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Disney's Lilo & Stitch (2002)

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The game was heavily inspired by SNK's Metal Slug series, a favorite of the Digital Eclipse team. According to their president Mike Mika, Disney Interactive were initially fine with the prospect of a shooting game based on the movie, but when they were prepared to present the game to then Disney CEO Michael Eisner, cautions began to arise about the violence in the game, which was higher than expected. Due to a lack of time, the game had to be shown to Eisner as it was. Unexpectedly, he adored the game and lamented that the other licensed games based on Lilo & Stitch weren't adopting the same gameplay formula:

"[...] we got this whole panic call from Disney and they are like, 'This is going to get cancelled'. And the next day, they called us back after the meeting and they were like, 'He LOVES it! He thinks it's the best product we're doing for Lilo & Stitch and he's really mad the other games aren't doing this.' It was really great and everyone was relieved."

The Lilo & Stitch movie directors sent a signed poster to Digital Eclipse thanking them for the game.

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Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (1988)

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One of the dungeon rooms in the game features children locked in jail cells. The player can free the children by pushing on a spot in the wall, but upon being freed, they will attack the player. Series creator Richard Garriot created this room in an effort to involve players emotionally and psychologically in the gameplay by posing a situation where they alone would have to think and decide whether or not to slaughter children. While killing the children is the easiest way to get out of that room, there are multiple methods to spare the children, such as using the Charm or Sleep spells. The game offers no punishment or reward for sparing or killing them, and since this event had no impact on the rest of the game, Garriot did not care how players resolved it.

This room would spark internal controversy when a religious fundamentalist playtester working at Origin Systems' New Hampshire division discovered the room and became outraged, believing the company was promoting child abuse. Instead of contacting Richard Garriot, he wrote a letter to Richard's brother Robert outlining his grievances with it and his resignation from the company, which led to Robert and his parents arguing with Richard over the phone to remove the room from the game. He defended the room by pointing out that players were not guaranteed to see it out of the 256 individual rooms in the game, that they did not have to free the children in the first place, and that they could spare them and did not have to kill them to either escape the room or win the game. He argued that his family and the playtester were trying to censor what he could do artistically while misunderstanding that the room was not meant to be explicitly offensive, and in the end, the room remained in the final game.

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Shay Adams - "The Official Book of Ultima" First and Second Editions (1990, 1992). ISBN 0-87455-228-1, ISBN 0-87455-264-8 (Pages 64-66 in both books):
https://archive.org/details/Ultima_Guide_OfficialBookOfUltima/
https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialBookOfUltima/

Quote blog post:
https://skullsinthestars.com/2009/12/04/richard-garriott-on-ultima-v/

Image source:
https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Children#Controversial_Trademark

Shining Nikki (2019)

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In 2020, to celebrate the launch of Shining Nikki in South Korea, Paper Games released a series of in-game wardrobe items based on the hanbok, a traditional Korean dress. This led to complaints from Chinese players, who objected to the hanbok being treated as a traditional Korean item and claimed that it was actually rooted in Chinese culture. On November 4, Paper Games released a statement supporting the argument that the hanbok was not Korean, and that "as a Chinese company, we want to reiterate that our stance is always consistent with our country China." They also announced that any accounts spreading misinformation about China or trying to insult the country would be blocked, implying that arguing that the hanbok was Korean counted as an offense. The hanbok items were ultimately removed from the game a day later.

This caused backlash from Korean players, who retaliated by deleting the game and applying for refunds for in-app purchases. On November 6, the game was delisted from Korean stores, resulting in demands that Paper Games be investigated for stealing Korea's cultural heritage and closing the service without offering compensation. This got to the point where Lee Sang-heon, a Democratic Party lawmaker from South Korea's National Assembly, called out Paper Games for siding with false claims from Chinese netizens and directing criticism towards Korean users. He also warned that their actions had violated South Korea's fair trade rules as they did not offer refunds and compensations prior to pulling the game from the country.

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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (2021)

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The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club_Plus!#Version_Differences

YouTube video showcasing the scene in the PlayStation 4 & 5 versions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRCIG11T534

YouTube video showcasing the scene in all other versions of the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w1gNV6pOgg

Stellar Blade (2024)

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Stellar Blade became rather controversial with critics in large part due to the sexualization of its protagonist Eve. They argued that the game's marketing leaned heavily into her sexual appeal by focusing on elements such as revealing costumes and suggestive character designs for its promotional strategy. This got to the point where the South Korean version of the game received an "Adults-Only" rating due to suggestive images, nudity, and violence. Hyung-Tae Kim, the game's director, defended these design choices, stating:

"When it comes to the design, we put special attention on the back of the character because the player is always facing the back of the character when they're playing. That's what they see the most of, so we thought this was pretty important."

This controversy culminated when the game released with a Day 1 update that patched out unintentionally offensive graffiti, and censored two revealing outfits for Eve, the Holiday Rabbit and the Cybernetic Bondage, but these are not the only affected outfits. When the player finds their first unlockable Nano Suit blueprint on the overworld, a tutorial pop-up appears featuring a video that scrolls through a montage of other Nano Suits that can be unlocked, and among them is an uncensored version of the Moutan Peony, an outfit that features dark pantyhose covering Eve's skin up to her waist in both the base game and the Day 1 patch. It appears that the developers forgot to remove this video when changing the costumes during development, and it's currently not known if other outfits in this video were changed in the final game.

These changes contradicted a claim from the game's official Twitter account stating that all versions of the game worldwide would be released uncensored, leading to the changes being widely criticized by players on social media and speculation that the game's publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment mandated the changes after addressing the offensive graffiti. However, Kim addressed the matter during a Q&A at a launch event for the game, stating that the costumes in version 1.0.0.2 was their "final product", but claimed that "the answer is not enough to convince our users" and that an ongoing internal discussion was proceeding. Kim later reaffirmed his stance on the changed costumes in a later interview, stating:

"I don't think that just because the costumes are vulgar doesn't necessarily mean they're good, so this is something that was modified for quality. As a result, there are parts where eroticism is lessened or emphasized. This is the final product that we want to show as the intended result."

Despite this, the version 1.0.0.3 update would cater to the complaints, adding two new variants of the Holiday Rabbit and Cybernetic Bondage with the censored parts reverted, as well as two new eroticized costumes, the Black and White Kunoichis.

The speculated tensions between Shift Up and Sony during development were actually highlighted by Drakengard and Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro, a developer with a history of tensions with Sony, during a joint interview with him and Kim for IGN published a little over a week before the game's release:

Yoko Taro: "[...] Mr. Kim, I wanted to ask you if there were any fights with Sony Interactive Enteratainment (SIE), since they are publishing Stellar Blade."

Hyung-Tae Kim: "(Glances at SIE staff members in the room and laughs.) The people at SIE are... very, very nice!"

Taro: "SIE's staff members are pulling faces I've never seen before. I wish the readers of this article could see it!"

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Sexualization complaints:
https://www.denofgeek.com/games/stellar-blade-controversy-explained/

South Korean rating:
https://en.as.com/meristation/news/stellar-blade-gets-an-adults-only-rating-due-to-nudity-and-explicit-gore-n/

Design choice quote:
https://fandomwire.com/hyung-tae-kim-stellar-blade-avoid-controversy/

Day 1 patch censorship:
https://esports.gg/news/stellar-blade/players-outraged-at-unexpected-stellar-blade-outfit-censorship/

Compilation of outfits in base game before Day 1 patch (uncensored versions of Cybernetic Bondage at 2:30, and Holiday Rabbit at 4:52):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMT6z9xejeA

Compilation of outfits after Day 1 patch (censored versions of Cybernetic Bondage at 1:03, Holiday Rabbit at 2:19, and Moutan Peony at 3:02):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAcvYBGPoGk

Nano Suit tutorial pop-up montage with uncensored Moutan Peony costume (this is the only footage I could find of anyone sitting through this video start to finish):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHJhViruQKM?t=3761

Stellar Blade uncensored claim tweet:
https://twitter.com/StellarBlade/status/1781976139688534449

Video of Hyung-Tae Kim defending update changes:
https://www.reddit.com/r/stellarblade/comments/1cdlllp/directors_answer_to_the_change_in_the_outfitvideo/

GameAbout interview with Kim (article in Korean):
https://www.gameabout.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=87017

Holiday Rabbit and Cybernetic Bondage costume reversal:
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/05/stellar-blade-ps5-quietly-adds-uncensored-new-costumes-in-controversy-aftermath

IGN interview with Yoko Taro and Kim:
https://www.ign.com/articles/stellar-blade-x-nier-automata-taro-yoko-hyung-tae-kim

Stellar Blade (2024)

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IGN article:
https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-says-racist-phrase-in-stellar-blade-was-unintentional-will-be-patched-out

Kotaku article with updated graphic:
https://kotaku.com/stellar-blade-ps5-racism-day-one-patch-1851432185

Wikitionary and Urban Dictionary entries for "Hard R":
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hard_r
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hard+R

Discovery tweet:
https://twitter.com/manfightdragon/status/1783133869912539521

Patch tweet:
https://twitter.com/manfightdragon/status/1783158271400182223

Stellar Blade uncensored claim tweet:
https://twitter.com/StellarBlade/status/1781976139688534449

SimCity (1989)

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In the original release of the game, the monster that the player could summon to attack the city was a thinly veiled parody of Godzilla, right down to using the character's iconic roar from the film series; the sound effect is even named "God" in the game's files, furthering the reference. The Godzilla parody is also depicted on the game's box art, gleefully waving at the viewer.

According to programmer Don Hopkins, who notably ported SimCity to numerous versions of Unix, Maxis ended up getting sued by Toho, the owners of the Godzilla franchise; additional details were recounted to him by Maxis CEO Jeff Braun:

"We never referred to the name Godzilla, our monster on the box cover was a T-Rex looking character, but... a few magazine reviews called the monster, Godzilla. That was all it took. Toho called it "confusion in the marketplace". We paid $50k for Godzilla to go away. In all honesty, Toho liked Maxis, they said $50k was the minimum they take for Godzilla infringement."

As a result of this suit, the monster was redesigned in the v1.2 release to resemble a giant orange salamander. The creature's roar is also changed and the game's box art is redesigned to replace the Godzilla parody with a tornado. In the v1.3 release, the salamander is given a slightly larger and more detailed sprite to fit the revised art style, but its roar (now internally renamed "Monster") is corrupted.

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The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/SimCity_(Mac_OS_Classic)#Godzilla_vs._Notzilla

Don Hopkins testimony in a Hacker News post:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40050799

MobyGames gallery showcasing the different box art designs:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/848/simcity/covers/

Criminal Girls (2010)

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Discworld (1995)

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Kotaku article searching for the first video game to say "fuck" (including Paranoia, The Orion Conspiracy and Discworld):
https://www.kotaku.com/the-search-for-the-first-video-game-to-say-f-1648611829

Explosive Fighter Patton swearing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhN3stcB0is

Skweek controversy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n36EdEJLDCU?t=557
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGSb2HRe_OE?t=80

Llamatron:
https://www.codetapper.com/amiga/random-rants/the-making-of-llamatron/

Discworld release date:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240210010559/https://colinsmythe.co.uk/terry-pratchett/discworld/convention-reports-index/terry-pratchett-chronology/

Antonball Deluxe (2021)

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Anton was originally supposed to be an alcoholic in Antonball Deluxe, but the publisher forced the developers to remove that element, and he would drink sodas and floats instead. Anton would be made a drunkard in Antonblast, and the plot of the new game would revolve around rescuing his collection of "spirits".

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)

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Shortly after the game's release in 2020, the government of China ordered gray market online storefronts to stop selling the game. While no official reason was given for the ban, fans and analysts speculated that it was due to players in Hong Kong using the game's customization features and online connectivity to broadcast messages in support of protests that were occurring at the time against changes to the region's extradition laws. Around the same time, the game was also used by Joe Biden's campaign team to advertise his candidacy in the 2020 United States presidential election by creating a dedicated island and customizable items.

16 days after the election in November, Nintendo updated the game's Usage Guidelines for Businesses and Organizations, significantly narrowing how they could use the game for advertising. This included a rule requesting that offensive content be refrained from being created in-game, along with a statement asking to "refrain from bringing politics into the Game." However, this rule does not clarify what "politics" specifically Nintendo wanted to keep out of the game, and it appears to be in effect for any content created after the update, as it seems that none of the Hong Kong protest content or the Biden campaign's promotional content were taken down.

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Palworld (2024)

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In the v.0.1.5.1 patch released at the end of February 2024, there were alterations made that were not listed in the patch notes, primarily involving censoring profanities and slurs. These changes apply even in single-player mode, where while players can still name things whatever they want, offensive words and names are replaced with asterisks. These changes were most likely made due to Palworld developer Pocket Pair's partnership with Microsoft, who agreed earlier that month to help develop the Xbox releases of the game and possibly the Steam version as well. Unlike Steam however, Xbox has very strict guidelines on what can and can't be said like other console platforms, suggesting that Pocket Pair was catering to Microsoft with this censorship, although neither company officially commented on these changes. While some players understand the need for such measures, others criticized the restrictions and advocated for optional toggles to allow individual customization.

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Palworld Update Censors Some of the Game:
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/palworld-update-censored-game/

Not listed in Patch Notes: Added Censorship:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Palworld/comments/1b3cghg/not_listed_in_patch_notes_added_censorship/

Microsoft Will Help ‘Palworld’ Scale Up As One Of Its All-Time Biggest Game Pass Launches:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/02/01/microsoft-will-help-palworld-scale-up-as-one-of-its-all-time-biggest-game-pass-launches/amp/

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (2019)

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Sources:
The Cutting Room Floor:
https://tcrf.net/Crash_Team_Racing_Nitro-Fueled#1.07

GameRant article:
https://gamerant.com/crash-team-racing-skin-name-watermelon-tawna/

WWE 2K24 (2024)

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In early February 2024, one month prior to the game's release, multi-time WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar was removed from the cover of the "Forty Years of WrestleMania" showcase edition of the game in response to a sexual assault and sex trafficking lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE. Although Lesnar's name was not directly mentioned in the lawsuit, his reported connection to the case led to his removal as part of a wider effort by the WWE to disassociate from him. The cover was updated to feature a larger version of John Cena, where Lesnar used to be.

Content creators who got early access to the game on February 23 confirmed that both Lesnar and McMahon were no longer playable characters in WWE 2K24. While the extent of McMahon's removal is unknown, Brock Lesnar’s data remains locked away in the game due to his matches with The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 30 and Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 31 being featured in the "Showcase of the Immortals" Showcase mode, and it being too far into development to remove them.

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Brock Lesnar Removed From WWE 2K24 Special Edition Cover:
https://www.ign.com/articles/brock-lesnar-removed-from-wwe-2k24-special-edition-cover

Brock Lesnar's replacement on WWE 2K24 cover revealed:
https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/news-brock-lesnar-s-replacement-wwe-2k24-cover-revealed

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WWE 2K24 Final Roster Confirms Removal of Brock Lesnar and Vince McMahon:
https://www.ign.com/articles/wwe-2k24-final-roster-confirms-removal-of-brock-lesnar-and-vince-mcmahon

Tomb Raider I•II•III Remastered (2024)

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012)

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When he was first released as DLC, General Winter's All-Star move effects had communist motifs. However, following complaints from the Russian populace about the portrayal of the USSR military as under-equipped in his source game Company of Heroes 2, and a voluntary recall of said game from Sega in that region, an update in 2013 would replace the hammer & sickle with a generic red star in all regions.

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed change:
https://tcrf.net/Sonic_%26_All-Stars_Racing_Transformed_(Wii_U,_Xbox_360,_PlayStation_3,_Windows)

Recall in Russia:
https://www.engadget.com/2013-08-05-company-of-heroes-2-sales-halted-in-russia.html

Goddess of Victory: Nikke (2022)

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On January 11, 2023, the game's official Thai Facebook page posted an advertisement that was quickly met with backlash from the Thai player community. The ad depicted a player engaging in the game due to him not enjoying his birthday party. Entranced by the anime characters' buttocks physics in an erratic manner, his behavior gets interrupted and questioned by a partygoer who gives him his birthday cake with candles. He then wishes for the characters Anis, Rapi, and Marian to appear in real life, and in a vision prior to blowing out the candles, the three arrive in his home and proceed to twerk in front of him, simulating the game's attack animations. The advertisement was heavily criticized for depicting the player base as perverts who only play the game for the attractive characters, prompting the developers to issue an official apology in Thai and take down the ad. However, the removal of the ad caused another round of backlash from a different part of the fanbase, one that was already upset with the developers after a new character costume had been released with more clothing than initial leaks for a winter holiday event had suggested, leading to accusations of censorship. Reportedly, some fans even went as far as to say that there was nothing wrong with the ad for "being honest about why some players are attracted to the game."

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The advertisement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hZkFLmIGDA

Initial controversy:
https://sea.ign.com/nikke-the-goddess-of-victory/194210/news/nikki-devs-took-down-controversial-advertisement-video-after-thai-playerbase-backlash

Counter-backlash:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gywq/mobile-game-takes-down-ad-portraying-its-players-as-horny-nerds

Quote source:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/removed-game-ad-featuring-player-salivating-over-jiggle-physics-sparks-fan-outcry/1100-6510671/

Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick (1997)

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Darkened Skye (2002)

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The Getaway (2002)

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Gangster video game upsets BT:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150922044257/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2621519.stm

SCE Australia Announce The Getaway Release:
https://web.archive.org/web/20050719130803/http://www.gamepower.com.au/?aid=1115
https://web.archive.org/web/20050719130835/http://www.gamepower.com.au/?aid=1117

Games Censorship: G:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170328005109/http://refused-classification.com/censorship/games/g.html

The Cutting Room Floor articles:
https://tcrf.net/The_Getaway_(PlayStation_2)#Cut_Vehicles
https://tcrf.net/The_Getaway_(PlayStation_2)#Image_Gallery
https://tcrf.net/The_Getaway_(PlayStation_2)#Regional_.26_Revisional_Differences

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