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Submitted by Ragey. The Japanese version of this game was released in January 1987 for the Famicom Disc System. The American version was released in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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The American version's intro was rewritten to sound less like mangled nonsense.

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At the save select screen, some of the names were changed for the American version.

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Two torches were added next to Zelda in the American version. And if you look closely, you can see the Japanese Link has no visible mouth, but the English one does!

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The Japanese version has all the map enemies look the same, whereas in the American version they range from blobs to beasts.

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The game over screen has a black background in the Japanese version. The American version changes the color to red, adds a silhouette of Ganon (his only appearance in the entire game) and rearranges the text.

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Because you can't trust Western children with properly handling electronics.

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Aside from the addition of a mouth, this frame was redrawn for the American version.

NOTES

-These villager sprites do not appear in the Japanese version.

-Barba and Horsehead roar in the Japanese version. They don't in the American release.