I was thinking about getting it but I seem to remember hearing that it got censored in some way. What exactly did they change? What all is wrong with it?
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Which is interesting because even on the GBA version, even 20 years ago, the US got a longer skirt and covered up arms for Nell. Of course, some people still want to keep giving big N the benefit of the doubt...
Yeah, I don't have any problem with a motivation of "we want to avoid controversy and just sell shit."
I do have a problem with, "we have to cover her up because we're objectifying her to the male gaze!"
NoA used to do the former. Now they are more likely to do the latter.
Motives matter.
Especially because with the latter, most of the people decrying "objectification" in games are big supporters of Twitch thots and music videos being borderline porn. It's literally just pure spite for the audience disguised as ideology.
These are the same thing though.
Not exactly. I grant you that the “controversy” Nintendo was avoiding may have come from the same place, but that doesn’t mean Nintendo bought into it at the time. There’s a definite difference between “whatever, it’s a different culture, I don’t really get why they care but let’s just make a few changes that’ll make them happy so we can sell this” and “I actually believe in this cause!”
Nintendo censorship from 20 years ago is completely different than post-Gamergate censorship even if the outcome is the same.
Honestly, hadn't played the originals in so long that I didn't even remember that. I only know this one because its basically the only thing that comes up as a direct example of what has changed.
The game went so deep under the radar nobody even talked about it to discuss the changes much.