Hello gamers from Japan. For many years video games that have blood and gore towards humans have been heavily censored due to an anti gore laws by your government (I think) which cause games to either get censored or outright banned like Mortal Kombat. Obviously someone would bring up the statement how Japan has reverse views of America: (and the rest of western countries) and recently Callisto Protocol.
“America hates lewd and erotic stuff but blood and gore is totally okay. Meanwhile Japan loves lewd and erotic stuff but hates blood and gore”.
This statement is totally understandable but I notice some games are usually immune to the anti gore law in japan and I realized how no one on the internet never brought this up. Some games have gore and are still allowed in your country. Why ?
Example 1: Wolfenstein New colossus
Game includes dismemberment to enemy Nazis (which are human). A gory scene that would be shocking the character Caroline gets killed by getting beheaded and the antagonist Frau Engel mocks the protagonist BJ Blazkowicz (The Player) by getting him to kiss it. Game is available in your country despite gore and dismemberment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lSj4BdYwJ0 at 45:55)
Example 2: Fallout 4:
Game include gore and dismemberment even towards human enemies in the game. However it was not censored in the Japanese version according to this article below.
Also another thing I want to point out. I get very puzzled what lines games like Mortal Kombat and Callisto Protocal have crossed to get themselves banned in Japan even though Japan allows gory anime, manga, and movies like Bezerk, Made in Abyss, Baki, Elfen Leid, Terra Formars, JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure, Re Zero, Hellsing Ultimate, Parasyte, Genocyber, Another, Blood C, Island of Giant Insects, or anything made by Junji Ito and Takashi Miike. Why is that as well ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/zbltpt/the_gore_censorship_for_video_games_make_no_sense/