Video games censored by Nintendo of America

Nintendo of America has gained notoriety for its formerly strict censorship policy, particularly with regard to video games bearing religious symbols (for instance pentagrams), violence, profanity and so forth. The reason for this policy is attributed to its attempt to make its video games more family friendly. 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" 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:

External links

* [http://www.filibustercartoons.com/Nintendo.php Nintendo's Era of Censorship]