Shadow1980 said:
BlkPaladin said:
You know most "censorship" is done to keep a certain rating, Hollywood has been doing this for years. The only difference between the movies and games is the in the US the game rating system is industry regulated while the movie industry is government regulated. And in the decades the movie industry has been regulating the rating, studios have been cutting sections of movies to hit a PG/PG-13 rating and the government has of yet to start knocking down doors and burning all of our media because they don't agree with it.
When government took over the movie rating sytem in the mid-80's, and a similar paranoia ran high back then, but paranoia was one of the defining traits of the 80's, until people realized that it gave some stability to what you went and seen. Where as the old industry supported rating system depended on which studio the movie came out from and who the director and/or producer was sleeping with. The only problem with the system currently it is it is in need of an overhaul. And that is something the US government is bad at.
And as with what some posters pointed out it is Atlas that is doing the localization which includes any "censorship" to the title. Nintendo may have recommended the rating that they want to hit, probally Teen or the simular rating in all regions, but it is up to Atlas to decide what to "cut" to make that rating.
On side note a funny story about when the rating sytem changed hands from industry-to-government. It was the only time Disney was hit with a rated R movie published under the Disney brand name, the movie's name was "Something wicked this way comes." if you want to know, and since Disney doesn't want to have any R rated movies under their brand they censored the movie after that to get a PG-13 rating. If you want to quick summery of the movie. It goes like this: A carnival run by Satan comes to a small town to collect the souls of the inhabitants, and a handfull of kids try and save the day with some being victims to the many side shows, it was pretty dark for a Disney movie.
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The film ratings system is not an arm of the government in the U.S. MPAA ratings are still voluntary, private, industry-imposed ratings, just like ESRB ratings. There was no "government takeover."
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Sorry about that, I'm not too up on this subject appearent. I was not even 10 when the PG-13 rating was added and my father is a little paranoid that the goverment is trying to take over everything. I should of have done a little reading before opening my mouth.
EDIT: I changed the orginal post to be factually correct. The main point is unchanged though.
