Meh, I have the North American version too. There's alot I wish I had about the International version, but I can't say the ESG is really one of those things. Later in the game, especially in that version, you'll want to start stat-maxing... and the fewer nodes on the ESG means you have less opportunity to do that. It would probably be fun for a bit though, being able to customize your characters easrlier in the game...