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** The original Japanese cover shows Lanra as a tough gun-toting hero in the midst of a shoot-out, while the North American cover shows her and her TrueCompanions.

** The Japanese version of ''The Adventure of Lanra'', an AffectionateParody of Super NES {{RPG}}s, has Lanra holding a flower while the American version has her holding a gun.

** In Japan, ''The Adventure of Lanra''[='s=] cover has the protagonist [[SugarBowl frolicking through a field of cherry blossoms with her pet]] {{Mon}}, while in America Lanra is [[{{Gorn}} bloodily cutting a monster in half with a chainsaw]].
** The entire ''game'' is completely different depending on where the region is. Get a natural, Japanese release? It's cute and lighthearted. Get a PAL release? It's pretty nice, though it has its Tearjerker and Nightmare Fuel moments. Get the NA release? It's a full blown UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000.

** The only difference between the American cover and the Japanese cover is that Japanese Lanra has a big smile, and American Lanra is given some angry eyebrows and a frown.

** The artist [[PoesLaw didn't know]] that it's a ''parody'' of {{RPG}}s, and instead gives it an American cover which plays it straight.

** The [[SpoilerCover cover for the American original spoiled the]] [[CrapsaccharineWorld crapsaccharine nature of the game]], so the Japanese port went for a [[CoversAlwaysLie cutesy cover that better fit the initial stages of the game]].

** The Japanese cover shows Lanra wearing a skin-tight, {{Stripperiffic}} high-tech dress with blue-tinted {{Cyberpunk}}-ish backdrop, but the American cover is a cute photo of a very large floppy disk, which turns out to be the MacGuffin of the RPG called the MacGuffin Disc.
** The original Japanese cover shows Lanra as a tough gun-toting hero in the midst of a shoot-out, while the American cover shows her and her TrueCompanions.

* '''Subverted''': The American cover for ''The Adventures of Lanra'' looks serious at first glance, but when you look closer you see certain details, such as the fact that the monster Lanra's fighting is actually a giant gummi bear, the use of a pogo stick as a melee weapon, and the ninjas watching the fight and [[PassThePopcorn eating popcorn]], that make it obvious that it's a parody of such covers.
** The American cover of "Lanra's Nightmare: Childhood's Terror" showed her terrified and brandishing a knife against the undead in a NightmareFuelColoringBook style. The original cover of "Lanra's Nightmare" had a cutesy art style, but featured chopsticks stuck in a rice bowl, deadly {{Youkai}} [[FourIsDeath in groups of four]], and other idiomatic signs of horror. Thus, the American cover was more of a CulturalTranslation as the original was a type of hardcore that didn't translate as easily.

* '''Parodied''': Bob's favorite RPG, ''The Adventure of Lanra'', is given an American release. Instead of a cover that shows it's an AffectionateParody of {{RPG}}s that runs on RuleOfCute, it makes the game look like a {{gor|n}}y, realistic RPG with a busty, {{Stripperiffic}} protagonist.

** The Japanese version of ''The Adventure of Lanra'' has a cute cover, while the American version has a tougher one. However, when the game is released as a special edition, the American version uses the original Japanese artwork. The cover of TheRemake in Japan, on the other hand, switches to the American cover...
** Both the Japanese version and the American version of ''The Adventure of Lanra'' features Lanra holding her {{BFG}}, with HumongousMecha in the background. However, the European boxart features Lanra on a generic background, holding something less violent, like flowers, or bottles.

** The cover is the same in both America and Japan.

** "Cute doesn't sell in America. Make the cover DarkerAndEdgier."

* '''Invoked''': The {{executive|Meddling}}s at [[BlandNameProduct Zony]] thought the game wouldn't sell well in America if it had a cutesy cover, so it is given a new, "hardcore" one.

* '''Defied''': The American advertisements/cover depict Lanra refusing to "be hardcore" -- "I'm cute ''and'' badass! Deal with it!"

* '''Conversed''': "Why are the covers of Lanra's game so different between the Japanese and American versions?"
* '''Deconstructed''': The misleading cover causes ''The Adventure of Lanra'' [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic to sell poorly in America.]]

* '''Exaggerated''': In Japan, ''The Adventure of Lanra''[='s=] cover has the protagonist [[SugarBowl frolicking through a field of cherry blossoms with her pet]] {{Mon}}, while in America Lanra is [[{{Gorn}} bloodily cutting a monster in half with a chainsaw]].

** Alternatively, the Japanese box art is pretty and pastel, while the American box art goes for a grungier look.

** "The style is cute and all, but don't they realize that here in the good old US of A [[UnfortunateImplications this implies that the 'heroine' is a…?]]"

* '''Enforced''': "Cute doesn't sell in America. Make the cover DarkerAndEdgier."

** The cover for the American original spoiled the [[CrapsaccharineWorld crapsaccharine nature of the game]], so the Japanese port went for a cutesy cover that better fit the initial stages of the game.

** The American cover of "Lanra's Nightmare: Childhood's Terror" olshowed her terrified and brandishing a knife against the undead in a NightmareFuelColoringBook style. The original cover of "Lanra's Nightmare" looked cutesey but featured chopsticks stuck in the rice bowl and deadly {{Youkai}} [[FourIsDeath in groups of four]] and other idiomatic signs of horror. Thus it was more a CulturalTranslation as the original was a hardcore that didn't translate as easily.

** ''The Adventure of Lanra'', an AffectionateParody of Super NES {{RPG}}s, the Japanese version has Lanra holding a flower while the American version has her holding a gun.
** Alternatively, the Japanese box art is pretty and pastel-ish, while the American box art goes for a much more hardcore artwork.

* '''Straight''': ''The Adventure of Lanra'', an AffectionateParody of Super NES {{RPG}}s, the Japanese version has Lanra holding a flower while the American version has her holding a gun.

* '''Downplayed''': The only difference between the American cover and the Japanese cover is that Japanese Lanra has a big smile, and American Lanra is given some angry eyebrows and a frown.
* '''Justified''': The artist [[PoesLaw didn't know]] that it's a ''parody'' of {{RPG}}s, and instead gives it an American cover which plays it straight.

* '''Deconstructed''': The misleading cover causes ''The Adventure of Lanra'' to sell poorly in America.

* '''Downplayed''':
** The only difference between the American cover and the Japanese cover is that Japanese Lanra has a big smile, and American Lanra is given some angry eyebrows and a frown.
* '''Justified''':
** The artist [[PoesLaw didn't know]] that it's a ''parody'' of {{RPG}}s, and instead gives it an American cover which plays it straight.

** The game's bright and bubbly content and opening song is ''also'' replaced with {{Darker and Edgier}} content and for the theme song, it got replaced with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8JvMLWUA60 Deus Non Vult]].
** Alternately, the game is from the PAL reigon and is an {{Animesque}} game featuring a schoolgirl as the hero, and the original cover has Lanra sitting on a trunk of a cherry blossom tree while raining, looking very neutral, but in North America, it has Lanra as a tough and scary hero with a dark background. But in Japan, the cover has Lanra in a {{Lighter and Softer}} Japanese setting and [[KimonoFanservice making her wear a yukata.]]

** Or, the color tone differs.

** Or, in order to sell better, the artist made the cover {{Darker and Edgier}}.

** The game's bright and bubbly content and opening song is ''also'' replaced with {{Darker and Edgier}} content

** The game's content and opening song is ''also'' replaced with

'''Basic Trope''': In one release, a game has a cute cover, while in a localization it is given a different, tougher one.

* '''Downplayed''': The only difference between the American cover and the Japanese cover is that Japanese Lanra has a big smile, and American Lanra is given some angry eyebrows and a frown.
* '''Justified''': The artist [[PoesLaw didn't know]] that it's a ''parody'' of {{RPG}}s, and instead gives it an American cover which plays it straight.

** Alternately, the game is from the PAL reigon, and the original cover has Lanra sitting on a trunk of a cherry blossom tree while raining, looking very neutral, but in North America, it has Lanra as a tough and scary hero with a dark background. But in Japan, the cover has Lanra in a Japanese setting and making her wear

** Alternately, the game is from the PAL reigon, and the original cover has Lanra sitting on a trunk of a cherry blossom tree while raining, looking very neutral, but in North America, it has Lanra as a tough and scary hero with a dark backgroud.

** Alternately, the game is from the PAL reigon, and the original cover has Lanra sitting on a trunk of a cherry blossom tree while raining,
looking very neutral, but in North America, it has Lanra as a tough and scary hero with a dark backgroud.

** Alternately, the game is from the PAL reigon, and the original cover has Lanra siting on a trunk of a cher

** Alternately, the game is from the PAL reigon, and the original cover has Lanra walking in a

** Alternately, the game is from the PAL reigon, and the