get tanya inside
so she can get einstein out welcome to
watch mojo and today we're counting down
our picks for the top 20 censored video
games look who i found hanging around
carl hey
good to see you for this list we'll be
looking at video games that had to be
censored in various countries around the
world due to their content warranted or
otherwise do you agree with these bits
of censorship let us know in the
comments below
number 20 street fighter 5.
specifically things involving the female
characters our mika performed a
seductive move the camera lingered on
kami during her entrance and the
character select screen had what could
only be described as a jiggle
we'll let you guess what part of the
body jiggle capcom claimed that the
latter was a glitch but it seems like
the other two were entirely intentional
either way all three were tweaked before
the game's official release and it
resulted in a divided reception among
the street fighter community
number 19 cruisin usa
a widely beloved arcade game cruisin usa
was eventually ported to the nintendo
64. suffice to say the reception was not
nearly as warm in fact people hated it
not only was the performance abysmal but
the game was heavily censored to be more
in keeping with nintendo's
family-friendly reputation
the xl powershaft was renamed to just xl
power the bikini-clad women were either
clothed or moved entirely and it was now
impossible to hit animals crossing the
road regardless of these changes and the
game's generally negative reception it
was still a huge commercial success
number 18 super mario kart
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nintendo was really stringent about the
brand throughout the 90s even super
mario kart of all games was censored in
the original japanese version both peach
and bowser drink champagne to celebrate
their victories peach even gets a little
drunk which is evident by her reddening
face
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this was censored for both the american
and european releases in the censored
versions that we know bowser simply
holds the champagne bottle and peach
throws hers into the air neither are
seen actively drinking and we certainly
don't see peach
enjoying her victory
number 17
martha is dead
the wounds are feeding it
it will do things you do not like this
horror game was released on all the
major consoles in the winter of 2022.
however one console version was not like
the others the playstation release was
notably censored as they were missing
some of the game's most graphic content
in both the xbox and pc versions players
were forced to interact with some
troubling material yet in the
playstation version the interactivity
was absent
furthermore the ps iteration comes
equipped with an optional censored mode
that removes even more content from the
game sony did not comment on the
decision so we can only speculate as to
why the game was censored on playstation
and not the other consoles
they make us suffer
remain confused and
remove our self-respect
number 16 the punisher
i know nothing of value
weapons in toolbox please let me go
based on the famous comic of the same
name this was a violent game that earned
a lot of attention for its content or
lack thereof the punisher was so brutal
that the esrb was going to give it an ao
rating ao being the gaming equivalent of
an nc17 and receiving it is bad news for
the commercial availability to get their
product released the developers were
forced to censor the torture sequences
they were given a black and white filter
and the camera zoomed in to obscure the
more grotesque visuals in australia the
censorship went even further and two
scenes were completely removed from the
game
okay i can help you with guys in the
next room let me do the talking number
15 command and conquer red alert
get tanya inside
so she can get einstein out
once you have located him
bring him back to your drop-off point
for immediate evacuation german players
have no idea what they're missing when
it comes to this classic in fact the
german version has been so majorly
altered that it's basically a whole new
game for one thing the humans in the
game were replaced by robots and instead
of blood they spewed black oil similarly
the human cries were replaced with robot
noises the last transmission 0 900 hours
since then nothing many cutscenes were
censored to depict something else for
example one scene has stalled in looking
at a map rather than a video of gas
attacks many others were cut altogether
including the intro with hitler and the
airplane attack on the village many of
the problematic cutscenes were replaced
with an image of the soviet logo their
weakness is power black out the base and
nothing will stop you number 14 conquer
live and reloaded yeah yeah that was
pretty crap
as kicking ass goes it was abysmal this
may be a remaster of a beloved video
game but it took out everything that
made the original conker's bad fur day
so subversive the original was acclaimed
but problematic featuring graphic
violence profanity and lots of sexual
content live and reloaded was originally
going to be called live and uncut but
this was changed after it was indeed cut
oh no i think i've had too much
specifically all the swear words were
bleeped out even some of the tamer ones
that might be found in a t-rated game it
was a bizarre decision that infuriated
fans of the nintendo 64 masterpiece
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number 13 fahrenheit indigo prophecy i'm
leaving you here you mustn't move
understand i'll be back soon to get you
i hope
a highly ambitious video game from david
cage indigo prophecy was originally
given the dreaded ao rating by the esrb
the north american release was
significantly censored to receive an m
rating and that included cutting a
majority of the game's sensual content
most of the game's adult scenes were
erased and one was heavily altered to
mask the more graphic shots however the
european release was completely
uncensored as is the 2015 remaster it
was given an m rating without any cuts
needed to be made it's amazing what just
10 years can do when it comes to rating
standards
number 12 duke nukem 64.
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originally released on home computers
duke nukem 3d received widespread praise
and is heralded as an enormously
influential first-person shooter its
success guaranteed many ports and duke
nukem 3d soon found itself on the
nintendo 64 but it was a completely
different game new title and all
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virtually all adult content was censored
to some degree drug and sex references
were taken out as was the profanity
steroids were turned into vitamins some
levels were altered to remove offensive
content scantily clad women were clothed
and strippers were pulled and some of
the game's more violent visuals were
either modified or removed altogether
you want
wolfenstein 3d
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these 3d games caused quite a stir
throughout the 90s once again we have
nintendo not wanting to tarnish their
family-friendly brand with violent
content so they required some major
changes to be made before wolfenstein 3d
was released on the super nintendo
there's the typical stuff like the lack
of blood and dogs turning into rats and
then there's some more unique aspects
like changing hitler's name to stop
meister and removing his mustache
in fact there is no nazi symbolism
whatsoever and the enemies now spoke
english instead of german these were
changes that restyled the very fabric of
wolfenstein a series that prides itself
on its nazi killing content
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number 10 carmageddon
a racing game unlike any other
carmageddon wanted to offend you in this
one it's not checkpoints that earn the
player additional time but running over
pedestrians not only that but specific
levels could only be completed by
killing all the pedestrians rather than
crossing the finish line
on unsurprisingly this caused quite the
reaction in various international
versions the humans were replaced with
either zombies or robots it
significantly blunted the game's
infamous edge but that's nothing some
countries refused to even rate the game
and it was banned outright
number nine no more heroes
well it's safe to say that nintendo
changed their tune when it came to brand
image released for the wii in 2008 no
more heroes was an exceptionally violent
game in which players controlled an
assassin with a bean katana the north
american release contained all the blood
and savagery that one would expect from
such a concept however the game was
modified for both its european and
japanese releases
there the blood was either recolored
black or removed entirely in the base
game certain move sets would result in
extremely graphic instances of violence
naturally these were taken out as well
funnily enough the eventual ps3 port was
uncensored in europe
number eight ice climber
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nintendo censorship goes all the way
back to the 80s and the very first
nintendo entertainment system developed
by nintendo themselves ice climber was
originally an arcade game before it was
ported to the nes one year later the
original version was quite dark and it
had the player clubbing seals with a
hammer
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seal clubbing is a very controversial
practice and nintendo knew it so they
censored their own game for the north
american market changing the cute seals
into yeti like monsters the characters
survived the ordeal and later gained
worldwide fame as playable fighters in
the super smash brothers series
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number seven saints row four anyone else
feeling anything nope maybe it takes a
minute to kick in it wasn't all the
killing that the australian raiding
board had a problem with it was the drug
use specifically the alien drug use in
the mission psychosomatic the player
takes some type of unknown alien
narcotic and acquires superpowers this
was a no-go for the australian sensors
it's like every muscle in me is gonna
burst
holy crap we have superpowers i know
right they have a rule that illicit drug
use in a game cannot result in fun or
enviable rewards so they outright
refused to rate the game this would have
resulted in a countrywide ban so deep
silver was forced to remove the mission
it remains unavailable in native
australian copies to this day
now that
was awesome number six fallout 3. hey
is that you
oh
my head's still ringing from that
explosion
what happened while generally considered
a masterpiece fallout 3 had a lot of
trouble when it came to censorship the
game ran into problems around the globe
in australia it faced the same situation
as saints row 4 as the use of morphine
rewarded the player so it was censored
in germany the blood and graphic
violence caused a stir so it was
censored
it caused a host of problems in japan
and you guessed it was censored in the
japanese version it is impossible to
detonate the atomic bomb in megaton
furthermore the fat man weapon was
renamed nuka launcher both are the
result of lingering pain regarding the
atomic bombings of hiroshima and
nagasaki
you may have the honor of pressing the
button
oh and mind your eyes it'll be brighter
than bright number 5 manhunt 2.
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the first manhunt was already a bundle
of controversy yet that was nothing
compared to the outcry behind manhunt 2.
shortly before the game's release
rockstar got some bad news the game
would essentially be banned around the
globe as both the bbfc and the ifco
rejected it and the esrb slapped it with
an ao
rating heavy censorship was needed to
pass the game with an m like placing a
filter over the executions and removing
some of the more violent ones entirely
it would take over a year for the game
to be released in the pal region as it
required a lengthy court battle an
uncensored version was later released
for windows and is one of the rare games
to carry an ao rating
number 4 south park the stick of truth
it's south park censorship comes with
the territory luckily matt stone and
trey parker were there with a rebuttal
the stick of truth was self-censored by
ubisoft and the north american release
was the only one to remain in its
intended form the game was censored in
every other area and various scenes were
completely removed
the german release saw even heavier
censorship as all nazi imagery was taken
out for the country's law parker and
stone ridiculed the removals and
included a placeholder in their stead
the placeholder was that of a face
palming statue or a crying koala in
australia accompanied by a graphic and
detailed description of the cut content
consider me
your friend
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until we meet again
number three grand theft auto san
andreas
the gta series has been the subject of
controversy since its inception but it
wasn't the incredible violence that
eventually got it banned it was the
kinky stuff shortly after the game's
release the modding community found a
particularly naughty bit of code so they
activated it when the mod was downloaded
and enabled it allowed the player to
perform a graphic minigame involving cj
and his partner look who i found hanging
around carl hey
good to see you the esrb caught wind and
immediately changed the rating from m to
ao this caused a public relations
nightmare for rockstar they were forced
to pull the game from shelves remove the
code compensate nearly 3 000 people
threatening class action litigation and
re-release the game with an m rating
here we go again number 2 left 4 dead 2.
this zombie slaying game was essentially
banned in both australia and germany as
it was denied a rating and therefore
could not be sold according to the
sensor boards the graphic violence
exceeded what was acceptable and the
game needed to be significantly censored
for mass market release
at the time australia's highest rating
was something called ma50 plus however
this was later increased to r18 plus in
2013. it was then that left 4 dead 2 was
finally released in all its brutal and
uncensored glory germany didn't get an
uncensored version until 2021 a full 12
years after the game's initial release
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number one
mortal kombat
and here we come to the granddaddy of
controversial video games perhaps the
most notoriously violent game of all
time mortal kombat shocked the world
with its graphic content and even helped
birth the esrb those who visited their
local arcades could experience mortal
kombat how it was intended but those
playing on home consoles received a
significantly different product
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both the snes and genesis versions were
thoroughly censored replacing blood with
sweat and eliminating the fatalities
entirely we know what's the point then
however the fatalities could be unlocked
on the genesis version by using a cheat
code it wasn't until the sega cd release
in 1994 that a home console version was
left uncensored
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