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Wii Karaoke U by Joysound (2012)

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Nintendo Life articles:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/11/wii_karaoke_u_doesnt_censor_explicit_lyrics
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/11/nintendo_issues_full_statement_regarding_uncensored_lyrics_in_wii_karaoke_u

Polygon article:
https://www.polygon.com/2013/11/1/5056066/report-wii-karaoke-u-doesnt-censor-explicit-lyrics

Eurogamer article:
https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-to-add-karoke-app-warning-after-swearing-complaints

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)

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The existence of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition was accidentally leaked ahead of its official announcement by the ESRB website on May 3, 2024.

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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 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

Silent Hill: The Short Message (2024)

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Throughout 2022, there were several leaks in regards to the existence of Silent Hill: The Short Message. First, screenshots were leaked of a playable teaser for the game, where it was known under the working title "Silent Hill: Sakura". Then, in both September and December of that year, the game received age ratings in both South Korea and Taiwan, respectively. Additionally, when Konami began hiring for upcoming projects based on Silent Hill, one of the projects was an unannounced in-house game, which would later turn out to be Silent Hill: The Short Message.

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Screenshot leak:
https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3730431/more-leaked-images-purportedly-from-the-silent-hill-2-remake-and-silent-hill-sakura-appear-online/

South Korea rating:
https://www.gematsu.com/2022/09/silent-hill-the-short-message-rated-in-korea

Taiwan rating:
https://www.gematsu.com/2022/12/silent-hill-the-short-message-rated-for-ps5-in-taiwan

Konami hirings:
https://www.thegamer.com/konami-silent-hill-unannounced-hiring/

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (2008)

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The vehicle-building gameplay of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts has been claimed by many Banjo-Kazooie fans, often with an underlying anti-Microsoft or pro-Nintendo console war motive, to have been a corporate mandate from Microsoft to Rare, who supposedly wanted to make another 3D platformer like the previous games in the series. However, this is a complete lie as the only known influence on Nuts & Bolts from Microsoft was that they wanted Rare to make games aimed toward a younger demographic. Otherwise, the creative decisions made with Nuts & Bolts were entirely on Rare's development team, which was burned out by 3D platformers and genuinely believed that vehicle-building was a natural evolution of the genre.

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Reddit posts collecting all of the below sources and specific quotes from them:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BanjoKazooie/comments/grmk7k/comprehensive_list_as_to_reasons_why_nuts_bolts/
https://www.reddit.com/r/BanjoKazooie/comments/gro2kc/child_post_list_of_comprehensive_quotes_from_rare/

GamesRadar 2008 interview revealing Nuts & Bolts has nothing to do with Microsoft's buyout:
https://www.gamesradar.com/banjo-kazooie-nuts-bolts-interview/

IGN 2012 interview revealing demographics mandate:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/22/ex-rare-member-shares-info-on-cancelled-game

Gregg Mayles 2018 interview revealing Rare wanted a different approach to platformers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h9Y55vpHZo

VideoGamer 2008 interview revealing that they thought a platform-centric game would be boring to work on, and was not inspired by user-generated games like LittleBigPlanet:
https://www.videogamer.com/previews/banjo-kazooie-nuts-and-bolts-interview/

Wired 2008 interview revealing Rare thought platforming games stopped being innovative after the Nintendo 64, and the team expanded from 13 to 71 people so they could not make projects like they used to:
https://www.wired.com/2008/05/qa-banjo-kazooi/

Xbox Achievements 2008 interview revealing Rare thought the old movement system was stale, that they wanted players to come up with different solutions to problems, and assumed fans would be mad if they remade a game instead of a making a sequel:
https://www.xboxachievements.com/news/news-1567-x360a-Meets--Rare-and-Talks-Banjo-Kazooie--Nuts---Bolts.html

Gamereactor 2008 interview revealing Rare thought the blockier character designs felt more BK than the smooth versions of N64 models:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn9Il7IKgEI

The Rare Witch Project 2008 interview revealing Rare believed vehicle-building was the next evolution of platforming games, and that Nuts & Bolts was the third attempt at a third Banjo-Kazooie game:
https://web.archive.org/web/20081223105418/http://www.rarewitchproject.com/?id=1655

Kikizo 2008 interview revealing Rare wanted to test the power of the new Xbox 360 hardware:
http://archive.videogamesdaily.com/features/banjo-kazooie-nuts-and-bolts-rare-interview-p1.asp

Edge Magazine 2010 interview revealing Conker Live & Reloaded's negative fan reception caused Rare to rethink a remake:
https://web.archive.org/web/20101015012359/http://www.next-gen.biz/features/rare-vintage-part-two

Rare 2018 interview revealing Gregg Mayles was bored with the formula and did not know where to take it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2QVnSJDAl4?t=3556

Steve Mayles 2020 interview stating Banjo-Threeie is Nuts & Bolts, putting work into reimagined worlds from Banjo-Kazooie is the same amount of work as new worlds, at one point Rare's management moved all but two people from the Banjo-Kazooie project, Xbox Market was different than the Nintendo market so they weren't sure it'd sell, and Rare was burnt out from making 3D platformers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp8n7QKJZHs

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

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014)

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On August 18th and 19th, 2014, several weeks before Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS launched in Japan, one of the most influential leaks in the series occurred. Footage of the gameplay and the roster (including fighters who were not announced by Nintendo at the time) were uploaded to 4chan, and then YouTube. The legitimacy of the leaks were brought into question by fans (such as the consistency of the rosters compared to the one that was shown at E3 that year), with some speculating that the leaks originated from an employee connected to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), leading fans to refer to the leak as the ESRB leak. It was not until Nintendo took down the YouTube videos very shortly after they were uploaded when they were confirmed to be legitimate. Days later, Shulk would be revealed for the game in a Japanese Nintendo Direct, confirming the rest of the game's unannounced roster.

In 2023, it was discovered that the leaker was a child of a Nintendo of America employee. According to a DidYouKnowGaming? video researching the history of various video game leaks, the employee recorded footage of the game in action, which would be sent to the ESRB for review. The child gained access to it and shared the footage with his friends, before spreading out of control. Nintendo of America fired the employee shortly after word got out.

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Street Fighter V (2016)

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R. Mika reveal trailer (showing the uncesored Critical Art):
https://youtu.be/nbDSvRMc9rQ?t=55

Censored Critical Art (release game):
https://youtu.be/nZfAq2c4epc?t=29

Censored Gaming videos:
https://youtu.be/U_7qDVFgPUc
https://youtu.be/UsqV2OThd8w?t=32

Ono's original statement:
https://archive.is/qqSFJ#selection-1389.253-1389.268

Matt Dahlgren's statement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77UJW4cWNNY&;t=3028s

Ono's later statement:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/street-fighter-5-r-mika-and-cammy-scenes-edited-to/1100-6434224/

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)

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Both the original GameCube release and the Nintendo Switch remake are rated E by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), but the GameCube version's rating was simply given the descriptor "Mild Cartoon Violence". The remake’s ESRB rating was updated to replace it with the descriptors "Mild Fantasy Violence" and "Mild Suggestive Themes". These "Mild Suggestive Themes" most likely refer to flirtatious dialogue (i.e. "Aren’t you a fine specimen of a man"; "Perhaps if I…grabbed you and gave you a little sugar") and a character with a large chest/exaggerated proportions, referencing Madame Flurrie.

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Remake rating article:
https://gonintendo.com/contents/30407-the-switch-remake-of-paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door-has-gotten-its-esrb-rating

GameCube version ESRB page:
https://www.esrb.org/ratings/10462/paper-mario-2-the-thousand-year-door/

Switch version ESRB page:
https://www.esrb.org/ratings/39494/paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door/

Sonic Classic Collection (2010)

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When Sonic Classic Collection was rated by the British Board of Film Classification, they rated three pieces of content not present in the final game:
•A trailer for Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
•A "history of Sonic" documentary video
•An unknown item titled "GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE", which was most likely a video. However, all other non-interactive elements in the game such as the credits and aforementioned videos have a runtime, which GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE does not.

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Yoshi's Story (1997)

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Yoshi's Story was the first Mario series game to be rated E for Everyone instead of K-A for Kids to Adults due to the changeover by the ESRB from the previously used K-A rating in 1998.

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Donkey Konga (2004)

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The US version of Donkey Konga contains a cover of the song "Stupid Cupid" by Neil Sedaka. However, the reference to "loving lips of wine" is left uncensored despite the game being rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.

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Donkey Konga (2004)

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In the US version of Donkey Konga, a cover of the song "Rock This Town" by Stray Cats is featured. However, a reference to "Whiskey on the rocks" remains uncensored despite the game being rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.

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Donkey Konga (2004)

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The European version of Donkey Konga contains a cover of the song Tubthumping by Chumbawamba. The lyric "Pissing the night away" is censored as "Kissing the night away", but "He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink. He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink" remains uncensored despite the game's 3+ rating.

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My Stop Smoking Coach with Allen Carr (2008)

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Despite being themed around tobacco addiction, My Stop Smoking Coach with Allen Carr was rated E and regional equivalents. The back of the UK and Australia boxes specify that the game is not suitable for children despite its rating.

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Evidence for the disclaimer not existing on the US print:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c99aVvChej0?t=55

Supplementary GameFAQs screenshots:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ds/946589-my-stop-smoking-coach-allen-carrs-easyway/media

Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party!!!! (2019)

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In the song "Brain Power", during the lyric "Call me a leader, cocaine", the word "cocaine" is replaced with a censor bleep. It's likely this change was made to meet ESRB standards, as "drug-related content" would've increased this game's age rating from Everyone to Teen.

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Despicable Me: The Game (2010)

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Despite being based on a children's movie and not being any more violent than its source material, Despicable Me: The Game recieved a 12 rating from PEGI in the UK for "violence". This could be because Gru's adopted daughters don't appear in the game, therefore he stays a villain for the entirety of the game and the violence could be seen as more questionable than if the game directly followed the film's plot.

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PEGI rating:
https://pegi.info/search-pegi?q=despicable+me&;op=Search&age%5B%5D=&descriptor%5B%5D=&publisher=&platform%5B%5D=&release_year%5B%5D=&page=1&form_build_id=form--Ji-KgLt6OhhOUi_dg0BVn85vMDR5bPHa3c2VzgpULM&form_id=pegi_search_form

All game cutscenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBOIgLcUB4Q

Pooplers (2020)

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Upon its initial release, Pooplers was, despite its young target audience, given an M rating by the ESRB for "blood", likely because one of the selectable poop colors in the game is red. Despite this M rating being featured in the game's trailer, the game would eventually be re-evaluated to an E10+ rating for merely "mild blood".

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Pooplers trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2JFa1abHgE

Nintendo eShop page for Pooplers:
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/pooplers-switch/

LittleBigPlanet (2009)

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The description for the level "Frying Saucers" contains the only use of profanity in the series: "Face the big alien boss, and kick his big alien ass." As such, this is the only game in the series to receive an E10+ rating from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board.

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Monster Rancher DS (2010)

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Monster Rancher DS conversation footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjZ6Px86zc0

The game's ESRB rating:
https://www.esrb.org/ratings/29532/Monster+Rancher+DS/

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