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[Salsa Party Animal]

I hear Soul Calibur have no cut on Japanese version and cut or changed weapon on western version. No idea which one though.

[babs]

I think another game of theirs that got hacked to bits was Bionic Commando. I am pretty sure there was some borderline Nazi imagery before they removed it on release.

Borderline? In Japan it was called Top Secret: Hitler's Revival and was full of swastikas

[Duddyroar]

This is the Japanese artwork for Miracle Warriors on the Master System...



Now why did that get changed for the Western release??

[evert]

i remember seeing a photo of the Jap Super Tennis in a games mag, and one of the charatcers had the word **** above them instead of the usual RATS or whatever it is they said in the Western version., Was this real? It would be cool if in the next Xbox tennis instead of the silly ATTITUDE thing you could make your player swear, making up your own swear combos! well, cool for a while anyway!

[Duddyroar]

Yes it's true - a screenshot was printed in C+VG I think. Can't find an image on the net, though.

[C']

I hear Soul Calibur have no cut on Japanese version and cut or changed weapon on western version. No idea which one though.

It was actually Soul Blade/Soul Edge that had this change.

In order to get around BBFC laws about not being able to show Nunchukas in use in films (and presumably games although the rule was implemented in the seventies) Li Long's weapons graphic were changed in the PAL version so the weapon became morelike a 3 section staff rather than two pieces of wood connected by a chain (although an actual 3 Section Staff is much larger in real life.

His play style was exactly the same, it was just a minor aestetic change really. They even altered frames in the CG introduction scene to reflect this.

I think this was the last game to have to have a change like this made and the rules are more leniant nowadays. Last Bronx on the Saturn (released not long after Soul Blade) had nunchukas intact, as have both Soul Callibur games in PAL territories.

[Oh! My Car!]

This is the Japanese artwork for Miracle Warriors on the Master System...

is that Morrigan?

[JU!]

the Japanese version of resident evil 4 has the decapatations removed

shame really

Just when the people are human. When they get red eyes decapatate away

[buster_broon]

Just when the people are human. When they get red eyes decapatate away

ahh i see

after speaking to somebody before i bought the Japanese release

they told me their head hangs at the back much like the monks with the spiders inside them

[buster_broon]

on another note

played my Mega cd today and i played the UK and the Japanese version of final fight

and teh UK intro is cut in 2 places

there is more of mad gear in the Japanese version and Haggars daughter is in her bra (on the tv) when hagger is being bribed

teh uk version she is wearing a red dress and the level 1 boss has a different name

[MattyD]

Didn't all the console versions of Duke Nukem have cuts made? I'm pretty sure the N64 versions all had the boobies and swearing taken out, and I think the Saturn and PS1 versions were cut but less so.

I also remember that in Doom there was a level in the second episode where some computers are arranged in such a way that they form a swastika on the map. This part of the map was changed in the SNES version and also in later PC builds.

Also one more was The Punisher (an really under-rated game IMHO) - Volition changed all the execution set-peices so that the camera goes b&w and pans away from the messiness. This was to avoid getting an M rating because most major US chains won't carry M-rated games (i.e. Walmart).

[dvdmike]

duck tales on the nes had the crosses removed in the uk/us

[MartyG]

La Pucelle had some of the religious overtones removed in the US translation along with tobacco use.

[Phar]

Didn't Streets of Rage 3 have some things removed like trannies and the gay boss who jumps of the boat on the first stage?

[Sketcz]

I think another game of theirs that got hacked to bits was Bionic Commando. I am pretty sure there was some borderline Nazi imagery before they removed it on release.

Actually, they missed something. If you complete the PAL game, you see a giant portrait of Hitler's head explode, Scanners style. Showing those testing it couldn't get to the end of the game.

At least... I'm fairly sure that was what happened. Been a while since I read up on that.