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sbp
06-11-03, 04:16 AM
An article (http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuhf/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=506830) that talks about this issue. A snippet to start:

Video game heroine Lara Croft is an adrenaline junkie unafraid of getting bloody. But in Germany, the buxom starlet of the ``Tomb Raider'' series doesn't bleed -- even if she's being mauled by a tiger.

Although the $25-billion video game industry is global, the games themselves aren't. They reflect the distinct cultures and traditions of different markets, and game publishers carefully tweak their titles to tone down offensive material.

Red blood in a game sold in the United States turns green in Australia. A topless character in a European title acquires a bikini in the U.S. Human enemies in a U.S. game morph into robots in Germany. Violent sex scenes in a Japanese game disappear in the American version.

silence
06-11-03, 05:24 AM
Originally posted by sbp
Violent sex scenes in a Japanese game disappear in the American version.

where can i get japanese versions????

Pafet
06-11-03, 05:56 AM
Zose crazy Germans :p
I once saw a comercial on a german channel - a naked chick selling mineral water and a whole bunch of em playing on a beach selling ice-cream :eek:

as for violence... kicking their asses on Enemy territory. Well that one is a free download so....

Edge
06-11-03, 11:34 AM
Yeah I heard about some of that, Germany is very anti-videogame-violence for some reason. I remember in Turok for N64, they said they had to change all the blood to green and remove all human enemies.

It's odd the things they change. I remember in one old game for the Sega CD, the Japanese version showed a person flicking someone off, and for America they just showed them shaking thier fist.

Strange that they change so much when they could probably get away with showing it. M ratings in America do allow nudity and sexual violence (to an extent).
Oh, and obviously, Return to Castle Wolfenstien was changed quite a bit for the German release :D

vampireuk
06-11-03, 12:49 PM
Originally posted by Edge
Yeah I heard about some of that, Germany is very anti-videogame-violence for some reason.

Only their conservative government who all need shooting:mad:

sytaylor
06-11-03, 01:46 PM
Originally posted by vampireuk
Only their conservative government who all need shooting:mad:

Scuse me? Gerhard Schroder (sp?) is the most socialist mofo with any real power in the world..

Fair enough the game restrictions have been there longer than the current administration, but there seems to be a lot of political push against it.