![]() ![]() So, they decided to leave Satan and God in, but to rename them Tanzra and The Master, respectively. ![]() Nintendo was obviously worried about releasing a game in the West that relied that heavily on religious elements, but it wasn’t like they could rewrite the entire game just to remove all of that. See, the original version of Actraiser featured God and Satan in starring roles. What you might find a little more surprising are the many ways that the game’s censorship really altered the scope and intended impact of the RPG’s story. Unlike some of the games we’ll talk about, it’s really not that surprising to learn that a game like Actraiser needed to be censored in accordance with some of the content standards at the time. Maybe Nintendo felt the game’s wholesome context negated the potential offensiveness of the imagery? 13. While religion and crosses appeared in some Western SNES titles, it’s rare to see them featured quite so prominently. For instance, Harvest Moon features several appearances of crosses and quite a lot of talk about religion. What’s even more interesting than the things that were censored in this game are some of the things that weren’t. So, while it makes sense (given the context of the time) that Harvest Moon’s alcohol was changed to “juice” in the Western port of the game, the fact that the game’s villagers still seem to get drunk off that “juice” strongly suggests that someone involved with that port wasn’t overly concerned about pleasing the censors. You may also already know that Nintendo almost always cut all references to alcohol in SNES games. You may already know that the villagers in the original version of Harvest Moon really liked to unwind at the end of the hard day by heading down to the tavern and knocking a few back. It’s easy enough to see those aspects of the character shine through even in the censored version of the game, though. In the Western version of the game, pretty much all of those elements were removed or toned down. In the original version of the game, Ayla was a violent, fun-loving, and hard-drinking companion who was likely bisexual. ![]() Religious content aside, the biggest target of Chrono Trigger’s censorship was Ayla. ![]()
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