diff --git a/scripts/generate_pack.py b/scripts/generate_pack.py
index 74de145a..d5b7f94b 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_pack.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_pack.py
@@ -3298,6 +3298,8 @@ def main():
             args.regions = region_mod.parse_requested(args.region)
         except ValueError as exc:
             parser.error(str(exc))
+        if args.manifest_targets:
+            parser.error("--region is incompatible with --manifest-targets")
 
     # Quick-exit modes: --verify-packs alone = verify existing packs only
     # Combined with --all-variants, generation runs first then verify
@@ -4543,6 +4545,16 @@ def verify_pack_against_platform(
     )
 
 
+def _narrows_contents(pack_name: str) -> bool:
+    """True when a pack holds fewer files than the platform declares.
+
+    A source-restricted or required-only build is narrower by design, so the
+    full platform expectation does not apply to it and conformance is skipped.
+    Region is not listed: the region filter is passed to the check itself.
+    """
+    return any(tag in pack_name for tag in ("_Platform_", "_Truth_", "_Required"))
+
+
 def verify_and_finalize_packs(
     output_dir: str,
     db: dict,
@@ -4595,8 +4607,7 @@ def verify_and_finalize_packs(
         # Skipped for filtered/split/custom packs (intentionally partial)
         if skip_conformance:
             continue
-        # Skip conformance for non-full source variants
-        if "_Platform_" in name or "_Truth_" in name:
+        if _narrows_contents(name):
             continue
         platforms = pack_to_platform.get(name, [])
         for pname in platforms:
diff --git a/tests/test_e2e.py b/tests/test_e2e.py
index ca2916c4..291f8df3 100644
--- a/tests/test_e2e.py
+++ b/tests/test_e2e.py
@@ -5659,6 +5659,24 @@ struct BurnDriver BurnDrvneogeo = {
         )
         self.assertTrue(checked.issubset(self._names_in(out)))
 
+    def test_narrowed_variants_skip_conformance(self):
+        from generate_pack import _narrows_contents
+
+        for narrowed in (
+            "EmuDeck_2.3.8_Required_BIOS_Pack.zip",
+            "EmuDeck_2.3.8_Platform_BIOS_Pack.zip",
+            "EmuDeck_2.3.8_Truth_Required_BIOS_Pack.zip",
+            "EmuDeck_2.3.8_NorthAmerica_Required_BIOS_Pack.zip",
+        ):
+            self.assertTrue(_narrows_contents(narrowed), narrowed)
+
+        for full in (
+            "EmuDeck_2.3.8_BIOS_Pack.zip",
+            "EmuDeck_2.3.8_NorthAmerica_BIOS_Pack.zip",
+            "RetroArch_v1.22.2_Switch_BIOS_Pack.zip",
+        ):
+            self.assertFalse(_narrows_contents(full), full)
+
     def test_target_tag_formats_hardware_names(self):
         from generate_pack import _target_tag