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* The manual for Interplay's PC adaptation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' had a section explaining that the portrayal of some elements of the setting reflected the source material and might conflict with modern sensibilities.
* Similar to Interplay's ''Fellowship of the Ring'' and the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' collector's edition re-release was the content disclaimer shown in ''[[Mafia III]]'' when the player first starts up the game. Said disclaimer states that the racist depictions and ideologies the characters exhibit are for the purposes of authenticity and period narrative relative to the game's Civil Rights era setting, and that Hangar 13 (and by extension, the voice cast) finds such behaviour and mentality abhorrent; that said, simply leaving those parts out of the story would be just as insulting to those who faced (and still face) bigotry and discrimination, as that would mean they're simply shoving the racism/civil rights issues under the rug as if those atrocities never took place at all.▼
* Natsume has run into this a few times in translating the ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' games.
** The Japanese ''Harvest Moon DS Cute'' had a [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]] / [[Gay Option]], where your girl could engage in a "Best Friends Ceremony" with some of the other female characters, at which point they'd become essentially the same as a wife. Although relatively mundane for Japan, this would be considered shocking to certain parties in the US, so was quietly dropped from the US version of the game. Both dropping it and the way Natsume handled dropping it have upset fans, though.
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* Quite a few games with an ESRB rating back in the 90s when released today have had a change. For instance, a few K-A (Ages 6+) games get slapped with the newer E10+ (Ages 10+) or even T (ages 13+). The new ratings come with extensive lists of possibly objectionable content listed on the website as well, which allows consumers to make a more informed decision based on their own values and avert this trope.
** The opposite happens, too: In 1984, Germany banned [[River Raid]] for its violent content; in 2002, the ban was lifted, and it was rated free for all ages.
▲* Similar to Interplay's ''Fellowship of the Ring'' and the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' collector's edition re-release was the content disclaimer shown in ''[[Mafia III]]'' when the player first starts up the game. Said disclaimer states that the racist depictions and ideologies the characters exhibit are for the purposes of authenticity and period narrative relative to the game's Civil Rights era setting, and that Hangar 13 (and by extension, the voice cast) finds such behaviour and mentality abhorrent; that said, simply leaving those parts out of the story would be just as insulting to those who faced (and still face) bigotry and discrimination, as that would mean they're simply shoving the racism/civil rights issues under the rug as if those atrocities never took place at all.
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