SNK Vs. Capcom's Promotional Artwork Has Been Censored To Cover Mai's Modesty

Inform the church elders! Human skin on display!

those upset by the lack of hand-drawn cleavage are gonna be real thrilled when I say there's websites where to see actual human women for free.

or even better! stop treating the feminine form like a trophy and there's even the chance to see some in real life!

We have a game where two people can physically beat the crap out of each other, and literally some line between two boobs on the cover of the box is considered by some to be far too taboo/sexist/offensive/sexualised/abusive/toxic/whatever.

This kind of censorship is just insane.

Every sane person can see that, right?

Where's that Zoolander clip where he talks about taking crazy pills. . . .

https://youtu.be/ilcRS5eUpwk?si=ReeLJJlrtJ_tzdmE

and yet mai's jiggly physics and revealing costume will remain untouched in-game... yup, this change to the artwork was certainly needed...

Literally would not of noticed if this article didn't exist, which honestly makes me wonder why people care that much lol. Athena, sure. She's literally one of the main secret characters they used in the trailer so it's weird to hide her, but literally you can't see Mai's cleavage that well anyways, so idk what the fuss is about when it's something so small for just the cover art

We're not allowed boobs anymore...

That is NOT the only change! The girl next to Chun-Li was also covered up!

@Tasuki @Sketcz

Social media was a mistake.

@LadyCharlie
That is not the point.
The point is that its nonsensical censorship
Ina game where two characters beat the hell out of each other which is un touched and the main Mai sprite is untouched as well.

The censorship is so small it makes you wonder what the point is, it nearly falls under the radar.

But, and this wil sound paranoid, if they are willing to censor this, what else wil they snip and nip and tuck ?
What other compromises will there be ?

That is the point, where will the line be drawn ?

( Cause personally I don't care about how much of Mai's cleavage we get to see but i do care about censorship and being silenced )

I am not a fan of women that show too much, (spoiling too much is boring and cheap), but i am a enemy of censoring of such stuff.
Can't we handle female body parts?
Whats next, destroying roman and greek Statues?

Would anyone have actually noticed a problem on the existing image? I'm very dubious. This feels like SNK felt they had to make a variant for others to use rather than there actually being a need.

If Mai was bent over with them falling out I could understand a little more, or even if her arm wasn't in front of them, but this is just being silly.

@KitsuneNight "That is not the point."

Yes it is. You and I both know it.

@LadyCharlie
I didn't write that mini essay just for the hell of it.
I am on @Sketcz 's side here, its the censorship I oppose too, because personally I don't give a toss about how much you can see of Mai's cleavage.

If this slides, what else will slide ?
What else is going to be censored ?
Where wil the line be drawn ?

They gonna tinker with the graphics and gameplay next ?

Or are they gonna get really dystopian and release a "sanitized"version and charge extra for the "adult" version ?

....god i hope i didn't just give them an idea.

If it shouldn’t bother anyone because it’s a small change, why did it bother them to commission two different versions in the first place?

There is no defending this. If the argument for it is “why do you even care?”, then there is no argument at all

And censorship the least of the game's problems. The game is based on the AES version and has limited options compared to the Arcade Archives rereleases or the original Xbox version.

*No voices for Zero
*No transformations and interactions for Athena and Red Arremer
*No transparency effects
*No selecting the amount of continues
*No stage select in training mode

@PKDuckman
Kinda glad I managed to grab the original Xbox version then.
Even if the game is piffle to begin with.

These aren’t new characters. If guys need solo material they can just use google.

Does anyone remember the AES version of NAM-1975 literally censored with a marker by hand, direct from the distributor? Now we have this elegant censoring and people are complaining. 😛

This is the same release that had that trigger warning about it exhibiting "2003 standards" for fear of offending the public.

In today's hypercharged political environment I'd expect nothing less. Every game is one waterhead Twitter user or deranged Kotaku article away from being crucified and a small publisher can't afford a PR nightmare.

It's not new though is it. Streets of Rage 2 and 3 were censored, along with many other games. The main difference was there was no internet for people to go to, that's what's really changed the most.

@Ristar24 even this same game was censored on the original home release, that’s not the point.
The point is why would you censor it nowadays at all in such minute capacity

@Carck I don't dispute the question why, just the suggestion it's new. You could write a whole book on the history of this topic in games specifically.

@SlangWon See, when someone unironically uses the word "woke" as a pejorative, I cannot take the argument seriously as anything but a copy/paste talking point.

Oh noes, bewbees. Hide the children.

@Carck Actually no, Mai had all the bounce in the only western version to come out at the time, The Xbox version.

And this censor is from the usa, a country that legalized porn, onlyfans, and girls "gamer" on twitch, a website which minor can watch. What can I say beside "hypocrite"? 😕

@Andee The church or the mosque won't censor this since I think they know the difference between a drawing and a real person. Stellar blade actually pass saudi arabia censor, lol.

@LadyCharlie So you'll agree baldur gate 3 should be censored too right? I means it's even worse than this, they have nudity and sex with animal there, we have to censor it all. Be honest and just say you don't like heteronormative relation, but you like perverted one like doing it with an animal in baldur gate 3.