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King of Fighters Censored for Stateside Release

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the less-jubble-to-go-around dept.

Coreyh writes "The just-released King of Fighters 2000/2001 game compilation for the PlayStation 2 has been censored. The content removed from the 2D fighter includes blood, guns, and Mai's 'bouncing.' Apparently SNK Japan is a bit cautious about the USA's acceptance of content. I wish SNK USA had more control over this sort of thing. The content changed seems very mild to me. King of Fighters 2003 has also had a limited Jamma PCB release for arcades around the world this week. Here is a trailer of the opening and gameplay. It has tagging and interesting new characters along with old favorites."

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  1. Mai's bouncing?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Noooooooo!!

  2. Censored in arcades, too by tuffy · · Score: 5, Informative
    Mai's "bounciness" was taken out of KoF2002 in US region MVS units, as I recall (the game code would check which region it was running in and run accordingly) - though the blood was selectable as always.

    The big question is will anyone care? The whole KoF series has been recycling sprites for years and is looking increasingly dated. I'm not sure how much longer Eolith/Playmore can milk the series without an overhaul.

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  3. I feel robbed by k8er · · Score: 5, Funny

    This must be a marketing ploy. Now I must have an uncensored version of this game, and this is the first time I've ever heard of it.

  4. You know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful


    In vietnam the soldiers where not allowed to write swearwords ie fuck on the side of their planes but they where allowed to napalm villages and spray AgentOrange all over them and (fsk the enviro)

    is there something fundamentally wrong with the USA when they think that showing dead people that they just killed on TV or watching the pornography of laser guided bombs hitting their targets killing REAL people live on TV is acceptable ? yet you are freaking out abou a fucking video game ?

    seriously, whatever you are doing to try and improve your culture/outlook, its not working

  5. Mai's bouncing by gasaraki · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, Mai's bouncing is reduced even in the arcades since KOF 2000. She still bounces during her moves but her standing/walking animation (in which the bounce is MOST obvious) is removed. Obviously they weren't willing to make 2 animations for everything, but it is her walking/standing animation have makes her bounce seem most obvious.

    Interestingly, if the Neo Geo machine is set to the Japan locality, the bouncing will return. So it's not removed from the game as such, but rather "swtiched off" when the machine is set to English.

  6. Bouncing a no no? by carcosa30 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Oftentimes in american culture there's this strange phenomenon where any amount of killing, gore, and disemboweling is perfectly fine.

    But you show one breast and soon the censors come jumping in. Pretty strange.

    On the other hand, we don't want atrocities like the fighting game "Battle Raper" from Japan (Where else?)

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  7. The USA unaccepting of blood, guns and boobage? by Terragen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently SNK Japan is a bit cautious about the USA's acceptance of content.

    Huh? Isn't "Blood, guns and boobs" the premise of 99% of the movies made in hollywood today?

    I would think americans wouldn't accept a game without guns blood and boobs. ;)

    1. Re:The USA unaccepting of blood, guns and boobage? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ok, who leaked my script? "The Bouncing Boob Gun of Death" was going to be a Hollywood masterpiece.

  8. Re:Oh? by 403Forbidden · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pretty sure a kid shouldn't be playing a game called "King Of Figthers" anyway.

    Besides, you know.. people beating the crap out of eachother is fine.. But that damn bouncing and those evil guns.. That just makes it morally deplorable.

  9. Re:Oh? by Hillman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, let them play a violent game BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON'T LET CHILDREN SEE BOOBS.(because I would have to explain to them the "things of life" and it's really embarassing...)War is cool, sex is bad.

  10. Re:Watch Bowling for Columbine by 403Forbidden · · Score: 5, Informative

    While there are numerous debunkings, this seems to have the most info on one page.