Dead Space: what level of gruesome can ban a game in Japan? |
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So what level of gruesome could possibly make Japan ban a game? According to the devs' Twitter feed, it might have something to do with the main character being dismembered when killed. Although that still sounds pretty tame. Perhaps it's the thematic content behind the dismemberment? Anyhoo, here's a record of the Twitter feed:
So is the ban real, or a publicity stunt? We know that the announcement of the ban in Germany was a little premature, and China's no surprise, so the only real thing in question here is whether the game's too gruesome for Japan. Because we all know we'd want to buy it even more if that's true.
So I guess if it is a publicity stunt, EA's a genius.
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Via Ars Technica
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I call publicity stunt.
Well resident evil 4 was censored in japan... they removed the head decapitation when leon was attacked by that
chainsaw weilding dude... he only got a blood splatterd face.
so it might not be... but who knows?
the only way i found out about this game is cuz i heard on here it was censored in japan, im gonna buy this game cuz it looks so f***in cool
Agreed
Because the 'player' of the game is acting as the protagonist within the game environment it is entirely possible that the Japanese folks feel this is too close to being an act upon yourself.
What I mean is; take the Resident Evil Game and the beheading. Even though Americans know that there is a character that get his head lobbed off, the Japanese see it as "YOU" playing the character of Leon. This is directly 180 degrees opposite of their cultural mantra.
Think of it as the idiotic "save the children from themselves" BS that Tipper Gore thru onto our society back in the late 80s.
You know the one; the rule that says you (kids mostly) are too stupid to tel tell the difference between a cartoon and reality, so we edited Bugs Bunny down to blathering stupidity and made more than unrealistic cartoons about people that shoot at one another and never hit anyone.
Nuff said...