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– Page 3: Japanese ↔ English
– Page 4: North America ↔ Europe

Miscellaneous

Square Enix Logo

Japanese & European:
Adjacent to the Square Enix logo is the “Registered Trademark” (®) symbol.

North American:
Adjacent to the Square Enix logo is the “Trademark” (™) symbol. The logo is wider and more grey compared to the Japanese and European version.

Start Menu Screen

Japanese:

The Crisis Core logo has a barely noticeable “Registered Trademark” (®) symbol.

The year written at the bottom left is “2007”.

North American:

The Crisis Core logo has a barely noticeable “Trademark” (™) symbol. This difference is consisted with the boot-up screen of the Square Enix logo from before.

The years written at the bottom left are “2007, 2008”. Both text rows at the bottom left have been diminished in size, so that even the “All Rights Reserved” text row is almost the same width as in the Japanese game despite the addition of “, 2008” to the text row.

English European:

The Crisis Core logo has a barely noticeable “Registered Trademark” (®) symbol. This difference is consisted with the boot-up screen of the Square Enix logo from before.

The text rows at the bottom left are the same as in the North American version.

“NO DATA” Icon

The image used for an unoccupied save slot differs in multiple, slight ways. Interestingly, the Japanese & English European images are identical, down to the last pixel.

Japanese & English European — North American — German

Debug Room & Menus

Japanese & North American:
The zone for visiting the main debug menu exists, but every selection leads to a dead-end. The files for each scenario planner’s debug menu/room have been removed for the retail release(s).

European:

With the exception of the “Battle” selection, every option in the main debug menu is functional. The files for the scenario planners’ debug menus, including Shun Moriya’s debug room, are on the disc.

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