Soul Blazer

Soul Blazer is the first in a trilogy of action-RPGs for the SNES. It was followed by Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma.

Title Screen
While the font remains the same, the logo text has switched from blue to a more blazing orange to go with the title switch. The sword has also been moved down into the space formerly occupied by the title's Japanese rendering. As a bonus, a giant ugly "TM" has been added beside the title, which even appears in the dramatic opening title scroll.

In addition to these more obvious changes, the title screen can only be skipped in the Japanese version. The other versions require the player to wait for the animation to finish and the copyrights to appear before they can continue to the save select screen. This was probably done so that Nintendo could remind everyone that Soul Blazer was LICENSED BY NINTENDO (another addition to the western versions' title screen).

First Boss
The first boss room changed slightly between the Japanese and US/PAL versions:

More specifically, the two conveyor belts were reversed to push the player towards the boss, while the middle bridge was replaced by a conveyor belt to push the player away from the boss. In the Japanese version, it was easier to just lure the boss to one side, then run up the middle bridge and hack away.

Lisa Ending Sprite
In the Japanese version, Lisa has a more anime-like appearance. In the English game, her hand sprites are not used, so she is never seen praying.