For some reason, Bethesda seems to believe that Japan might have a sort of sensitivity to nuclear bombs, and as such, has made some slight edits to Fallout 3 ahead of its December Japanese release.
The Power of the Atom sidequest and its principal character, Mr. Burke, have been removed, which means you can no longer make a certain detonation and destroy certain things in certain nuclear blasts. It has also been made clear that a weapon's name has changed, since it was deemed "inappropriate." One can only assume this refers to the Fat Man missile launcher. Obvious reasons apply.
According to reports, the reaction from online Japanese gamers has been one of disappointment. Unfortunately, in the evasion of a politcally incorrect sh*tstorm, people inevitably have to get let down. These edits are understandable, but it's tough luck for the gamers as usual.
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8:45 AM on 11.11.2008
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Except the explosion would have a far stickier texture to it....
DAMMIT JAPAN WHY ARE YOU SO WEIRD
Errr, why do you think? It was the fat man.
Yes, but that is a totally different matter here.
still, i feel like it is a tad hypocritical... why not remove bullets too?
Anyone saying this is hypocritical or unneccesary needs to remember what this is actually all about.
I have played/read about the games that come out in Japan in years. I'm overly confident that there is no way in hell they would put Fallout 3 as some sort of reference to their past. I firmly believe they can handle things a lot better than us Americans with our 'two towers" or "hijacking planes" ordeal.
The stupid thing is, clearly no-one gives a shit about making games where we kill legions of German, Italian, or even Asian troops, reliving the horror of the wars close up (or rather, mercilessly slaughtering 'jerries' with no real consequences except victory if you do it well enough).
Ah well. I'm sure they'll just import.
Japan new Australia?