NA exclusive PS2 games

[Guyra]

Does anyone have a list of North America exclusive Playstation 2 game titles? Include games that have had a NA and Japanese release. Basically I'm looking for any games that weren't released for the system in Europe, but was released in North America.

[Tokimemofan]

Does anyone have a list of North America exclusive Playstation 2 game titles? Include games that have had a NA and Japanese release. Basically I'm looking for any games that weren't released for the system in Europe.

Probably anything by Working Designs. And many RPGs.

[theclaw]

.hack//G.U. vol. 1//Rebirth
.hack//G.U. vol. 2//Reminisce
.hack//G.U. vol. 3//Redemption
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness
Digimon World Data Squad
Dokapon Kingdom
Dual Hearts
Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel
Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir
Grandia Xtreme
Growlanser Generations
Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask
Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories
Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color
Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy
Metal Saga
The Nightmare of Druaga
Radiata Stories
Romancing Saga
RPG Maker 2
RPG Maker 3
Harvest Moon Save the Homeland
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
Shining Force Exa
Shining Force Neo
Shining Tears
Suikoden 3
Tales of Legendia
Tales of the Abyss
Tsugunai: Atonement
Wild Arms Alter Code: F
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
Arcana Heart
Galactic Wrestling: Featuring Ultimate Muscle
Pride FC: Fighting Championships
Virtual-On Marz
Katamari Damacy
Robot Alchemic Drive
MS Saga: A New Dawn
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Never Ending Tomorrow
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam
Battle Assault 3 featuring Gundam Seed
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space
Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo
Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front
Aero Elite: Combat Academy
Warship Gunner 2
Dai Senryaku VII: Exceed
Eternal Poison
Front Mission 4
Chaos Wars
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon
Monster Rancher 3
Monster Rancher 4
Monster Rancher Evo
Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle
Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 7
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 9
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 10
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 11
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
Twisted Metal: Head-On - Extra Twisted Edition
Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 2
Mega Man Anniversary Collection
Mega Man X Collection
Namco Museum
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
Taiko Drum Master
Dawn of Mana
Snoopy vs. the Red Baron
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan
Virtua Quest

[kupomogli]

Europe really got screwed when it came to PSX and PS2 games. It's probably why they've been getting so many bonus' for PSP and PS3 games that those of us in the US didn't get. One thing I noticed looking at that list is that Europe didn't get Xenosaga 1 and 3 but they got the second one? So they're missing the first part of the story, there's a cliffhanger at the end, and the game itself isn't very good at all. They kind of got robbed with the one Xenosaga game they did get. I bet that was Namco's excuse for not releasing other RPGs, their ridiculous expectations on a bad game.

[theclaw]

It is pretty odd. Same thing seems to have happened for Gundam Federation vs Zeon, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

So youre looking for a list of games released exclusively in japan and north america? Isnt that basically every goddamn game then?

Wouldnt it be easier to get a list of pal only releases and work backwards? Just erase those from the total amount of ps2 games and what youre left with is your answer right?

[theclaw]

You can immediately cross off anything with NCAA in the name. Next to none have ever had PAL or even Japan releases.

[SparTonberry]

I know it's not PS2, but SNES NCAA Basketball (by HAL) got released in Japan (though the teams where changed into NBA bootleg teams. Hello, New Jersey Mets and Indiana Packers. )

[Guyra]

@theclaw: Thank you for that nice list of yours there! Much appreciated!

@kupomogli: Well, there are certainly a lot of PS2 games that were released in NA that I would've loved to have seen released here as well.

@LaughingMan: Don't forget the "exclusive" part. Also, only looking for games that were released in North America, but not in Europe(or otherwise PAL), even though it may have been released in Japan. Also, it's not as simple as just comparing the lists to each other(even if I had them) as there are a lot of games that have different titles between their North American and European releases. And I would wager that there is a list somewhere out there already.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Europe really got screwed when it came to PSX and PS2 games. It's probably why they've been getting so many bonus' for PSP and PS3 games that those of us in the US didn't get. One thing I noticed looking at that list is that Europe didn't get Xenosaga 1 and 3 but they got the second one? So they're missing the first part of the story, there's a cliffhanger at the end, and the game itself isn't very good at all. They kind of got robbed with the one Xenosaga game they did get. I bet that was Namco's excuse for not releasing other RPGs, their ridiculous expectations on a bad game.

Europe got a -ton- of Japanese budget games we never got, and a large amount of PAL-exclusive games too. And don't forget about Phoenix Games!

[Guyra]

And don't forget about Phoenix Games!

But I just had! The horror! The horror!!!