll]].
14	** ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX'', the remake of ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'', has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGGexTEwnp4 ''Don't wanna be'']] for the intro. Compare with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1S4mqdXz1w western version]].
15	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeznORdAkGY "ROCK U"]] by rav-x feat. Music/NamieAmuro was used as the Japanese theme song of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''.
16	* The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart'' has a different theme song in both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdN667BKmr8 console]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdBijrvVphI GBA]] versions.
17	* The Japanese version uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO-bYSxlKc0 "Phantom Planet"]] by Beat Crusaders to advertise VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet. [[http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Idoling%2521%2521%2521---Yarakai-Heart/1d4e683cad98e8bbf72ed14f546fca4c "Yarakai Heart"]] was the commercial theme song for the Japanese version of the second game.
18	* ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'' uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HM6wKFO-I4 "Ichioku Bun No Ichi No Shousetsu"]] by Uverworld as the theme song.
19	* The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'' opens with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm7CKpq88h0 "Crash"]] by Music/{{AAA}},[[note]]They also did the AnimeThemeSong "Zero" (which was unchanged, [[TheSongRemainsTheSame even in the English dub]]), and the two were released on the same album[[/note]] while the English game opens with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc7z88ABlzs "Time's Arm"]] performed by Music/CzechPhilharmonicCollegium. The words are not in English, however; they're in [[GratuitousLatin Latin]], making it also a ForeignLanguageTheme.
20	* ''VideoGame/ThiefIITheMetalAge'' provides a peculiar example in its German (and only German) localization. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVawf1l5zc0 credits video]] for the game and a few ambients in certain in-game locations [[https://youtu.be/M6sDJ5fDadI?t=61 use]] the song "Accingite Vos", by the German band Subway to Sally. Weirdly, all other versions of the game ''don't'' include it, to the point that even in the English language version, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1bdfx4fP24 there is]] ''no background music in the credits video''. The lenghth of the credits video and how well it syncs with the song seems to indicate it was originally planned to be released as part of the non-German versions too (including the original English language one), but some last-minute copyright issue probably prevented that. Some surviving [[http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123254 online news releases]] from the time of the game's development indicate this might have been the case, as there was no mention of the band contributing music only to the German language version of the game.
21	* The Japanese version of the first ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' game has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52mytd4pMts I Won't Let This End as a Dream...]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQk53jFSA-g Icy Gaze]], both sung by Fumitaka Fuchigami.
22	* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'':
23	** The English intro to ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch1'' uses an original theme by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (co-creator of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'') instead of the [[TheSongRemainsTheSame translated version]] of "Gera Gera Po" (which was used for the early episodes of [[Anime/YokaiWatch the dubbed anime]] before being replaced with the new theme).
24	** ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch2'' features a remixed version of the English theme rather Japanese versions remixed "Gera Gera Po". The intro's visuals are also different.
25	* The English version of ''[[VideoGame/MonsterRancher Monster Rancher 4]]'' used two new songs by The Cooler Kids for its opening and ending themes instead of the original Japanese songs or translations of them. Unlike most examples, the animation is still exactly the same as the Japanese version and the new song was composed to match the animation.
26	* Although previous [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] localizations of ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' games kept the Japanese vocal ending themes intact, the localization of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' replaced the ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BnZLuW92Hw "Dan Kusari -break-"]] by Creator/MegumiOgata, with an extended version of the opening theme titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m584u27GcBQ&t=4s "The END of DNG"]].
27	* All ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' games, in Japan, use "Moon Over the Castle" by Masahiro Andoh as the theme song. It is always changed to some licensed track for the Western release.
28	* ''VideoGame/WarioWareSmoothMoves'':
29	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxQWR3BFAOc title theme]] in the Japanese version was originally an upbeat version of the Temple of Form theme. For the international versions, it was replaced with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piFNfl6dXgY rearrangement]] of the title theme from ''Mega Microgame$!'' instead.
30	** Different music is used for the Form Baton tutorial sequences in the Japanese, Korean and international versions.
31	* In ''VideoGame/StarSweep'', the Japanese version features a vocal ending theme, which is retained in the European version but replaced with the instrumental theme from the arcade soundtrack in the US version.
32	* ''VideoGame/TailConcerto'''s theme in the Japanese and French versions is [[https://youtu.be/mZRx0lq3few "For Little Tail"]], performed by Japanese singer-songwriter KOKIA. However, it's because of its outsourced nature that the American release replaced it with [[https://youtu.be/IexN4bogh4o?t=22 an entirely new instrumental theme]] made by the game's composer instead. Said theme doesn't have a name, and it was the only song omitted from the Perfect Soundtrack remastered album.

Context AlternativeForeignThemeSong / VideoGames