Sure, Resident Evil 4 may look the same on the Wii and GameCube, but it's contents weren't as uniform across its various regions of release. No, apparently the international version had the most violence and carnage in it, with the Japanese version receiving a trimming in that department. According to the latest This Week in Japan piece over at Next Generation, a "great portion of the blood and gore has been excised from the game," further adding that "headshots no longer kill, limbs can no longer be shot off."Personally, we're wondering if the individual who wrote this up has a lot of experience with the original Japanese version of Resident Evil 4. Surely, a compare and contrast of the games is in order as we find ourselves confused as to whether the already-censored Japanese version of the game has become more censored in its transition to the Wii or if it's the original censoring in place.
[Via Joystiq]
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6-06-2007 @ 5:07PM
Mr Khan said...
needs an update, dave
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/06/psa-resident-evil-4-wii-not-censored-in-north-america/
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6-06-2007 @ 5:09PM
NvM said...
"1. The Japanese PS2 and GCN versions cut out the decapitations in order to avoid CERO's Z rating (18+) and just keep a D rating (17+).
But, that wouldn't earn an AO rating (18+) from the ESRB, so they were able to keep it in the American version and still get an M rating (17+)."
-BPM.
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6-06-2007 @ 9:02PM
BPM said...
Thanks for the quote, NvM. :)
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6-06-2007 @ 9:27PM
Zack N said...
Thats outrages! I`ve done a head in every first person shooter i played and it would kill the enemy right away. Screw the jap ratings system what ever you call it.
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6-06-2007 @ 11:25PM
B-Ry said...
Who cares as long as the U.S. version is full of all the blood and gore that made us fall in love with Resident Evil.
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6-07-2007 @ 4:11AM
Tom said...
Hehehe CUT out the decapitations...
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6-07-2007 @ 10:33AM
Atomsk said...
Whatever. If the Wii version really does turn out to be censored more than the PS2/GCN versions I'll just pick up one of those, seeing how I still haven't played. Probably the PS2 version sinse I prefer the look of the laser sight over the crosshair.
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6-07-2007 @ 10:49AM
Herby said...
This rumor has already been confirmed to not be true. Japan will get the censored version but the US will still get the uncut version of the game.
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