Nintendo's Maniac Mansion Censorship Explored

Thanks to Video-Fenky for a new feature illustrating the Nintendo censorship affecting the NES version of Maniac Mansion. These comments were originally written up in a 1993 issue of Wired, and an unedited prototype NES cart of the classic point n' click adventure has been found to show the changes - though "Nintendo didn't catch the old 'blow up the hamster in the microwave' trick (it was removed in the European version)", changes include editing Nurse Edna's suggestive speeches ("I should have tied you to my bed, cutie!"), and switching graffiti in the bathroom from "For a good time EDNA 3444" to "Call EDNA 3444".

Comments

Well..

[kmak]

Not surprising.. really shouldn't come as a shock to anybody, since 1993 was when Nintendo was still in a position of power..

That seal of approval actually meant something, but alas, the gamers have grown up..