Nintendo of America has gained notoriety for its formerly strict ban policy, particularly with regard to video games bearing religious symbols (for instance pentagram

Pentagram

A pentagram is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes...

s), references to widely practiced religions, violence

Violence

Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...

, profanity

Profanity

Profanity is a show of disrespect, or a desecration or debasement of someone or something. Profanity can take the form of words, expressions, gestures, or other social behaviors that are socially constructed or interpreted as insulting, rude, vulgar, obscene, desecrating, or other forms.The...

, death references, political propaganda, copyright issues and so forth. The reason for this policy is attributed to its attempt to make its video games more family friendly. However, sometimes games need to be altered mainly because of hardware limitations since the technology is not really advanced and powerful outside of Japan. Nintendo has discontinued the policy with the advent of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board; however, the company does still perform self-censorship in its own games to some extent. An example of this is the "Angel" ability in recent Kirby

Kirby (series)

The series is a fantasy video game series developed by HAL Laboratory and Nintendo, and produced by Nintendo. The gameplay of a majority of the games in the series consists mainly of action, platform and puzzle-solving elements...

 games (2003 onward) changed to the "Cupid" ability in the English versions due to religious references. The advent of console emulation, coupled with the rise of foreign ROM images, has revealed Nintendo of America's censorship policies to North American gamers.

Below is a table detailing such censored video games:

Game	System	Reason for censorship
Abadox Abadox is a video game for the NES, subtitled The Deadly Inner War. It is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up in the vein of Gradius and R-Type. The game is notable for its unique visual design, as the game takes place inside the intestinal tract of a giant alien organism. Abadox is also difficult, since it...	Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...	Nudity Nudity Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...
ActRaiser ActRaiser is a 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System action and city-building simulation game developed by Quintet and published by Enix that combines traditional side-scrolling platforming with urban planning god game sections. A sequel, ActRaiser 2, was released for the Super Nintendo in 1993...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...	Religious Religion Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...  references
ActRaiser 2 ActRaiser 2 ActRaiser 2, released in Japan as , is a side-scrolling platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console developed by Quintet and published by Enix in 1993 and is the sequel to the popular game ActRaiser...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious references
Addams Family The Addams Family (video game) The Addams Family is a platform game based on the 1991 movie of the same name. Two different versions of the game were released. The first was in 1991 by ICOM Simulations for the TurboGrafx-CD...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Defecation Defecation Defecation is the final act of digestion by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid or liquid waste material from the digestive tract via the anus. Waves of muscular contraction known as peristalsis in the walls of the colon move fecal matter through the digestive tract towards the rectum...
Another World Another World (video game) Another World, also known as Out of This World in North America and Outer World in Japan, is a 1991 cinematic platformer designed and developed by Eric Chahi...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Nudity Nudity Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations... ; blood
Ballz Ballz 3D Ballz is a two player 3D action fighting game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, the Super NES and the 3DO. It was developed by PF Magic and published by Accolade in 1994. The 3DO version was released as a director's cut in 1995. Ballz offered three difficulty levels over a total of 21 matches...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Sexual Slang Sexual slang Sexual slang is a set of linguistic terms and phrases used to refer to sexual organs, processes, and activities; they are generally considered colloquial rather than formal or medical, and some may be seen as impolite or improper....
The Bard's Tale	Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...	Alcohol Alcohol In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....  references
Baten Kaitos Origins Baten Kaitos Origins is a 2006 role-playing video game first unveiled at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show by Namco and Monolith Soft. The official name was revealed at E3 2006 on May 10, 2006....	Nintendo GameCube	Religious references (Subtitle Beginning of the Wings and the Heir of the Gods was removed)
Bionic Commando	Nintendo Entertainment System	Language Profanity Profanity is a show of disrespect, or a desecration or debasement of someone or something. Profanity can take the form of words, expressions, gestures, or other social behaviors that are socially constructed or interpreted as insulting, rude, vulgar, obscene, desecrating, or other forms.The... ; Nazi Nazism Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...  references
Blackthorne Blackthorne Blackthorne is a computer and video game, a cinematic platformer, that was developed by Blizzard Entertainment....	Super Nintendo Entertainment System; Game Boy Advance Game Boy Advance The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...	Blood
Blazing Lazers Blazing Lazers Blazing Lazers, known in Japan as , is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Hudson Soft and Compile. It was released in Japan on for the PC Engine, and it was released in North America in November 1989 for the TurboGrafx-16. It was later released on the Wii's Virtual Console in North America on...  (TurboGrafx-16)	Virtual Console Virtual console A virtual console – also known as a virtual terminal – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between...  (Japan only)	Licensed copyrights License The verb license or grant licence means to give permission. The noun license or licence refers to that permission as well as to the document recording that permission.A license may be granted by a party to another party as an element of an agreement...  (Renamed from Gunhed Gunhed (film) is a 1989 Japanese live-action mecha film. It is an adaptation of the manga "Gunhed" by Kia Asamiya.-Plot:In 2038, a gang of scavengers infiltrate an industrial complex on a island within a prohibited zone. They are looking for the element Texmexium, which is rare and very valuable...  to Blazing Lazers)
Call of Duty: World at War Call of Duty: World at War Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It is generally considered to be the fifth mainstream game of the Call of Duty series and returns the setting to World War II. The game was...	Nintendo Wii/Nintendo DS	Gore (Dismemberment Dismemberment Dismemberment is the act of cutting, tearing, pulling, wrenching or otherwise removing, the limbs of a living thing. It may be practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, as a result of a traumatic accident, or in connection with murder, suicide, or cannibalism... ); Nazi Reference
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse -Reception and legacy:Nintendo Power listed it as the ninth best Nintendo Entertainment System video game, praising it for its strong improvements over previous entries in the series.A 1991 Captain N episode was based on this game....	Nintendo Entertainment System	Nudity http://www.castlevaniadungeon.net/Games/cv3foreign.html (The statues are more covered up).
Castlevania: Dracula X	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Blood Blood Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.... , Death color (Japanese version, Richter turned red; International ports, Richter turned white)
Chrono Trigger Chrono Trigger is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. Chrono Triggers development team included three designers that Square dubbed the "Dream Team": Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Square's Final Fantasy series; Yuji Horii, a...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Alcohol references
Contra Contra Contra is a Latin preposition meaning "against". It is very frequently abbreviated to con, which is a separate preposition. It may refer to:*Contras, Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries opposed to the Sandinistas...	Nintendo Entertainment System	In Europe, the humans were replaced with robots and the game name was changed to Probotector. Also, certain graphic effects were removed (Cutscenes, snow falling, etc.) This is because the Japanese version uses a special chip made by Komani for extra effects. Because of technology limitations in America, the extra details were cut.
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, commonly known as Desert Strike, is a shoot 'em up video game released by Electronic Arts in February 1992 for Sega's Mega Drive. The game was later released on several other formats, including a much upgraded version for the Amiga home computer...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Violence; torture scene
Dragon Warrior Dragon Warrior Dragon Warrior, known as in Japan, is the first role-playing video game  in the Dragon Quest media franchise. It was developed by Chunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and published by Enix in Japan in 1986...	Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious references
Dragon Warrior II Dragon Warrior II Dragon Warrior II, known as in Japan, is a console role-playing game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix in 1987 for the MSX and Nintendo Entertainment System as a part of the Dragon Quest series .The game's story centers on the prince on Midenhall who is ordered to stop an evil...	Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious references
Dragon Warrior III Dragon Warrior III Dragon Warrior III, known in Japan as , is a console role-playing game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix . It is the third installment in the Dragon Quest series , first released for the Famicom in Japan, and then the NES in North America...	Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious references; gay bar Gay bar A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBT and queer communities...  reference
Dragon Warrior IV	Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious references
Doom	Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance	Satanic themes; blood
Ducktales DuckTales (video game) DuckTales is a video game based on the Disney animated TV series of the same name. It was first released in the United States for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Capcom in 1989. In this game, Scrooge McDuck travels around the world collecting treasures to become the world's richest duck. The...	Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious references http://web.archive.org/web/20071030194455/http://rpgd.emulationworld.com/ballz/ducktales/production.htm
Duke Nukem 64 Duke Nukem 3D Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter computer game developed by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive Software. The full version was released for the PC . It is a sequel to the platform games Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II published by Apogee...	Nintendo 64 Nintendo 64 The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...	Nudity; language; use of drugs
EarthBound (Mother) EarthBound EarthBound, also known as EarthBound: The War Against Giygas! and released as in Japan, is a role-playing video game co-developed by Ape and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console...	Nintendo Entertainment System; Game Boy Advance (Japan only, as part of the Mother 1 + 2 compilation)	Religious reference; blood; gore; tobacco reference; real life holidays (Game had been translated, but not released for reasons unrelated to the localization process)
EarthBound (Mother 2) EarthBound EarthBound, also known as EarthBound: The War Against Giygas! and released as in Japan, is a role-playing video game co-developed by Ape and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Alcohol references; sexual slang Sexual slang Sexual slang is a set of linguistic terms and phrases used to refer to sexual organs, processes, and activities; they are generally considered colloquial rather than formal or medical, and some may be seen as impolite or improper.... ; religious references; licensed copyrights; Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically...  reference;http://earthboundcentral.com/image/m2eb/happyhappy/cultists.png nudity; child abuse (In one scene, Pokey Minch saying he gets 100 spankings if his dad finds out he's late is changed to no more dessert for the whole decade).
AD&D: Eye of the Beholder	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious references
Final Fantasy Final Fantasy (video game) is a fantasy role-playing video game created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, developed and first published in Japan by Square in 1987. It is the first game in Square's Final Fantasy series...	Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious references
Final Fantasy II (Final Fantasy IV) Final Fantasy IV is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1991 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game was originally released for the Super Famicom in Japan and has since then been rereleased for many other platforms with varying modifications. An enhanced remake with 3D graphics...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Language; religious references; death references; sexual Human sexuality Human sexuality is the awareness of gender differences, and the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. Human sexuality can also be described as the way someone is sexually attracted to another person whether it is to opposite sexes , to the same sex , to either sexes , or not being...  content
Final Fantasy III (Final Fantasy VI) Final Fantasy VI is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square , released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as a part of the Final Fantasy series. Set in a fantasy world with a technology level equivalent to that of the Second Industrial Revolution, the game's story focuses on a...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Language; alcohol references; nudity
Final Fantasy Legend II Final Fantasy Legend II Final Fantasy Legend II, originally released in Japan as , is a role-playing video game developed by Square Co. for the Game Boy handheld console as the second game of their SaGa series. Initially released in December 1990 for Japanese audiences, the game was translated and released in North...	Game Boy Game Boy The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...	Drug references
Final Fight Final Fight is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game originally released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in . It was the seventh game released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Sexual content; alcohol references; strong language; religious references (Dialogue changed from "Oh! My God!" to "Oh! My Car!")
Flashback Flashback: The Quest for Identity Flashback, released as Flashback: The Quest for Identity in the US, is a cinematic platformer developed by Delphine Software of France, a now defunct company, and published by U.S...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Death references
Gyruss Gyruss is a shoot 'em up video arcade game developed by Konami, and released in 1983. It was designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, who had earlier created Time Pilot for Konami. Gyruss was licensed to Centuri in the United States, and was ported to numerous games consoles and home computers...	Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...	Licensed copyrights (the tune explaining the back story in tha Japanese uses Toccata and Fugue; in the American version, the song was replaced with the tune when you start the game, however, it still sounds similar to Bach); also, whenever a game for the Famicom Disk System gets translated for America, they had to remix the sounds and music because the Disk System has an extra sound channel which allows the music to sound more vibrant (not all games uses this feature), this is because the technology is limited in America).
Ice Climber Ice Climber is a vertical platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for release on the Nintendo Famicom in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America in 1985...	Nintendo Entertainment System	Seal clubbing Seal hunting Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...  reference (also censored in Europe)
Iron Tank Iron Tank Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy is a top-view action shooting game produced by SNK for the Nintendo Entertainment System.-Summary:...	Nintendo Entertainment System	Nazi references
The Legend of Zelda The Legend of Zelda The Legend of Zelda, originally released as in Japan, is a video game developed and published by Nintendo, and designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. Set in the fantasy land of Hyrule, the plot centers on a boy named Link, the playable protagonist, who aims to collect the eight fragments...	Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious reference (The Bible changed to the Book of Magic); hardware limitations (in the Japanese version, the game uses a microphone that allows the player to kill a enemy known as Pol's Voice, it was reprogrammed so you to need to use a weapon)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, known as in Japan, is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console, and the third installment in The Legend of Zelda series. It was first released in Japan in 1991, and was...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious reference (Subtitle changed from Triforce of the Gods to A Link to the Past)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is an action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis and Development division for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was released in Japan on November 21, 1998; in North America on November 23, 1998; and in Europe on December 11, 1998...  (Outside of Japan versions)	Nintendo 64 Nintendo 64 The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...	Religious references; blood was also removed to avoid a T rating by the ESRB (not removed in original run)
Lemmings Lemmings (video game) Lemmings is a puzzle computer game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in . Originally developed for PC and Commodore Amiga, Lemmings was one of the most popular computer games of its time, and several gaming magazines gave it some of their highest review scores at the time...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious references
Lethal Enforcers Lethal Enforcers Lethal Enforcers is a 1992 shooting game released for the arcades by Konami. It is best known for its revolver-shaped light gun known as the Konami Justifier, its digitized graphics, and the controversy over its content.Home versions were released for the Super NES, Sega Genesis and Sega CD during...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Worldwide)	Stereotype; (changed level 2's name Chinatown Assault to Downtown assault for the SNES version) illegal drugs; (changed level 4's name from The Drug dealers to The Gunrunners for the SNES version) Violence Violence Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...  (Enemies remain the same pose when shot) Blood Blood Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.... ; Sexual content (Female enemies were replaced by male ones)
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, known as in Japan, and as simply Lufia in Europe and Australia, is an RPG game with puzzle elements developed by Neverland and published in Japan in 1995 by Taito, and in North America and Europe in 1996 by Natsume and Nintendo respectively, for the Super Nintendo...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Sexual content; alcohol references; religious references
Maniac Mansion Maniac Mansion Maniac Mansion is a 1987 graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It was Lucasfilm's first published video game, and it was initially released for the Commodore 64 and Apple II. A comedy horror parody of B movies, it follows teenager Dave Miller as he ventures...	Nintendo Entertainment System	Nudity reference (the statues); sexual references (if a character plays the Tentacle Mating Call, they get killed, assuming they were sexually assaulted to death, instead, the tentacle says tons of bizzare things; also Enda falls into this catergory because of the things she says); dialogue; other (Enda's personality was changed greatly); animal cruelty (In the American version, Syd and Razor can microwave the hamster, making it blow up, also it can trigger a death scene if you give the exploded hamster to Ed), this was cut in the European version.
Mario Kart 64 Mario Kart 64 is a racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the Mario Kart series. It was released in 1996 in Japan and in 1997 in North America and Europe. In January 2007, Mario Kart 64 was released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the Wii...	Nintendo 64	Licensed copyrights, Tobacco reference, Flash patterns (The Virtual Console release changed the lightning effect to a less intense flash to prevent seizures).
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is a first-person action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It is the tenth game in the Metroid series, and the final entry in the Metroid Prime trilogy—excluding two spin-off titles. It was released in...  (Trilogy re-release)	Nintendo Wii	Language ("Damn!" to "No!")
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Punch-Out!!, originally known as Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, is a boxing video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed and published by Nintendo in 1987. It is a port of both the Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!! arcade games with some variations. It has consistently been ranked among...	Nintendo Entertainment System; Virtual Console	Ethnic stereotype Ethnic stereotype An ethnic stereotype is a generalized representation of an ethnic group, composed of what are thought to be typical characteristics of members of the group.Ethnic stereotypes are commonly portrayed in ethnic jokes.-Ethnic stereotypes:*African Americans... s; alcohol references; licensed copyrights (Piston Honda Piston Hondo , originally known as in the Nintendo Entertainment System Punch-Out!! video game, is a Japanese boxer from Tokyo, Japan. He was originally designed by Makoto Wada for the NES Punch-Out!!, and then later by Eddie Viser in the Wii Punch-Out!!. He is portrayed by Kenji Takahashi in the latter game... 's dialogue was changed to "Where are my camera crew? Hello Tokyo!" to omit the NHK NHK NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....  television licenses); when the game was released again, they changed Mike Tyson in Mr. Dream. The Mr. Dream version is now on Virtual Console and on Animal Crossing for the Gamecube).
Mega Man Zero 3 Mega Man Zero 3 Mega Man Zero 3, known in Japan as , is a video game developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance handheld game console. It is the third video game in the Mega Man Zero series of Mega Man video games....	Game Boy Advance	Satanic references; Blood
Monster Party Monster Party is a video game for the NES, released in the U.S. in 1989 by Bandai. It was and remains a relatively obscure platform game for the console, having a small following among some players. The game follows a boy named Mark who is asked by a gargoyle/dragon-like alien named Bert to help rid his world,...	Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...	Blood (Only on the title screen)
Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat (video game) Mortal Kombat is a 1992 fighting-game developed and published by Midway for arcades. In 1993, home versions were released by Acclaim Entertainment. Released in the Fall of 1994, the Microsoft Windows 3.1x version was released by Activision Interactive. It is the first title in the Mortal Kombat...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System; Game Boy	Violence; Blood
Mortal Kombat II Mortal Kombat II Mortal Kombat II is a competitive fighting game originally produced by Midway Games for the arcades in . It is the second game in the Mortal Kombat series. Like its predecessor, various home versions were produced...  (Japanese version only)	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Violence; Blood; Fatalities (Screen turns black and white)
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution Sub-Series Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series) The Naruto: Clash of Ninja series, known in Japan as , is a series of 3D cel-shaded fighting games based on the popular manga and anime series Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto. They are developed by Eighting and published by D3 Publisher and Tomy. Various installments of the series have appeared on both...	Nintendo Wii	Religious references
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, or Paper Mario 2, released in Japan as , is a console role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube...	Nintendo GameCube	LGBT LGBT LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...  references (Vivian's gender was changed from male to female, this change actually makes more sense because of Vivian's appearance).
Pokemon Red and Blue Pokémon Red and Blue Pokémon Red Version and Blue Version, originally released in Japan as , are role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. They are the first installments to the Pokémon series. They were first released in Japan in 1996 as Red and Green, with Blue being...	Game Boy	Religious references (Mainly because in Pokemon Green, Alakazam has the Star of David Symbol on its forehead), in the American version, Pokemon Blue uses the same sprites as seen in Pokemon Red.
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver are enhanced remakes of the 1999 video games Pokémon Gold and Silver. The games are part of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games, and were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS...	Nintendo DS	Simulated gambling (Game Corner was redesigned to remove slot machine Slot machine A slot machine , informally fruit machine , the slots , poker machine or "pokies" or simply slot is a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed... s).
The Revenge of Shinobi The Revenge of Shinobi The Revenge of Shinobi, published in Japan as is a video game developed and published by Sega in 1989. It was the first Shinobi game developed for the Sega Mega Drive, and was later released on the coin-operated version of that console, the Mega-Tech....  (Sega Genesis)	Virtual Console	Licensed copyrights (Software revision 1.04 recolored the Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...  level 6 boss to omit the Marvel Comics Marvel Comics Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...  copyrights).
Shadowrun Shadowrun (SNES) Shadowrun is a cyberpunk action role-playing video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . It was adapted from the tabletop role-playing game Shadowrun by FASA...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Death references.
Sim Ant	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Graphical Images (Spider Eats you, death, food exchange) possibly to prevent from scaring children, however, the death sences are still there, it's just the text explaining how you died was toned down. Also, the SNES port has a more comical feel to it because of its light hearted and humorous dialogue.
Sim City	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious reference (Churches were removed from the PC version)
SimCity 2000 SimCity 2000 SimCity 2000 is a simulation/city building video game and the second installment in the SimCity series. SimCity 2000 was first released by Maxis in 1994 for computers running Apple Macintosh Operating System...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System; Game Boy Advance	Religious reference (Churches were also removed from the PC version, religious Easter eggs/ cheat codes); drug/tobacco reference; mild language; violence
Sonic Blast Man	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Sexual content (Female enemies were replaced by male ones)
Street Fighter Alpha 2 Street Fighter Alpha 2 Street Fighter Alpha 2, known as in Japan, Asia and South America, is a fighting game originally released for the CPS II arcade hardware by Capcom. The game is both a sequel and a remake to the previous years Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams, which is itself a prequel to the Street Fighter...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Violence, Blood, Slang
Sunset Riders Sunset Riders is a side-scrolling run-and-gun style shoot-'em-up released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in . The game is set during the American Old West, where the player takes control of a bounty hunter who is seeking the rewards offered for various criminals. The coin-op version was released in two...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Ethnic stereotypes, sexual content
Super Castlevania IV Super Castlevania IV Super Castlevania IV, known as in Japan, is a platform game developed and published by Konami and the first Castlevania game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was originally released in 1991 and later re-released on the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console in 2006...  (Outside of Japan-versions)	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Religious references; nudity; blood http://castlevaniadungeon.net/Games/scv4foreign.html
Super Mario Kart Super Mario Kart is a go-kart racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . The first game of the Mario Kart series, it was launched in Japan on August 27, 1992, in North America on September 1, 1992, and in Europe on January 21, 1993. Selling eight million copies...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Use of alcohol (in the Japanese version, every winning animation involved a bottle a wine, which was censored in North America).
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, often shortened and officially known in Japan as , is an action role-playing game developed by Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . It was originally released on March 9, 1996 in Japan and on May 13,...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Obscene gesture Gesture A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words. Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body... s http://www.filibustercartoons.com/Nintendo.php (Bowser sticking out his middle claw was censored in North American countries).
Super Smash Bros	Nintendo 64 Nintendo 64 The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...	More cartoon theme to prevent a T rating
Super Street Fighter II Super Street Fighter II is a head-to-head fighting game produced by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1993. It is the fourth game in the Street Fighter II sub-series of Street Fighter games, following Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Blood, Violence
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Tony Hawk's Pro Skater -Reception:The game was very well-received by most critics, scoring an outstanding 92 on Metacritic based on 18 reviews for the PS1 version. IGN gave the N64 version of the game a 9.1 out of 10 praising the gameplay for "genius control, combo system and design" despite little criticism with sound...	Nintendo 64 Nintendo 64 The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...	Blood, Language
Virtual Bart Virtual Bart Virtual Bart is one of the many The Simpsons licensed games. It was released for the Super NES and Mega Drive/Genesis in 1994 by Acclaim. The official guide to the game was written by Steve Schwartz .-Gameplay:At a science fair, Bart wanders into a virtual reality exhibit and must pass all the...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...  (All regional releases, including the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version)	Nudity Nudity Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...
WarioWare Twisted	Game Boy Advance	Fecal references (in most of the other WarioWare games, it was not censored, but WW:T over did this), Japanese references
Wave Race 64 Wave Race 64 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64 that was released on September 27, 1996 in Japan and on November 5, 1996 in North America. In Wave Race 64 the player races on jet skis in many different weather conditions, on a variety of different courses. The game was sponsored by the Kawasaki Heavy...	Virtual Console Virtual console A virtual console – also known as a virtual terminal – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between...  (Worldwide)	Licensed copyrights (Kawasaki brand was removed from the original Nintendo 64 version due to its expiration)
Wolfenstein 3D Wolfenstein 3D Wolfenstein 3D is a video game that is generally regarded by critics and gaming journalists as having both popularized the first-person shooter genre on the PC and created the basic archetype upon which all subsequent games of the same genre would be built. It was created by id Software and...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Nazi Germany Nazi Germany Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...  references; violence; animal cruelty
Zombies Ate My Neighbors Zombies Ate My Neighbors Zombies Ate My Neighbors, released as Zombies in Europe and Australia, is a run and gun video game for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo consoles. The game was developed, distributed and produced by LucasArts and published by Konami.-Gameplay:The player chooses between two...	Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...	Blood, Gore